When Janelle offered to make me some custom charms from her company, I was aghast. I don’t have things custom made for me. I buy things at Goodwill then customize them with spray paint, so this was a HUGE treat for me.
Here’s where things get tricky. I wanted to show off her brilliant charms! Easy enough, right? Well, let’s take a look.
Notice where the camera is. Then notice where my eyes are. I’m looking in the mirror. Smiling at myself. I know, I know. Don’t quit my day job.
Let’s try again. Not bad, you say? What you don’t know is that I had to crop this one because I had a big ol’ Nemesis hair to the left. GAR!
Alright, let’s stay focused here. The point is that Janelle makes some of the most precious charms I’ve seen. I love anything that can be personalized, so these are right up my alley.
What: One lucky winner will win 2 (not 1) charms from Sodderbug! That’s valued at $60.00!
Who: Anyone who comments and tells me what fantastic photography skills I have. Orrrr, you can just leave a comment.
When: I’ll announce the winner on Friday! Can’t wait! Thank you, Janelle!
400 comments:
1 – 200 of 400 Newer› Newest»hey chris... how awesome is this... and you?
i am thrilled to toss my name in for this!
many blessings!
patricia
I am impressed that you took the pic and shared it, because I have never done that!! I am in LOVE with these charms!!
It takes some serious skills to photograph yourself (: Reguardless, your comments on the matter made me laugh.
I hope I win!!
cute! i love the doggie one with the rick rack border detail! i love your pics! :)
Give yourself some credit. I think you look great. I hope I win these charms are too cute.
Lovely giveaway. I'd never seen these before!
So cute! I would love to win.
I WANT TO WIN PLEASE!
I am just thrilled that I am not the only one who takes pics of myself like this. Ive even sent pics of myself in two different outfits to a friend to get her opinion on which one she liked better. I'll keep my fingers crossed that I win.
U got skillz, girl!
These charms are seriously adorable!! Please add me to the group. :)
oh my gosh...LOVE THESE!!!
I want to win!!!!!!!!!!!!
Very cool charms!
And of course, great photography! :-)
I need to win!!
these charms are too cute!
My husband is NOT taking the hints when it comes to jewelry like this. LOVE them!
That picture is hilarious! That is totally something I would do. I love your blog and would love to win those cute charms!
Nice!!
Lara
astle04@gmail.com
I'd love one! And you have some mad photography skills! :-)
Well, I'm sure you are going to think I'm just sucking up to you but I really do think you take great photos. Wish I could take 1/2 half as good as you.
I would love to win your giveaway. I love the idea of wearing my dogs around with me all day.
I'm having a small giveaway on my blog too. If you like, please go check it out.
Hugs,
Joanne
The charms are awesome! I love hoe unique they are. I'm totally like you...I never get anything personalized...I'm the one "personalizing"! :)
Oooh I love the last charm! I would put a picture of my kids and husband in it, OR...my favorite place in the world. It's a toss up. Thanks for the opportunity.
Yes, taking a pic of oneself in the mirror usually takes about 20 shots-I think! I am a disaster! Your charms are so sweet!
~Nancy
Great pictures, wonderful giveaway
I know most people would put a photo of their children in one but I just know my little doggie would look AWESOME framed around my neck!
Excellent photo skills....I have tried that so many times and if I get all of my face in the shot, I look like a dork...
Pretty charms!! Love em! Thanks for the great giveaway! :)
I need one of these with my precious one on it!
WHOA, those sooooooooooo adorable!
And you have mad photography skills! :-P
I've seen these before and they're awesome. Love the little photoshoot.
super cute! thanks!
annsaver@hotmail.com
I think you have fantastic cropping skills...haha! just kidding, awesome giveaway, I LOVE these!
Very cute! I've wanted to learn how to solder for a while now & these are a great inspiration. Thanks for the chance to win!
Love it!! I have wanted some of these for a long time. I really want earrings...a pic of each girl on a different ear...would be really fun!!
Love, love, LOOOVE!! Yeah, that's really all I have to say about those beauties!
I would LOVE, LOVE, L.O.V.E. to win!!
Oh these charms are adorable!! I would love to have a few around my neck!
I'm laughing because that is EXACTLY how I'd do it! I love it! I'm also LOVING the personalized charms. If I win, I'll take pics too!
those charms are super cute and you are super skilled at photography! =)
OOO OOO Pick me. pick me!!! I would love to have a customized charms!
Those were super cute! Some very talented folks out there.
Sue Ryan
thorman@mac.com
Wild, mad skillz.
