I amm the buy-a-project-piece-and-never-finish queen. Maybe I should make a crown off a Pinterest pin…oh wait. I wouldn’t finish it. But today, I COMPLETED **TWO** projects!! This is HUGE! I bought this old Jenny Lind high chair for $12 … Continue reading
without further ado…here are the winners!!!
Please contact the vendor that you won from, using their FB page. You MUST contact them within 48 hours, if not, I will have to pick new winners.
Love,
Shanna-Kaye Fancher
Robin Agema Radzik- $25 Gift Captured Moments by SK
Janette Murchie-HorseFeather Gifts necklace
Emma McKenzie-Reni’s Closet Pixie Hat
Staci Bell-Pure Photoshop $50
Sheri Severns-PhoenixDesigns Action Set
Anna Ruppert-Oh So Posh Action set
Denise Beasley-Newborn Baby Posing
Danielle Dahmer-KnitNCrochet Freak
Christie Carioto-BP4U photogrpahy guides
Crystal Nickel-Studio Thought Sauce
Amber James-Baby Crochet & Knits
Amy Booker-Sweet Soda Frames
Alex Scotland-Abri’s Originals
Amy Hogg-Captured Moments by Sk Mini session
Shanna Uptergrove-Blooming Lotus $50 credit
Jennifer Reyer Young-Abri’s Originals
Kristina Sweets-NoVae Clothing $25 credit
Shelly Anderson-HorseFeather Gifts necklace
Amanda Kammrad-Reni’s Closet hat
Bonita Adkins-Infantite Designs credit
Shanna Uptergrove-Nickel Photography & Design edits
As I’m about to post this giveaway….there are 1,519 fans on my page. Wow! It is so exciting to have each one of you here.
I have to include a few photos from recent sessions…I have lots of blogging to catch up on!
With springtime here, and the gorgeous weather, sessions are filling up…and I have had such a great time photographing each session!
I wanted to celebrate-so I’ve talked with some fabulous vendors, who have graciously donated prizes for you to win!
There is over $1000 worth of prizes (oh yeah!) and 20 winners will be selected.
PLEASE READ: There are 3 steps to complete BEFORE commenting on the post. Follow, Like, Comment. Ready them carefully to make sure you leave the right comment!
(when entering the “extra entries”, please put “ladies” or “photographer” in your comment! You can pick a different one than your previous entry.
@Captured Moments by SK is celebrating 1500 fans with a fabulous giveaway! Ladies & Photogs-enter to win products from your the amazing vendors! www.capturedmomentsbysk.wordpress.com
Tagging is always appreciated! You can do this daily-and leave a comment for each day you Share 
If you are a local fan (East Texas, Tyler area), you can enter to win a free Mini photo shoot with me!! All the other prizes are for anyone-local or far away.
Shipping is free within the USA. Winners will be responsible to contact the Vendor within 48 hours after the winners are posted.
Pretty Pretty Please, Share this with everyone! I love creating excitement with photographers and friends, and want this to be a FUN giveaway!
Now on to the FUN!
(if you are LOCAL to East Texas-you can let me know when you comment, if you want to enter for the free photo shoot!)
“a flower amoung flowers”
5×7 Metallic wall art.
Head over to my FB page to win this beautiful photo for your home!
Ends Friday at noon.
Do you wish you had a clean, fresh look to your business? Or maybe your logo doesn’t say “you” anymore…let me re-brand your business!
Now releasing Full Marketing Sets and Mini Marketing Sets for photographers.
Full Marketing Sets: on sale $100 (reg. $125)
Mini Marketing Sets: on sale $50 (reg. $75)
I want to congratulate you on winning the Couples Sweetheart Session!
The tally was 57 votes for the happy couple. That’s a lot of friends and family voting~I know they will be excited that they help you win
Please contact me via email at sk@shanna-kaye.com to schedule your session…I can’t wait to meet you and capture your love for each other!
I enjoyed reading everyone’s stories-and seeing the excitement over the giveaway.
Since I wanted everyone to win~I will offer a special on couples session when booked this week!
*Couples sessions are regularly $150, which includes the creative fee and disk of edited images with print release. With the special the session is $75. Sessions must be booked by February 21st. Sessions are paid through PayPal, and you will be invoiced to the email you give me.
