Today is a great day.....
and you are in for a special treat. Actually....four days of treats!
Today is day one.
First....let me introduce you to my friend Jacki in the photo above....
she's sitting with her daughter Selah and i just happened to love the way
they were LOVING on each other when i stopped by for a visit.
I happened to have my camera with me and this was a total impromptu
photo and i did NOT ASK permission to use it.
{I'll make it up to you Jacki...pinky promise}
Anyhoo...
I've been wanting to do something fun for a while now...to thank you girls for
taking the time to stop by and read my little thoughts here on this blog.
You know i have a passion for photography....
i just don't want to take it to the next level.
I have the most fun with grabbing images of my kids....
my kids friends and the small things i see with my eyes.
This photo above is baby Devin.
{i also didn't ask Devins permission either...}
She is my neighbor baby.....the one who when my ovaries are kicking in...
all i have to do is go next door to hold her.
To get my baby fix.
Then i hand her back.
And lastly....
the girl who rocks Fin's boat.
This girl is competing BIG time for his heart...
and i have to say...i think she won him over;-)
Okay....
now for the fun....
GIVEAWAY DAY ONE:
Adobe photoshop Elements 8.
You can edit your photos galore with photoshop....
making your own fabulous memories.
Just leave a comment ...comments close tomorrow {april 30th} at midnight.
Then make sure to check back on Saturday for day 2 {and the winner}.
{p.s. i did and have not forgotten about the name giveaway....don't worry;-)}
xo
200 comments:
I can say only this... I would love to have this... see my Hubs says you will never be able to figure this photo stuff out so, save your funds Honey. I say pooey on him and maybe I shall WIN :)I hope you have a great day.
Smiles,
Sheila
YESSSS! i need elements 8!! great photos - lovely friends and editing... you might just have to throw in that action ;)
xo
kari
this is one of my first blog 'comments' as of yet...i have checked in on your site occasionally though and am enamored with it.
love the white background.
love the photos (the little girl's eyes in the last photo of this post are beautiful).
love the honesty. and the simplicity.
your style and tastes seem to reflect mine, which may be why i keep checking back!
thank you for sharing your version of beauty!!! (=
-C.
Devin is ADORABLE! Those cheeks. Those eyes. She's a doll.
I'm taking a Photoshop class in June. Perfect timing!
I SOOOO have been wanting to get my hands on Photoshop!!! Perfect!
I have secretly, quietly, tearfully been coveting this program. I keep hiding my pennies but alas! my pennies are needed elsewhere.
Fingers crossed!!!
~vee
Are you kidding me? I would soooo love to win this! Please pick me, pick me!!! (I know, it will be a random winner, but a girl can dream - right?!)
Today's post is especially beautiful - you have an incredible eye and wonderfully photogenic subjects!
Have a great day.
XO
Heidi - Heart and Home
You do have a passion for photography and that is obvious from your photographs. Keep up the good work!
Puh lease God.... let me win.
Photos are awesome.
I love your photos!
I have also enjoyed my armchair vacation - Thanks for sharing!
What a sweet friend YOU are! :)
**fingers crossed**!!
I feel priviledged to be able to read your little thougts, which always make me laugh, and view your beautifull pictures. So even though I feel it should be me thanking you I'll accept this gift gladly!;)
emilydalton02@yahoo.com
GREAT photos! I've been lusting after Photoshop 8 for some time now....how did you know?
So if I win the new Photoshop, will my photos look as beautiful as yours? Because I could look at your pictures forever! But I'm sure the raw talent doesn't come with the giveaway! That is yours alone!
would love it! Thank you, so kind of you. beautiful pics!
You have renewed my obsession with traveling to Paris. Your pictures are always stunning.
I hope I win! (maybe then I'll have pretty pictures of my own : )
Oh yes, please! Pretty pretty please! I have a great camera, but only have my iPhoto program to edit with, and Photoshop would OPEN UP MY WORLD!!!!
Love your blog, by the way. It was fun living vicariously through your trip to Pa-reeeeee...:)
if it isn't wonderful enough to get to come to your blog and read the funny way you write and laugh a bit- we get give-a-ways too! I'm thrilled to be put in the drawing.