(Is that what I'm supposed to say???) Does that mean I'm in? ;)
bethanyweed@gmail.com
Mad photography skillz. Does the z make it seem more awesome? No? Oh, well, ok then.
These are really cute. I am loving the tree.
Hey, you're not going to kick me out of the contest for poor spelling are you?
What amazing charms. I am in love with these designs. Thanks for the opportunity to win. leeann.hadgis@gmail.com
Once I tried to take a picture of myself with my camera phone to send to my husband who is far away...lets just say, it is not as easy as it looks...at least you had a mirror...after about forty snaps I decided a cropped half faced mad looking woman would be just fine to send. Besides, the desciption fits anyhow! Can't wait to win a charm...yeah!
These charms are amazing and so are your photo skills chris!! love your blog!!
What a fun giveaway. Thanks
Hi Chris. It's obvious you do have mad photography skills and I'm jealous. Ha-ha. Please include me in your awesome giveaway.
Hugs...Tracy :)
Adorable! What a unique way to always keep your family close to your heart and always on your mind. Ok, so we do that anyway as mothers, but what a great way to remember to have a smile....
I would be THRILLED to win.....Love them so much and love your blog....am adding it to my sidebar. A few hours to blog hop tonight....Hope you will stop by mine....I have another giveaway starting tonight...
Teresa
http://teresa-grammygirlfriend.blogspot.com/
Oooh those are so cute! I discovered sodderbug a week or two ago and I love it! Hope I win! :)
Ooohh, I love her stuff and would love one! My email is "jhlaperle@gmail.com".
Haha I love your sense of humor
rachel_musgrove@hotmail.com
So cool! I love that picture of your kids, too cute!
Those are great!
Ohh...I could add these to my Valentine's gift from Dan....
Were these pics taken with your new camera? I can TOTALLY see the difference. Right? Ok, notsomuch. But A for effort!
I do not even have a photo of myself on my blog. I just cannot seem to get a good one of myself. So kudos to you. I love the charms. I hope I win!
Love these charms! So adorable! Would love to have one with my 2 precious babies in it.
As bad as you think your photograpy is...it's still much better than mine!!! Really, I'm not trying to butter you up with a compliment...but I would love to WIN!!!
I think these charms are terrific and would love to win.
these are so cute, I would love to win
alessthese charms would deight any grandma's heart!!! i would so enjoy them.
Beautiful charms....please sign me up! :)
so cool! Thanks for sharing!
I have nemesis hair, too!
Hey, Not a bad job!!! I think you take great photographs of yourself, and you made me laugh the way you explained it.... Great Giveaway, thanks for the chance!
Michelle Torres
cingulwasme@aol.com
I have to say, your photography skills are way better than mine! What a great idea for pendants. Love them.
Such a sweet idea
Your photog skilz are divine. It takes SOME talent to crop out nemesis hair. Not everyone can do that you know.
Love the pendants!
Love, love, love them...hope I win!
I'm just as bad when it comes to taking pictures of myself ... that's why there's hardly any pictures of me. LOL! Great charms though - I hope I win!
Not sure about your photography skills but I loved the sarcasm AND the charms!
I would love to win this! Beautiful! Thanks Chris and love your blog!
Wow, I love these!!! And I am definitely livin' in glass photography house - no throwing stones here =)
Thanks for a sweet giveaway!!!
comment comment comment...love your blog...comment comment comment...best photographer in the world...comment comment comment...thanks for holding the drawing!
Here's hoping! Would be perfect for Mother's Day!
Rock out with that camera girl!
{my profile photo was a self portrait}
I love personalized ANYTHING! But these charms... Oh. My. Gotta have 'em! I need some new necklaces anyway.
Daring photos. And, darling jewelry.
Awesome pics! : )
Pretty!! You DO have mad photo skills Chris--just keep doing what you're doing and keep inspiring us all.
beautiful necklace! :)
Adorable charms. I would love to have one, or two. :o)
And you have mad photog skills!
Those are so cute! Want one soooo bad!
There are so many very talented people in this world...Sodderbug is amazing!! :)
Thanks to both of you for such a great giveaway! Mary Sue
Sodderbug makes the cutest charms! I would definitely have one make of my 2 little boys!!
These are absolutely precious and would be great for a grandmother!
ohhhh, neat! Please count me in!
Love the necklaces!!! What a cute idea!
very cute charm and personal. I would love to win one. coleyclark30@yahoo.com
Love these charms!!
So cute and your photography skills are just fine !
I totally have the same habit and that's why I don't take mirror pics! I tried a few times... cuz it was what all the "cool kids" were doing, but it wasn't working for me! LOL
these are way cute, i would love to win one...no wait...two! thanks for sharing!
