Easy Canvas Prints and A Giveaway!

Pin It It was about 2 years ago my hubby surprised me with my FIRST DSLR and I have been HOOKED every since. Taking pictures has become such an amazing hobby and an amazing blessing to my family! Just knowing at any minute I can pick up my camera and snap a perfect moment in time and get a PERFECT SHOT is priceless.

The only thing I love more than snapping pictures is getting them BLOWN up and put on a wall. Sometimes I forget there are other ways to DECORATE besides photos! lol! But seeing photos of my family all over the house just makes me smile.

I’ve been wanting to get some canvas photos for awhile but I could never decided on what picture to get wrapped!

This one of the BOYS is so cute! Christmas time, with the striped ties I made would look awesome in the hallway in between the jack and jill bathrooms.

This one would we be sweet in Alivya’s Bathroom…..

This one would be perfect above my  kitchen sink!!!

So you can imagine how EXCITED I was when EASY CANVAS PRINTS contacted me about reviewing one of their canvases! UM…let me think…….YES!

They told me a little about their amazing company and I took a few minutes to  look around at the website! They make it super easy for you to upload up your photos in FOUR steps!
Choose Your Canvas Size they even make custom sizes:0)–Upload Your Photo –with the option to adjust. You get to see the photo you selected. Select Canvas Border- this part’s fun. I chose the mirror image. Apply Image Effects-if you need to change the pic to black and white, DONE!
I had no problem navigating  through the site..and the most helpful part is the idea gallery. As soon  as I saw the category..BABIES..I was like, Hey I have a few of those! 
After lots of hair pulling,nail biting and sleepless nights…:0)  I picked this adorable little picture of baby girl. I just couldn’t resist!

The canvas arrived securely wrapped…and protected! Nice..cause you don’t want anything to happen to your precious canvas..delivery men can be a little rough!:0)

Ready to hang…..

  and with the 1.5 inch gallery style wrap with a mirrored image. Stunning!

Isn’t it amazing! This 16x20 was the PERFECT size for the space.
I hung it on my beloved wallpaper…first little hole.


I imagine two more little faces added to my next order…oh yes:0)
The quality is  so outstanding! You will not be disappointed one bit!

Are they brothers and sister or WHAT!?! Gosh I love my offspring!

Helpful Tips when you choose YOUR canvas….

• Choose something that’s timeless…you want this picture to last a long time and be able to hang in any space. Baby faces, beach landscapes, mommy and daddy kissing, hugging siblings are all great options.
• Match the room that your hanging it in. If you décor is pretty muted make sure that you canvas is too. This way it will blend right in. Got a funky room with bright colors? Pick your favorite photo from the time you and the family went to the circus or that shot of your two year old trying double strawberry ice cream with blueberries and bananas!
• Think outside the box…food…plants…golf balls…rubber bands…apples… stack of YUMMY pancakes;0) all grouped together are  great options for your canvas photos!

So don’t worry I didn’t leave you hanging! EASY CANVAS PRINTS wants to give one of MY amazing readers,YOU a chance to get stared on your own gallery wall with an 8x10 canvas of YOUR own! Sweeeet!

This giveaway is intended for  A Place for Us readers(U.S only)..so if you been dating us for a while and haven’t made a commitment…now it the perfect time! lol!

Here is what you gotta do: Leave a comment on MY blog for each of the following  dot dot dot

• Head on over to EASY CANVAS PRINTS.com and look around, tell me what your picture perfect canvas would be!
• Go over to EASY CANVAS PRINTS…on facebook and show them some love!!!  LIKE THEM and leave a comment telling them about your CANVAS dream photo!
• Like A PLACE FOR US on Facebook
• Follow APLACE FOR US on Twitter
• Twitter…..I just entered an easycanvasprints giveaway @APLACEFORUSBLOG…you should TOO!

Easy peasy…now go….go and get a canvas!

Giveaway ends next Wednesday March 23th…winner will be chosen by random.org and announced Thursday!

Alivya Nicole’s First Birthday{Cherry on Top}

Pin It I’m not one for lavish extravagant parties(lie) Whenever I see parties featured online I just have no interest in them(lie)
hahahhaaaaaa!!!!
The truth Is I love parties..not just birthday parties, but any type of get together. I love having all of our friends over. I love inviting friends I haven’t seen in a long time…best friends…work friends…church friends…new friends. My hubby shares this same type of love with me so I’m a lucky girl. At least once a month we are doing something that involves friends at our casa:0) Taco Night, Girls Night…man night??? lol!
I think when it comes to having friends over our number one goal is to make them feel at home…and that’s with good conversations..maybe a game our two and some yummy food:0))) We want everyone to walk in and know that we have been waiting for them and we are excited they came over!  The bible says in Hebrews 13:2 that we should “ not be forgetful of hospitality; for by it some have unawares entertained angels” I love this verse because it reminds us as followers of Jesus that we are to open our home to strangers and show them the love of Christ…by doing so we are doing his work. There is something so amazing about being around the people you love! Another simple gift from our God that is so easily overlooked!
Moving on….we celebrated Alivya’s First Birthday, Saturday with a Cherry on Top theme. I kept the color palette pretty simple with red, white and pink…which was planned because it was close to Valentine’s Day and I knew I could get a bunch of discounted items….smart:0)
I started off by giving myself a timeline….and like I mentioned in the Superhero post I “hired”some help…sorta…lol! A few weeks before I sat out the dessert table MOCK up to see what I needed to add:0)  I had everthing I needed at my house so that was GREAT:0))) Even that little truck…the boys must have thought it needed a touch of “boy” so sweet those two:0)

My friend Tracee made these sweet cake pops for me…I just went home and added the white chocolate to make it look like drips and the cherry on top [red tamale] . Cute:0)

I baked her cake and froze it the week before. Then a day before the party I frosted it with some store bought whip cream frosting..bought from Fry’s/Kroger. I added pink melting chocolate on top and maneuvered it on top so that it looked like drips. Then I added a  cherry gumball on top..Perfect.

Then I made the cupcakes…saving time I used a store bought mix and the same frosting I used on her cake. It’s soooo yummy and makes the BEST frosting:0)) added a cherry on top and they looked sweet:0)
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Here is the rest of the party…..

My mom made some of her FAMOUSE cheesecakes…I just took the filling and put them in wine cups…they were delicious…I heard;0)

The favors I made where cotton candy cupcakes with a cherry on top…and bags of pink and white cotton candy:0) I got tubs and tubs of them for only 50 cents at Frys!!! Picked up the pink tubs from the dollar section at Target!

Our Birthday Girl:0)

In an Adorabelle pettiskirt and rosette… .. The birthday hat and shirt was purchased at Babies R Us and I made the two little pig tale bows:0)

We love her so much!

Here are some of the guest that celebrated with US!

Special Thanks to these guys for providing oodles of  inspiration…Adorabelle Pettiskirts……HowDoesShe……AmyAtlas……..free cupcake toppers… Free 50 photos from Shutterfly……The Sweetest Occasion….
It was a great party!! Reggie and I and the BOYS are so in love with our little girl:0) We are so happy that God chose her for our family! She is a prayer answered by God and we are so thankful!
You guys planning any parties? Do you keep them simple? DO IT BIG? Or do you just stay in between with pretty décor and yummy food? What the BEST party you have ever been to??? I wanna know! lol!