Chic Critique One Year Membership Giveaway

If you missed our post yesterday, we highlighted a new resource for photographers (both starting out and seasoned) that we found.... Chic Critique.  Oh my is this a great site!

And today, the wonderful founder and chief editor, Kelli France has offered one lucky Moms Who Click reader with a one year membership (valued at $78) to Chic Critique.  Hooray!!

To enter, just like the Chic Critique Facebook page and leave a comment below with your email address letting us know that you did.

Deadline to enter is July 15 at midnight Pacific.  Winner will be announced on July 16.  Good Luck!

The Paper Coterie Winner Is.....

Congratulations to Becky!  You are our lucky winner.  Using randomgenerator.org, your comment number was chosen....lucky #1.  We will be in touch with you shortly with all the details on how to receive your personalized, canvas wall art from Paper Coterie!

And for those of you who did not win and are first time customers to Paper Coterie, you can receive a FREE journal. Just click here to choose one of their many wonderful designs and enter the code welcomejournal at checkout. *cannot be combined with any other offers,  valid for first time customers only.

Canvas Press Giveaway

I love canvas prints.  Taking a favorite photo and turning it into a piece of art is something that not only we should offer our clients, but something we should do for ourselves.

Fortunately for me, I was recently contacted by the generous team at Canvas Press and asked to do a product review and giveaway.  Needless to say, I jumped at the chance.  I knew right away which photo I would want to have turned into a new piece of artwork.  


Working with Canvas Press was so easy.  I was thoroughly impressed from start to finish.  Uploading my photo to their website was a snap--their user interface was simple and straightforward.   They even provide free image consultations.  I received my canvas within a week and it was packaged so well.   I was so excited to rip open the box but their top-notch packaging made me have to slow down.  They went out of their way to ensure that my new piece of artwork was well protected.


When I took out my canvas, I was immediately in love.  It was gorgeous! The colors are perfect, the texture divine and the 16x20 size really makes an impact.   The photo below does not do it justice.  It looks fantastic on my mantel!

I chose a 1.5" wrapped edge finish--love it!

Canvas--up close

And to top it all off, a week later, I received a lovely note from Melissa at Canvas Press.  She said how she liked my photo and loved how the light reflected off the water.  It made my day to have her send such a sweet note, complimenting my work. Thank you Melissa!


And now, I'm thrilled to announce that one lucky winner will receive a  FREE 16x20, 1.5" Gallery Wrap Canvas Print (valued at $110.00) from Canvas Press.  And all of our readers can receive a 10% discount on their orders by using the code MWC10.  


To enter the giveaway, please do the following: 

• For one entry, leave a comment  below letting me know what photo you would choose to have printed and be sure to include your email address so I can contact you if you win.
• Receive extra entries for  "Liking" the Canvas Press Facebook page and Moms Who Click Facebook page and be sure to leave a comment below letting me know that you did.

The deadline to enter is Friday, March 23 at Midnight Pacific.  The winner will be chosen using random.org from all eligible entries and will be announced on Monday, March 26.   

Disclosure:  I was provided with one 16x20 canvas print free of charge to facilitate this review and giveaway.  However, all of the opinions are my own.  I truly love my canvas print!

Our Smilebox Giveaway Winner Is......

Drum roll please........

Using Random.org number generator, we are happy to announce the winner of our Smilebox giveaway is The Barelli Family.    Congratulations!  We are sure you are going to love bringing your photos to life using this terrific and fun application.

Share Your Photos with Smilebox

by: Kristina

A couple of weeks ago  I went to an event hosted by Smilebox  and my how I love this amazing application!    I've been playing around with it the past few weeks and have been busy creating holiday gifts for my friends and family (shhh, don't tell).   And we are so excited because we are giving away a one year membership to Club Smilebox to one of our lucky readers (see the details below).

If you are not familiar with Smilebox,  Smilebox is an photo sharing service that is both PC and Mac based that allows you to quickly and easily create and share slideshows, invitations, greetings, collages, photo albums and scrapbooks.    They have a thousand customizable designs ranging from holiday, birthday, baby, wedding and every day themes that you can easily share via Facebook, your blog or by email.  Oh and they just added an iPhone app that allows you to spruce up your iPhone pictures with cute embellishments.

Here is an example of a holiday card I made (if you click on the individual photos, they will become larger)....

Greeting made with Smilebox

And here is a photo collage I made of my family's recent trip to Pajaro Dunes.

This picture collage created with Smilebox

The one caveat to Smilebox is if you are interested in printing your creations you have to upgrade to a yearly membership which is $39.99 (but sharing your creations via your blog, Facebook or email is always free).  The membership includes:

• Full screen, ad-free playback
• Print at home or a store (they now have their own direct printing, where you can order through Smilebox's printing service and shipping is free).  
• Burn to DVD and save to photo frame
• Use their music (2000+ songs) or yours
• Unlimited storage for shared creations

The GIVEAWAY:   Smilebox has graciously provided Moms Who Click with one download code for a yearly membership to Club Smilebox to one of our readers.  Yipee!!!  To enter the giveaway, all you have to do is LIKE Smilebox's Facebook page and leave a comment on our blog letting us know that you did.  We will randomly draw a name using random.org and announce the winner on Monday, December  5th.  Deadline to enter is Sunday, December 4th at Midnight Pacific Standard Time.

And the Winner Is.......

The winner of Katie Evan's Photography ebook The Key to Taking Pictures Like a Professional is
Erica Medina Weisenberg!  Congratulations Erica!  Get ready to take all of those cool, artsy photos you've been imagining with the help from Katie!!  Thanks to everyone who participated in the giveaway.  Remember there is still time to receive a $4 discount on the book by using the code:  momswhoclick!

A huge thanks to Katie for sharing her talent and knowledge!  We hope you all enjoyed her interview as much as we did!