WINTER CARD SALE! & CONTESTS!!

We are snowed in…

And I am running a sale on my winter cards!!!

PLUS

I am giving cards away!!

READ ABOUT THE SALE HERE

Join my fan page on Facebook & tag yourself in the photo I have directed you to & you could win a free set of notecards!

VISIT MY FACEBOOK FAN PAGE HERE

Another chance to win if you leave a comment on this post!!  If you DON’T have facebook (I know, unbelievable!) leave me 2 comments for a double chance win!  In one comment tell me you don’t have facebook but if you did you would be my biggest facebook fan!!

In the other tell me which set of WINTER note cards you would like if you won!

Here are the choices…

The contest ends when the kids go back to school!!!!  HOPEFULLY BEFORE MONDAY!!!!

Pam

Cyber Sales at Moments…by Pam

I am excited to announce that I have some sales running this week!! 

1.  First sale is for my customers who I have photographed in the last year only.  If you place an order before Friday of this week (December 3, 2010) they can receive 10% off your order & free shipping.  Maybe you still haven’t ordered prints from our session, or maybe you need a few more as gifts?  Now is the time!! 

Go to your gallery, place your order in the shopping cart, enter the code “CYBERMONDAYSALE” in the box when checking out to receive your discount. 

Just my way of saying Thank you for your business this year!! 

 

2.  Second sale is for anyone!!  My note cards are 25% off on Etsy.  Click here to go to my Etsy site & order! Enter the code “MBPONETSY25OFF” to get your discount when you are checking out!  I have the summer cards and the winter cards available!! 

  

3.  Third sale is of the seasonal prints Summer Prints & Winter Prints, I have a variety of sizes available & more can be done upon request.  I can do custom printing on these prints.  Each print comes on a single weight board with luster coating.  Framing is available online under “framing & mounting”  Share this sale with a friend, on face-book, twitter, blog, or call them on the phone!!  Once you’ve shared the sale, leave me a comment & I will send you the code for this sale!

4.  Gift Certificates are available for sessions next year!  Receive 10% off your print orders with the purchase of a gift certificate now!

Let me know if you have any questions!!

 

Pam

HAVING A GIVE AWAY!!!

You have to go over here to enter though!!

All the details are over on my photo blog & all the links to the sites to purchase the prints or pre-purchase the cards are up and running!

Your support is so appreciated!!

Pam

Grace

One of the note cards available NOW in my Etsy shop. 

Going to be hanging in my house soon as a print.

My favorite.

This morning I was walking, Queen Ann’s Lace is abundant here in the country’s un-mowed side ditches… surrounded by grace…

Do I need it.

Pam

View all the summer prints here.

Summer Note Cards

I have been wanting to get some more note cards printed for selling in my Etsy shop.  Doesn’t seem like I’ve had much time for that this summer!!  I took a few photos yesterday and would love to have your thoughts on them.

I would also love to hear what kind of cards you would like to see me offer.  Do you like them to say “Thank You” or something about “sympathy”?  Or do you just like the verses or the one words like “grace” or “hope”? 

Leave me a comment with your favorite & your thoughts. 

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Pam

Some of my latest photography work…

 

Katie Grace

 

 

Nichole

 

See More here…

Project Create a Home… Look!!

Look who is featured today on Project {Create a Home}…

 

Thanks so much to my friend Danyele @ Thorn Among Roses… You are the best!!

*** Contest now closed!!  Sarah is the winner!!

**A set of note cards will be give away to the blog reader who is chosen from the comments on this post!  To win you must go over to Project {Create a Home} and check it out!  Leave a comment there saying which card you like best, then come back here at leave a comment here too!!  Winner must have left a comment both places!  And the cards you get will depend on where my inventory is after this contest ends!!

Pam

Photography… where are we going?

I have been doing quite a bit of marketing research on photography.  And on college scholarships.  And working on taxes.  And. And. And.

My house is being overrun with papers at the  moment.  It’s quite something.  If…when something gets spilled on the counters or the table, it’s going to be disastrous… but where do you go with all this “stuff”?

I have been reading that as a photographer I need to choose a specialty and become good at that area, children, seniors, weddings, scenery.  I don’t know how to do that though.  So, I guess I won’t limit myself at this time.

