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A Confession, a Rescue, & a Giveaway

Confession: I’ve been a bad portrait mom. As much as I try to keep up with everything, between work and home and family, one of the casualties of this busy life has been the ritual of sit-down, formal portaits of my children. Fortunately, I’m blessed with some serious photographic talent in my family, so we have actually shot random portraits, but until recently, I haven’t followed through with printing/framing/hanging very well. This makes my mother-in-law crazy, but she still loves me. {wink}

Why does the above confession matter? The holidays are fast approaching, and I decided that for Christmas this year I would like to create small photo books for each of my three kiddos chronicling the first year of their lives (because I’ve also been a bad scrapbook mom). I started sifting through digital files and quickly pulled together sweet little books for my younger two, then realized I didn’t have much on file of my darling first-born. How does this happen? Well, the short answer is: the digital camera we had when she was little is so archaic the files had to be specially converted, and somehow over the years, we’ve lost a lot of images. (Back to that printing problem I’ve already explained.) Boo.

This morning Grammie came to the rescue! She dropped by with an external drive filled with portrait sessions of my babies, sessions I had completely forgotten. One of those sessions included this image of my sweet little one in her original version of our Jessa blessing dress. Phew!

So this whole episode got me to thinking: do you have similar experiences? Do you find that some things you’d like to do fall by the wayside in the crush of busy-ness and responsibility that is the life of a mother or grandmother today? I’d love to know what those things are…and that I’m not alone in not having *everything* as together as I’d like.

Just for fun: all those who join in conversation in the comments section of this post before 10 p.m. (Mountain Time) Wednesday, September 15th will be entered in a random drawing for a $25 gift certificate to One Small Child. One entry per person, but feel free to converse away!

Beau-Coup Christening Favors: A Giveaway

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Your child’s blessing or baptism day is a once-in-a-lifetime event, a day you’ll remember for the rest of your life. It can take a lot of time and effort to put everything together: there’s the ceremony to arrange, pretty christening clothes to find, invitations to send, after-ceremony dinners and parties to plan, and photographs to document it all. We do these things to mark the significance of the glad occasion, and to enjoy the companionship and support of our friends and loved ones.

Here’s a time-saving tip for any who might be drowning in details: order personalized party favors! Favors are a great way to show a small token of thanks to those who come forward to participate and rejoice with you; they lend a touch of thoughtfulness and a punch of personality to your party…and they can be very time-consuming. Fortunately, the talented folks at Beau Coup offer an extensive selection of favors for all your celebration needs, and each is easily personalized to fit your event. Here are a few of my favorites from their gorgeous line of Baptism and Christening favors:

Mmmm, darling jars of sweet honey:

Personalized ribbon: your own name, date, or special phrase added to this luscious satin ribbon will lend an elegant, sentimental air to anything you wrap it with…the options are endless!

Personalized hand sanitizer…so practical! And CUTE!

And my all-time favorite: caramel popcorn…good times, there!

Beau Coup has generously offered a $25 gift certificate for one lucky reader! To enter, share your favorite Beau Coup party favor in a comment on this post. For additional entries, follow us on Twitter or tweet about the giveaway…just drop another comment here to notify me of your add/tweet. This giveaway will end on Monday, July 12th, 2017 at 10:00 pm MDST.

Giveaway: It’s Getting Hot Out There!

Finally! Warm weather is here, and I couldn’t be happier. I’m loving sleeping with open windows, feeling sweet, gentle breezes on my skin, and picnics with my kiddos.

To celebrate, we’ve decided to offer a giveaway for one of my all-time favorite products: our sleeveless infant bodysuits! I put my last baby in them, and have to tell you that it was a sad day for me when she grew out of them. These fit perfectly under anything and provide that little touch of coverage you need for diapers and covering the gap between a warm day and a cool evening…and maybe it’s just me, but I always had that cutie pie riding on my hip, and wrapping my arm around a onesie-clad body was a lot more comfortable than a clammy naked torso. {wink}

We offer styles for both girls AND boys…winner gets their pick of THREE plush pima cotton bodysuits. Leave a comment to enter. For additional entries, you can follow us on Twitter, or join us on Facebook…just drop a comment here to notify me of your add. This giveaway will end on Thursday, July 1st at 10:00 pm MDST.

And enjoy your summer, mmmkay?

photo credit: Paisley Studios