In other news~I am branching out and designing templates and branding sets, which I’m finding is a lot of fun! I plan to offer these as additions to bookings for my clients in printed products, and also to photographers who would like to use them for their clients.
I experimented with a 20in by 20in template, that I’m going to have printed with my son’s photographs in it. I actually used pictures from my Iphone to make it~I am always snapping photos with my phone, and want to have a way to preserve them! Even as a photog, I find I don’t always have my camera out, and I still want to capture every moment.
It is a 20×20 inch .psd template, that is created with PSE. It can be used in PSE and PS. You need to know how to use layers and clip masks to use it-but it’s pretty easy to learn!
I will be making branding sets also~so if you have a particular color scheme you would like to see, leave a comment!
Love is in the air…Roses, chocolates, and pretty sparkly things are the list of “must-haves” for so many this time of the month.
But this is about something that will last-A Captured Moment of the two of you.
Sure, fancy chocolate is delicious, and makes us feel good…and flowers smell beautiful and make your wife smile! (and guys, don’t think I’m suggesting not to get these things Pictures of you and your beloved don’t fade away. That moment that is captured, that shows your love and admiration for each other is precious and will be treasured for many years to come.
I know all of you have probably seen the commercials for Visa, about things being “Priceless”. We all know things technically have a “price” attached to them, but I want to give a couple a session that is truly “priceless”.-a free session where I capture your personality and love for each other!
Each of the couples below have sent me the story about how they met, and I got teary eyed through many of them. It is so fun to see how people met, how you become attracted to your love and how happy you are to be married (or engaged) to them!
So enough of my sappiness: on to the details of the giveaway!
Each couple needs YOUR vote to help them win this fabulous session.
To enter:
Vote on the couple you want to win by clicking their name in the poll (top right hand of the blog)
Comment on this post with your name, the couple’s name your voting for, and anything else you want to say!
You MUST do both steps for it to qualify. You may vote for yourself
BONUS: If we get 150 votes & comments on the giveaway by the halfway point of the giveaway, (which I’m going to say is Friday the 10th at noon) I will add another session to the
giveaway! Which means TWO of the couples would win free sessions!
The winning couple will receive….
Session will be booked between February 18th-March 31st. The shoot will take place in Downtown Tyler. The winning couple will be emailed after the blog is updated with the winner, and the dates and times available will be sent to choose from. A disk of images and a print release is included with the session.
Voting will end on February 13th at midnight. Winner will be announced on February 14th on the blog. Follow the blog to get an update when the winner is posted!
Please share this giveaway with your friends and family! The more people you send to vote for you, the better chance you have at winning. If there is a bonus session added, (see above) the 2nd winner will be selected with Random.org.
Use Twitter, Facebook, Email, anything you can think of to help you get more votes!
Be creative!
Find more about the sessions I offer on my website.
#1-Michele Stires & Bryan Vadley
It seems like just the other day. It was the beginning of fall and the leaves were just starting to change colors when I first noticed him. It was very cold the day we met. I was outside talking to him and friends he noticed that I was cold and shivering. He came over to me and zipped up my coat and pulled the hood of my jacket over my head. Then nothing else. He went about his day like nothing ever happened. I was wondering if I misread the signals. Weeks went by and every now and then I would notice him looking at the girl beside me and when I looked he would quickly look away. I would spend two hours ever day picking out an outfit and getting my makeup perfect. One day I had enough of this after I tried to get his attention day after day so I decided to trip him when he walked by. Oh he was just to smooth to get tripped by me. Instead he just smiled and stepped over my foot. Later I got the courage to ask him to study with me and some friends. By now it was the end of the semester and we were celebrating being through this horrible computer class. We went to a delicious Mexican restaurant where I was so nervous I spilled water all over the table. It was now Christmas time and I was going to my grandparents to be with family for the holidays. So I asked him if he wanted to go to Harley Davidson to pick out a shirt for my uncle. We had a great time and at the end of the day I brought him back to the parking lot so he could drive home. I went in for the kiss and he did not kiss me instead he raised his head and kissed me on my forehead. I have to say that is the best first kiss I had ever had even if it was not on the lips. After that day I could not get him out of my mind. We talked for hours and hours on the phone all throughout Christmas. When I got back he was ready to see me. He drove three hours to see me before the sun had even come up. He asked me to be his girlfriend on New Years day. Now two years have passed and we talk for hours and hours ever day and we are still so very much in love. Even better news he proposed to me this past January after he asked my father for permission to marry me. We plan to get married after he completes his BSN in nursing. P.S I eventually found out that he was not looking at the girl next to me; he was really looking at me!
