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Posted on August 17, 2010
When Jenni O’Connor of Lion’s Roar Media decides to second with me, I usually have soooo many pictures at the end of the night. It also makes it super hard to pick out one or two sneak peeks. She’s that good. I’ve decided I’m going to kidnap her and force her to come to all my weddings. Somehow, I don’t think she’ll have much of a problem with it. Meanwhile, here are some sneak peeks, two from Jenni, two from me from Kaytee & David’s wedding on Saturday. We had a blast, these two are hilarious. The story is fantastic too, so stay tuned for that and for more awesome pics!
Posted on August 13, 2010
First off, I want to give everyone who entered a HUGE thank you to all of you for your entry. I am just THRILLED with the turn out for all of this. Really, I can’t thank you all enough. Just your willingness to enter has given hope to Laura and Tim. A BIG thank you To Amy Soden and Mandy Raimondi for booking parties with Laura. You guys are amazing! I will be emailing you your free session certificates on Monday! And don’t let the contest stop you from booking a party with Laura! If you didnt win, you can always earn free chocolate with a party! Thanks again, all of you!
And without further ado, the two winners of the Dove Chocolate Giveaway (selected by Random.org) are…
Liss
&
Jen Bretz!
CONGRATULATIONS! Please contact me with your choice of bundle from Dove Chocolate Discoveries and your mailing address and I’ll have your bundles in the mail asap! Thanks again to everyone!!
Posted on August 9, 2010
I’m just letting you all know in advance that this is a very hard giveaway for me. I don’t think I want to give any of this away, I want to buy it all for myself. But, I’m in a sharing mood, so I’ll let you all join me in my obsession with chocolate.
Before I get to the chocolate, I need to tell you why I’m having this giveaway. “You mean it’s not about feeding my addiction?” No, it’s not.
I shot Tim & Laura Krooswyk’s wedding back in January of 2007. They recommended me to a couple of their friends, and I’ve done their weddings as well. We’ve kept in touch on Facebook and I’ve watched their adorable little man, Josiah grow. Josiah was a miracle, and he is such a blessing to them. After trying for a while and through some complications, they got pregnant with another little miracle. After 19 weeks of pregnancy, they were told that their baby had Cystic Hygroma and that condition would give their baby a 10% chance of a normal outcome. Then, they were told that their baby also had hydrops and that condition would give their baby 100% chance of mortality, and that there was no hope. Devastated, they waited to deliver the baby. Virginia Rae was born on May 3rd, 2010 and she was already dancing with the angels. You can read more of the story on Laura’s blog here. They are the reason why I decided to become a Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep affiliated photographer.
On top of this, Laura and Tim just found out they are miscarrying another baby. Which is even more heartbreaking. And because of the economy, they are not doing so well. Laura decided to pick up some babysitting jobs, which helps, but it’s not enough. So, she just started working as a Dove Chocolates Discoveries Chocolatier. Which leads me to the giveaway!
To help Laura kick off her business, I need your help! I am going to giveaway your choice of a bundle of Dove chocolates to two separate winners. All you have to do to enter is to go to Laura’s page, look around, come back and tell me which of the special bundles you would want if you won. Contest ends at 7pm CST on Friday August 13th. On Friday evening, I will pick the two winners. In addition, if you book a party with Laura, OR you order $50 worth of product from Laura (be sure to mention LilyBelle Photography in the comments in your order), you will receive a Free Session from me ($150 value)!
Want more entries? You will get an additional entry into the contest if you do any (or all) of the following and come back and comment here about it.
1. Follow LilyBelle Photography on twitter
2. “Like” LilyBelle Photography on Facebook,
3. Subscribe to the RSS feed of my blog,
4. Post about this giveaway on your own blog
5. Share about this giveaway on Facebook
6. Share about this giveaway on Twitter
You will recieve an extra entry if you do any or all of those and add an extra comment here telling me about it (make sure you provide a link to the facebook/twitter/blog post)!
Good luck!!
Posted on August 2, 2010
I had such a blast at this wedding. These two are so adorable!! Can’t wait to show more!