There is a lot of handmade jewelry out there, but this is one of the most unique I've seen yet; love it!
Oh lady luck, please be on my side for this one!
Fantastic giveaway and the charms made for you are lovely!!!
I love the jewelry and would enjoy being your winner! My fingers are crossed!!!
Those charms are adorable. Your one lucky girl.
Amazing photography....I mean it!!!
It would take me forever to just get ready...and I don't mean primping, I mean cleaning the mirror and that would lead to cleaning the bathroom and that would lead to finding that the camera battery needs charging....
Love those charms and now I need to go find the windex.
You're so silly! I think you look adorable. I love these charms. I'd love to win!
These are absolutely fabulous!
Thanks for sharing!
I am SO jealous of your D5000 & can not wait to see your picture taking skills with this awesome camera!!
So cute...would love to win!
P.S. Love, Love, Love your blog!
Well of course you have mad camera skills, which will get even better with the new camera.
Beautiful necklace, by the way.
tia
You have better skills than me....way to go!! These charms are awesome!
lar90tcc@yahoo.com
they are way cool! I love them!
love the necklace, and of course your photography
Tasha at
cheekabeeka@gmail.com
You have made skills! I share those skills:c)
I have not seen these... very cool!
How about you have interesting photograph skills? I can't get the picture in the mirror thing to work for me; heck, I can't even take a picture of myself if I hold the camera arms length away!
Sweet - I'm in!
- Danielle
I love love love these and would be thrilled to own one! thanks for the give-a-way!!
love the pics...great giveaway, the charms are amazing. Thanks for the opportunity!
Oh how wonderful! I'd love to put my kiddos on one or two of these!
Tracy
South Dakota
I love the necklace! It could be so personal and unique. Great giveaway!
These are cute - I would love to win!
Angel
Super cute......
:)
These are so sweet...would love to have my little kids' faces nestled next to my heart. Love it.
Jennifer
What great charms! And really I wouldn't have noticed the photography if you hadn't pointed it out.
Aww. These are adorable. Thanks for the chance to win one.
is THAT how you do it, you look in the mirror while taking a picture??? LOVE LOVE LOVE the charms. I'm sending this to my daughter so she can get me one for Mothers day
Chris,
You have way better photography skills than me so I will comment on that. Your first picture of yourself was better than anything I could have done and I have tried.
Please add me to this terrific give away.
Cheri
Love her charms!
LOVE the charms! Never heard of this shop before so thanks for the heads up!
Your charms are precious! The one of the doggie is too cute, too! Please put my name in the hat for the drawing! Thanks!
LOVE! And your pictures showcase them very nicely :)
These are gorgeous! And seeing as how I have no photography skills, you did great!
dmb161@aol.com
I didn't even notice you were looking in a mirror until you pointed it out! Love the charms!
LOve these!! You crack me up=)
Oooooo......Those are so cute!!!!
You're probably the best photographer E.VER. Not even lying!! :)
PS I've never taken a pic in the mirror because I'm too afraid....So there ya go. You're way better than me!
staceywalk@gmail.com
wow! those are gorgeous! ~~kathy k.
Hilarious post, thanks for your candor (and know, that I can completely relate). Beautiful charms!
jessical50 at hotmail dot com
charms are wonderful! I have the perfect picture and everything. All I need is to win this giveaway!
Those charms are lovely. Please enter me in the drawing.
Julie
These are fantastic! Such a clever artist! Fingers crossed!
June
Kennlaff@comcast.net
Love those charms...and your photography and modeling of course;)
I Love both the pictures and the charms!
Your photography skills are AmAzInG!! AND these charms are AmAzInGlY CUTE!! Winning this would ToTaLlY make my day!! :)
OH, I want to win!
Love the charms...and the pics!
Tossing my name in for this.
Monique
I love these things! It's seems like they are all over blogland and yes, I don't have one yet.
What an awesome giveaway!This is great!
Rebekah {all thingz related}
I would love to win this! A picture of my cutie patootie daughter in a charm would be awesome! Thanks!
I love them! I am not sure how I will ever get five kids on one but I would love the opportunity to try.
i would ♥♥♥ to wint this!! i need/want so badly a charm of my daughter to add to a family charm bracelet that has been passed onto me from my grandmother! winning this would make me sooo happy! :)
Great pic of you...really! I love this beautiful jewelry. Thanks!
-Desiree
Love the charms...love your blog, just found it and I LOVE it! I will be adding you to my list, thanks!
