- Giveaway Day!!! YAY!!!...This year's Advent Giveaway ornament proved exceptionally difficult to photograph...
...First I tried the same setting as last year...
...with the ornament in the east facing window...no good...
...so I moved into the dining room and photographed it against a neutral wall...
...still no good...
...against a black knitting bag...
...Nope...
...finally I cut little paper circles and stuffed them inside the ornament - first white...
...then black - I hope you can get an idea of what the ornament will look like - one of the neat things about the ornament is that as you look through the side that says 'Peace' you see the dove flying in the background...Just leave a comment here and I'll draw FIVE (5) winners on December 7th - I'll ship internationally and I'll use the random number generator that I had so much fun with before... FOLLOWERS GET ENTERED TWICE, because I really appreciate you guys! - I'll be doing a separate drawing just from the followers for a 6th ornament!
***edited to add***Nicola pointed out that she follows the blog with a reader - so if that applies to you as well - just leave a second comment - and I'll put you into the 'followers' drawing too :)
138 comments:
Love it, what a unique idea to be able to see both the picture and the word
What a beautiful ornament...if I don't win one, I'll have to try my hand at making one...but I'm nowhere near as talented as you obviously are!
I would love to win one of these beautiful ornaments.
Those are beautiful! They would look lovely on any christmas tree!!!
What a beautiful ornament! And I love that "I don't quit" attitude with the photography!!
I love doves!
i'm not entering your contest because we don't use decorations, but i wanted to tell you how much i enjoyed that post.
the ornament is lovely and the photo-story was really quite cute! thanks for posting it all.
The ornament you made is beautiful! And, one of the things I'm focusing on this season is Peace- for myself and for the world- so I love the symbolism.
that is beautiful!
Beautiful! These must look beautiful on a tree with shimery lights! Thanks!
Beautiful. And an epic photo adventure.
good morning!! pretty ornament. hope you've got lot's of shipping peanuts!
love, k
The ornament is beautiful and would make a great addition to our family tree! Thanks so much!
-Allison
hammondbride at gmail dot com
Lovely ornaments. Congratulation on your tenacity in getting the photographs.
My mom loves ornaments, and I would love to give her this handmade one--it's beautiful! Thanks for the chance to win a such pretty item!
beautiful!
That is such a beautiful ornament and you can never have too many photos so I loved the post! ;)
I really enjoy your blog. Thank you for sharing. The ornament is beautiful.
OH what a lovely ornament.. I made some a couple years ago with my girls birth pictures in them.
:)
carol
Another cool idea from you :-))
Beautiful! Thanks for the chance to win!
coleslaw1017[at]gmail[dot]com
Sweet!!!!
Beautiful ornament, thanks for the oportunity to win one. ♥
ac_mc79[at]hotmail[dot]com
Cute ornaments! I have the same troubles with pictures. It takes so much effort to get just the right shot! Thanks for the giveaway!
this ornament it beautiful! I think I need it.
What a beautiful ornament!
Beautiful ornament
A really lovely ornament and sentiment.
Peace - great sentiment and beautiful ornament
Thanks so much!
Very nice, you are very talented!
Karen, twiceasniceboutique@live.com
Hi! I saw your comment on my giveaway and thought I would check out your blog (I want to learn to knit - well right now I just knit, no purls or anything haha). anywho, cute giveaway! And I'm adding you to my reader. nice to "meet" you!
oh and i just broke the cardinal rule of giveaways (which is currently bugging me haha) - my email is megan.nadalet at gmail dot come :)
beautiful ornament.
Beautiful ornament even if it was hard to photograph! I love the peace ornament I got from you last year, it's up on our little tree and I thought about you as I was putting it up :) Thanks for having another giveaway!
oh that would look spectacular on my Christmas tree! Thank you!
very original....
my giveaway is here
http://busybeefree.blogspot.com/2009/12/giveaway-day.html
oh that's beautiful!
This is beautiful! Thanks for your hard work on photographing it!
