Bella Valentina Photography - Behind the Scenes

Flyer/brochure giveaway winner!!

2009-11-09T03:15:00.003-11:00

Our randomly generated winner for this giveaway is Claudia, who said,

"I would LOVE to use these so that I can SERIOUSLY start marketing my photography services. It's been really hard for me to "break through", and I feel like having something tangible with info to give people (other than just a business card) would be a HUGE help.

email: claudia.bodington@gmail.com"

Congratulations to Claudia, you will be contacted with details on how to claim your prize by uprinting.com soon!

Thanks to everyone who participated and check out my other current giveaways for your chance to win another great product by uprinting.com!

Upriting.com 18x24 Poster Print Giveaway!

2009-11-07T16:38:00.004-11:00

Uprinting.com is offering another great giveaway!

Giveaway prize: (1) 18x24 poster print for One Lucky Winner

Size: 18x24 Poster: Paper: High Gloss; Semi Gloss

Shipping: FREE UPS Ground Shipping in the US

Eligibility: Limited to US Residents due to shipping costs. We will negotiate better shipping rates soon.

Lucky me : P I will also be receiving a poster for hosting this giveaway, and I know if I win, I want to enlarge one of the photographs I took at the Miley Cyrus concert that I recently took my daughter to! I think she would LOVE that! Would you print a holiday photo maybe?

Check out some of their reviews !

*Enter by leaving a comment here INCLUDING your email address, telling me how YOU would use your poster print! Remember, if you do NOT leave your email address or contact info you can not win as I'll have no way of notifying you!

(Be sure to leave an extra comment here for each thing you do to earn an entry!)

*Earn another entry by tweeting about the giveaway to @uprinting with with a link to this blog post and the trending topic #giveaway and leave a separate comment here with the URL of your twitter page.

*Earn another entry by blogging about my giveaway and leaving a comment here linking to your blog post.

*Earn another entry by following my blog and leaving a comment about it.

*Earn another entry by making a post in your favorite flickr group about the giveaway and comment here linking to your post!

My winners will be chosen on November 14th so get your entries in soon! Good luck!

Flyer/brochure giveaway by Uprinting.com!

2009-10-25T12:03:00.003-11:00

Giveaway Prize: 100 Brochures for One Lucky Winner
100 8.5 x11" Brochure / Flyers on 100lb gloss text paper ; 4 color printing on both sides
Folding Choices: Half fold; Trifold/Letterfold; Z-fold; Accordion (4 panels) Roll Fold (4 Panels)
Shipping: FREE UPS Ground Shipping
Eligibility: Limited to US Residents due to shipping costs.
(I am also receiving 100 brochures for hosting the giveaway - woo hoo!!)

As many of you know, brochures and flyers are a great way to provide literature or get the word out about your business or events! I really want to create some brochures for my studio explaining my products and pricing! Uprinting.com is an excellent source for these products as well as many products that can benefit your business. But don't just take my word for it, check out the reviews on Yelp.com!

*Enter by leaving a comment here INCLUDING your email address, telling me how YOU would use your flyers or brochures! Remember, if you do NOT leave your email address or contact info you can not win as I'll have no way of notifying you!

(Be sure to leave an extra comment here for each thing you do to earn an entry!)

*Earn another entry by tweeting about the giveaway to @uprinting with with a link to this blog post and the trending topic #giveaway and leave a separate comment here with the URL of your twitter page.

*Earn another entry by blogging about my giveaway and leaving a comment here linking to your blog post.

*Earn another entry by following my blog and leaving a comment about it.

*Earn another entry by making a post in your favorite flickr group about the giveaway and comment here linking to your post!

My winners will be chosen on November 8th so get your entries in soon! Good luck!

Uprinting banner winner!

2009-10-25T11:53:00.002-11:00

Congratulations to CoCo Couture - you're finally going to have a sign!!!

Thanks to everyone who entered and a special thanks to Uprinting.com!!!

The Savvy Photographer

2009-10-17T02:32:00.002-11:00

If you're a photographer like me, you are seeking inspiration at every turn. I recently found a great new photography blog and wanted to share - http://thesavvyphotographer.blogspot.com. They have resources, inspiration, and giveaways! Check em out!

Uprinting.com Custom Greeting Card winner!

2009-10-13T03:35:00.003-11:00

The random number generator chose Tami Payne of Designs by Tami - designsbytami@gmail.com!

Congratulations Tami, you will be contacted regarding your prize soon! Thanks to everyone that signed up for the giveaway and please watch for more!

Uprinting.com winner!!

2009-09-25T12:11:00.003-11:00

Congratulations to my rolled poster prints winner!

The random number generator chose Pittman Snapshots

Thanks to everyone that entered the contest and good luck in the others as well!

Uprinting.com vinyl banner giveaway!