I also love to take photographs but mine usually lack the beauty that is the photo shopped picture- it would be awesome to win this giveaway and re-discover my love for photography. :)
OH that BABY!
And what cute grandbabies you will have.... ;)
OMG! First post ever here and gotta say-I love your blog! I love the free laughs you give away everyday, your wonderful pictures and jammin music! :) Thank you for hosting this awesome giveaway!
You are SO sweet Kasey. Thank you for this giveaway! Fingers crossed :)
Wow, I would love to win this!Maybe I'll get back into taking pictures again. Justs recently discoverd your blog and I love it.
Beautiful photos. I love me some chubby cheeks! I have a great nephew her age that could give her some serious competition ;)
May I tell you another time I really love your style, your writing and your photos ?? You are in Illinois, I am in Italy, but I feel like I know you a bit...brava, ciao, Monica - Pls count me in for your giveaway...thanks!!
Great pictures! And I can totally understand why she rocks his boat.
wow...you take amazing photos. i love them!
michelle
Oh my goodness! Those are some of the sweetest photos! I would love one of those of me holding my daughter...unfortunately, my husband doesn't like taking photos, so there aren't too many photos of me with my baby girl : ( Maybe if I win the software, I can teach him how to love photography as much as I do!
It would be fabulous to have more than the standard shot pictures that I currently possess. I don't have any editing software to use! I love those pictures you posted! Great eye for capturing emotion!
I would love this! Bought myself a belated b-day/Christmas gift of a new Canon a few mos ago & this would be so fun!
PS. I am loving your Paris series! Feels like I was right there with you all eating chocolate croissants & chatting with Jean-Pierre. :)
What a fabulous gift! I love your photos!
I have loooved reading your European trip posts - but I enjoy your blog in general - I love your writing style!
I would looooove to win Photoshop because otherwise there is no way I could afford to buy it. I'm too busy paying off undergrad loans while trying to pay as I go for grad classes, and driving my '95 Jeep Cherokee and my husband driving his '99 red Saturn. In conclusion: PICK ME!
yay!you are seriously sweet & generous! :) does flattery help my chnaces of winning?? :)I am loving traveling to paris w/you..thank you for all of the great pic.s!
Happy Day...
This would be amazing to win...your photos are awesome!
I'd love to do more with my pictures!
Hi friend,
well, you know how much i want this...and i am entering your giveaway even though i will not win, because i have yet to ever win anything from a blog giveaway...but what the heck, there is a first time for everything.....or not.
xo~Jill
Oh the joy of PSE....sighhhhhhh
Love all these pics. I wish I had pics like this of my kiddos!
Jacki is a sweetheart:) Great photos...
now...
honestly...your give-a-way is amazing...amazing!
I still don't have Photoshop, I'm glad to hear that I'm not the only one!!! I WANT IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You're amazing as always!!
Great photos! I love the baby one and would love to win this so I can pretend I'm a photographer ;D
I really want Photoshop so I can purchase Florabella actions and learn to use my camera and all its functions...in manual.
Devin chubby cheeks are too adorable. Thanks for this awesome giveaway. Blessings, SusanD
No wonder Fins in love!!! It takes a comfortable person to take lovely pictures like this.
Please count me in for the drawing. I desperately need to something about my camera and my software!!!
Love, Kate
You know, sometimes I see things in a funny light. I was scrolling down to give my word verification and saw CHOOSE AN IDENTITY. Woah! You've got some blog here! (I have seen this before but ...) May I choose Mary Poppins so that I can get this house clean in a snap? or, who's that British actress who played Jane in the Pride and Prejudice with Keira Knightley? I'd love to be THAT gorgeous - like a perfect breeze - for a day. Wow, the possibilities. ANYWAY...
Those baby cheeks are KILLING me!!!
Love it!
I love your blog. I especially love reading about your trip to Paris. I went a couple of years ago. It was wonderful. I like reliving it while reading your posts.
I have a new baby and I would love to have Photoshop for all of the pictures we now have.
Thanks for the giveaway!
I would SO love to win this! OX
lovely, lovely photos!
I love your photos and your blog!
Thank you for making me smile every day!
