This will be quick as I’m having a hard time tearing myself away from the election coverage. I have an AMAZING giveaway courtesy of the ever generous and talented Nicole Carman.
If you live in or around the Utah area, you’ve got to enter. Nicole is so great with kids {C is notorious for being rotten during photo shoots but Nicole manages to get great shots of him anyway} and she’s never taken a picture of my family I didn’t love. The shoot will include a 1-hour photo session {valued at $175, which is a BARGAIN even if you’re paying!} at one or two locations, and she includes a disc of the photos for you to do with as you wish, {most photographers charge an exorbitant amount for the disc}.
For those of you who don’t win, Nicole is running a Fall special for Petit Elefant readers: $75 for a 1-hour photo session!!
So, tell your neighbors, tell your friends, anyone who lives in Utah! If you blog about this and send me the blog to your link with the post, you will get an extra entry to the giveaway. If you add the Petit Elefant button to your blog you will get an additional entry as well. You have the possibility of getting THREE entries! So let’s get to it! Details Below.
- To enter the Nicole CARMAN Photography giveaway, leave me a comment telling me why your family needs to win this photo package.
- Leave only one comment please.
- Anonymous comments will be deleted.
- One winner will be chosen and announced November 11th on Petit Elefant.
- If I don’t hear from you within 7 days to claim your giveaway another winner will be chosen.
- Good luck!
- There is a limit of FIVE family members for the photo shoot. You’re going to have to save the family reunion for another day.
Allison
Hello there! I'm Allison Czarnecki, founder + editor of Petit Elefant, a blog all about style on a budget for every part of your life: style / home / travel / family. I do a lot of how-to beauty + style tutorials, travel posts, easy recipes, home remodel projects, and cool DIY crafts you totally want to try. I'm super happily married (to a hot Polish immigrant) and am the mother of two kids, a daughter and son, all of whom are featured here on the regular. We live in the country but we're a little bit rock + roll. Welcome!
I would love to give this to my parents. I think the last time they had pictures taken I was in diapers!
I would love this! We’re wanting to do family portraits so this would be perfect for us. :) I’m also going to go blog about this and add a button on my blog.
http://www.maughanstersinc.blogspot.com
i would love to win this and give it to my best(est) friend who just happens to live in the utah area.
she has a new(er) baby and i’m sure would love to have some awesome family portraits!
I would love this…why? because the last family pic was taken by my uncle…on the fly. and before that was our engagement pics, 4 years ago and minus 2 kids. I love her work and would love to have some NICE pics of my fam!!
and did I mention i would love it because I can’t afford something like that? food or photography, go figure!
I would LOVE LOVE to win this! I need some family pictures taken!
What an amazing opportunity! Her work is so fantastic, I would LOVE to get some great pictures of my two trouble makers, as well as a few really good pictures of me and my hubby. It has been far too long since I have had a great picture of me and my husband! Either way, I will be saving up my pennies if I don’t win so I can use her discounted price!
We’ve never had a real family pic together, only snapshots here and there. We’ve got two kids now and it’s really about time we got a professional family picture. So I’d love to win it!
I would love to commemorate our baby’s first birthday with some professional pics! The only professional pics we have are from wal-mart, and you know how good they can be with children..(ha!ha!) We often send snapshots to our family, who live in Ohio and Washington. It would be great to have these hang on their wall!
Our last family picture was taken last June when our two year old was only 9 months old. I haven’t had a family picture with my boys smiling EVER. I’ve been going through pictures from this year trying to find one for a Christmas card picture and there are some seriously slim pickin’s. So PLEASE! pick me! I’ve added your button to my blog and blogged about it here: emilyssomething.blogspot.com
My husband and I were going to try to pull out the tripod and take pics ourselves. We can’t afford professional pics right now, I’d LOVE to win this, o we can get some GREAT pics of our twin girlies (who turn one on the 6th–this would be a great birthday gift)!
oh, how i WANT to win this!!!!! :) then i could get these posy, semi-lame pictures from Target off our walls…!! and i LOVE Nicole's work; i've checked out her website more than once and i'm smitten with the photos she's taken of you & your family! plus, i discovered that she did photos for my cousin's daughter's CD promo; there's a connection…! hee! :)
Count me in for this one!!! I have wanted to do a family picture for years, but my dear sweet husband has not been tollerant of it. I had my sons pictures taken by a “professional” and just to get 2 8×10’s and 5 4×6’s was well over $300 bucks. (Which I think was preposterous and refused to do.) Having a disk of our pictures would suit me VERY well.