I did accept my first wedding job for this May.  Lots of learning will go into my next few months.

I am accepting photo bookings for this coming year.  The spring & summer are going to be pretty difficult to get at time with me, so if you want something in that time frame, speak up early.

Just prayerfully considering where I am going with all of this.  Not wanting to go the wrong way.

My Note cards on Esty are in stock (and that is a little scary) I have those at my house & can ship them,  if anyone is wanting some of those.  I did change the quantity & now you will be getting 6 cards in a pack.  I can also offer to mix the packs up and give you a variety pack!  Let me know!

And now… my latest photo shoot…

Ethan...

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Thanks for all your kind words and support!

Pam

Alex: Senior Photography

I took these pictures of Alex right before the Christmas season.  He was patient & waited & let me work with them now… I hope he will think it’s been worth the wait!  See these photos larger HERE on my photo-blog.

 

These storyboard collages are available with the photos & wording of your choice… Color options for the trim are interchangeable too… They are intended to be a 10 x 20 sized print.

 

One of my favorites, I’d love to see this one on Metallic Paper!

With his shot put… Alex is going to college on a nice scholarship for his accomplishments in shot put.  Congratulations Alex!

Pam

Etsy is open!

My new Etsy Shop Is Open!

Click on the picture or the link above to check it out! 

Note cards for sale in sets of 6.

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Prints are available also.  Contact me for information on a print. 

Framing is also available if interested.

Thanks for looking!

I am hoping to get a link box up and running soon and added to the blog, and you can add one to your blogs too if you like!!! :)

 

Pam

WINNER!

The winner has been chosen by Random*com!  

And it is quite interesting that my first winner lives in a place that hardly sees a snowflake, and was excited to win because she misses snow! 

Congratulations to Kelly @ My Dot on His Line my first winner!

And my second winner is Bonnie @ Where did this all come from!! 

Bonnie from Canada.

Bonnie who lives in snow over half of the year.

Bonnie who is a faithful “YOUR gonna miss this… moment” player!

Bonnie who posted this week about “Buster”  **so adorable!!!

CONGRATULATIONS BONNIE!!!

Bonnie & Kelly win their choice of the winter prints that I photographed & now have for sale!

 

 

See these prints larger here.

I am in the midst of figuring out how to open an Etsy shop and offering these prints for sale there & also offering them as note cards!  As suggested by some friends on face*book.  Any other suggestions & encouragement on how I can use this talent God has given to provide for my family would be greatly welcomed!  I am so thankful for your support and encouragement in this venture into photography!  Thank you!   And PRAISE GOD!!

Pam

Business & a Thank YOU!

Are you still without a Christmas card for this Christmas? 

I am booking quick photo shoots for this weekend!! 

You will receive one family photograph.  One custom designed card. And then pay for the cards you choose.  Card prices vary based on the style of the card & then of course  how many you purchase. Contact me for pricing.

You will have the option of purchasing more prints of the photograph if you choose!

The cards that I create are done based on the information you give me & the style you want. 

It is an interactive process where I will send you a proof I have designed & then you will tell me yes or no, & make suggestions.  It is custom for your family.  You choose the words, colors, photos & we work together to create something just for you!

See more of the cards I have created here.

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Gift Certificates are available!!

I am including $20 in free prints to anyone who buys a gift certificate to give this Christmas.

Contact me for pricing.  Half of the sitting fee will be due now and the other half at the time of the photo shoot.

I am not booking large photo shoots until spring.

This winter I can only offer quick shoots indoors (which are very limiting) and newborn photo sessions.

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I am very blessed to have found a way to support my family & thank you to all of my customers!! 

I am blown away by God’s faithfulness to our family over the years, and I am searching for words to convey that. 

This will be the fifth Christmas we have went through without HSSH.  Its mind boggling sometimes. 

Another thing that is mind boggling is the financial support that our family continues to receive from this community. 

In so many ways I would say we are “healed” and “peaceful” about where we are.  Yes, the kids have moments of struggling and I don’t know that they are as healed as I am.

The one thing that just doesn’t end is the finances needed to raise this many children.  My brain can’t even go to where we would be without our church’s support. 