What sweet pictures! I just wanted to say that you have such an interesting blog with such personality and great generosity.
I already have PSE 8 and love it, so you don't have to enter me in this giveaway. I just wanted to share with you my thoughts.
Mandy
Love it! Photography is such a therapeutic, stress reliever! Gotta enter for this one...I love Picnik but would like to be able to use my own actions and what not. Thanks girl! :)
I would love love love this. Pick me pick me pick me;)
Count me in! Would LOVE this!!
Yet another fabulous giveaway!
Would love to win. Could you come teach me how to use it though?
what a great giveaway! enter me, please. And I love that baby. My goodness.
love your blog...love the photos...would love to win!!!
I like cheese please pick me. You have totally inspired me to take more pictures and always have a camera handym
oh my... Devin is a cutie! Those cheeks.
Remind me of my little girl - many moons ago.
Cheryl
I clearly need to win this - have you seen my awful photos on my blog?!
I love reading your blog. I actually tried out your rotisseri chicken enchiladas the other night and they were fabulous!!
What a great giveaway!!
count me in!
I recently received a birthday gift of a Wacom pen tablet that came with PSE7 - would love to be on the cutting edge with PSE8! It's all a huge, wonderful learning experience! Love. Love. LOVE your posts!!
Oooh, great giveaway! I'd love photoshop elements!
That is one adorable baby! How could you NOT kiss those cheeks.
I'd love to win. My photos need help.
Lovely pics, Kasey...and what a fab giveaway! We have PS Elements 7, I believe, and the hubs has been itchin to get 8...so I think I'd make his day if I won it! ;) Please enter me in your giveaway!
Smiles,
Rachel
I have been wanting to get this! how cool would it be to win! thanks for the chance!
I'm afraid that even photoshop won't help my photos look anything near as incredible as yours, but I'm willing to try. ;)
Thanks Kasey!
T
Well, since I have an awesome camera now I NEED this! Thanks for the chance!
Lovely photos...and sign me up for Photoshop!
Gorgeous shots Kasey....very evocative, their mothers must have been thrilled when they saw these images. xv
This is an awesome give away for those of us who love to change UP our photos! Thanks so much for signing me up, still love to come visit you.
You always have the best pictures. They are truly a uplifting to look at. Thanks for sharing them (with or without permission ;-) Thanks for the giveaway!! That is awesome of you!! Much needed right now.
Lovely photos...as usual.:) And a fun giveaway!
-Gail
I love checking out your blog and your pictures are amazing! I would love to photoshop my pics to make them beautful :)
You are rockin' it with all these amazing giveaways lately!!
Kasey...you are amazing...i tell you simply amazing. LOVE these pictures so much. Would also love the photoshop.
~Tara
I would love to have Photoshop! I have been wanting it for awhile now! Pick me!
What a treat! I discovered your blog TODAY and it was love. I lived in Lyon my senior year in college and was wistful as I looked through your recent photos and dreamed of croque monsieurs and patisseries! AND my husband and I just treated ourselves to a new camera for our anniversary this week and have been so excited about diving in... no programs yet, but perhaps soon?? thank you for your beautiful meandering thoughts and delicious photos. you truly have a gift!
Just gotta say I'm loving all your photos!
Oh what a fun giveaway, kasey! I would love to learn how to use photoshop. Throw my name in please!
blessings,B
Love your photography(those cheeks are hilarious!) & I'd love to win the giveaway! Wish I knew what lens's are your fav's.
gosh...i'd love to win, especially if my photos would turn out as adorable as your photos!! thanks for the opportunity!!
I would love to win since I'm using Photoshop 3 right now really need to update that. I hope I win. love your blog.
What a fabulous giveaway! I just checked this out the other day & would LOVE to win it! I am new to photography & would love to take editing to the next level. I dream of using florabella one day. You rock to offer such a fantastic freebie!!
Oh that would be so fun! Your pics are amazing & I would love to make mine awesome!
xo,
Shellagh
Oh I SO need this - I am buying a Nikon D5000 and this would make editing all those new pictures so much more fun!
Hi Kasey!
First of all, don't enter me, I already have PS Elements and LOVE it. Big-time. Whoever wins this, will be very lucky indeed, it's a wonderful tool.
