This is an EXTRA special post not to miss. I have four things to celebrate and I plan to celebrate Oprah style with a GIVEAWAY!
We spent last week in our hometown of Rockford Illinois with all our extended family and lots of old friends. Aside from the stop and go driving of traffic lights (one thing I love about StL is the highway system!) and icy temps we had a wonderful trip. I think we may have stayed a bit too long because I left with a serious case of homesickness.
Friday night we went to dinner at one of my favorite places in town Der Rathskeller. The food is great but the memories are even better. We walked downstairs and to the back tables where I saw my best friends, my dad and my sister. Confusion was first, then they yelled "Surprise!" I got it, it was an early birthday surprise... I'm 30 this Sunday. I can go on and on about 30 and everything that scares me about turning 30. But I won't. It's one of my celebrations. I'm not big on surprises but this was a good one. Kudos to Nick and good surprises.
The only gift I really wanted was a polaroid camera. Polaroid doesn't make them anymore but Fuji does. They have all sorts of cute models. My dad came through with the must have gift on my list. What I love most about the instant picture is just that... instant gratification. No worrying about downloading, editing a few flaws uploading to the lab and printing. The image is there within minutes. We are having a blast with this camera! It's hysterically huge but the images are a good size.
SO, what else could I have to celebrate?! Business stuff of course! This past week I hit 200 likes on facebook (keep them coming!) I blogged my 200th post and I am officially Cheryl M. Photography LLC.
To celebrate I want to do this Oprah style and give something away.
Here it is: All of my 200 fans get a Fuji Instax 210!!!
Just kidding, I don't have 200 cameras to give away but I DO have ONE
Fuji Instax 210 including two sets of film!
In the next week post a comment to THIS BLOG POSTING (all others are welcome but this posting will enter you in for the camera drawing) and one week from today (December 9th)
I will enter all the names in a hat and Gavin will draw the lucky winner.
Good luck and thank you friends!
Here is the Fuji Instax 210
I love this fun little (HUGE) camera and I can't wait to give one to someone else to enjoy
Thanksgiving Favorites:
Emsy and her Greys
Bumpi, Gavin and Cousin Ava
My besties at the Birthday Dinner
Somehow this was the ONLY shot of the four of us, thank goodness for the Fuji :)
A night cap with My sister Michelle. The perfect way to end the holiday week.
24 comments:
As usual, such beautiful shots Cheryl! I am so excited for our shoot on Saturday. I love the vintage look of the Fuji. Super cool!!! Congratulations on all of your success. You deserve it girlfriend! So talented!!!
I think your family pic is awesome and captured exactly what was going on at that moment in a super fun way! Yay for all the exciting stuff in your life right now and I can't wait for you to join the 30's club :) Love ya - Linds
LOVE YOUR NEW CAMERA! And all of your fun shots. :)
Such fun pictures!! Happy birthday! Welcome to the 30 club!!
Welcome to the 30's!! Thirty never sounded too bad for me, it's the 31 and 32 that sound scary! :) Love the pics!!
Hi Cheryl! I read your blog and enjoy looking at your photography frequently, but it took this giveaway to get me to finally post. :) You take beautiful pictures and maybe one of these days the kids and I will make it back to STL for a shoot. Miss you and all the Mom's group ladies! - Heather Cunningham
I want a ridiculously giant camera!!!! Plus my polaroid is useless.... Hope to see you again soon and can't wait to see out pictures from last weekend. - Tiffany Weinert
Contest is open to family, right?! Once again, great pictures! We love you and wish we were closer so we could celebrate the big 3-0 together!
Michelle and Ava
P.S. I did the big scream and cheer Oprah style after reading the word giveaway! :)
So, a very Happy 30 to you and many, many more! Peace, love & joy in the coming year<3 - Nikki Douglas
Congrats on all the exciting things going on in your life, the LLC is SO awesome! And welcome to the 30 club. I'm loving being 30 so far!
EEEK!!! Happy Birthday!!! :-) 30 is AWESOME! Don't be scared. ;-) You are an amazing photographer and mother. Keep up the amazing work my dear. And I SWEAR I will send you my order for those dang pics! Memory is the first thing to go, you know... ;-) ~Cyndie Pelto
Sounds like you had a great time! I am so happy we were able to have you photograph Adalynn's 1 year pictures, we had a great time! The preview photos were amazing and I can't wait to see the rest! So...Happy 30th Birthday!!! Amy Deardeuff
Well I'm 31 and the last two years have been some of the best of my life. There are so many great things are still ahead of us. :) Hope to see you soon, Laura
Happy 30th birthday. Nothing to be frightened about. It only gets better with age! (Trust me.)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! If it helps turning 30...you still look amazing. =) Congrats on all the exciting news. You deserve it; you are an amazing photographer! I love looking at your blog. In case you are wondering why I don't comment as often as I used to it is because I spend my computer time while nursing Luke. Hopefully that changes soon. Good luck in 2011. I'm sure it will be even more successful than your 2010!
First, Happy Birthday! The 30's are awesome! Welcome to the club!! Second, I love the pictures with that camera! I have got to get one, since I am terrible at getting pictures printed! Congratulations to you and all of your success. I will look back on your pictures years down the road, and thank you for all of the memories you captured for my family!
Cheryl - I had to get my baby fix; what a beautiful little girl. Love looking at your pictures. Would love to book you the next time we are in the area maybe this spring. Will contact you when I know dates to see if you have any availability. Thanks Cheryl Pagar
I love your pictures and can't wait until you take photos of my girls hopefully in January! We need to book a date! What is looking good for you? I am excited about the giveaway! How fun!
What a way to celebrate your 30th birthday! A surprise party! How fun!! I love the pictures, it really captures the true fun.
Love the post Cheryl! Can't wait to start working with you in 2011!!
Happy belated birthday and congratulations on your success!!! You've done an amazing job!
Congratulations on becoming an LLC! You really are an amazing photog, and I would say that even if you weren't one of my besties!
Congratulations:) You deserve it and Happy Birthday. As always I look at your new blogs and old ones and cry everytime, you are amazing. I can't wait to see what you accomplish at the end of next year because you have rocked 2010. Happy Holidays and Thank you for every memory you have caught of growing family. Michelle Leach
Happy late Birthday!! I enjoyed this blog, I loved the polaroid camera I used to have..until I used it to the point of killing it..lol. I didn't know fuji made this camera, it would be AWESOME to win this! :)
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