Thanks for the chance!!
We would love to win this! We haven’t had a family picture taken since we got married almost 4 years ago.
my little sister emily already commented and said she wanted to win. i want to win against her because i’m a competitive older brother. my two sons could use a good photographer and my wife would be shocked i even entered for a chance to win.
tengoelgato@yahoo.com
I have twins that are two [plus 2 older ones] and they are uncooperative when it comes to pictures, we recently had a friend try to take our pictures and they did not cooperate! I would love to win so I can have a chance to document my cute family and this stage in their life!! Thanks!
I would LOVE to do this for our first “family” pictures. We just had our first baby on August 7th, so we would love to get some cute family portraits! Plus, our baby Collin is TOTALLY photogenic!
I would love to win this. Since money is very very tight this year. Christmas is going to be very small and this would be the best christmas present for my family and friends.
We would love to have this opportunity, we haven’t had pictures done since our wedding, we have a cute little boy and one on the way in Feb. It would be great to have a professional picture done! Thanks for the chance! Kevin
what would be a better gift to the grandparents of my baby girl (their only grandchild) then pictures of her!?!
http://katnvan.blogspot.com/2008/11/photography-giveaway.html
I would love to have our family picture taken. We had our first baby three months ago and have yet to have a professional family picture taken. Hope we win!
I would love to have pictures of my husband an me, as our wedding photos did not quite turn out!
Sorry I forgot to put this on my last comment! Two more entries for us!
http://kendalandalissa.blogspot.com/2008/11/photography-giveaway.html
It’s been 2 years since our last family photo. We would LOVE this style of a photoshoot especially!! Those outside shots are fantastic. Thanks again for your super fun blog! Check out my blog for the link and the button!!
(Look for an invite from me sent to allison {at} petit elefant {dot} com so you can read it)
I would LOVE to have our family pictures done! For one, I am expecting a new baby any day and would love to have a ‘professional’ take our pictures with all of us together. We have never had our pictures done professionally just by a friend of a family member. So I would love to win it!
I would love this. My kiddies have only had a photo session in JC penneys and it would be fun to branch out a bit! I have had you on my blog links for months! Put me in! Thanks friend!
This really looks like a fun site. My daughter sent me a link to it, or I would never have seen it, I’m sure, since I know very little about blogging, and other internet mysteries. I am almost 2 generations older than most of you Moms who know about these things. It would be great to have a photo shoot for a family gathering, so maybe I will get lucky! From Janet in Daybreak
Oh, I would love this. We don’t currently live in UT, but we go back there all of the time- so I am sure we could coordinate something with Nicole. We have never had professional pictures taken of our family- and we now have 3 children, so this would be a real treat!!!
I would love to win this, I have had the hardest time finding a photographer that could get a good picture of my 2 year old, thus we have never even had a family photo!
Oh I would LOVE this!!! We have a new 8 week old baby and haven’t done any pictures of her yet. This would be a great opportunity to get our family pictures done with our 3 kiddos.
What a great giveaway!
I blogged about this and am putting your button on my blog!
I would love to win, just to document my kids’ life and how fast they grow!
It has been 18 mo since our last family pic, and kids change too fast!! I would love this! (besides my 6 year old no longer allows us to take her pics and it would be nice to have a few documented memories)
We would love some family pictures! Count me in!
Oh man… we need a new family picture in a bad way. So enter my name three times, please. I have a button on my side bar and I’ve linked to you from my blog:
http://lorivanwagoner.blogspot.com/2008/11/it-snowed-today.html
Oh… and thanks for the birthday wishes. Facebook is a nice ego boost when it reminds everyone you know (including the random kid from high school) to let you know it is your birthday.
Wahoo!
