Munchkin Shoot

So a friend of mine came over with her munchkin and we got to march around the backyard taking some pictures!  It's been my first "fall shoot" this year and my first "baby shoot" since high school. I must say, I've learned quite a bit since then!  Fortunately MY little munchkin didn't cause me much trouble while I was movin around... then again, HER Munchkin only moves so fast so far!

 

-Betsy

Showcase Day!

So I haven't taken any fab pictures lately (and I should, cause the leaves are beautiful around here right now!) but my friend Jes took some SUNDAY. Of ME! :-P So I figured I'd showcase a little bit of her talent here for you (and her!).

Enjoy my preggers-ness and her photography skills!

As a reminder, these photos are copyrighted to JMH Photography and should not be shared or copied without express permission from the artist. If you'd like more information about Jes, e-mail me!

-Betsy

Monday Monday!

Even if you don't want to play with me, you're still going to get to hear about how you CAN each week... until someone DOES ;)

So this week, Random.org has chosen 2-45, Path to Heaven!

To play with me, any time this week, go to www.somethingbetsy.com and stare at all the pretty pictures. Then come back here, and comment with the image number (or numbers) you like most! I'll write all the suckers down (you don't have to make separate comments) and assign each a number. Then... I'll use Random.com to choose one for next week's Monday Monday! Come back next week to see if one of your images made the cut!  

Fine print: Each person can only submit each image ONCE. BUT, you can pick as many images as you like, and you can definitely send your friends over to comment "for" you. The only other stipulation: the image cannot have been featured for the past 4 weeks. Now... comment away!

These buttons will add this week's image to a shopping cart... which means there is no limit to the quantity/type!  You can also shop from the website www.somethingbetsy.com to the same shopping cart (only pay shipping once!). So shop away, or make sure to check back next Monday for a different random sale!

** This deal is over, but check out this week's Monday Monday post for the latest deal!**

-Betsy

Valentines Flowers!!

Last night was a little rough. 

I've been praying for a little over a year now for something 

(those close to me know what it is), 

and it felt REALLY far away last night. 

I didn't sleep well, and woke up in a foul mood, 

but dragged myself to the gym this morning for Yoga. 

Yoga helped, but let me tell you... 

...coming home to that 1-800-Flowers box on the front porch... 

put the biggest smile on my face. 

Not only did I get a bunch of roses...

But Calla Lilly's too :-P

And I got all excited... and got my click on with my new camera (and the 64GB of memory I got as my Valentine's present!). I got all the way to page 225 in the manual last night too... so much closer to having a handle on this camera!

And that makes me smile.

-Betsy

P.S. If it's in your inclination, I would gladly accept a few prayers for my sanity, comfort, and luck.  Oh! and P.P.S... don't forget to check out Justin's blog and pass along his video! 28 days...

Questions...

So starting a new business is exciting. I'm coming up with all these new ideas, learning what makes sense to people who don't live in my brain all day, and managing to mesh math and art. It's refreshing.

That doesn't mean I have all the answers however... SO

Questions for you, my faithful and loyal readers :).

1) Should I change the name of the "Gift Cards" and "Gift Tags" to "Mini Cards" and "Mini Tags"?
I mean, I did have to order "Mini Envelopes" for them... And I think that "Gift Cards" already have their own connotation (like, another name for a Gift Certificate for example).

2) Should all my "Mini Cards" (because I'm probably going to change that unless I get a resounding "NO!" from... someone.) come with envelopes? Or should I offer them with and without envelopes? I suppose it really does depend on what you want to do with them. Like, they'd look pretty cool all matted together as a collage... or you might want to actually use them as CARDS, to like, put on gifts. So both... unless, again, a "NO" From someone (All caps will be required ;-P)

3) Does the home-page of the website need a little "welcome" note? Maybe something along the lines of

Welcome to Something Betsy!

We hope you'll enjoy looking at the galleries

and find some artwork for your home, or as gifts. 

Please take some time to look at the detailed descriptions

of each product type and some of the

sets we have available for purchase. 

Or, if you'd like, make a set of your own 

by contacting us . Enjoy!

4) What's a good name for this photo? 

- name me something witty -

-Betsy

SHE-nanigans.

Check out  SHE-nanigans (We share pictures on Facebook at Silly Girls United). Join. Join ME if you're around me. Do it on your own, like I do if you aren't. I'm not a faithful participant, but I have a good time :-P. I enjoyed this whole shoot. And learned a LOT about my camera. Man, it's so much easier to take quality pictures when you're BEHIND the camera, instead of using a tri-pod and remode. Almost all of these photos were taken completely zoomed out, and cropped for these shots.

-Betsy

Radio-Contest

You know how they have those radio contests for tickets and such? 

The 

"Be the 9th caller!" 

and 

"Answer these 3 questions right and you can qualify for..." 

ones?

I'm holding an internet-version :-P. 

I'll be the first to admit that some of my photo titles are.... a bit lame. 

Alaska 9? 

Seriously?

I have 9 photos that the only thing I can come up with for a title is 

WHERE THEY WERE TAKEN?!?

Lame. 

Even lamer that I have 11 "Alaska's".

SO, If you can think of a new name for a numbered photo 

(Like, Alaska 9, or Kaaterskill 6), 

and I decide I like it enough to change the title to it, 

I'll send you ANY note-card for FREE! 

And I won't even use it to thank you :-P. 

It'll be blank and with a blank envelope so that YOU can use it... 

to thank ME for my generosity of course ;).

So you're now wondering how to enter your fabulous titles, right? Easy.

Contact me through the web-site with...

1) Your Name. 

example: Betsy Hackett

2) The title of the piece and it's image#. 

example: Alaska 9, 5-18

3) Your NEW title name.  

example: I'm SO lame.

4) Your Address in case I like it, and you win. 

example: 123 Sesame Street, Fairytale Island, PBS, 07734  

(that zip code is hello upside down on a calculator for those who didn't notice :-P)

 5) The title and image # of the note card you want .

(cause maybe you don't want a note card of Alaska 9)

example: Alaska 4, 10-10

And if I decide I like your title enough to rename the photo... you'll get a note-card in the mail, and a photo as your name-sake :-P

You can continue to submit entries for as many numbered titles as you can find on the site, until there aren't any left. Oh, and there's no "end date" here. If I get lame again and don't come up with good titles in the future... the deal's still good ;)

You can also blog-stalk if you find photos on HERE that haven't been named and haven't made it to the site yet. 

(Hint: You can also look out for when I post "new images" posts and get your e-mail on)

-Betsy
 

it iced :-P

it iced last night. And today is going exceedingly well. Hubby scraped all the ice off my car (so I'd have no excuse to go check out -and possibly sign up for- the gym around the corner), so that was awesome. AND, everything is covered in frozen wonderfulness (which I can say, since they salted the roads). Everything is sparkly and shiny and glazed (and slippery) and I'm all giddy, because I got to roam around my backyard taking pictures of icy things :-D. So I figured I'd share my favorites from this morning while my hands got their feeling back around a nice latte :)

 **soon to be available on www.somethingbetsy.com... when it publishes.**

-Betsy