Free Holiday photo cards!!!

I just could not wait to share the news: I have been selected by Shutterfly for their
50 Free Holiday Card Promotion! This is such a blessing and a great opportunity to create, view and
customize my family Christmas cards with Shutterfly’s amazing quality. Now on to the creative part
(my favorite), if you know me any at all you know that capturing memories through photography is very
important to me and close to my heart. First to choose my photo, (done) it was a family decision :0).
Next the hard part, to choose one of the amazing designs Shutter fly has to offer…. Here are my top
choices: Black Border, Classic w/o Edge, Starlight Joy, Bottom Caption, Rejoice King Lord and
Simple Memories. Please leave a vote in the comments section to which card you like best. It will be fun to see which one wins. :0)
So many options but I must choose  Some cards have the option of including two more photos inside
of the card, what a wonderful gift this will make for our family and friends. Step two: Upload photos,
choose my template add my text and order! I am more excited that I will get to send out my cards on
December 1, this year and not the week of Christmas! I also have been researching the gift options
Shutterfly has to offer for the memory keepers like me. Here are some of the options I am thinking of
giving. Calendars , see here for the many options http://www.shutterfly.com/calendars Photo cards for
my card ministry and AAEOP. Then I have always wanted to create a photo book for my coffee table
including all of my best photography! I would love to give each set of my parents a book as a Christmas
gift. Here is the best part, you don’t have to wait until Black Friday to get a great deal,
” Shutterfly if offering 20% off all holiday cards.” As soon as I get my card order I will post it to the blog,
Please check back and if you tried Shutterfly let me know about your experience.
Have a blessed day,
Tracy

Anonymous Encouragers is a Chritian Ministry, positive news from Klove

Here is another great story from a 16 year old girl that wanted to make a difference.

Here is the home page for AE and check out the facebook link at the bottom of the page.


Anonymous Encouragers is a Christian ministry designed to encourage individuals and communities. By writing simple cards to people found in phonebooks, anonymous encouragers spread God's love and faithfulness. Anonymous encouragers do not write these letters to receive personal recognition, but to serve others selflessly for God's glory.The process of becoming an anonymous encourager is easy.

Simply pick up your phonebook and choose a name and address. Your letter to this person may include a Bible verse and/or a few heartfelt words. By signing anonymously, you will ensure your security and privacy.

Five Easy Steps:1. Choose a name and address in your city's phonebook.
2. Write a letter in your own handwriting.(A handwritten letter will let the receiver know that a real personwrote to them, not a computer-generated scam.)
3. Sign your letter "A.E." for Anonymous Encourager.
4. Address the envelope, making sure to leave out your return address. (Leaving out your name and return address not onlyensures your security, but also guarantees no personal recognitionfor this act of kindness.)
5. Mail your letter.*If one anonymous encourager would set a goal to write one person every week, 52 people would be encouraged in the span of one year.If one anonymous encourager invites four friends to join the effort,260 people will be reached each year. Join Anonymous Encouragers in an effort to reach the world,one encouraging letter at a time.*Anonymous Encouragers is not responsible for expenses such asstamps, letters, and envelopes. These must be willing donationsgiven by each anonymous encourager.
Anonymous Encouragers

Have a blessed day,
Tracy :0)

Gary Smalley

I was jamming to my new tune station, Klove, check them out here http://www.klove.com/

They had Dr. Gary Smalley on air in an interview about his four day challenge. It was so great I had to share, both about how awesome it is to listen to positive words on the radio and it is FREE!!!!



Here is a 4 day challenge from Gary Smalley. I have had the opportunity to hear Dr. Smalley in person, I enjoyed his speaking and find him an inspiration of God's word.



http://www.klove.com/BLOG/post/2010/07/07/4-Day-Belief-Challenge-Dr-Gary-Smalley.aspx



On the blog you can also listen to his interview on mini podcasts!!



Have a blessed day,

Tracy

Kim Klassen and a stay-cation!!!! Bip Picture Scrapbooking and a free class!! Just Wow!

Kim now has her stay-cation site open. I am so excited about the inspiration that Kim shares that I could not keep it to myself.
Go check out her stay-cation web-site.
http://kimklassenstaycation.blogspot.com/

Here is a free clase from BPS!!! Can you just say WOW!!!! All of this inspiration and totally free!!! I hope you go check these sites out, I just can't tell you how excited I am.

http://www.bigpicturescrapbooking.com/summerfun10.php

I am also doing a class over at Jessicasprague.com !!! I wondered what I might do with my time now that baseball season has come to an end :0(....

