Blue Lily

Yesterday I had the opportunity to meet with the ever so lovely Wendy from Blue Lily Photography and have our family pictures taken. She is always a joy to see and to work with. She makes the whole process painless and easy. My kids think she is the coolest. I have no idea how she is able to remain so positive and energized session after session. It is clear that she loves what she does and that she is very talented in her profession. I am so excited to see how they turned out!

Wendy and her husband Tyler basically travel the world taking photographs of lovely families. They also teach classes about how to use your SLR camera, and about how to start up your own business. Go check out her blog to view the 2011 tour! (You should visit her blog no matter what because it's awesome!)

Here are some images from our session last year. The one where my daughter is grimacing makes me laugh every time.

Staker Sensations Vinyl Giveaway

Hopefully, third time is a charm. We have announced two different winners and, still, we have yet to receive a response. I'm shocked! It's good news for all of you who entered and didn't win! So, we have, yet, another winner to announce. Please, please contact us if you are...

Emily who said...
I love the large Bird on a branch. :)

We really want to give this great $30 gift certificate/card to you! Please contact us within 48 hrs. Our e-mail address is theprettypoppy@gmail.com. You have until Tuesday, November 9th at 2:30 pm. We look forward to hearing from you!

New Giveaway Winner!

Unfortunately, we were never contacted for the Staker Sensations Giveaway. It has been 48 hrs so, good news for you, we have selected a new winner! Again, the winner will receive one $30 gift certificate/credit to Staker Sensations to use towards one of her great vinyl creations! The new winner is...

yarnhappiness who said...
i like the chandelier!

Congratulations yarnhappiness! Please email us at theprettypoppy@gmail.com within 48 hours to work out the details of your gift. A new winner will be selected if no contact is made by 7:30 pm PST, Saturday, November 5.

Tis the season...for cornbread!

It is really the season for chili and cornbread.  Last week alone, I ate chili and cornbread 3 times.  Yes, 3 times.  I think I'm going to take a break for a bit.  Even though cornbread is banned at my house for at least one more week, I really do love the stuff!  My husbands favorite thing in the world is corn bread cereal.  It should really be called mush!  I'm not sure I should share this information because it makes me want to puke, to be honest.  He takes a huge chunk of cornbread, sticks it in a really big cup and dumps milk into the cup until the cornbread is enveloped in milk.  He then takes his spoon and mushes it all together.  Appetizing, right?

To make this concoction even better I have found the greatest cornbread recipe on Allrecipes.  If I haven't said it before, and I'm sure I have, I love Allrecipes.  It is definitely my go to for any and all recipes.  You must go there!  It's so much fun.  Due to copyright, I will not be posting the actual recipe.  So here is the great recipe, but please go searching for some more yummy things to make from Allrecipes! 

Also, the perfect accompaniment to this cornbread...Heidi's award-winning, Chicken Chili!  Maybe she'll post the recipe, just maybe.

Staker Sensations Giveaway Winner!

Thanks to all who entered our wonderful Staker Creations Vinyl Giveaway!  The winner will receive one $30 gift certificate/credit to Shannon's shop.   And now, the lucky winner is...drum roll please...Kristin!

Kristin said...

I love the signs. I also follow you! What a fun giveaway!

Congratulations Kristin!  Please email us at theprettypoppy@gmail.com within 48 hours to work out the details of your gifts. A new winner will be selected if no contact is made by 7:30 pm PST, Thursday, November 3. 

Thanks to all who participated and stay tuned for another giveaway soon to come!

It's election day. Don't forget to get out and vote!

Also, thanks to all those who entered our Staker Sensations Vinyl giveaway! The winner will be announced later today.

Happy Halloween!

 

I hope everyone had a happy and great Halloween!  Our family had three, straight days of non-stop fun and we ended up with way more candy than we could ever eat.  This is the first time in years that I decided to dress up.  I didn't dress up just for the fun of it, I promise!  We attended a friend's Halloween party and costumes were strongly encouraged.  I believe this is the first picture of Heidi and me together and it's a great one, isn't it?  I have added a picture of myself with my husband based on the fact that nobody knew who I was supposed to be until they saw me with my him.  He's going to love the fact that these pictures have been made public too!

Do you know who we were?  I'll let you guess and let you know in another post.  By the way, everything about this character is completely opposite of who I am.  I learned three things from this experience:  Never go platinum, I really hate overly large breasts!  I couldn't even see to buckle up my belt!  And...never wear spandex again...period! 

This Halloween was so exciting for me because my children actually chose to be cool things.  They repeatedly choose to be action figures year after year, which is really no fun at all...for me.  I've been dying to get out the face paint and create a work of art and my middle son finally gave in.  It took some begging, but he pulled through in the end!

He's supposed to be a vampire bat, if you couldn't tell!

What did you do this Halloween?  Did anybody attend any great parties or have unique costumes?  We'd love to hear all about it!