{ 1,000 Fan Giveaway }

Welcome to Melissa Deible Photography :) it's been quite an amazing journey since a year and a half ago when I decided to jump completely into running my own business as a photographer. Now after thousands of amazing captures & all the special moments shared I have almost reached 1,000 fans on my Facebook fan page!

So in honor of my dedicated fans & future clients I am sponsoring an amazing giveaway featuring several other amazing vendors! ONE lucky person has the opportunity to win a TON of amazing stuff worth over $250! But before I tell you how to enter, please take a look at the gifts these amazing vendors will be giving away!

The first of course is myself, Melissa Deible Photography. I will be giving away a $100.00 2 hour lifestyle session with copyright release on 20 digitally edited images on a CD as well as (1) professionally printed 11x14! This offer is valid to redeem from August 2011 - January 2012!

The next amazing vendor is Love By CC. She makes the most adorable photo props for newborns. Don't have a newborn? These make the PERFECT gift for someone who does! Trust me, if I had one I'd want one. She will be giving away a $30 dollar gift card to her shop on http://www.lovebycc.com :)

The third vendor is Classy Cakes & Other Bakes based out of West Michigan. Her detail oriented work combined with her creativity makes for some awesome treats. She will be giving away 2 dozen cupcakes up to a $50 dollar value to the giveaway winner! Winner picks the theme, could be anything from graduation cupcakes to baby shower or birthday! Take a peek at a few of her fantastic cupcakes below :)

The next vendor is The Vanity Room by Darline. She will be giving away a free "makeover" hair & makeup included to the lucky winner! The winner will also be provided with before & after shots courtesy of Melissa Deible Photography. Check out the photo below to see a sneak of some of Darline's work!

The last vendor is an amazing sports enthusiast, Wearing a Uniform. She blogs daily about different stories in the sports world including softball, volleyball, basketball etc. She will be giving away a fun sports gift that every athlete would love to wear!

So are you wondering yet how to win ALL of this great stuff? Well, there are two steps. The first step is to head on over to each vendor's Facebook fan page & *like* their page or *join* their group as well as leave a comment letting them know I sent you & thanking them for the giveaway! I have provided the links above if you click on each vendor's names, like their page & leave a comment but I will also provide the links below just incase.

Melissa Deible Photography

Love By CC

Classy Cakes & Other Bakes

The Vanity Room

Wearing a Uniform

Once you have completed liking each page & leaving some love your LAST step to winning the giveaway is to come BACK to THIS blog post & leave only ONE comment saying you have completed all the steps! Make sure your commenting on the ACTUAL blog post & not the links I've posted on facebook!

The winner of the giveaway will be chosen by a random comment generator using the comments left on this blog! You may ONLY win if you have completed all of the necessary steps :) The winner will be selected next Friday July 1st @ midnight Eastern Time!

Again, thank you to all of my dedicated fans & welcome to all my prospective clients & fans. Enjoy!

{ I Heart Faces: Let's Hear It For The Boys }

This week's challenge definitely is a personal favorite of mine, because I am surround by BOY 24/7 each and every day! This photo is a picture taken of my beautiful 2 year old son Gabriel on Mothers Day this year. He looked in the binoculars & said, "I see you mama!" So yes, let's hear it for this boy, because he simply makes my day the greatest, each and every day!

Head on over to iheartfaces.com & check out all the other "boys" who affect the lives of others!

{ I Heart Faces }

It's been a while since I posted... & I thought what a great way to come back than an entry into an I heart faces contest! I have never entered one before so it's quite the adrenaline rush to say the least. Not to mention I just shot a particular photo that works perfect with the theme & really strikes a chord with my heart because of course I am a mother :) So enough of the babbling, enjoy!

{ FULL Sneak Peek of Love }

It's been a while since I've caught up on my full sneak peek blog posts. So I figure what best than to get back at it than a love session of two very beautiful people inside & out + love. In my eyes that's perfection and one of many of my guilty pleasures. I love transforming my photos into an art inspired image that transcends the love my subjects share. Well, enough of my photo babble... let's get to the goods!

{ three's company }

What a gorgeous day outside, and to make it ten thousand times better I got to see these three wonderful faces! Adrian is a wonderful woman and an even more amazing mother. Her son Mikah and daughter Alijah came out for some pictures today. It seems like just yesterday they were both little babies old enough to be rocked to sleep in her arms. Like always Alijah played hard to get, but by the end of the shoot she was ready to be her bold little self and climb about everywhere, striking a pose quick enough to keep me on my toes. Mr. Mikah on the other hand was just cheesing throughout the entire shoot. Take a look :)

At the beginning of the shoot Miss Alijah was still taking a nap so we got to have some Mikah & Mommy time in front of the camera :)

And of course, Mikah got some face time by his handsome little self!

And this is when I got to catch one of my personal favorites of the two!

And another cute one :) Don't ya just wanna squeeze his chubby cheeks?!

Then little miss sunshine woke up from her nap, so we got to snap a few of the two together!

And of course, we HAD to get some family shots of all three of them :)

Then we had to head to the bridge where Mr. Handsome decided to steal the show for a bit :)

Then Mom decided to join the show, but little miss sunshine was a bit hesitant to join in on the fun. As you can tell. LOL.

Ok, maybe she would join... just a little.

And finally after a little bit of play time, we got in one last shot of all three of them. Mikah again, stealing the show ;)

So glad it was a beautiful day out to capture these moments for you Adrian! Hope you all enjoyed the sneak peek :)