Giveaway winners

With the help of my goofy lovely assistant

(That's a pink turtleneck shirt she is wearing for her "hair.")

who drew the numbers for me, I am pleased to announce this week's winners:

• Cindy won the thank you cards.
• Dawn S. won the 16x20 rolled canvas print.
• Leah won the 18x24 poster print.

Congratulations! Look for an email from UPrinting on November 20th--The email will have a coded link for you to claim your prize.

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For those of you who found me by way of Angie at Many Little Blessings, all of my giveaways have ended. However, I typically have giveaways each month, so you can check back again soon. You can also sign up to receive my blog posts via email by entering your email address in the little box near the top of my left sidebar. (Your email address will not be used for any other purpose except to receive future posts from this blog.)

You Capture: Real Life

Real life is messy.

Real life is colorful.



Real life is about fulfilling our roles to the best of our abilities.

Grace pretending to be Josiah's teacher

Real life is full of suprises.

A morning glory I found in our yard at 5:00 p.m. today!

Real life is, hopefully, sprinkled with lots of laughter.

See? The photo shoot that seemed to last forever wasn't that bad...

And real life can only be found through faith in Jesus Christ.

Photo taken at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist

Jesus said, "I came so they can have real and eternal life, more and better life than they ever dreamed of."

(John 10:10b )

Check out I Should Be Folding Laundry to see more You Capture participants' real life.

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Click over and leave a comment for a chance to win with my current giveaways! You could win a poster print, a canvas print, or thank you cards. These giveaways end on November 15, 2009, at 10:00 p.m. All giveaway products are totally customized by you and professionally printed by Uprinting.com.

New photos of Grace

After seemingly endless bad shots, with Grace looking away and/or with the strange smile she wears in the presence of a camera

And after bribe shots (as in, "Mommy, I'll smile if you take a picture of Emily first."). Hmmm...I took about 5 photos of Emily...

We were finally able to get some good shots

and some sweet shots

I think I finally have a new favorite photo of Grace.

(She just looks so serious!)

Here Grace pretended to take a picture of me, and I, of course, pretended to look away. Hey, just returning the favor...

Click over and leave a comment for a chance to win with my current giveaways! You could win a poster print, a canvas print, or thank you cards. These giveaways end on November 15, 2009, at 10:00 p.m. All giveaway products are totally customized by you and professionally printed by Uprinting.com.

Wordless Wednesday: Our Studious Old Testament Scholar

This is what Grace looked like as we arrived at Henry and Wanda's home last week...asleep on a stack of books, with the top one opened to the story of Jacob and Esau.


Visit 5 Minutes for Mom for more Wordless Wednesday participants.

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Click over and leave a comment for a chance to win with my current giveaways! You could win a poster print, a canvas print, or thank you cards. These giveaways end on November 15, 2009, at 10:00 p.m. All giveaway products are totally customized by you and professionally printed by Uprinting.com.

Brochure giveaway winner

John is the winner of my recent brochure/flyer giveaway!

Congratulations!

Giveaway: 18 x 24 Poster Print (NOW CLOSED)

How about another fantastic giveaway? How would you like to have a favorite digital photo made into an 18" x 24" poster?



All you have to do is leave a comment to win a photo enlargement poster print from UPrinting.com!

• Giveaway prize: (1) 18x24 poster print for One Lucky Winner
• Size: 18x24 Poster
• Paper: High Gloss or Semi Gloss
• Shipping: FREE UPS Ground Shipping in the US
• Eligibility: Limited to US Residents

I have already had this photo made into a poster for Josiah's room...It'll be one of his Christmas presents. (Shhh! Don't tell him!)





For hosting this giveaway, I will also receive an 18 x 24 poster print. I plan to have a poster printed for Robert's room as a Christmas present...I just need to figure out what to have printed. It's not like he's of an age where he'd like a poster of himself sitting up in a tree, right? It's a little harder with him...I'm working on straightening up and blacking out the background of this photo that he took at a car show. If it turns out well, I'll use this photo for the poster. He loves cars, and I think he'd get a kick out of having a poster made from a photo that he took. I also plan on changing the license plate in the front to show the name of one of his favorite bands. (Shhh! Don't tell him!)

