Archive for Month: November, 2010
Picture It Postage Stamps
I recently had the opportunity to create personalized PictureItPostage Stamps™ with my Mishelle Lane Photography logo. Oh My! I just love them. I’m going to use the bulk of them on the Christmas cards that I send out to the clients that I had the pleasure of working with this year. I love them so much I will probably order more personalized stamps for the other cards that are going out this Christmas.
Each set of twenty stamps costs $18.95. However, Picture It Postage is offering a $4.00 discount just for you, my readers. By entering MOTHERHOOD, during checkout, you can claim your discount. The coupon code expires January 31, 2011, so you have plenty of time to create and stock up one these signature stamps that can be made with your favorite family photo, cool abstract art, or your business’ logo. It’s that personal touch that will make the recipient of your card or letter feel that much closer to you.
{Keep Reading for a Great Contest from PictureItPostage and find out how you can be entered to win $500 just for ordering and and using the MOTHERHOOD discount code to order your very own personalized stamps.}
Picture It Postage Giveaway with TheMotherhood.com
OFFICIAL RULES:
1. PictureItPostage by DYMO Endicia™ is conducting a $500 prize giveaway. All PictureItPostage customers who enter code “MOTHERHOOD” upon checkout for purchases made on PictureItPostage.com from November 17, 2010 through December 15, 2010 at 11:59 p.m. Pacific Standard Time will be entered to win one (1) $500 cash prize giveaway.
2. One (1) winner will be selected at random on December 20, 2010 by PictureItPostage by DYMO Endicia, or DYMO Endicia’s designee. Odds of winning will be determined by the total number of eligible entries received. Winner need not be present at drawing to win. Winner will be notified by phone or mail no later than December 31, 2010. Entry into contest constitutes entrant’s permission for Endicia to contact entrant for sales and marketing purposes.
3. The prize package consists of one (1) $500 cash prize.
4. Contest is open only to PictureItPostage by DYMO Endicia customers who are legal U.S. residents 21 years of age or older except employees of DYMO Endicia, its affiliates, subsidiaries, sales representatives, distributors, or advertising and promotion agencies and the immediate families and household members of each of the above. Contest is subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations. Void where prohibited by law.
5. No prize substitutions allowed except that DYMO Endicia reserves the right to substitute a prize of equal or greater value if an advertised prize becomes unavailable. All taxes on prizes are winner’s responsibility. Sponsor: PictureItPostage by DYMO Endicia, a Newell Rubbermaid company, Palo Alto, CA
[Disclosure: I was contacted by The Motherhood to order and review PictureItPostage Stamps™. They provided me with the stamps as well as paid me for my time and participation in a chat that took place today. All opinions expressed in this post are completely my own.]
Uncle Shuck’s
I was just going to grab some stuff for dinner, after dropping off a disc of a recent photo-shoot. And, for some reason I grabbed my camera.
The clouds over Uncle Shuck’s corn maze were nothing short of amazing. I was so glad that I grabbed my camera on the way out.
{See the rest of the photos on Flickr}
Also….
In the mix of photos you’ll see a little project that Livey and I are working on. We are taking pictures of her Little Kinz, Blizzard, in various places. Like, this:
{Follow Blizzard’s adventures on Flickr}
Weekly Winners {Trees and Leaves and Dreams}
Some of my fondest memories, as a child, are those long drives that I would go on with my parents. We’d take off, and it would always start with looking at all the big houses. The houses that we’d love to live in but, oh, who would clean all that square footage? Myself, I would get lost in the fall colors. Quietly, in the back seat, I would day dream about lying on the ground of the moist forest, looking up at the brilliant colors, absorbing the crisp autumn air.
Years later, I would find myself traveling those same country roads with Michael. One year it was in my little, red truck, then it was on the back of his motorcycle, and finally in our first “family” car. My favorite was the motorcycle. There’s something about being on the back of one, arms wrapped securely around this man who you trust with every fiber of your being, your mind meandering just as effortlessly as the bike zipped around the twists and curves.
I miss the motorcycle. I miss those fall weekends—the ones so filled with youth—when we would take off and hit the countryside. Not a cell phone in our pockets. Not a worry in our hearts. Just us and nature, and dreams of lying on the ground, looking up, getting lost in the splendor of fall.
Picture It Outside of the Box {Week 3}
Thank you for playing along last week. There were nine entries, and I couldn’t narrow it down, so I am showing ALL of you off this week! Thank you to Lotus, Ann, Tigerlyons, Sarah, Shab, Tara, Casey, Jen, and Angie for playing along. I hope to see you participate in the next challenge!
The challenge for {Week 3} of “Picture It Outside of the Box” is:
Hold It
I love seeing a camera in a photographer’s hand. There’s just something incredibly sexy about it. Show me how you hold your camera. This can be as basic as a bathroom mirror reflection or you can really take it “outside of the box”—you decide!
Here are a couple of examples:
The Challenge: How It Works
- Each week, on Friday, I announce the “Picture It Outside of the Box” photo challenge theme.
- You can submit a photo for the theme by the following THURSDAY. Enter your direct link (to your blog post with the photo in it or your photo on Flickr) in the thumbnail McLinky Tool at the bottom of the post. Keep in mind the linky-loo will close down on Thursday at 12:00 AM EST.
- FIVE submissions from my readers will be showcased on Friday, and the new theme will then be revealed.
- Basically: you play along, you have fun, we show each other our awesome photos, we share inspiration….it’s a win-win situation!
- Visiting fellow photo challenge players is highly encouraged!
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