2009-09-25T06:41:00.004-11:00

And next up, we have a 24 x 36" Vinyl Banner w\ grommets ($62 value) to giveaway to one lucky reader!

Check out the specifications on these high quality vinyl banners at UPrinting.com!

Uprinting.com's 15 mil vinyl banners are top-notch quality and don't look cheap like low-end banners. UPrinting clients have used vinyl banners (with photo quality printing) for weddings, parties, graduations, advertisements, rallies, political campaigns and backdrops. The banners come with heavy metal grommets that make them easy to hang for any event. The durable material and archival ink will ensure that these banners will last for years to come!

Banner printing is something I hadn't considered before but I would love to have one for my studio opening!

This offer is open to US residents only and the shipping is FREE!

*Enter by leaving a comment here INCLUDING your email address, telling me how YOU would use your Custom Printed Greeting Cards! Remember, if you do NOT leave your email address or contact info you can not win as I'll have no way of notifying you!

*Earn another entry by tweeting about the giveaway to @uprinting with with a link to this blog post and the trending topic #giveaway and leave a separate comment here with the URL of your twitter page.

*Earn another entry by blogging about my giveaway and leaving a comment here linking to your blog post.

*Earn another entry by following my blog and leaving a comment about it.

*Earn another entry by making a post in your favorite flickr group about the giveaway and comment here linking to your post!

My winners will be chosen on October 25th so get your entries in soon! Good luck!

Free Custom Greeting Cards from Uprinting.com!

2009-09-25T04:15:00.003-11:00

Here comes another great uprinting.com offer! Did you know that they also offer greeting card printing? Why not send out custom greeting cards this year?! Think of the personal touch this would lend to your holiday season in the way of personalized greeting cards for your friends, family, or clients! One lucky reader will win (250 ct.) 7 x 5" (folded to 3.5 x 5") Custom Greeting Cards ($96 value)!!

This offer is open to US residents only and the shipping is FREE!

*Enter by leaving a comment here INCLUDING your email address, telling me how YOU would use your Custom Printed Greeting Cards! Remember, if you do NOT leave your email address or contact info you can not win as I'll have no way of notifying you!

*Earn another entry by tweeting about the giveaway to @uprinting with with a link to this blog post and the trending topic #giveaway and leave a separate comment here with the URL of your twitter page.

*Earn another entry by blogging about my giveaway and leaving a comment here linking to your blog post.

*Earn another entry by following my blog and leaving a comment about it.

*Earn another entry by making a post in your favorite flickr group about the giveaway and comment here linking to your post!

My winners will be chosen on October 10th so get your entries in soon! Good luck!

Uprinting.com sponsored giveaway!!!

2009-09-18T09:41:00.006-11:00

Man, are these guys amazing or what?!!! I can not believe how many great giveaways they've sent our way! And THIS one.... this is a 100% FREE giveaway!! That means, no shipping either this time! That's right, no charge to you at all!

Our prize this time is an 18x24 Rolled Poster Print! Uprinting.com is an online printing company that offers business cards, postcards, brochures, poster printing and all your other printing needs!

I have one of these awesome poster prints already and LOVE it! I did this print of my girls to hang in their room:

I'm torn now between getting one for my step son's room (he's 14 and my not care lol) OR just getting a sample for my studio!

This offer is open to US residents only and the shipping is FREE!

*Enter by leaving a comment here INCLUDING your email address, telling me how YOU would use your free 18x24 Roller Poster Print! Remember, if you do NOT leave your email address or contact info you can not win as I'll have no way of notifying you!

*Earn another entry by tweeting about the giveaway to @uprinting with with a link to this blog post and the trending topic #giveaway and leave a separate comment here with the URL of your twitter page.

*Earn another entry by blogging about my giveaway and leaving a comment here linking to your blog post.

*Earn another entry by following my blog and leaving a comment about it.

*Earn another entry by making a post in your favorite flickr group about the giveaway and comment here linking to your post!

My winners will be chosen on September 25th so get your entries in soon! Good luck!

Onlineposterprinting.com Wall Sticker Winner!!

2009-09-14T04:35:00.002-11:00

Comment #6 by Stephen Sunday and comment #2 by Kamieo Photography were my randomly generated numbers! Thanks for all who participated and thanks to onlineposterprinting.com!

Onlinposterprinting.com is giving away a 24x24 Wall Sticker!!

2009-09-09T02:01:00.004-11:00

A new product is being rolled out on OnlinePosterPrinting.com! The new product is an innovative adhesive fabric called a Wall Sticker. Just imagine a huge sticker that you can peel and stick on any flat surface! (Similar to the Fat Heads stickers you’ve seen on TV) In addition, these use the same high-quality printing they use for their poster prints, so they can print photos, artworks or patterns in great detail.

They want to offer TWO of my readers a 24”x 24” Wall Sticker!!