We’ve had 2 ‘family’ pictures taken of us in our 14 years of marriage. We’ve never gone to walmart, or JC pennies etc? It was always for a church directory. The first 6 years ago and then again 4 years ago. I would love to have a nice family picture of us, since we’ve added another baby 1.5 years ago and the other children have grown so much. The sad thing is that since we have 4 children and two adults we’d have to leave someone out (5 member family you listed..) and that would defeat the purpose of family photos eh? so I just wanted to thank you for your generosity and hope the winner enjoys the memories.
Are you doing a drawing or are you just going to pick me!??!?!!? The last family pic was eons ago and much history and growing up has been done since then….plus, we wouldn’t have more than 5 in the pic!!!!
Last family picture that hangs in our house shows our son as 16 months. He’ll be 5 shortly. No fam pics with second child in it and now the third baby is just weeks away! We’re due!!
Count me in to WIN!!! We haven’t had family pics for a while now and would love to have one hanging in our house that is current.
My blog is private so I will have to get your email address and invite you.
tykarenfamily.blogspot.com
kferrara18@gmail.com
Thanks for this wonderful opportunity
I would love to win this give away. Our last family photo was 2 years ago and we have added another child. I heard about this give away from my sister Lori Van Wagoner. I live in Las Vegas but I come to UT a lot to visit family.
I would love to give this to my cute little sister who has three babies under three. They would never spend the money on themselves and I would love to see my little nephews faces in some of her darling photos!!
1. I am sick of our sad JCPenney shots that we try make work. 2. We want to give family pictures to Gma’s and Gpa’s this year for Christmas gifts. 3. It would be nice for our family pictures to finally include our little family’s personality.
Her work is awesome! Love your site!
love giveaways…my baby is turning 2 in January and I have only had his pictures taken once! Bad mom I know but it is hard with two kids to do everything you did with your first! Oh, I am in St. George is that too far?
The last time we had a family portrait my children all still lived at home, we were five less people. My mother would like to strangle me! Must get one this year!
My beautiful family has not had their picture taken together in three years (before the birth of our 3rd), and even then it was a horrible picture I would NEVER display. It was the only time I have spent money on photos, and I swore never to do it again, cause it just made me mad. So I don’t have one single family picture. Isn’t that terrible? Especially considering we have three kids and have been married 10 years! Inexcusable I tell ya.
We have not had a family photo taken since our son was born-so technically he doesn’t exist (even though I have the birth story to prove it!) and my birthday is November 10th (the day before you choose) so it would be a great gift for me to preserve my little family in a picture.
I have two beautiful boys (5 and 1) and, can you believe it, we have never had a family photo taken! {Gasp!} I know! Its criminal! Blame it on time, money, scrapes and bruises, whatever — but this little family NEEDS to be photographed before our adorable kids loose some of their cuteness (or I develop anymore wrinkles)! :)
Our family has never had professional pictures taken. This would be great!
Do you have to have kids?? Or can you and your hubbie get some great professional pictures too? I would just la la love this!!
My family needs this…we haven’t had pictures taken since Blake joined our family…20 months ago!
I was born and raised in Utah and haven’t been back “HOME” for many years. My family and I are making a special trip out there for 4 weeks and this would be a great gift to go home to. Would LOVE to win.
I would love this. I have a 8 mo. old and I haven’t had pictures of her taken yet! Horrible, I know!
Oops, I forgot to sign into my blogspot account on my comment. I would hate to win and not be reachable.
Of course I would love this! Although we do not have children, my husband and I are still a family and our last offical “family picture” was on our wedding day.
This would be a great way to update our family photo!
I need this because (and I am ashamed to admit this) the shots hanging in my house right now are kiddie kandids (gasp!!). I need some candid (not kiddie kandid) shots of my kids that I can be proud to hang on my walls. Boy would this be a fabulous prize to win. Thanks for the great giveaway and the fantastic blog.
We would love to win. We have never had a family photo.
I need that photographer that can get all of us to behave and look great, including my husband who is not camera friendly! Please, please.
I would love to win and give this prize to my sister in law and her family who lives in Woods Cross, UT. They haven’t had a family picture taken in years, plus they just had a new baby. Perfect timing!
Thanks for your generosity! This is a great thing that you’re doing.
