P + S: The winner...and the other winner

THE SETUP

In my last post,  I asked for help selecting a picture for some Heritage Makers jewelry I was making for Mother's Day gifts.  I also spiked the punch a little bit with a contest.  So...I'll show you the picture you chose for me to use in my necklaces, and I'll reveal the  lucky voter who gets to create and publish a 12 x 12 HM scrapbook page FREE!

THE PICTURE

 
 

THE STORY

Thanks to all of you who voted, this was the clear-cut winner! Some of your reasons:

• "Her face tells its own story" ~Ronda
• "I see Kalaiya's face much more clearly and she's so full of joy!"  ~Renate
• "It seems that she's facing forward more.  ~Diana Fairhurst
• "Though you can't see her walking in the crop, the joy in her face says delight!  ~Tracy

So I made the pendant, and was I ever surprised--each necklace pendant has space for TWO pictures--one for the front, and one for the back!  What a bonus for me!  So I had a lot of fun finding another picture that might be expressive--in this one she has a bit of bedhead and a petulant expression, but it's so Kalaiya!  I decided to use the back to identify her, since everybody doesn't know this face.  It would be sad for some descendant to acquire this heirloom and not know the ancestor who was pictured.  This is what I came up with (no last name, to protect the innocent):

 

The resolution is poor because this is a blow-up of a very small image.  I can show you a view of the finished charm, but remember, in these viewing windows the resolution is also grainy.  Knowing that, would you like to see a facsimile of what it should look like?

 

THE CONTEST

Everyone who voted got to go into my hopper.  That's not what I originally said I would do, but I asked for help, and you gave it, and since you answered my call, you all deserved a chance to win the scrapbook page.

DRUMROLL########AND THE WINNER IS###########  fellow blogger,

Tracy!

Cool.

 

IN CASE YOU'RE CURIOUS

These are the two pictures I used for Keeleigh's pendant:

   

And this is how they should look in her charm, (but clearer), when the necklaces are delivered.

 

UNDER PRESSURE

Do you spring to action under a deadline?  Well, I have one for you.  April 22 is the deadline for Heritage Makers projects to be shipped at the best rate in time for Mother's Day.  That's Thursday!  So if I can help you finish or create a project for your mother/sister/daughter/grandmother/aunt/stepmother/other?/ just holler through my email, donna@sharefamilystories.com or open a free account at my website, www.sharefamilystories.com.  I get really excited when pictures and stories converge in a project that's destined to last for generations!

P + S IS BEST! ~Donna

Comments

[Tracy]

The photo for the pendant turned out so good, Donna--it's wonderful! Kalaiya and Keeleigh--such very pretty names! Thanks so much for the fun, Donna... I can't believe I won! :o) Happy Day ((HUGS))

[Donna Raagas]

Thank you, Tracy! Those of us who make Heritage Makers projects are often creative types who come up with new, and sometimes weird, ideas that we have to work out through trial and error on the website. I have redone the back of each pendant so the alphabet letters I used show up sharper, and now I, too, am pleased with the final product. And now you'll be part of "those of us who make Heritage Makers projects!"