Congrats Anna! Just shoot me your e-mail and we'll contact you to claim your prize.
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Braylabee's Winner
Congrats Anna! Just shoot me your e-mail and we'll contact you to claim your prize.
Monday, April 11, 2011
Brayla Bee's Giveaway
My bloggy friend Jennifer started an embroidered and custom gift shop - Braylabee's.
And because she's sweeter than pie, she sent Peanut some adorable embroidered onesies.
Lucky for you, she also volunteered to give away an outfit of your choosing (shirt or onesie and matching pants or shorts).
Here's how to enter:
You can have up to 5 entries - just complete any one of these actions and leave me a comment for each entry.
And because she's sweeter than pie, she sent Peanut some adorable embroidered onesies.
Lucky for you, she also volunteered to give away an outfit of your choosing (shirt or onesie and matching pants or shorts).
Here's how to enter:
You can have up to 5 entries - just complete any one of these actions and leave me a comment for each entry.
1. Go to Braylabee's website and tell me what you like
2. Follow Braylabee's
3. Liking Braylabee's Facebook page
4. Blogging about this Giveaway
5. Tweeting about this Giveaway
The Giveaway will be open for 2 weeks(ending 4/25 midnight) and a winner will be chosen on Tuesday, 4/26. You will have 48 hours to claim your prize.
Best part - anyone can play!
So whatcha waiting for?
Monday, February 21, 2011
Amazon Gift Card Winner
Hillary- the gift card should be coming your way in minutes!
Now, can I please tell you how much I loved reading your memorable events from the past year? LOVED it. Feel free to share more.
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
1 Year Bloggaversary Giveaway
With all the Valentine's Day excitement, I almost forgot that today is officially 1 year since the very first post on Living Like the Kings. So, to celebrate, I'm going to walk you through some of my fav early posts and then feature a giveaway. No peaking ahead - I'm watching.
The very obvious - first post ever!
And this one because it's happening again.
This one because I love the pictures of the pups in it.
And this one last but not least because I want them...anyone want to make some and ship them to me?
Now, on to the part you've all been waiting for. The Giveaway.
By popular demand, I'm going with an Amazon.com Gift Card. So here's the deal.
The Giveaway: $20 Gift Card to Amazon.com
I will e-mail the card to the winner so, dear non-US residents, feel free to enter as long as you know you can use it!
Enter here:
Living Like the Kings - 1 Year Bloggaversary Giveaway
You can enter up to 5 times (each comment will count as one entry, so you must leave a comment for each action):
The very obvious - first post ever!
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| How we met - Part 1 of the love story |
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| My treadmill is trying to kill me |
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| Don't wake the beast |
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| Cream Cheese Brownies - recipe |
Now, on to the part you've all been waiting for. The Giveaway.
By popular demand, I'm going with an Amazon.com Gift Card. So here's the deal.
The Giveaway: $20 Gift Card to Amazon.com
I will e-mail the card to the winner so, dear non-US residents, feel free to enter as long as you know you can use it!
Enter here:
Living Like the Kings - 1 Year Bloggaversary Giveaway
You can enter up to 5 times (each comment will count as one entry, so you must leave a comment for each action):
- Leave a comment: what's something memorable that happened to you this past year?
- Follow me on Google Reader or RSS feed & leave a comment letting me know you follow
- Tweet this giveaway & leave a comment with a link to your twitter
- Put up a Facebook message linking to this giveaway & leave a comment with a link to your message
- Blog about this giveaway & leave a comment with a direct link to your post
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Christmas gift review - Canon 50mm lens
I'm still showing off my Christmas gifts. Next up is my new and shiny Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 Camera lens.
Guess who got to be the guinea pig for my new toy?
Poor Travis - I wonder if he even has eye sight anymore after all the pictures that I take of him. I'm sure he does.
Once I got bored of taking pictures of the dogs, I realized that I have all this fun baby stuff that I can take pictures of.
And pretty little girlie bows.
Isn't life exciting?
Perhaps I need to get a new life.
Anywho...
Let's talk about the lens.
It's so freakin' tiny! And cute! Now, I know this isn't the reason to go and buy a lens but it's just so darn cute! I love it.
Here's what I do like about it:
Pictures of objects up close come out super sharp and the settings allow you to choose how much you want to blur the images in the background. Check this out:
Pretty sweet! I'm still learning about the settings and choosing my focal points, but it's a start.
This lens is not super expensive, which is appealing. But it does allow you to take great pictures of objects up close (i.e. tiny little baby fingers and toes). It's also great for portraits or some sharp and creative weddings shots.
The down fall is that it's only good for one distance. This can be hard to face when you spend $$ on a lens, but after doing a bunch of research on what was right for me (portraits, weddings, baby toes), I decided this was a perfect fit.
Guess who got to be the guinea pig for my new toy?
Poor Travis - I wonder if he even has eye sight anymore after all the pictures that I take of him. I'm sure he does.
Once I got bored of taking pictures of the dogs, I realized that I have all this fun baby stuff that I can take pictures of.
And pretty little girlie bows.
Isn't life exciting?
Perhaps I need to get a new life.
Anywho...