I would love to use a picture of my children and create a really cool piece of digital art for their room! How would YOU use this sticker if you were to win?!

*Enter by leaving a comment here INCLUDING your email address, telling me how YOU would use your free wall sticker! Remember, if you do NOT leave your email address or contact info you can not win as I'll have no way of notifying you!

*Earn another entry by tweeting about the giveaway and leaving a separate comment here with the URL of your twitter page.

*Earn another entry by blogging about my giveaway and leaving a comment here linking to your blog post.

*Earn another entry by following my blog and leaving a comment about it.

*Earn another entry by making a post in your favorite flickr group about the giveaway and comment here linking to your post!

My winners will be chosen on September 13th so get your entries in soon! Good luck!

** Winner and blogger must pay for shipping. Open to US residents only.

Digital Room 500 Business Card Winners!!!

2009-09-09T01:45:00.002-11:00

My two winners are:

Leslie, who said....

I've planned my photography business launch for October 1, so the timing couldn't be any better. I've yet to order my first set of business cards. Maybe my procrastination will finally pay off for once!! :) ha ha

And pay off it did! Congratulations Leslie!

And Silent Shudder who said....

I am in desperate need of new business cards! I would hand them out all the time. I even have my new design worked up! :)

Congratulations to my winners and thanks to everyone that participated! I LOVE being able to pass this stuff on to you!

Win 500 Business cards from Digital Room!

2009-09-01T02:37:00.005-11:00

Digital Room has generously offered a giveaway for 500 business cards!! TWO, yes TWO of my readers are going to win!!

(2) PRIZE WINNERS WILL RECEIVE

500 Business Cards

Choose size: 2x3.5”, 2x3”, 2x2" Yes! You can choose between THREE Business Card Sizes! And they even have Die Cut Business cards!

Choose paper: 14pt cardstock (matte or gloss coating) & 13 pt cardstock uncoated

Choose Color: (4/4) Color both sides; (4/1) Color 1 side , B/W backside; (4/0) Color 1 side, black backside

Shipping must be paid by Winner. Offer Valid for UNITED STATES SHIPPING ONLY.

*Enter by leaving a comment here INCLUDING your email address, telling me how YOU would use your free business cards! Remember, if you do NOT leave your email address or contact info you can not win as I'll have no way of notifying you!

*Earn another entry by tweeting about the giveaway and leaving a separate comment here with the URL of your twitter page.

*Earn another entry by blogging about my giveaway and leaving a comment here linking to your blog post.

*Earn another entry by following my blog and leaving a comment about it.

*Earn another entry by making a post in your favorite flickr group about the giveaway and comment here linking to your post!

My winners will be chosen on September 8th so get your entries in soon! Good luck!

UPrinting.com winners!

2009-09-01T02:25:00.002-11:00

Thanks to everyone who entered, I'm REALLY enjoying these giveaways! Before I say the winners, I want to remind everyone that there were THREE ineligible comments because they were posted anonymously and I had no idea who they were or where to reach them, so PLEASE remember to leave at least an email when entering these giveaways!

My two numbers chosen through the random number generator say that my winners are Sara of Sara Patton Photography and Katelyn of Katelyn Demidow Photography! UPrinting will be contacting you with your information shortly! Enjoy!!!

Win 200 Custom Postcards from UPrinting.com!

2009-08-18T04:45:00.003-11:00

The oh-so-generous UPrinting.com is back with another great giveaway for my readers! This time, TWO readers have the opportunity to win 200 Custom Postcards to do with as you wish!

Our two readers will receive:

200 Custom Postcards (choose your size: 4x6, 4.25x6, 5x7"); 14pt gloss or matte, 13 pt uncoated

Full Color on both sides (4/4)

Shipping must be paid by Winner. Offer Valid for UNITED STATES SHIPPING ONLY.

What a perfect time of year for this too! You could design them as Custom Greeting Cards to use as Christmas cards for your friends, family, or clients if you are a business owner!

They can also be designed as Custom Postcards to use to market your business by leaving them at other business that will help you network, or to send out to advertise a special promotion!

You can win YOUR 200 Custom Postcards by leaving a comment here telling me how you would use your cards if you win! You MUST leave your email address so that I can contact you if you win! If you don't leave your email address you will not be eligible to win. Leave separate comments for each of the following ways you choose to gain additional entries:

- For an additional entry, you can blog about this giveaway and leave a separate comment here with a link to your blog.

- You can tweet about this giveaway for an extra entry, leaving a link to your twitter account here.

- Subscribe to my feed or follow my blog and leave me a comment telling me you did so!

- Follow me on Twitter and leave an additional comment!

The winner will be chosen randomly on September 1st! Thanks and good luck!

Uprinting.com poster winner!