How generous!
All the best,
Anne
Love the baby photo, so cute!
Love love love your site. Found it on baileyandme2 site :) also love giveaways...who doesn't?
I thnk I need this Miss Kasey...yep...I think I do~
I got a new camera for Christmas and loveee taking pics of my kids and everything around me- definately needphotoshop to enhance my pics!!!! Would love to get lucky this time.
shanna.u@gmail.com
I am so in love with that baby face and those cheeks! I need a neighbor with a baby like that...so cute! What a great giveaway! I would love to have this being I have just bought my new camera and am learning so much more about photography. I love day one...can't wait to see the others!
Hugs,
Victoria
Sweet giveaway...tutorial pretty please? Will you give private lessons?
xo
Would love to win!!!!! I have been wanting to try this software forever!
This would be fabulous to have! ♥ I'd love to win.
xoxo
i would love to win anything that might help me take pics like yours. they are always fab.
hugs,
shelley
ps~ come over and enter my 200th post giveback if you'd like.
Ok I want this. After I win you have to come over and show me how to do it. OK?
This is something that I could really use to take my photos to the next level! Love the shots on your page today....really marvelous of the baby, especially! I can see why he makes you crave another : ) Crossing my fingers.....! xx P&H
Oh, baby sweet baby cheeks... they'll get you everytime!
great photos, all around...
and if it's possible to win this program I have been lusting after, it will be more than great!
Your photos are always an inspiration and make me want to take better pics.
Great giveaway...
I love all of your photographs!! You are so talented!
I would love to win photoshop. I need it bad! : )))
Take CAre,
Maria
Oh, my yes, please enter me for the beautiful Photoshop giveaway!! And then you'll do a personal tutorial to go along with it, right??? : )
I would love to win this...my pics could use help. Thanks for a chance!
:)
Love. your. photos. I'd love to get more creative with my picture taking. I'd love a chance to win.
wowee, what a dream of a giveaway!! And, I absolutely LOVE that shot of the little one who is rockin' Fin's boat!
I have one of those neighbor's too!!! I LOVE loving on her little girl!!!! And handing her back. :o)
I would LOVE another baby but my hubby ... not so much.
Oh me!! I would love to have PS Elements 8 too!
It goes without saying that I would love PS8.
Plus, my sister is having triplets...so I will have to be her photographer and I will get MY baby fix x3!!
Kacey
Shes.No.Martha
Lovely photos...would love to be entered in the drawing.
Your photos are nothing like I've ever seen! I'd love to live in a bright cheery haze similar to your life! It looks so calm and happy!! Thanks for sharing.
What a treat. You are spoiling us ;)
XOXO-
I have been enjoying your French holiday posts ~ both the photos and the commentary! Always love your photos ~ inspires me to try myself someday ... sometime ...
It's incredible how much you can say about a person (whether it's the subject or the photographer) through photography. I love the timeless elegance of your style--classic, eternal, good taste :)
Yippee skippy!!!! oh what'd i give to have my photos look anything like yours :)
xo,
LuLu
i would LOVE this ... it's been on my "list" for so long and well, it just keeps getting pushed down the list by necessary life things. thanks for being so generous.
WOW!!!! What an awesome giveaway, would love this. Your photos are so precious today, beautiful.
Debby
I need photoshop?
Such a generous gift to share! I'm just starting to really get into photography on a more serious level (for me anyway) so this would be a lovely way to get started...thanks for the chance!
Kasey You are always blowing me away with your talent-and your generosity-you have become such a fun part of my day! Thank you from the bottom of my heart!
So so so so so so excited for this!!!
You take beautiful pics...and I'm working on it. Thanks for the opportunity!
Heather S.
prayhard@mtco.com
Oh that baby face! I want to smoooosh it.
Oh Kasey, this would be amazing. I can't say that I'm the most deserving of it, but I would love it so much. :) Thanks, girl!
Oh PICK ME! I need this one! Between trying to figure out MY blog and starting 2 business blogs, I am about to pull my hair out between godaddy being sucky, pictures, trying to figure out code and trying to actually have a LIFE!
I love your header!