#2- Lauren & Nathan Mickler
It was at a home church meeting that we first met. I noticed a guy walk in and take a seat a few minutes after it started…. I had seen him a couple of times but didn’t pay too much attention at the time. I was caught up in worship and little did I know that there was someone across the room feeling a sudden shift in feelings. I didn’t know then as I sang my heart out but seated just feet away was my future husband who felt a spark as he watched me worship. A kindred spirit…
So was it love at first sight? Not quite. But it was the love at the sight of our precious Jesus that we both shared that connected us then and still connects us now…
Of course it didn’t take long before both of us felt a deeper connection than just brothers and sisters in Christ… We fell deeply in love with each other as the months passed and that passion hasn’t wavered in the past four years we have been married or through the journey of bringing two precious children into this world.
We love to laugh together, go on adventures together, and we still have butterflies float up at the sight of each other but still the greatest connection of all is that spark that was struck that first night… The kindling of a common goal and purpose, a shared mission to follow Jesus – and I pray that the years will make that into a flame… A light that will shine before men so that God may be glorified.
#3- Larry & Jenifer Harrison
We met circa April 2000 via Yahoo! personals (seriously), they were free back then. We lived in the same city (Tucson AZ), once we met in person (Furr’s Cafeteria) we always communicated in person or via phone etc, no more Internet-based
communication. We married that same year, Dec 15th, honeymooned over
the weekend in a small NM town with hiking trails there. (How small?
They begged me not to lose the hotel key because they’d have to drive
60 miles to have another one made!) We have kids, but she is
still–and always will be–the 1st & most important person in my life.
Matthew 19:6
#4-Lisa & Adam Betts
the story of Adam and Lisa begins with Lisa going out on a date with a young gentleman. While driving down the road after seeing a movie, the couple passes a car and the young driver rolls down his window to speak to Lisa’s date. Lisa barely sees the man and thinks nothing of the encounter. A few months later, Lisa is out with the same young man (by this time the two decide friendship is better) when they run into a group of youth gathered in a parking lot conversing. They stop to say “hello” when Lisa sees a man who catches her eye. Long black hair, dark trenchcoat, combat boots and a skull necklace scream to Lisa, “This is the type of guy my parents would hate. I must date him.” Turned out Lisa’s male friend knew the man and introduced them. Lisa was shocked that the young man was friendly, courteous and even more thrilled when it turned out that he was the man her date had spoken to when driving down the road. The young man, Adam, sure remembered, because he knew exactly who Lisa was, the pretty girl his friend went out with. Adam and Lisa decided to go out on an official date a few days later and although they were polar opposites, they couldn’t stay away from each other. Now married 17 years and 2 children later, the two still can’t be separated.
#5- Amanda & James Morton
James and I met July 14, 1998. I had moved to College Station with my parents and we were visiting a new church. I attended the young adult class that night. James was sitting in front of me and he turned around and introduced himself. We talked a bit before class. We talked a few more times here and there over the next few weeks. At the end of August he invited me over to his house to watch an Aggie football game with a group from church. When I got there he was still at work. Here I was, the “new girl”, didn’t really know anyone, and he wasn’t there. lol Anyway, once he got there, we hit it off well. He called me a couple of weeks later. Our first date was September 25. He asked me to marry him on December 4, and we were married July 10, 1999. Very fast, whirlwind courtship and engagement but I wouldn’t change a thing. He is my everything.
#6- Adrienne & Hunter Williams
Good Luck to all the couples! I look forward to seeing who wins the session. I can’t wait to photograph you!Shanna-Kaye
The Bernhard Family is the Winner of a FREE 11×14 Metallic print!
I am thrilled for Lindsay & Spencer and their little boy Henry-I know they will be very excited to see they won. I will be ordering your print this week and will deliver it next week, Lindsay & Spencer!
*print credit good until May 1st, 2012.
Originally I was only going to have one winner, but I know all 3 of you worked so hard to win the print and I wanted to THANK-YOU for referring me to your friends and spreading my name online! It is clients like you that make my business grow and give me such joy.