Have a blessed night,
Tracy

I heart faces contest ~~~Bandit

Here is my entry for I heart faces contest this week, the theme is Pets...

http://iheartfaces.blogspot.com/





Meet my son's new pup "Bandit" he came to us from our little church down the road. The owner was tired of feeding the pups and the mama dog and just kicked them out of the house. Lucky for Bandit my son was determined to save him :0) He is a very spirited little pup and keeps our old dog Baby great company and makes her a great play mate. (We rescued Baby from a puppy miller so all she knows is to be around puppies.)

Have a blessed day,
Tracy :0)

Where have you (me) been......

Well the ball field of coarse!!! I photographed the team and submitted the photo orders to the lab last night. I can't wait to see the outcome. It was a bitter sweet end to our league games. We were tied, the other teams big hitter was up to bat, strike one, stride two, foul, foul, ball, ball, crack!!! and there it went and he run the bases and won the game by one point!!! We were tied until them and all we needed was to strike him out!!! It was a great game, the boys played hard and with heart, so proud of the little guys but you can't always take home the prize and it's a good life lesson to know that. So here are a few photos of the team

It's a celeblogation at JS

Just wanted to let everyone in on the festivities happening at Jessicasprague.com
Go to jessicasprgue.com and click on the image at 10PM EDT to take you to the first blog!

Happy Wednesday, it is going to be a scorcher..

Future project: The seasoning rack is now transformed into my embellishment turn about. I am going to paint it black, and use the Cricut to cut circles of background and texture paper to cover the tops. ( Someday soon I will have new floors down, but for now I can live with it to meet a higher goal :0) )

What are your projects, please share, I would love to see them and spotlight you on my blog,
Have a blessed day,
Tracy





























Here is my clean desk.

Today is suppose to be really crazzy hot, but keep in mind it is suppose to be in mid-June. That's when I go to the lake and hang out on the Pontoon all day. That I love. Anyway, we will be in the upper 90's today and I have to pre-pay for my propane today....lol...I am truly not thinking of how to keep warm this winter on a day like today. But if I don't think/pay ahead it will cost me a small fortune later.

So, I completed a couple of task, like taking my winter clothes out of the closet so I can find my summer clothes.

I cleaned off the scrap desk and finished cleaning out the hallway. I did more but it was just all of the general stuff. I have been on a great roll catching up the house but it is fixing to end...we have ball games the rest of the week, I have to shoot the team tomorrow and a tourney in Mt. Home this weekend. Sigh... I will miss my projects but I love my son playing ball more...(uh, remind me I said that when I am sitting in the hot sun at noon)

So, here are a few pics of my labor...

Happy Tuesday , Stacation and a Confession

Good morning to blog world, it is so great to be blogging again :0) I am suppose to be doing my 15 min a.m. project but I just could not wait to share the news! Kim at Kim Klassen Cafe is doing a free Inspiration Stay-Cation and you need to sign up here at kimklassen.blogspot.com to join in the fun.

Okay, here is the dreaded confession part, I have not been scrapping due to the condition of my desk and my unorganized house. Somehow, somewhere, sometime.....My scrap desk and house have gotten in a dis-aray a.k.a. MESS!!!! I think it was somewhere between shooting senior portraits, basketball and baseball...lol... anyway I am going to post my awful before shots and keep myself accountable on my projects... Check out my fridge though...huh... looks pretty organized (wink) that was my project for last night. I packaged our meat and cleaned out the fridge, I do the fly lady idea of 15 mins. You can do anything for 15 mins. Well off to do my 15 min in the scrap haven!!!

What have you been doing :0)
Have a blessed day,
Tracy

Free Card making class at JS!!!

Scored big today!!!