Your beautiful photos have inspired me to learn more about photography. Winning your giveaway would certainly put me on the right path. Thanks for the fun.
Are you serious? Count me in! I absolutely adore baby Devin and Fin's girl. Those are precious photos!
I would love to win this! I love all your photos!
Awesome!!! You definitely have the best giveaways! Have a blessed day!!
Count me in please ~ I would love to have this!!
Kasey, I enjoy your blog so very much...the words, the pictures...it's a happy place over here! And I'm NOT just saying that because I would l.o.v.e. a little photoshop action! :) Thanks for the fun giveaway and for your sunshiny blog.
I just love reading your blog. I can't tell you how many times I have laughed out loud! :)
Wow your trip to Paris, sounds amazing. Great give-a-way.
Thanks, Margo
sherndon@wavecable.com
What a fabulous gift, i would love to win, and then take a class to learn how to use it....
I am a follower and I love reading your blog and seeing your great photo's..
Hugs
Brenda
WOWZA! What a great giveaway! Yes, please :)
Kimberly
http://yeptheyareallmine.blogspot.com/
Must. have. Adobe. Photoshop. Elements. 8. Paahhhleease.
What a wonderful give away! The little girl who rocks Fin's boat is Soooo lovely~
mowrose@aol.com
Um okay, I want this one really bad. pretty please with sugar on it.
Oh, oh, oh! Please, please, please! Pick me! Pick me! I will love you forever and ever!
Oh pick me pick me!!!!!!!
Email giosmama26@yahoo.com cuz I forgot my goggle password.. Haaa see I need this cuz my mind is slowly fading.. ;)
I love your photos and your stories, they are so honest and straight forward. Thanks for sharing. Florence
Fabulous Give~Away, Please Count Me in..... Your Photos are Priceless!
Cheryl
That photo of your neighbors baby
is soooo darn cute!!!!
What a generous giveaway!
Elizabeth
Your photography always inspires me! Seriously, I can't wait to go the aquarium and capture photos like yours awhile back. I am looking forward to when I find time to edit photos...only 6 more weeks of school and I am free. This give away would be PERFECT for me. I love the Flora-bella collections you use...they are dreamy!!!
Your blog always makes me smile :) Thanks for the chance to win this great treasure!
Oh yeah! I would love to have Photo Shop! You are so sweet and thoughtful to place it in your give-away!
I love visiting your Blog often!
Take care,
Debby
pick me pick me...please:)
Oh Kasey, baby Devin is adorable! Soo cute! Love all your photos!
This giveaway is AMAZING!!!!!! Please count me in!!!!
Federica
xoxo
well, I love your photos and literally just bought PSE8 and have wasted HOURS playing with it...
what I am thinking is that your next giveaway may be right up my alley..some actions *wink and you will pick a blogger from down under in need of some action action roflmao
Sarah
p.s. I think I am what is known as a Professional Lurker at your place
Great photos, great stories, great blog, great give away :-)
best wishes
tinka
Your photos are just darling. What a wonderful giveaway! It's the best giveaway I have ever seen. :)
I would love to have the photoshop! Every time I give my show, I take pictures of my vendors and their treasures and get frustrated with the limited resources I have to edit. You would make my day!
xo Judy
What an amazing giveaway!!!
This is the best giveaway I have ever signed up for...hope I win!
Merci, Merci...Kasey..for the chance to win this bonn gift! (the only French I know)!!
What beautiful pictures. What wonderful gifts you are able to present friends with. I'm just starting to real pick up the camera and look forward to your future postings on taking pictures.
Really for me, you are too kind. But I must say my photos will never be as awesome as yours. Well at least if I won then my photos could at least look decent.
My photos need all the help they can get. Thanks for another great giveaway!
I just signed up for a photography class, I have been inspired by all your great photos and decided to pursue something I have always been interested in. Thanks for sharing your amazing trip with us....My husband's cousin lives in France and we hope to visit soon.
what a generous giveaway!! thanks for the opportunity!! LOVE you blog!
xoxo's nancy
Oh what I could do with such a fab gift. Expecting a baby in September. My son has named her Rosie. How sweet to be able to catch those precious moments and pretend I'm a great photographer!
