- 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 :)
Love it, what a unique idea to be able to see both the picture and the word
ReplyDeleteWhat 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!
ReplyDeleteI would love to win one of these beautiful ornaments.
ReplyDeleteThose are beautiful! They would look lovely on any christmas tree!!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful ornament! And I love that "I don't quit" attitude with the photography!!
ReplyDeleteI love doves!
ReplyDeletei'm not entering your contest because we don't use decorations, but i wanted to tell you how much i enjoyed that post.
ReplyDeletethe 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.
ReplyDeletethat is beautiful!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! These must look beautiful on a tree with shimery lights! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful. And an epic photo adventure.
ReplyDeletegood morning!! pretty ornament. hope you've got lot's of shipping peanuts!
ReplyDeletelove, k
The ornament is beautiful and would make a great addition to our family tree! Thanks so much!
ReplyDelete-Allison
hammondbride at gmail dot com
Lovely ornaments. Congratulation on your tenacity in getting the photographs.
ReplyDeleteMy 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!
ReplyDeleteThat is such a beautiful ornament and you can never have too many photos so I loved the post! ;)
ReplyDeleteI really enjoy your blog. Thank you for sharing. The ornament is beautiful.
ReplyDeleteOH what a lovely ornament.. I made some a couple years ago with my girls birth pictures in them.
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carol
Another cool idea from you :-))
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! Thanks for the chance to win!
ReplyDeletecoleslaw1017[at]gmail[dot]com
Sweet!!!!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful ornament, thanks for the oportunity to win one. ♥
ReplyDeleteac_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!
ReplyDeletethis ornament it beautiful! I think I need it.
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful ornament!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful ornament
ReplyDeleteA really lovely ornament and sentiment.
ReplyDeletePeace - great sentiment and beautiful ornament
ReplyDeleteVery nice, you are very talented!
ReplyDeleteKaren, 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!
ReplyDeleteoh and i just broke the cardinal rule of giveaways (which is currently bugging me haha) - my email is megan.nadalet at gmail dot come :)
ReplyDeletebeautiful ornament.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful 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!
ReplyDeleteoh that would look spectacular on my Christmas tree! Thank you!
ReplyDeletevery original....
ReplyDeletemy giveaway is here
http://busybeefree.blogspot.com/2009/12/giveaway-day.html
oh that's beautiful!
ReplyDeleteThis is beautiful! Thanks for your hard work on photographing it!
ReplyDeleteSweet! I love the bird on black. :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a great giveaway! I'd love to be entered :)
ReplyDeletejillybean7681 at gmail dot com
very pretty!
ReplyDeletejakemelissajakea@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.
ReplyDeleteI love those. So personal!
ReplyDeleteI 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?
ReplyDeleteNicola (Nicolaknits)
I'm having trouble with wordpress comments today!
It`s beautiful!!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful ornament! Kudos to you in your efforts to photograph the impossible!
ReplyDeleteI 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 !
ReplyDeletePlease please, count me in !
i had so much fun with your photo adventure!!!
ReplyDeleteit'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! :(
ReplyDeleteooh! Pretty!
ReplyDeleteVery pretty. Thanks for the giveaway. alusco@centurytel.net
ReplyDeleteI think it would look beautiful on a tree with lights!
ReplyDeleteGlad to see you're playing along in the SMS Giveaway Day, Teresa! :)
How pretty
ReplyDeletehaha. At least your photography troubles are entertaining.
ReplyDeleteAlso, i follow with google reader.
ReplyDeleteVery pretty ornament...thanks for the giveaway...
ReplyDeletenhsarab at yahoo dot com
We love taking out our ornaments every year and this would be a beautiful addition!
ReplyDeleteVery nice! Thanks for the giveaway!
ReplyDeleteI love your photography exploits!!
ReplyDeleteThank you for the opportunity to enter!
SheilaC
shecarita(at)yahoo(dot)com
I follow!!
ReplyDeleteSheilaC
shecarita(at)yahoo(dot)com
So cute! And nice blog! I'll sunscribe!
ReplyDeletebeautiful! nice work getting creative to get a good pic!
ReplyDeleteIt's beautiful! Your ornament would make a wonderful addition to my tree! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! I would love to win this
ReplyDeletedftrew(at)gmail(dot)com
How pretty!
ReplyDeleteI'm a follower!
Thanks for the chance to win! These are beautiful
ReplyDeleteThat's a lovely ornament. Thanks for all the effort that went into getting an accurate photo of it! :-)
ReplyDeleteoh, special ornaments are such a nice part of the holidays! i'd love a chance to win one of these :)
ReplyDeletecheers
sarita0818 at comcast dot net
Beautiful! I hope I win!
