winner, winner, chicken dinner!

Yippee! I won my first blog giveaway from the talented Vanessa Kruse of Flourish Studio Photography. Thank you so much, Vanessa. The prize is a hair flower made by Buttons-N-Blossoms. The fact that I entered the giveaway every day attests to how much I love their designs. And can I comment on the packaging design as well? Wow.

Thank you again.

These photos were taken by Vanessa — go check out her beautiful photography! Also, I featured her work here.



Doesn't everyone say "winner, winner, chicken dinner!" when they win something? My family does.

photos by Vanessa Kruse
 

free winter phone wallpaper

Last week I joined the ranks of iPhone users. Am I glad? Well ... yeah. I love my MAC products because they love me (cue my 8 year old computer that has yet to have a problem). But I am afraid of becoming a phone-in-my-face smart phone user. Life happens around your phone, not on it (even though the commercials say otherwise). So I'm trying very hard to leave it upstairs in the evenings and never bring it to the dinner table despite all the Words With Friends notifications begging me to make the next move (sorry to all of you friends who are still waiting to massacre me).

That said, it's pretty cool. I feel like "my people" designed it. ;) Pretty pictures. Pretty apps. Pretty text message layouts. Thank you Apple! And that's why I love changing my wallpaper and thought I would share this latest one with all you other phone-in-my-face smart phone user. Enjoy some pretty pine needles from a sunny Colorado day.

phone wallpaper by sarah fritzler

paris for two

I've been thinking a lot about traveling since my sister and brother-in-law got back from Europe. And what do you think I ran across today? Free trip to Paris anyone? Wouldn't that be lovely! So far my chances are 1 in 7,426 ... but I can wish. :) Visit Oh Happy Day to enter!

i love you more than ... winners!

Congratulations to the Valentines illustration winners, onthefly and belleandboo!



This was so much fun and I will be sure to do it again! Thanks to all who entered.

p.s. You can see the last illustration on belleandboo's blog today. Thanks Mandy!

giveaway winners

Congratulations onthefly and belleandboo! Keep a lookout in your in-boxes for your "I love you more than ..." illustrations! To everyone who entered, thank you for being a part of my first giveaway! I had so much fun reading your entries (especially James!). Please check back soon for more giveaways.

Just in case you're curious, here are the winning entries:

onthefly: (who also happens to be like a second mother to me)
"I love you more than lobster in Cape Cod!"

"I love you more than the written word can say."

bellaandboo: (who happens to be one of my favorite illustrators)
"I love you more than having a lie in on a rainy day."


I'll be sure to share their illustrations. Again, thank you for entering and thanks for the shout-out Oh So Beautiful Paper!

Happy weekend.

valentines illustration giveaway!

Hello!
Today I am trying something new—a giveaway! After doodling my super-quick "peanut butter love" illustration yesterday, I wondered what other people would compare their love to. I'm sure there are all kinds of creative, sweet, and funny "I love you more than ..." ideas.

So, here's the deal, just comment on this post with your "I love you more than ..." statement and consider yourself entered (please include your email address if you aren't signed in as a blogger so I'm sure to be able to contact you). At 5:00PM MST on Friday I will randomly choose a post*, illustrate your statement, and it will be in your inbox on Saturday—just in time for Valentines!

It's not a fancy giveaway, but it's fun!

Ready. Set. Comment!

*UPDATE: You may have noticed that I extended the time of this giveaway. While I don't want to be unfair to the original entries, thanks to Oh So Beautiful Paper, the word has just gotten out. I've decided to choose two winners: one from the first ten entries and a second from all of the entries. Thanks for entering and a BIG thank you to Oh So Beautiful Paper!