Chris I don't think anyone is good at taking self portraits in the mirror! Love the charms though, and Love Soderbug!!!
I love this giveaway!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And you have great photo skills!
rray@liberty.edu
I would love to win something special like that! And you're photography skills are great! At least they aren't blurry like mine!!! :)
Love the cute doggie one!! Love you blog.
What a great giveaway, I would love to win a custom necklace. Love all the pics!
Adorable charms! The ones you chose are perfect. Hope I win!
Girl, you have some MAD photography skills! They remind me of the pics I was trying to take a few weeks ago of me with curly hair.... let us just say HILARIOUS! Love the charms, love to have one, love it even more to win two!
Love those charms! They're beautiful!!
I LOVE these charms! Pick me, pick me! And, did I tell you that you are a GREAT photographer???
Pick Me!! Pick Me!! Pick Me!! Pick Me!! Pick Me!! Pick Me!! Pick Me!! Pick Me!! Pick Me!! Pick Me!!
Puhleeeaaaazzzzeee!
Robin Blose
bloses3@yahoo.com
You did a great job photographing yourself! Try snapping your picture backwards in the mirror....now, THAT'S hard! (long story)
Love these charms...adorable!
Very awesome charms! How lucky will this winner be!? :D As for your photography skills..hands down the best ever, C-Dog! :D (whatever I just said, it means you have great skills. :D)
Very unique! I would love to win!
Beautiful.
WOW! Awesome...the charms, not the photography! Just kidding!!!
Those are awesome! I want one or two. Thanks for the giveaway, even though I won't win.
That is what I call some skills :) Hee hee
Love these charms, super cute!
Those charms are great! Love them!
I'm jealous of your new camera! Does that count?
kynaroyal (at) yahoo (dot) com
Thanks for hosting this giveaway. Those charms are beautiful.
rkm559 at juno dot com
Oh my gosh this jewelry is just lovely and so personal! My e-mail is tina [at] narrowminded.us
Very cool - I love it!
And YES you have mad photography skillz.
Very Cute! :)
love the charms...sorry you were sick.
These charms are adorable! I think your photog skills are perfect...I usually just leave myself out of the picture, lol
Wow, what an amazing photographer you are. Taking photos of yourself is hard and you did great! stephfrbs at gmail dot com
I love those! So adorable! And, I've never tried to take a picture of myself, much less a necklace I was wearing, so I'm sure mine would be much worse! :)
Love the charms. I will soon have pics of two little grandbabies...I need them! ha!
I have one of her custom made charms with a family pic on one side and my blog button on the other --I LOOOOVE it and get commetns everywhere I where it. Then I saw your necklace with two charms. I want two charms!!
Love reading your blog! I've never won a giveaway before...maybe this will be the time. I L.O.V.E. the charms! :)
Your photography skills are awesome....so are the charms.
I'm impressed that you took your photo in a mirror and it still looks great!
I would love to win the charms from Sodderbug. Thanks for the opportunity.
Hey, you take awesome pics! (How's the infected tooth?)
love love love this charm! I want one with my basset hound!
These are beautiful! I would love to win a set.
YOur photo skills are awesome! Thanks for the chance to win :)
I'd love, love, LOVE to win! :)
Your photo skills are the BOMB!! LOL
I love the charms they are awesome. Would love to have em'.
Those pieces are stunning!
Hi! I love how cute those are! Particularly in black and white.
Your photography skills are better than mine, but I'm not so good, so...
You are an awesome blogger and your Goodwill customs are very inspiring.
You do indeed have terrific photo skills to even be able to click, crop and post like you do!!!! Site looks awesome. Would LOVE to win these charms....and 2 works out great because I have TWINS!!!!
Thanks
lambert@nhlpa.com
i would love to win one to keep, and one to give to my friend who is having her first baby next month :)
smatti78@yahoo.com
What a wonderful photographer you are:) I would love to win one!
Wow, what a great giveaway. I love those charms. You are a great photographer. I have been known to take a few in the mirror as well.
Brooke
If you saw my photography you would never again worry about yours!
The charms are lovely!
I love to read your blog and your ideas of home improvement. I am really looking forward to explore my ideas when I buy a home. Thanks for sharing your ideas with us!Those charms are definitely cute!
I am taking up photography as well. The pics of myself always end up looking like I have a double chin :)
I love these charms!
This is so fun! Love the idea!
Ya I probably photograph about the same, so don't worry! At least your a great blogger!!
Ps: I want to win ;)
Love the idea of framing your pets. Can't wait to see your photo skills with the new camera.
Love the charms!! So unique!~
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