SMILE! You're on Amma's Camera

Can y'all believe how close it is to Christmas? As empty nesters, we often find ourselves missing one or more family members during a holiday celebration but we are pretty good as making it all work and preserving our memories. Right? Right!

It is terrible how much I love taking pictures and displaying them all over my little house? I mean, it's almost like we have wall to wall pictures up in here! When the lovelies were growing up I was pretty good as preserving sweet memories on film and I feel especially good at preserving those precious memories now that I have grandchildren and not just because they love the pictures I have on the walls of their room at my house. But they do love the pictures. The enjoy having me point out who everyone is in pictures around the house and they love to tell me who's in the pictures in their room which is why I jump on any and all chances to take CanvasFactory on their offers of a FREE canvas print!

I wish I had waited until after Christmas this time but I needed a canvas of Opie for the nursery to make my set of three canvas prints complete. I have one of the two grands together and one of Lula Mae and now, I have one of Opie so we're all good!

Even better? Opie was here the day his canvas arrived so I let him open it up.

We love the new canvas! It shipped quickly and the quality is very good. The available sizes give customers plenty of options and you can edit right there on the website! As soon as I stop for more than 2 seconds I'll hang this one up with the other two and give y'all a look. Meanwhile, think about all the pictures you'll be taking over the holiday and keep your eye out for a favorite because YOU could win a FREE CANVAS, too! The lovely folks at CanvasFactory would love for a lucky reader to have a FREE CANVAS and so would I.

I'm going to run this until the New Year so y'all have plenty of time to enter and, just to keep it simple, all you have to do is comment here or on one of my social media sites that you want a chance to win a FREE CANVAS. That's it!

Merry Christmas, y'all!

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Oh the Pictures We Will Take

What's something you do even more than before once you have a grandchild or two? In my case, it's taking more pictures. Yes, I know I'm the camera queen when it comes to taking pictures of my family. I've been nuts about taking pictures since I was a kid roaming the neighborhood with my Kodac camera that had the square flashbulbs and that crazy Polaroid that slid the picture right out and you could see it instantly well after you waved it around in the air for a minute. But when the grandkids came along things got really crazy. They may even only have memories of me as the grandma with the camera for a face.

Don't even try it because I know a lot of y'all are the same way.

A few weeks ago I got one of those promotional emails. Y'all know the ones where they introduce themselves, say nice things about your blog, and then ask if you'd be interested in whatever it is they're selling. I skim these things and then delete them most of the time but this one hooked me. I mean which grandmother doesn't want a FREE 16x20 canvas print of their grandchildren? The offer could be for any print I wanted but hey a grandmother is probably going to choose the grandkiddos and so I got this:

It is a little dark but not as dark as the above shot seems but I knew it would be a bit on the dark side when I chose it because not one single time did I think to myself, "Edit the exposure on this first." Also, the day we were trying to get a good photo for this opportunity was had the same results as any time you try to get two kids to do what you want them to do while taking their pictures.

Anyway, here's a closer shot--

And of course I hung it in the nursery--

The company is Canvas Factory and their website is HERE. The site is super easy to use and they offer a variety of sizes, shapes, and other options such as split canvases. Of course, the thing I really liked was the short turn-around time. I had my 16x20 print in one week. The quality is good, comparably speaking it's really about the same as what other companies offer. I have no complaints.

Why is this a big deal? Not because it was FREE but because I can offer one lucky friend/reader a chance to get a FREE canvas of their own! AND there will be NO HOOPS for y'all to jump through as all you need to do is leave a comment that you're in!

I will, however, give anyone extra chances if you comment on Facebook and Instagram (@pammlofton AND/OR @coasterdoodlessc) as well as leave a comment here.

Have a great day, y'all!

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