Always in it to win it....the photos are wonderful - the eyes have it! Happy weekend my girl with hugs and blessings, Jennifer
What a great giveaway! My husband and I just bought a very nice camera and I think Photoshop is our next step :)
-Teresa
I love your blog...read it everyday! I would love to win this give-away. Thank you!
Beautiful photos Kasey!!!!
Blessings,
Shawn
i love your pics! and i would love to win!
WOW! Gorgeous pictures!
rjmolle@gmail.com
just stumbled upon your blog and absolutely fell in love, thanks for making my day!
Just got my first DSLR camara and saving my bucks to get Photoshop! Would be thrilled to win!
I love your blog and check back often to read your sweet posts.
Would love to win! /have a great weekend.
You are beyond generous...and I have yet to try Photoshop...and would so love the chance to win...thanks a bunch Kasey!
You make me giggle every time I visit your blog. Thanks! My fingers & toes are crossed for the great giveaway.
blessings!
~kati
Argggh - now that I know how to take photos - I definitely need to be able to photoshop them!! Oh PLEASE let it be MOI!!
PS - you going to come and adventure race with me???
Such a great giveaway! I love the subtle effect of the natural light in these photos!
What a fabulous giveaway! Thank you!
I love your blog because I love your pictures. And I would love to win so I can make my blog look this awesome....
I would love to win that! So much you could do with photos!!!
I adore your blog - such soothing and beautiful photos. I'll enter the contest, not expecting to win, but hoping.
Thanks for your beautiful corner of the world.
First of all, you are so stinking talented. Love those pics. I mean LOVE! Almost as much as I love you and your blog.
Secondly, I NEED this! This would take my pics to a whole new level.
Fingers and toes crossed.
Your beautiful photos just take my breath away! Today is my first visit to your site and I was just following up on someone who had commented on my blog....just thought I'd see who else she likes. I was just thinking last night around 2:00 how much I wanted to learn to take better pictures and wondering if one could learn to do that online. I'm not a whiz and just barely getting a blog going, but your photos are so lovely, I'm all misty eyed now.
please pick me, i have wanted FOREVER!
mary
oh how I would love this! But I'm realistic...with 183 comments on this give away alone.... *sigh*
I would love to edit my pics and make then even as half as beautiful as yours.
Are you kidding me??? I would love to win PS Elements! I have been begging hubby to buy it! Thanks for the chance Kasey!
p.s. I have just been catching up on all the rest of your adventures in France...you are so funny! Loved reading all about it and the pictures are fab!
xo,
Adrienne
Although I would need to read a major tutorial before attempting to use this editing program, if my pics could look half as good one day as yours always do, I'll study up as long as it takes! ;-)
middle_friddle(at)hotmail(dot)com
Oh I would LOVE to have a copy of Photoshop 8. I would love love love it ... just as much as I love your blog!
xoxo MMW
KASEY,
wow what a great giveaway...please enter me in the mix thanks so much...E.M.
You take such beautiful pictures! Please enter me - I'd love to win!
Donna
Love the blog and love the give-away! I would be so happy and grateful to win this amazing prize! I would love to be like you and edit beautiful pictures :)
Please oh please, I would love to win!
I simply love your blog, Photoshop giveaway or not! This blog is a source of great inspiration, and it's just fun to dig through...Winning the giveaway is the cherry on top!
Yes please, pick me, this would make photos of my little one amazing!!!
you've got to be kidding me, right?
what an awesome gift.
please put my name in that hat.
i'd love a photo editing program.
not that i'm not thankful for picnik, but i'd love to try all of these actions i'm hearing about.
(photo actions)....just thought i'd clear that up. ;) wink wink.
xo
would love to win!! love your blog... I read it every chance I get! (inbetween being a full time college student and a mommy) So jealous that you got to go to Paris... I want to go back so bad :)
You can just feel the love of that mommy for her little one. Beautiful capture of an authentic moment of love between them.
Hope I am not too late. ;) Would cry if I won. Teehee
Love this giveaway.. West Coast - 11:32pm... Count me in!! Does that count!! Your photos are fantastic.
Would love to win (not sure about time difference here in Australia though!) hope I'm not too late.
alicia
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