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!

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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!

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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.

Giveaway: Thank You Cards (NOW CLOSED)

Holidays are just around the corner...‘tis the season to be merry and giving custom thank you cards is the perfect gift to express your warm thoughts to your loved ones. UPrinting is offering one of my readers a pack of 50 Custom Thank You Cards with envelopes, all for FREE! UPrinting cards are made from high-quality paper and cardstock and will surely bring holiday cheer to your friends and family.

With this product, you can choose from and customize templates online, create a design online, or upload your own image to create totally customized greeting cards! Uprinting also has envelope printing; this giveaway includes blank envelopes.

• Prize Offered: (50 ct.) 7 x 5" (folded to 3.5 x 5") Custom Thank You Cards with plain envelopes
• Shipping: Free UPS Ground within United States
• 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.

I will also be receiving fifty (50) thank you cards from UPrinting.com for hosting this giveaway. I'll be using the cards to create customized thank you cards to show our appreciation to visitors who come to our church. How would you use them?

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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 a canvas print. 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.

You Capture

With this week's You Capture blog carnival, we choose what we captured. The kids and I recently visited with Henry and Wanda, a couple who are like family to me--they've known me since I was 6 months old when they moved in the house next door to mine. I grew up with them being like a second set of parents and with their kids being my best friends...and when they moved out to the country, I cried and cried. It wasn't that far away, but it was no longer right next door.

I thought I would share one part of our visit...

Henry had a special treat for the kids--bottle feeding a 3 month old calf! Josiah and Grace got a head start running down the road towards the barn.



The calf was starting out towards the gate when she heard Henry. When she spotted all of us, however, she stopped in her tracks and wouldn't move until Henry went inside the gate with the milk bottle.

I think Grace would have gladly fed this calf bottle after bottle...

Henry and Wanda with Robert, Josiah, and Grace


Look who's almost as tall as his mom!

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Click here and leave a comment to enter for a chance to win 100 brochures! This giveaway ends on November 9th at 10:00 p.m. All giveaway products are totally customized by you and professionally printed by Uprinting.com.

Wordless Wednesday: Three feet?

Robert called me over to see this sight a few days ago:

Now, you may be curious to see what the child who wears these shoes looks like...

Josiah, October 2009

;)

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Click here to see my previous Wordless Wednesday photos.

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Click here and leave a comment to enter for a chance to win 100 brochures! This giveaway ends on November 9th at 10:00 p.m. All giveaway products are totally customized by you and professionally printed by Uprinting.com.

This week's winner

John is the winner of the postcard giveaway!

Congratulations!!

Happy Birthday, Josiah!

Subtitled ,

“Mom finally gets around to posting photos of the poor, neglected middle child’s birthday.”

(Hey, I grew up being the middle child to the nth degree, so I know a little about laying on the guilt…even if Josiah hasn’t figured it all out yet.)

At the end of June, we celebrated Josiah's seventh birthday!

The day began with a phone call from Geoffrey the Giraffe...who called twice, which is why Josiah is making the funny face here.

Why are you calling me again?!?

(Seriously, we need to get caller ID so we can avoid duplicate phone calls from giraffes with creepy voices.)

His birthday present--new wheels! He has spent many happy hours riding this new bike.

He invited some friends to see the movie "Up." Grace and I stayed home, since she doesn't do well in movies yet--she would rather walk the halls and see who she can chat with. Everyone came to the house afterwards for cake

and ice cream cake (birthday boy's request)

and presents.

And Grace talked Mr. Tim into reading her a book or two. (I'm telling you, if you walk into our house and sit down for any length of time, she will appear with a small--or large--stack of books for you to read to her! Even during a party...)

Want to see some baby pictures?

Josiah at 7 months...big, chubby baby!

Josiah at 12 1/2 months, when he learned to walk...by this age, he had perpetually bruised areas on his forehead from his many misadventures. :(



Nearly 2 years old, with his "superhero" cape and his superhero stance.



Nearly 3 years old, when he constantly wore his "superhero" and his cowboy boots...

4 years old, and already looking so grown up!

Happy 7th birthday, Josiah! We love you!

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