Cardboard boxes & rags come to mind.

Seriously.

So, I hope that when you book a photo shoot with me and you work with me, and as I work with your photographs, you understand how blessed I am to have work and to be able to do something I love.  I hope that thankfulness never ends.

Pam

Cards anyone?

Continuing to hone my card making skills, not to mention my photo shop skills!!  I’ve made these cards in the past couple days…

See more on my photo blog!  If you are interested in having a card designed by me, I can send you the information through email.  Photographs do not have to be taken by me, I can use your photos to design you a card!

Pam

Custom Christmas Cards

I have been teaching myself how to design Cards.  A customer requested them and I am learning…  I did these today of my own kids…

If you are interested in having a card designed by me, please let me know!!  (I can even use your photos if you like)  Pricing is based on the type of card you are looking for & a small design fee. 

Pam

One for the wall… & I told you there was mud…

You do understand that all this photography business began with wanting to take James senior pictures… I have had him out 3 times taking pictures… I haven’t hardly even worked on his edits!!  Today I decided to work on one I took of him on Sunday that I really love…  I am pretty sure this one is going to end up on my wall…  unless I get a better one! :)  How do you choose just one though!!

I’ve been working on at photo shoot I took for my cousin of her family… as I was working this morning, I became inspired by this picture, and had to add a verse to it…

I want one like that with my kids in it!!  O, and I want my kids to live together in unity too… but I am afraid mine would be pinching, pulling, or grabbing if I asked them to stand that close!! :)  See more of these on my photo blog!

I got my hands on some pictures from last Friday night’s foot ball game too… the one that was so horribly muddy…

The Brown & Red Team…

James…

Drawing for the sectional was last night.  We drew an away game and a team that we probably cant beat.  Is it bad to pray that by some miracle we pull it together enough to go a few games into sectional??? 

This Friday is Senior/Parent night.  It’s supposed to be in the 40’s and raining.  Wanna come watch?  Yeah.  Rinse, wash, repeat.

Sigh…

Pam

“Catch” Up…

I feel like I can’t keep up over here on this blog!!  I have photos to edit, and laundry to fold… field trips to attend, and ball games to watch…  can’t keep up!!  So, if you see a little less of me over here, I hope you understand!

Last Friday night I got a great shot of James’ catch…

The name of the game was FRUSTRATING. This catch was the second play of the game. It was a 50 yard reception.  The ball wasn’t passed to him anymore during the game.

FRUSTRATING.

Praying for a good attitude.  His and mine. Not to mention the rest of the fans.  Praying for the coach to have wisdom beyond his years. 

Remembering that this is his first year as head coach after 32 years of the same coach… but remembering that this is the last year for James to play… and that makes it hard.

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Last weekend I had the privilege of attending the Extraordinary Women Conference.  I got to hear one of my favorite authors speak, and one of my favorite singers sing! 

Can you tell who they are?

I tried to take pictures…

Karen Kings*bury & Man*desa!

One of the big surprises of the day was speaker, Angela Tho*mas.  I had never heard of her before.

Turns out, I don’t have to write my book… she already did!  :)  Angela was a single mom for 7 1/2 years.  Her speaking touched a place in my heart of pain… and ended up bringing yet more healing to my soul…

Funny how you go into something thinking that you are okay and suddenly you are in tears.  And God is saying…. there is still this place of pain… and I want to heal it more today.  And He does.

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Saturday evening we relaxed at home.  I told myself I was NOT going to work on photos on the weekend.   I did a little, but mostly spent time with the kiddos! 

I had to really stop and realize that my week last week was much like I had taken a full time job on.  (and I have, I just have to manage the time myself!)  Once I got my new lap top, and my photo editing software, I needed (and still need to) play catch up on the editing… and I am learning so much…

See What I learned to do today!

Do you like it?  You can see some more of the work I’ve been doing on my photo blog!

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Sunday afternoon, I took some more photos!

Then we went to my sister Allison’s house for birthdays and they had an obstacle course set up and we had a great time!  I took pictures (shock) only about 300 or so… yeah… they need their own post! :)  hoping to work on those and share sometime soon!

I took this picture of my kids…

They love getting their picture taken! :)

Pam