Let's talk about the lens.
It's so freakin' tiny! And cute! Now, I know this isn't the reason to go and buy a lens but it's just so darn cute! I love it.
Here's what I do like about it:
Pictures of objects up close come out super sharp and the settings allow you to choose how much you want to blur the images in the background. Check this out:
Pretty sweet! I'm still learning about the settings and choosing my focal points, but it's a start.
This lens is not super expensive, which is appealing. But it does allow you to take great pictures of objects up close (i.e. tiny little baby fingers and toes). It's also great for portraits or some sharp and creative weddings shots.
The down fall is that it's only good for one distance. This can be hard to face when you spend $$ on a lens, but after doing a bunch of research on what was right for me (portraits, weddings, baby toes), I decided this was a perfect fit.
Friday, January 14, 2011
Christmas gift review - Telephoto Zoom Lens
For Christmas I got a new lens for my Canon Rebel Xsi
: Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4.0-5.6 Telephoto Zoom lens
.
To test it out, Jon and I went outside to throw the ball to Cailey.
It's her absolute favorite activity.
She could fetch for hours.
But we try to keep it to about 20 minutes. Anything more usually makes her legs wicked stiff and she ends up falling over. It's pretty funny. But also mean. That's why we don't do it (anymore).
A little about the lens:
It is amazing! Obviously I'd prefer to be able to afford the EF 70-200mm f/2.8
, but for the dollar, this one's pretty darn great. It has the capability to take action shots that my EF-S 18-55 f/3-5.6 lens
couldn't even imagine doing. The zoom is also pretty ridiculous, allowing me to capture my little family running all over our yard from the safe comfort of my front steps. The shots come out sharp regardless of the action or distance of the object.
Some things that aren't great is...I don't know yet. I'm still learning but I think for someone starting out in photography that wants a little more than the starter lens, this is a great purchase. I'm very happy.
As always, this review is not sponsored by anyone. I just like tobrag share about my gifts.
: Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4.0-5.6 Telephoto Zoom lens.To test it out, Jon and I went outside to throw the ball to Cailey.
She could fetch for hours.
But we try to keep it to about 20 minutes. Anything more usually makes her legs wicked stiff and she ends up falling over. It's pretty funny. But also mean. That's why we don't do it (anymore).
A little about the lens:
It is amazing! Obviously I'd prefer to be able to afford the EF 70-200mm f/2.8
, but for the dollar, this one's pretty darn great. It has the capability to take action shots that my EF-S 18-55 f/3-5.6 lens couldn't even imagine doing. The zoom is also pretty ridiculous, allowing me to capture my little family running all over our yard from the safe comfort of my front steps. The shots come out sharp regardless of the action or distance of the object.
Some things that aren't great is...I don't know yet. I'm still learning but I think for someone starting out in photography that wants a little more than the starter lens, this is a great purchase. I'm very happy.
As always, this review is not sponsored by anyone. I just like to
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Presto Griddle and pancakes
This is a story about a girl, a griddle and pancakes.
Every Saturday and Sunday morning I wake up, roll over (this is a way bigger deal than it seems with a big belly), scratch my husband's back and ask him where my pancakes are.
Jon usually pretends to be asleep. So I poke him. Over and over again. Then ask him where my pancakes are. Eventually, he realizes that there is no getting away from me and ends up getting up to make me pancakes. I've perfected the art of being annoying.
Before this Christmas making pancakes was a huge deal. We would have to heat up 2 or 3 skillets and I'd have to wait about 30 minutes to have pancakes. But not anymore.
This Christmas my wonderful mother-in-law got us this Presto Tilt 'n Drain Big Griddle
.
Now making breakfast is easy, quick, and fun!
Just plug and turn on the griddle, make some pancake batter and pour it on.
You can make a bagillion pancakes at once! With chocolate chips of course.
There's even still room for sausage,
and eggs.
Jon and I can have all the breakfast we want in one shot!
It's incredible. And the best part is that I don't have to wait very long for my pancakes anymore.
This was not sponsored in any way. I just really like pancakes. And maple syrup. And my new griddle.
Every Saturday and Sunday morning I wake up, roll over (this is a way bigger deal than it seems with a big belly), scratch my husband's back and ask him where my pancakes are.
Jon usually pretends to be asleep. So I poke him. Over and over again. Then ask him where my pancakes are. Eventually, he realizes that there is no getting away from me and ends up getting up to make me pancakes. I've perfected the art of being annoying.
Before this Christmas making pancakes was a huge deal. We would have to heat up 2 or 3 skillets and I'd have to wait about 30 minutes to have pancakes. But not anymore.
This Christmas my wonderful mother-in-law got us this Presto Tilt 'n Drain Big Griddle
.
Now making breakfast is easy, quick, and fun!
Just plug and turn on the griddle, make some pancake batter and pour it on.
You can make a bagillion pancakes at once! With chocolate chips of course.
There's even still room for sausage,
and eggs.
Jon and I can have all the breakfast we want in one shot!
It's incredible. And the best part is that I don't have to wait very long for my pancakes anymore.
This was not sponsored in any way. I just really like pancakes. And maple syrup. And my new griddle.
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