Sticker Giveaway from Uprinting- Bookplates?!

Hello Mad Madam Em Readers! I know, it's been a while. We have all been sick and taking it very easy. I'm so glad to be back with another amazing offer from UPrinting! When they offered me 250 stickers, it didn't take me long at all to know exactly what I would like printed. Bookplates! I love bookplates. I love books. Come into my home and you would think I'm trying to start a library in the living room. I take this from my mother who also collected books, and I remember seeing these beautiful printed bookplates in some of her favorite books. Ex Libris intricately scrawled around a tree or floral scene, with a little space at the bottom to mark your name, I just find them enchanting. There are several places online to find bookplates to print for non-commercial use. check out this beautiful child's bookplate © Ken Brown.
I think this one is just beautiful...


I can't image a better use for sticker printing- and UPrinting and Mad Madam Em are giving away 250 to one lucky reader! UPrinting is also ging to pay this shipping on this one! That's right! FREE SHIPPING!! Yay UPrinting! To qualify to win is leave a comment below telling us what would print. You can ear additional entries by reblogging this post and linking in a comment! Contest ends Friday, October 30th! Good luck!

UPrinting Custom Postcard Giveaway

I set out Friday morning on a mission to create a full color design I would like to see printed in postcard form. Not just a few postcards- 200 postcards! It better be a good design. 200 times the good. Pulling from my very favorite photography- I choose two images. "The Flying Phone" is one of the cooler images I've ever captured, if I do say so myself.

A few "hellos" later and I have a postcard design I can see 200 times. I think I'll send a few out, and then make sets of 10 or so, wrap them in a ribbon and call them gifts. Uprinting is going to print these 5x7 postcards in full color 14 gloss, as per my request. Not only do they do Custom Postcards, but they also do Custom Greeting Cards and so much more. You must check them out.

Your turn! UPrinting is giving TWO Mad Madam Em readers 200 custom postcards each! This is a $68.00 value! You can personalize your custom postcards for invitations, thank you cards, announcements, holiday greetings, etc. To start your design, all you need to do is download one of their templates to fit within their size requirements. Winner is responsible for shipping. Contest ends September 3rd, 2009. CONTEST ENDED! Congrats to comment number 10 and comment number 13!

• To enter: Tell me what you would print on 200 postcards.
• Bonus entry: Decide which of my two designs I should have printed and leave a comment below!
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@uprinting @emilyhorne Mad Madam Em Giveaway 200 Full Color Custom Postcards from Uprinting $68 value #giveaway http://bit.ly/9FfOE

A Quick Trip Home

I swapped with my mama, her kid for mine. My darling sister, Liz, was here for a whole week. I took this in her Senior year. She's a brain and attending ASU (go Rams).

So, we had a ball and so did Maggie, many stories for other times, but then we swapped back. I drive Liz & Jack the long 500 miles to mom's. When we got there Jack got a present from his Grammar & sister- a personalized sippy cup! He knew exactly how to use it, brilliant baby.

Mom decided to pull out the sewing machine. I am so proud of her.
She made a pillowcase. I can't wait to see what she will come up with next! (ducking)

Jack sure loves his Pop-Pop!
He is not too comfortable with grass though- very alien to him.
Good thing we don't have any :)

All that outside business called for a bath from Grammar in the sink.

Tired from his bathy- he fell asleep on sissy.

I took a few shots on the way home with the babies. This is in Pecos, TX.

This is in Pecos too, I can't pass up a broken-down house, especially with a clothesline.

I was raised to take pictures of trains, it's the right thing to do.

Sore soon, and some great giveaways coming up too. A new one from UPrinting! Stay tuned!

Thursday Love

Two Portraits

The evolution of my photography has led me to these two shots today.

Maggie, looking into the sunset at Jamie and Chelsea's wedding.

Chelsea herself at the edge of a wonderfully strange canyon.

The Laughing Place Review and Giveaway

I thought I was going to use cloth diapers. Weeks before Jack was born, I got a load of trifolds, pins and plastic pants. I had one box of disposables. I figured after the first few weeks of really gross poo, I would start using my cloth diapers, just like my mom used on me and my sister. Not. so. much.

So, I started to look into AIO (All-In-One) diapers, specifically handcrafted diapers on Etsy. The Laughing Place caught my eye immediately because of their fantastic fabric choices. I fell in LOVE with this "Space Kids" retro fabric.

The Laughing Place is headed by mom/daughter team Kim and Dana. They have been doing business on the web since 2000. Dana has worked side by side with her mom, Kim, since she was 10 years old. Their store includes adorable embroidered items for baby, as well as these fantastic diapers.

The Laughing Place has been cool enough to offer a giveaway to Mad Madam Em readers! Aren’t you happy you're here? Just head on over to The Laughing Place on Etsy and tell me which awesome handcrafted diapering item you would want for the little one in your life and leave a comment below. This giveaway will run for two weeks, ending Sunday, July 26th 2009. Winner will be notified via email, so be sure I can get to your email or leave it in your comment.

Extra entries!

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@emilyhorne Mad Madam Em GIVEAWAY! http://bit.ly/5UGMT Handmade AIO Cloth Diaper from The Laughing Place on Etsy #giveaway

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6. For FIVE extra entries! Make a purchase at The Laughing Place and email me your receipt (you can take out all of the personal info)!