Sweet! I love the bird on black. :)
What a great giveaway! I'd love to be entered :)
jillybean7681 at gmail dot com
very pretty!
jakemelissajakea@aol.com
Beautiful ornament. Peace is my favourite seasonal sentiment. I always look for Christmas cards that have a dove on them. Thanks for the chance.
I love those. So personal!
I am going to be greedy even though I received one of your ornaments last year. How do you tell if people are followers? I subscribe to your blog via Bloglines - is there some way you can get a list of people who do that?
Nicola (Nicolaknits)
I'm having trouble with wordpress comments today!
It`s beautiful!!
Beautiful ornament! Kudos to you in your efforts to photograph the impossible!
I would love to hang this on my tree, and then in my window long after the holidays are over.
hugs,
Heidi
heidig@gmail.com
what a beautiful ornament !
Please please, count me in !
i had so much fun with your photo adventure!!!
it's a really lovely ornament and it would go so well in my collection (each year i get a different one so that in some years time my tree will be all crazy).
i hope the nice random generator thingy picks me!!!
how can i become a follower? i don't see the pannel in the sidebar! :(
ooh! Pretty!
Very pretty. Thanks for the giveaway. alusco@centurytel.net
I think it would look beautiful on a tree with lights!
Glad to see you're playing along in the SMS Giveaway Day, Teresa! :)
How pretty
Lovely prize!! Thanks!
christinbanda at yahoo dot com
haha. At least your photography troubles are entertaining.
Also, i follow with google reader.
Very pretty ornament...thanks for the giveaway...
nhsarab at yahoo dot com
We love taking out our ornaments every year and this would be a beautiful addition!
Very pretty!
Very nice! Thanks for the giveaway!
I love your photography exploits!!
Thank you for the opportunity to enter!
SheilaC
shecarita(at)yahoo(dot)com
I follow!!
SheilaC
shecarita(at)yahoo(dot)com
So cute! And nice blog! I'll sunscribe!
beautiful! nice work getting creative to get a good pic!
It's beautiful! Your ornament would make a wonderful addition to my tree! Thanks!
Beautiful! I would love to win this
dftrew(at)gmail(dot)com
How pretty!
I'm a follower!
Thanks for the chance to win! These are beautiful
That's a lovely ornament. Thanks for all the effort that went into getting an accurate photo of it! :-)
oh, special ornaments are such a nice part of the holidays! i'd love a chance to win one of these :)
cheers
sarita0818 at comcast dot net
Beautiful! I hope I win!
it's very cute!
Beautiful no matter how you photograph it! I would proudly hang this on my tree! So sad I missed out on the beautiful glass ornament in your previous post. Have a merry...
really beautiful! thanks for the opportunity! ;)
Peace...what a beautiful gift to ourselves that we can share collectively within our families, neighborhoods and communities.
Thank you for spreading peace through your beautiful ornaments!
Ohhh, I'm glad I found your blog. Your work is really lovely. I'm bookmarking it as we speak.
I love handmade ornaments, and yours is lovely!
Thanks for a chance to win.
curry(dot)jessica(at)gmail(dot)com
That is beautiful. Thanks for the opportunity to enter!
That is beautiful. Thanks for the opportunity to enter!
It is fun to see how you played around with taking photos! I think the first two were still the best pictures :)
Thank you for helping me becoming a follower. This time it worked!
You are so talented. I love the ornament. I would be stoked to win one of them
it's beautiful!
Thank you for this wonderful giveaway. I am also doing a giveaway. I have two blogs, www.sewingwithtrudy.blogspot.com and www.artisticcreationswithtrudy.blogspot.com
My 9 year old daughter is having a giveaway on her sewing blog as well, www.sewingsister.blogspot.com
Hope you'll stop by and have a look around and enter our giveaways.
Have a blessed day.
Trudy
Lovely work, there is always a dove somewhere on my tree.
I am now a follower
ladycolmn@aol.com
I love it. It is so beautiful. I would love to win this for my first Christmas in a new city by myself.
Lovely! Thanks for the opportunity.
beautiful! thanks for the chance to win :)
What a beautiful ornament! You are really amazing for this generous giveaway. Thanks for the chance!