I was just lamenting how much my son has changed since our last family photoshoot. Ah, we need to take some new ones ASAP.
Even if I don’t win, thanks for hte info on Nicole because we recently moved to Salt Lake and don’t know of any great photographers in the area.
We’ve never had a family portrait taken, this would be amazing. Please pick me!
My husband & I are closing our business due to the economy. We are moving back to Utah to live with family, so that we can get on our feet again. We have one little baby girl who was born on July 24th. We would love to win and have family pictures made with our sweet baby.
I have a private blog.
tracywyckoff@suddenlink.net
Thanks for the opportunity!
Our son will be coming home in the next two months and our daughter is so looking forward to being a big sister!
I would love to have photos of the two of them together!
We need a Christmas Card photo & I have a 1 year old, a 2 year old, PLUS a husband who hates taking pictures. I don't think it's possible to get us all looking at the camera & smiling with getting a professional involved.
I have been married for almost 11 years to my sweet husband. I have been a mom for 10 of them. Since becoming a mom I have put on a lot of weight. I don’t think I have ever allowed myself to be photographed in any capacity, which means no family portraits either. So why would I enter a contest to potentially have a picture taken with me in it? Well, I looked at her blog, and her pictures are so amazing. I think I would feel comfortable and confident that she could make even me look pretty again.
Me, my adopted son, and hubby would love a photo session. I take tons of pictures of him, but we haven’t had any family shots. we need to, my goodness!
Student loans have put us in the dumps…so extra money for a portrait of our family, including our new little 2 week old, is non existant. I would love a family portrait…and just in time for Holiday presents to the family!
Sweet! I definitely need some awesome photos for our Christmas cards this year!
So fun! We’re heading to Utah for TurkeyDay and getting family pictures is LONG overdue (read 4 years).
I would LOVE to win this giveaway!
Um the last time we had a professional photographer take our family pictures…Never. Would love to get the chance…my 2 year old is the biggest HAM ever…im sure Nicole could do her justice.
I would love to do this. My kids are growing up so darn fast and we don’t really have a reasonable priced good photographer out here where we live. Thank you, Thank you, thank you in advance :)
I was so excited about this giveaway since our last professional family photo was 8 years ago – but then I read that that there’s a limit of 5 per family, which wouldn’t even include all of my children. Too bad because with 7 kids our money is stretched really thin.
I would LOVE to have some professional pictures of your brand new baby Eliza. She’s our first and it would be so nice to get some really good pictures for the grandma’s for Christmas…especially since we don’t have the money to do it ourselves right now.
What a great giveaway! I would love to have a great family photo on my wall!
Because my brother and his wife just had a new baby and are in need of a new family picture!
I have a new baby coming in just a couple of weeks and would love to have her “freshness” captured by a real professional! Thanks for this opportunity!
My husband has been in school for 12 years, we obviously haven’t had extra money for family pictures and it shows. the other day my 3 year old looked at our MIL taken family picture, pointed at the baby and said, “is that me?” nope, it was her 6 year old brother and guess what? we have another baby after her too. i guess it’s time, huh?
I am a new mom to the most beautiful baby boy in the whole wide world. I would love to win this to send out a fabulous baby announcement to all my family members who do not live in Utah. I can kill two birds with one stone and have a perfect baby announcement/Christmas card all in one!! Really, my child will melt your heart and how perfect he is deserves to be turned into art.
I should win because I have the cutest little baby on the face of the earth, my husband is hot, and he says I’m not so bad myself. End result? Awesome pictures that will have people BEGGING for more!!!!!!
I would love to win this prize! Although there are ALOT of deserving people who have entered. Please consider my cute family. My husband really deserves this too! He has had a rough few years. We haven't had a chance to take any new pics there always seems to be something else come up. A couple years ago he had open heart surgery & last January when we were going to have pics done he came down with bells palsy in his face. It has almost been a year & his palsy has recovered mostly, but still some paralysis. He is now feeling a bit more comfortable to have his picture taken. So this would be a great present for me! We currently have a 3 year old daughter and a baby boy due in Dec. I would love a family picture FINALLY!!! Thanks again for this opportunity! I have a private blog. email me to see my link. Ksotera7@yahoo.com