These 3 sessions were some of my favorites from 2011. The Bernhards were the first styled shoot with a picnic theme…Grace & Allen were friends of mine and I loved shooting their wedding…and Lexie was the first Senior I really got to have fun with!
Votes Totals:
Bernhard Family with 74 votes
Lexie Walker with 61 votes
Grace & Allen Worcester with 37 votes
And now to announce the next contest!!
♥ Couples Sweetheart Session Giveaway ♥
Are you a married or engaged couple that would love to have a Sweetheart session with your Valentine?
I will be giving away a Sweetheart Session to a lucky fan on Valentine’s day!
Entries will be accepted for the contest today through February 6th.
How to Enter:
Contest will go live on the blog from February 7th-13th, and the winning couple will be the one with the most votes!
The winning couple will be announced on Valentine’s day February 14th.
Session will take place in Downtown Tyler, and must be booked for dates between February 25th and March 31st 2012.
Session is $150 value. A print release with digital images will be included with the session. Prints and Canvas are available.
♥ Contest would be open to married or engaged couples, any age ♥ Must be willing to travel to Tyler if not local ♥ Contest would be held here on my blog.
I need 5 couples to participate in order to open the contest-and currently have 2, now 5 couples that are going to enter…so let me know if you would like to!
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BONUS Entry updates:
The Bernhard Family has 4 extra entries (to add to their total number of votes)
Grace & Allen Worcester have 1 extra entry
Lexie Walker has 6 extra entries
Friends of the contestants-take a few extra minutes to “like” my page and complete the bonus entry (details below) to help your friend win!!
Time to giveaway something exciting-a 11×14 metallic print to one lucky client!
I know all the contestants are super excited and crossing their fingers that their photo is picked…and you get to help them win!
Share, share, share this blog on your Facebook, Google+, Twitter, and tell your friends to come vote for you-the more votes you get, the better chance you have of winning!!
You never know, I might throw in a few other prizes if we get lots of votes… How’s that for incentive? I love giving things away, so join me in the fun!
What do I do??
*one per person, please.I love hearing your thoughts, so please leave a comment below! Thank-you for giving me a great year in 2011-I look forward to photographing your families in 2012!
Shanna-Kaye Fancher
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And our 7 fabulous photographs from 2011….
#1-Grace & Allen Worcester
#2-Bernhard Family
#3-Urena Family
#4-Williams Family
#5-Baby Gage Morris
#6-Maddie Theim
#7- Lexie Walker
Disclaimer-This contest is not affiliated with Facebook in any way. Winner must pick up print locally or pay for shipping. The print won will be a 11×14 metallic matted print of the winner’s photograph. All photos are copyrighted by Captured Moments by SK and may not be printed, altered, or copied in anyway.
My husband Paul and I took our son Kidron on a weekend vacation to the Dallas area, and had a family picnic on Lake Grapevine. We loved sharing the quiet afternoon together, playing with the sand and rocks, and keeping Kidron from putting everything in sight in his mouth
What a year 2011 was! I feel like I was so blessed with wonderful clients, getting to meet new friends, and photograph their sweet families and children. Paul and I had the great honor of capturing several weddings, and it was a joy to share in the sweet moments of couples in 2011. I am excited about what 2012 holds!
Now, I want to give back to one of my fabulous clients! I will host a week long contest on this blog, and the winner will receive a 11×14 metallic print. A client recently ordered one of these prints, and it looked fabulous! The metallic paper makes the colors pop-it’s hard to describe just how great this makes your photograph stand out.
(this is an $85 value!)
If we get over 100 votes on a single image, I will add more prizes to the contest-so the more the merrier!
Any client is available to win this-moms, grandparents, brides, Seniors, dads, etc.
….and as a side note-refer your friends during this print contest-and get a $50 print credit towards your next session if they book a session during the print contest week.
To enter:
To wrap up-This is eligible to 2011 clients only, and submissions have to be emailed by midnight Tuesday January 24th. This print contest and the prize to be awarded is not affiliated with Facebook in any way. Open to clients of Captured Moments by SK that are 18 years old and older. One submission per family, please. Print will be ordered 7-10 business days after the contest ends. Client is responsible for meeting Shanna-Kaye to pick up print, or will be charged for postage.