Those are lovely ornaments!
hello!
hi
what a beautiful giveaway!
gill x
i love the ornament despite it being so hard to photograph, I think it would look lovely hanging on my tree!! thanks.
very pretty! and I can see how hard that would be to photograph!!!
Love the ornament!
Thanks for the chance to win such an awesome prize and for your generous contribution!
Merry Christmas!
mayhem5@softhome.net
http://thequiltingdee.blogspot.com/
What a pretty ornament! I love the trial and error photoshoot- I do that too, but I always just delete the bad ones, and never learn from my mistakes. :)
Beautiful ornaments. I would love to know what you paint them with.
I am now a subscriber
what a cute ornament!
shannon.mangerchine(at)gmail(dot)com
What a beautiful ornament! It would look lovely on anyone's tree!
cool ornaments, I'd love to win.
that is very pretty. Thank you for the chance to win! I hope you have a wonderful Christmas. -dez
simply.simon.sisters[at]gmail[dot]com
very pretty ornament, I would love to have this for my tree!
micaela6955 at msn dot com
blog follower
micaela6955 at msn dot com
I became a follower of your blog. Love the ornament it's beautiful.
What a cute ornament
Beautiful ornament...Loved all the pics. Thanks.
This is beautiful, and I'm impressed you went to so much trouble to photograph it.
ajolly1456 at gmail dot com
Very pretty! I'm actually getting my first real Christmas tree this year and it will be a proper size (unlike the two foot tall plastic one I've been using) so I need more full-sized ornaments for it! Thanks for the great giveaway!
So pretty I love some peace!!
What a beautiful ornament. Thanks for the chance to win!
Thanks for such a wonderful chance to win a beautiful Christmas tree ornament!
shiki6210 at gmail dot com
Oh my how sweet! I'd so love to have that on my tree this year.
Thank you for the chance!
reviewsbyabby at gmail dot com
What a lovely ornament! And so generous of you to give away 5 of them!
I follow too!
Lovely ornament!
Lovely ornament....and i love your blog. So glad I found it!
thanks for hosting the giveaway! love the dove ornament!
Gorgeous ornament. Hopefully I get lucky with the random numbers! Thank you for participating in the giveaway!
Really sweet and inspired ornament. Thanks.
That is a beautiful idea for a Christmas ornament. I definitely like the "peace" and dove combination :)
The last years photo is fantastic, it's hard to beat a photo like that.
What a wonderful ornament...I'm addicted to them! My daughter even has a tree up in her room this year! :)
I love christmas ornaments!
Thanks for the giveaway! Happy holidays!
misszucchini (at) yahoo (dot) ca
Hi. My name is Emily. I am a 9 year old homeschooler. My favorite Christmas tradition is going to my Grandma's, and we always her help her decorate her tree. I love to sew. Right now I am sewing a Christmas tree skirt to go underneath our tree this year. I have my very own sewing blog at www.sewingsister.blogspot.com . I hope you will come to my blog, too. I am also doing a giveaway on my blog. Thank you for this generous giveaway prize. I would love to be entered for a chance to win.
Emily
sk8ter dot emily at gmail dot com
Interesting idea having the bird show on the other side of the word.
I love the ornament... thanks for the great giveaway. I am very excited.
Thanks for the opportunity!
Your ornament is lovely! Please count me in.
Many thanks, Cindi
jchoppes[at]hotmail[dot]com
I follow your blog publicly via Google Friend Connect!
Again, many thanks.....Cindi
jchoppes[at]hotmail[dot]com
What a beautiful ornament!
http://thelifeofthegirlnextdoor.blogspot.com/
Beautiful ornament and can understand why it was so difficult to photgraph.
Merry Christmas!
These are really pretty, great job!
I am impressed with the ornament. I really like the photo you did against the window. It is interesting.Looked like the ornament was floating in midair. very cool!
I am not sure if I left my e-mail address. My blog address is thetaleofmommydragon.blogspot.com
please enter me in your giveaway!
thanks!
~Kim
(ksknitchic@yahoo.com)
Very pretty!
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