First off, I would like to thank everyone who entered the mini-print giveaway!  I truly appreciate all of the comments, tweets, blog, and Facebook mentions ♥

Chosen randomly, the winners are ~

“collect your thoughts” ~  Vanessa and Jess

“morning cup of beauty” ~  Julie Green

Congratulations!  I will be in contact today to get your mailing addresses.

Have a wonderful weekend – more exciting news next week!

It’s been while since I’ve hosted a giveaway – and now is the perfect time!  Up for grabs are 3 mini-prints of my most popular prints – “collect your thoughts” and “morning cup of beauty“.  These mini-prints are 2.5 x 3.5 inches with rounded corners and absolutely adorable.  They are perfect for your inspiration wall or tucked in to your personal journal, to bring a little joy to your day.

There will be 3 lucky winners!  Two readers will win one mini-print of “collect your thoughts” and one reader will win a mini-print of “morning cup of beauty“.

To enter, simply leave a comment below of which mini-print you would like.  Enter more than once by posting about this giveaway on your blog, facebook, or twitter (just leave a comment with the link so that I know to enter you more than once).

The winners will be announced on Friday, June 11!

*Tape strip clip-art courtesy of Pugly Pixel.

I’d like to express my heart felt thank you for all of your wonderful comments and entries for my holiday giveaway – I have read each and every one of them and I am moved beyond words!  Thank you all for your support ~

With over 50 entries, I decided to give away 2 calendars!  Drumroll please……

Congratulations to Tracey K in Ohio and Janice Williams!  I’ll be in touch to get your mailing address.

Thank you for making this giveaway such a huge success!

Thank you, my lovely readers, for all of your comments and emails over this past year.  I look forward to bringing you more joy + inspiration in the new year!

As a holiday gift, I’d like to offer one lucky reader one of my 2010 Desktop Calendars!  It features four of my favorite images from this past year:

* collect your thoughts
* be happy
* open your heart
* the road is life

Each page measures 5″ x 7″ and features 3 months on a single card. They are printed are printed on premium, linen, card stock which offers such a beautiful finish.  Keep it for yourself, or give it to a loved one for Christmas!

To enter, simply leave a comment on this post as well as a way for me to contact you.  The drawing will be on Saturday, December 12, 2009 at 8pm Eastern Time.  Feel free to twitter or facebook this post and leave an additional comment to be entered a 2nd (or 3rd) time and to increase your odds of winning!

Once again, thank you for all your support – and good luck!

I am so happy to announce the launch of my new inspirational blog, Gabrielle Loves!

I am often asked, “What inspires you? What inspires your photography?”  This blog is my answer to that question.

Gabrielle Loves will feature words, images, people, and places that inspire my soul and my photography.  It is the space where inspiration and photography gracefully merge and I share things that make my heart leap.

This has been a vision of mine for a while now, and I am so happy to be able to share it with you ♥.    I hope that you are inspired to be creative – pick up a paintbrush, grab your camera,  explore!

So, head on over and show some love!  As an added bonus, I’m hosting a giveaway of one of prints, “collect your thoughts” just for sharing what inspires you!

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A few things:

• Last Friday, I mentioned that I would have an announcement on Monday.  A couple of days late, but I wanted to share some good news.  I’m featured this week over at Danni’s lovely blog – Oh, Hello Friend!  Please head over there for a short interview and a giveaway!
• Last night, I mistakenly deleted my feedburner feed (long story!).  If you are subscribed to my old feed, I’m not sure if you are still getting updates or not (please let me know).  In any case, please update your readers with my new feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/GabrielleKaiPhotography-Blog Thanks so much!

As you can see, my very special assistant, Gabrielle, chose her name from everyone who entered the giveaway!  Margie, “droplets” is officially yours – I’ll be in contact to get your mailing address.

I’d like to thank everyone that made my the launch of my website and shop a success!

If you didn’t win, no worries – just be sure to join my mailing list, which will include a special promotion in the very first issue.

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And now, back to our regularly scheduled visual blogging.  Happy Monday!

First off, the launch of my website – Gabrielle Kai Photography!  There are still a few  issues that I need to work out, but for the most part, I am pretty happy with the finished result.  Let’s just say that I know more about html and css than I ever wanted to know.  Thanks for all of your feedback on my design – you guys are great!

This is definitely a goal that I envisioned for myself – a loving, encouraging space where I could proudly display my work.  Thank you for all of the wonderful comments and inspiration in this space. It is my hope that you continue to follow me on this journey!

Also, today is the grand opening of my shop!  A small selection of my images are available for purchase, and I plan to update frequently – so please stay tuned!

Finally, to celebrate – I am having my very first giveaway!  To enter, just head over to my shop, find a print you absolutely adore, and leave a comment here with the print name why you have chosen it!  I’ll leave comments open until Sunday, April 5 at 5PM Eastern time.  I’ll do this the old-fashioned way – all names will go in a hat, and my daughter, Gabrielle, will choose the winner who will be announced on Monday, April 6!

Sounds like fun?  Great!  Just my little way saying “Thank you”.