Scavenger Hunt Sunday:

{My sister and I: 1983}

Steppin out in Saturday:

Two Moms Made a Photo Challenge: Christmas Past

It’s today. Miss Laureli’s birthday is today! 1 pm she’ll be one. Yay! She’s doing a little dance right now, as I type this.

We have a big day ahead of us! I guarantee I will have MANY photos to share of her birthday on Monday. 😀

Don’t forget Ruari has a birthday gift for all of you! Three giveaways! They all close Sunday night!
– A photo manipulation from ME
– An 11×14 print from Ashley Sisk
– Pear Tree Greetings custom New Years cards

Yup, it’s me judging again. 😀 I thought I wouldn’t bring in any guest judges until after the holidays. BUT, I will have some other judges besides me after the New Year. 😀 Happy photo shooting!!!

This weeks guest judge: ME!
This weeks challenge: Winter.
The challenge: The challenge will be based around your children. Take or find a photo of your baby (or kid… or puppy… or kitty) and what winter looks like to you. Picking out a Christmas tree. Snow. Rain?

My example of “Winter”:

Winter to me: tree and ornament hunting at Sleigh-bell’s in Oregon. Love it. What’s winter to you?

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Here are a couple links to some free photo editing software if you don’t already have something:
Picnik
Picasa
Gimp
Pixlr

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There always has to be rules… I know, boring right? But, it’s to help me and you. 🙂 Click on the link for more details… Each entry does need to link back to my blog… All photo entries need to be in by 11:59 PM Pacific Time on December 23rd…
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Winners so far:
Holiday Colors: … Window to My Soul …
Winter: … no one yet …
Your Holiday: … no one yet …
Bokeh: … no one yet …

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{ Cozy: Hi, Baby}

Congrats! What a sweet photo! Thank you so much for playing! You had 34% of the votes. Followed by These Days, Bunch of Barons, and Window to My Soul! Thanks so much for playing!

This weeks guest judge: ME!
This weeks challenge: Holiday colors.
The challenge: The challenge will be based around your children. Take or find a photo of your baby (or kid… or puppy… or kitty) wearing red and green… blue and white… or, whatever colors make you think of the upcoming holidays. Feel free to play around with photo editing programs! Have fun!

My winning picks:

First place: Window to My Soul
Why I chose this photo: “The light and contrast are beautiful. But, I mostly love how cool he is. 😀 In his snow gear enjoying a candy cane.”

{Window To My Soul}

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Second place: Linkie Lueville
Why I chose this photo: “I’m pretty much always a sucker for babies in tutu’s. And, it’s a very lovely photo.”

{Linkie Lueville}

Third place: Loving My Life
Why I chose this photo: “I love the holiday colored messy fingers! It’s a great shot.”

{Loving My Life}

Fourth place: Mel
Why I chose this photo: “I love the whole set up! The bright glow of the window in the background, the Christmas tree, and the sweet kid!”

{Mel}

Fifth place: Hot Coffee Mama
Why I chose this photo: “A super awesome family portrait. So different and TOTALLY a holiday color.”

{Hot Coffee Mama}

Congrats to the top 5 winners! Great job, and please feel free to grab the top 5 button below! You’re all awesome!

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My favorites (in no particular order):

{Buckeroomama}

{Hi, Baby.}

{Being What I Want To Be}

{Holly Days}

{Ashley Plus 3}

{Carolyn Haines}

If you’re one of my favorites you are more than welcome to grab a “Paper mama hearts me” button below!

Guess what…. after 4 challenges there will be a week long vote off of the winners from the 4 previous challenges… The winner of the vote off will get a small prize! 3 more challenge to go…

Winners so far:
Holiday Colors: … Window to My Soul …
Winter: … no one yet …
Your Holiday: … no one yet …
Bokeh: … no one yet …

This day last year… December 17th, 2009… I was in the hospital. No one knew what was wrong with this pregnant lady… I wasn’t doing well… But my baby was. My situation baffled every doctor that came in to see me. I really had no idea what was to come the next day. It forever changed my life. In more ways than just one.

 
Fix it Friday:

Don’t forget Ruari’s three birthday GIVEAWAYS that end this Sunday! Enter before it’s too late…
– A photo manipulation from ME
– An 11×14 print from Ashley Sisk
– Pear Tree Greetings custom New Years cards

It’s the 3rd and FINAL day of Ruari’s birthday countdown… Oh, man. It’s tomorrow!!! I’m sharing the remaining 5 of my favorite photos of Ruari for 2010… What a sweet little baby girl.

I’m going to make this a short giveaway! Last day to enter giveaway is December 19th, 2010 at 11:59PM Pacific time.