ReplyDeleteit's very cute!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful 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...
ReplyDeletereally beautiful! thanks for the opportunity! ;)
ReplyDeletePeace...what a beautiful gift to ourselves that we can share collectively within our families, neighborhoods and communities.
ReplyDeleteThank 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.
ReplyDeleteI love handmade ornaments, and yours is lovely!
ReplyDeleteThanks for a chance to win.
ReplyDeletecurry(dot)jessica(at)gmail(dot)com
That is beautiful. Thanks for the opportunity to enter!
ReplyDeleteThat is beautiful. Thanks for the opportunity to enter!
ReplyDeleteIt is fun to see how you played around with taking photos! I think the first two were still the best pictures :)
ReplyDeleteThank you for helping me becoming a follower. This time it worked!
ReplyDeleteYou are so talented. I love the ornament. I would be stoked to win one of them
ReplyDeleteit's beautiful!
ReplyDeleteThank you for this wonderful giveaway. I am also doing a giveaway. I have two blogs, www.sewingwithtrudy.blogspot.com and www.artisticcreationswithtrudy.blogspot.com
ReplyDeleteMy 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.
ReplyDeleteI 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.
ReplyDeletebeautiful! thanks for the chance to win :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful ornament! You are really amazing for this generous giveaway. Thanks for the chance!
ReplyDeleteThose are lovely ornaments!
ReplyDeletehi
ReplyDeletewhat 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.
ReplyDeletevery pretty! and I can see how hard that would be to photograph!!!
ReplyDeleteLove the ornament!
ReplyDeleteThanks 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. :)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful ornaments. I would love to know what you paint them with.
ReplyDeleteI am now a subscriber
ReplyDeletewhat a cute ornament!
ReplyDeleteshannon.mangerchine(at)gmail(dot)com
What a beautiful ornament! It would look lovely on anyone's tree!
ReplyDeletecool ornaments, I'd love to win.
ReplyDeletethat is very pretty. Thank you for the chance to win! I hope you have a wonderful Christmas. -dez
ReplyDeletesimply.simon.sisters[at]gmail[dot]com
very pretty ornament, I would love to have this for my tree!
ReplyDeletemicaela6955 at msn dot com
blog follower
ReplyDeletemicaela6955 at msn dot com
I became a follower of your blog. Love the ornament it's beautiful.
ReplyDeleteWhat a cute ornament
ReplyDeleteBeautiful ornament...Loved all the pics. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteThis is beautiful, and I'm impressed you went to so much trouble to photograph it.
ReplyDeleteajolly1456 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!
ReplyDeleteSo pretty I love some peace!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful ornament. Thanks for the chance to win!
ReplyDeleteThanks for such a wonderful chance to win a beautiful Christmas tree ornament!
ReplyDeleteshiki6210 at gmail dot com
Oh my how sweet! I'd so love to have that on my tree this year.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the chance!
reviewsbyabby at gmail dot com
What a lovely ornament! And so generous of you to give away 5 of them!
ReplyDeleteI follow too!
Lovely ornament!
ReplyDeleteLovely ornament....and i love your blog. So glad I found it!
ReplyDeletethanks for hosting the giveaway! love the dove ornament!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous ornament. Hopefully I get lucky with the random numbers! Thank you for participating in the giveaway!
ReplyDeleteReally sweet and inspired ornament. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteThat is a beautiful idea for a Christmas ornament. I definitely like the "peace" and dove combination :)
ReplyDeleteThe last years photo is fantastic, it's hard to beat a photo like that.
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful ornament...I'm addicted to them! My daughter even has a tree up in her room this year! :)
ReplyDeleteI love christmas ornaments!
ReplyDeleteThanks 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.
ReplyDeleteEmily
sk8ter dot emily at gmail dot com
Interesting idea having the bird show on the other side of the word.
ReplyDeleteI love the ornament... thanks for the great giveaway. I am very excited.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the opportunity!
ReplyDeleteYour ornament is lovely! Please count me in.
ReplyDeleteMany thanks, Cindi
jchoppes[at]hotmail[dot]com
I follow your blog publicly via Google Friend Connect!
ReplyDeleteAgain, many thanks.....Cindi
jchoppes[at]hotmail[dot]com
What a beautiful ornament!
ReplyDeletehttp://thelifeofthegirlnextdoor.blogspot.com/
Beautiful ornament and can understand why it was so difficult to photgraph.
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas!
These are really pretty, great job!
ReplyDeleteI 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!
ReplyDeleteI am not sure if I left my e-mail address. My blog address is thetaleofmommydragon.blogspot.com
ReplyDeleteplease enter me in your giveaway!
ReplyDeletethanks!
~Kim
(ksknitchic@yahoo.com)