Actually, I was kicked offline so many times while posting these giveaways tonight, you can see my progress on the car photo! (I was working on it while waiting...and waiting...and waiting...) I still need to touch up a few areas and put the band's name on the license plate, but here's what I have so far:

To enter to win, leave a comment on what you plan to do with the custom poster print! If you subscribe to my blog posts by email or by feed, leave an additional comment for a total of two chances to win. (Want to receive my blog posts in your inbox? Enter your email address in the box near the top of my left sidebar.) When you leave a comment, make sure I have your email address.

I will select a winner from the comments at 10:00 p.m. on November 15, 2009. Prizes will be awarded on November 20, 2009, via a coupon-coded link emailed to the winner.

What would you have printed as a poster? Leave a comment and let me know!

Check out reviews from UPrinting customers at Yelp.com. You can also follow this link for more information about UPrinting.

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Click over and leave a comment for a chance to win with my other current giveaways! You could also win a canvas print or thank you cards. These giveaways end on November 15, 2009, at 10:00 p.m. All giveaway products are totally customized by you and professionally printed by Uprinting.com.

16x20 Rolled Canvas Print (NOW CLOSED)

I have another fantastic giveaway to offer you from UPrinting...a 16x20 Rolled Canvas Print! A couple of months ago, I received one of these canvas prints printed with an image I had designed for our newly launched Children's Church program, Adventure Kids. This is what it looks like framed:

As a do-it-yourself framing project, I bought the framing supplies from Hobby Lobby...I bought the frame for $12 (it was on sale for 50% off), a 20 x 30 inch foam board for $4 (easy to cut down to size with scissors), and some adhesive to attach the canvas to the foam board (mine was $3). I highly recommend getting the spray adhesive...5-10 seconds of work vs. 15-20 minutes of carefully "painting" the glue on the canvas? And then waiting for the glue to dry? Trust me...go with the spray.

As an aside, Josiah was rather bothered by the rough wooden frame...He said, “It’s as if they didn’t bother to finish their work.” I explained that it was for an artistic effect to have a rustic-looking frame, but I don’t think he bought it.

(Josiah being bothered by unfinished work? Really?? Has he looked at his own room lately?!?)

I will also be receiving a 16 x 20 rolled canvas print from UPrinting.com for hosting this giveaway. I would love to have this photo of Grace printed--I took it in September 2008 and it's my favorite photo of her so far.

(I desperately tried to get a more recent "favorite photo" of her today...I'll let you know if any of the shots turned out. She did a lot of her infamous eyes darting away and goofy, sideways smiles...and sometimes both at the same time.)

• Giveaway Prize: (1) 16x20 Rolled Canvas for One Lucky Winner
• Size: 16x20 rolled canvas
• Shipping: FREE UPS Ground Shipping in the US
• Eligibility: Limited to US Residents

To enter to win, leave a comment on how you plan to use the custom thank you cards! If you subscribe to my blog posts by email or by feed, leave an additional comment for a total of two chances to win. (Want to receive my blog posts in your inbox? Enter your email address in the box near the top of my left sidebar.) When you leave a comment, make sure I have your email address.

I will select a winner from the comments at 10:00 p.m. on November 15, 2009. Prizes will be awarded on November 20, 2009, via a coupon-coded link emailed to the winner.

What would you have printed on the canvas print? Leave a comment and let me know!

Check out reviews from UPrinting customers at Yelp.com. You can also follow these links for more information about UPrinting's canvas prints and posters.

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Click over and leave a comment for a chance to win with my other current giveaways! You could win a poster print or thank you cards. These giveaways end on November 15, 2009, at 10:00 p.m. All giveaway products are totally customized by you and professionally printed by Uprinting.com.