My First Give-Away- Shutterfly Photo cards!!!

Tweet I'm sorry I've been MIA lately, my dear mama friends. A nasty virus has struck down the Not Blessed Mama family with great force. We are slowly getting back to normal, and I am so excited to tell you..... I'm doing my first give-away...

10 FREE 5x7 FLAT STATIONARY PHOTO CARDS FROM SHUTTERFLY!

I have been using Shutterfly for about 6 years now and can't say enough about them. I love their photo editing tools. Last Christmas I made this for my mother by editing the photos in Adobe and then making a poster using Shutterfly's collage tool:

And sometimes I just order a simple 4x6 with a cute border as a holiday gift, since no one in my family ever needs anything:

With your 10 FREE 5x7 FLAT STATIONARY PHOTO CARDS, you can make cute Christmas cards  using 1-4 photos, festive Halloween cards or invitations with many cute borders or templates, or even fuss free Thank You notes that are ready to be mailed out. 

My only rule for this contest is that you may enter once a day- by leaving a comment here on my blog. Leave your e-mail if you are not a follower. 

If you'd like to follow my blog, I'd love you forever. If you'd like to check me out on Facebook or Twitter, that would be sweet too.

Per Shutterfly's rules, one free credit of ten cards per account, expires 12/31/2010. You are responsible for shipping (Shutterfly just let me know), which looks to be $5.99+tax. Value of this gift is about $20. Shutterfly is also giving me a set of ten free photo cards to host this give-away.

AND THE BEST PART IS THAT THERE WILL BE 3 WINNERS, ANNOUNCED 9/29/2010!

Thanks so much to my loyal readers for all of your wonderful support, and good luck!

{this moment}

Tweet From Soulemama:

"A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. If you're inspired to do the same, leave a link to your 'moment' in the comments for all to find and see."

There is no way this costume is going to make it to Halloween.

10 Glorious Things Someone Should Have Told You About Motherhood

Tweet When you become pregnant, you will get a boat load of unwanted advice. It's usually either common sense stuff, or bat-shit crazy stuff (like someone cautioning me against cats stealing babies' breath). Well, Not Blessed Mama is here to tell you ten wonderful things about being a mother that no one else will. Because I'm cool like that.


1. Your child's leftovers will someday be irresistible. You will be eating other being's chewed up food and table scraps and calling it dinner. 
2. Say good-bye to your bosoms. Just say goodbye. It will be worth it, but.... just say goodbye.
3. Scrubbing poop out of carpet really sucks. Really. Also? Picking it up while.it.is.still.warm..... is really, really nasty.
4. Like going to the bathroom with the door closed? Better get over it.
5. The feeling of warm spit-up/vomit in your hair is gloriously indescribable. The feeling of cold, hard dried up spit up that's been in your hair for 3 days because you didn't have 15 free minutes to take shower? Even better. 
6. Might as well change your favorite foods from chicken alfredo and anything-that-requires-more-than-one-pot to mac n' cheese and anything-that-requires-only-one-pot.
7. Someday your kids are going to drive you so crazy, you are going to feel like chucking them out the nearest window. You will feel no remorse at the thought. But don't worry about it- it's like "look but don't touch." 
8. You know those magazine photos of women gently cradling their pregnant bellies in their arms, looking serene? Real preggo bellies don't look like that. Hello, stretch marks. 
9. Fart jokes will be the commonly accepted form of humor in your house at some point.
10. There is no harder job in the universe than being a mother- and none that are more worth it either. 


Aww, yes, I had to end it on a positive note because Hallmark is sponsoring this post! Just kidding, they're not. I wish they were though- what's a girl gotta do to get some damn endorsements around here? Hellooooo, Mike's Hard Lemonade (especially Black Cherry)???