Little man wanted to go to yard sales today,so we started at 7 a.m. He was on the hunt for a weight bench, he wants to get "beefed" up before school starts :0) So off we went, he with his lawn mowing paycheck, his little buddy, "H" daddy and I. The first sale he mapped out to go to was like 15 miles away from the house.....hmmm. We drove up and all I could see was lots of pink!! I said to him, you picked a girl sale!!! Well they had an Xbox, Ipod and playstation he wanted to check out. But we missed the xbox, uggg, it was only 40.00 with games. So as I was thinking what a waste of time and heading to the jeep I spotted the prize!!! Yes, a brand new George Foreman Grill!!! Still had the sticker on it. It is a beautiful red and came with 3 sets of grills. I have priced them at the store and they were 100.00 when they first came out, I danced away with it for $10.00. So, I had to tell G he was not in trouble for going to the pink sale...lol...
Here are the specs on the grill:

Applica #GRP106QPGR RED GeoForeman360 Grill
$76and up (22 stores) cashback · 2 - 12%
User reviews (25)

106 square inch cooking surface with versatility of 5 round removable plates 2 grill Plates, 2 quesadilla plates and 1 deep dish pizza / bake plate Mechanical temperature control for perfect results Adjustable tilt to knock our fat and floating hinge.

So to back up a little, I have been on a replenish the kitchen kick! After almost 20 yrs of marriage I am ready to buy some new kitchen aids. Part of my reason is to help me to prepare yummy home cooked meals, save money(part of my debt free plan), eat healthier, and just to show my family love. So at the new store in town, Liquidation Outlet, I bought a GE toaster Covection Oven and a new 6 QT crockpot with a sealable lid. Both new, good working condition for 40.00!! They are black and stainless steel. They do not match my pretty new grill but they will soon live in harmony together.

The week before I purchased a Cricut expressions Machine from the outlet store for the mere price of 135.00 w/tax!!! What a steal, I have been wanting the big Cricut for a long time now. My sweet husband wanted to buy me one a few times and I would not let him because they were just to pricey. I feel God knew the desires of my heart and blesses me with my bargains!! So yes while I feel I have spent WAY to much money latley I really saved even more. Does that count? :0) So my love of scrapbooking and paper crafting has resurfaced and I created dad a card for his bday. Sorry, no pics I just did good to get it mailed.

We also picked blueberries, we almost blunered that!! Our friend told us they were 3.00 a bucket and when we went to check out it rang up 82.00!!!! Hmmm, she was wrong they were 3.00 per gallon!!! Yikes, she cut us a deal and we wrote her a 50.00 check, $10.00 more than she asked for. SO you can imagine I need some blueberrie recipes :0).

Have a blessed day,
Would love to hear your comments,
Tracy :0)

The Savvy Photographer....

Check here for the awesome give away! I am looking for a stylish smaller bag for my camera equipment, an on the go... drum roll pleaes.....

I think I found it :0)

The Savvy Photographer is giving away a fabulous Kelly Moore bag~ http://www.thesavvyphotographer.com

Happy shooting,
Tracy

Happy New Year!!!

I love this time of year, fresh start, fresh air and everyone is talking about goals and organization!!! Ahhh... I could live like this always....:0) I truly love to organize and set goals and I have been a busy beaver doing so. I have also made January my mission completion month. Yes, to finish the projects I started that are looming over my head..Yep, I am going to get it done. So I am proud to annouce I have just finished scanning the last of 300 photos into the ol' pc. They are old fammily photos I got from my mom a couple of years ago and I promised to scan them and get them back to her. ( I am so glad I did not say when) hehehe.

So onto my goal list, I am going to bare my list and let you hold me accountable.
***To increase my worship with my Savior and Father God!!!
1. 365/52 Take a photo a day and post once a week while mastering my camera.
(off to a slow start posting but the new laptop is on it's way :0))
2. Enter photography contest, (hopefully 1 a month at least)
3. Build my photography business, pricing, business cards, ect..
4. Be outside with my son more, at least 20 ,mins a day.
5. Loose my extra fat .... like 19 pounds extra!!! I have already lost 16 before we went to Disney, then gained 8, almost back down then to the next 19. and to get in physical shape. I got the WII fit active.
6. To schedule outings with frineds, at least once every 3 mos.
7. Scrap 365 pages...have not started yet but I am not scared!
8. Faith journal with Patter.
9. To love passionatly. In a sence to hug everyone I meet.
10. To love my family even more...


My motto is this, "TO LOVE PASSIONATLY AND LIVE SIMPLY"

I am loving life no matter what it throws at me and I am going to make my life the best it can be with Gods direction.

Loving Life,
Prophotomom!!!