2009-08-07T02:21:00.002-11:00

The winner of my Uprinting.com poster is comment #1, Abby! Thanks to everyone that participated!

Another UPrinting.com Sponsored Giveaway!

2009-07-30T02:43:00.004-11:00

"Here at UPrinting, we love photos as much as you do. And we all have plenty of them lying around, right? Well, now is your chance to enlarge that special photo you’ve been wanting to display. The photo can be of anything you want, as long it will make you happy to see it enlarged!

We are offering a free High-gloss or Semi-gloss 18x24" Digitally Printed Posters for you and one of your readers!"

How sweet is that?! They have really been hooking my readers up lately! And all of the products I've received so far have been excellent!

If you've ever thought about Poster Printing before, this is your chance to check it out! I've had a few clients ask me recently about Custom Poster Printing and I didn't have any samples to show them but I will now!

***To enter the giveaway, leave a comment telling me about the photo you'd like to have printed if you were to win! Be sure to include your email address so I can contact you if you are the winner! If you do NOT do so, you will not be eligible to win!

**For another entry, subscribe to or follow my blog and comment here telling me that you have done so!

**Earn another entry by tweeting about this giveaway, and leave a separate comment with a link to your twitter page so that I can find your tweet!

**For another entry you can blog about this giveaway and leave a separate comment here with a link to your blog!

Entries will be accepted until August 3rd! Good luck!

Another shining senior!

2009-07-28T03:29:00.003-11:00

Meet Exxie!

Print winner!

2009-07-22T03:37:00.000-11:00

My Uprinting.com print winner is Lysandra Cook! Thanks to everyone that participated in the giveaway!

Win a free 16x20" Rolled Canvas Print!!

2009-07-14T02:38:00.005-11:00

It’s that time of year again. The weather is heating up, and the outside activities are on the rise. So, its time to print your favorite fun in the sun summer photos!

One of my lucky readers is going to win a free 16x20" Rolled Canvas Print!!
To enter, leave a comment describing what summer photo you would have printed if you won! Please be sure to leave your email in the comment so I can contact you if your chosen as the winner!

About Online Poster Printing
Online Poster Printing photo canvas prints, vinyl banners, wall stickers, and rolled or mounted poster prints. specializes in printing high-quality posters using premium materials. We offer a money back guarantee on all our products, such as

Giveaway is open to US/CAN residents. Shipping of prizes is not included and must be paid by winner. Online Poster Printing reserves the right not to print obscene or offensive materials.

Custom Sticker winner!

2009-07-14T02:34:00.003-11:00

Congratulations to Erin - she is our Custom sticker giveaway! Thanks to everyone who participated, I'll be posting another giveaway today!

Client spotlight - Becca!

2009-07-10T09:47:00.002-11:00

So, I recently booked a senior session with the beautiful Becca, only to find out right before the shoot that her older brother is an old friend of my husbands! What a small world!

Becca promptly told me that she hadn't really had pictures done since she was a child, and that she would probably need some direction. That was NOT the case at all! She is a natural beauty and that shined through in all of her pictures! Her are my first few edits!

UPrinting Custom Sticker Giveaway!

2009-07-09T03:42:00.007-11:00

As promised, I am kicking off my 250 FREE Custom Stickers Giveaway being generously offered by UPrinting.com!

Custom stickers are something I've wanted for some time now but have managed to procrastinate on ordering instead lol. What a great way to customize your packaging for your clients!

I've come up with a simple design to put on my bags, envelopes, and anywhere else I can think of!

Sticker printing is just one of the great products/services UPrinting has to offer! Check out their business cards, and brochures as well!

Giveaway is open to US/CAN residents. Shipping of prizes is not included and must be paid by winner. UPrinting.com reserves the right not to print obscene or offensive materials.

To enter this giveaway, please leave a comment here letting me know what YOU would do with 250 free Custom Stickers!!

All products will be awarded by coupon code by Friday July 17, 2009.

My Funky Camera Strap! ; )

2009-07-08T08:41:00.004-11:00

Okay, thanks to Gabi at My Funky Camera, I have an INCREDIBLE new camera strap now! I have had this on my wish list for at least a year and always have something less exciting I have to spend my money on : (

This strap is SO SOFT on the back!!! I can not believe I put this off for so long - I had no idea what I was missing! Seriously. SOFT!!!

She has so many straps, wristlets, and other accessories to choose from - I hope she doesn't mind, I'm putting a couple of HER images on here so you can see what I'm talking about. These are just a few of the designs she offers - there are also scrolled straps, leopard, zebra, skulls, and more!

The one on the bottom is the one I got, just for the record!

Before you get all excited and run over there to place your order, the store is closed for a few weeks due to a family emergency, but I believe she'll be back around the 20th and will be restocking so go ahead and look around, pick your fav and then bookmark her site for sure!

If you already have one, I'd love to know which one and what you think about it!