Happy August. Time For A New GIVEAWAY!

via starlight woods

You Are Not Going To Believe This One

All I can say is, lucky you! You are going swoon over the loot you can win in this giveaway.  Probably wouldn't be right for me to enter my own giveaway, huh? But if I could, I would. Are you sitting down?

Without further ado.............

Can I get an h to the e to the double l yeah? Holy guacamole. Someone is gonna hit the payload.

Thanks to my sponsors:  Starlight Woods (facebook, twitter, website), DreamPillowZzz , {PaperKeeper} (facebook, twitter, blog), Bleu Oiseau Photography (website, facebook, twitter, blog, etsy FPoe team blog), Lia Artisan Concrete Designs, Lee's Whimsy (facebook), and Hayley's Paper Love (facebook, twitter). 

Now, you do have to do a few things to enter, but really- it's a no brainer. 

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Wishing you the best of luck! Now onto the Mercantile Muse Photo Challenge.

Photo Challenge Day 3: Self Portrait

Honestly, I apologize to those participating in the Mercantile Muse Photo Challenge (anyone can join in) for this one. Ugh.  You all look quite lovely, but personally I must have taken at least a gazillion shots and didn't like any. Go figure.

Does Emma have to be so darn cute?

via Emma, mybojulife

Cute. Cute. Cute.

Here's the craft queen herself.....Traci, watching herself become the first loser on Craft Wars. She's killing me. In a good way, of course.

via Traci, All Things Luci Rae

Oh yeah, this girl knows how to style a dust mask and paint.  Traci's usual 'uniform'.

via Traci, All Things Luci Rae

By the way, could her teeth be anymore perfect? Just sayin'.

The lovely and talented Ms. Cari-Jane Hakes, embodying the classic beauty of Audrey Hepburn.

via Cari-Jane, Hybrid Handmade

I have never looked this good with a headscarf on in my life. I'm gonna have to work on that.

I'll let you all in on a little secret. Bonnie is not nearly this serious. Then again, maybe I don't need to say that since she captured this cool shot in the loo.

via Bonnie, {PaperKeeper}

How did you do this never ending repeat photo? Off the bathroom mirror? Very good.

Um. Rock star material. Yup, it's Ashley.

via Ashely, Papyrusaurus

Lastly, moi.

One more of me in the pool in all my glory, or not. Just because I talk about the pool so much. Missy Franklin I am not. 

Thanks to all of these brave women for putting themselves out there. Hopefully the next challenge, dark of night, will be a little easier to capture. Get your submissions to me by end of day Thursday (there is a nice new little email button in the sidebar at right), so I have time to prep the post for Friday. If you're not playing along, you should.

Super long post with the Giveaway and the Challenge. It's all good though. Thanks for sticking with me to the end. Don't forget to enter the giveaway!

Ciao for now,