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Introducing…JFP Five Days of Giveaways! I did this once before, and it was tons of fun to share the spirit and excitement of giving with all of you during the Christmas season! This week is also my birthday week, so sharing gifts with all my faithful friends and followers seems like an appropriate way to celebrate. 🙂
Each day this week will include a giveaway. I’ll be highlighting talented vendor friends, local flare and of course some photography-related gifts, one of which will be a pretty big gift for an engaged couple! The giveaway will accompany a blog post (just like this one!) and you can enter by finding the giveaway social media post on either Instagram or Facebook. Each day’s giveaway will officially close at midnight on its assigned day, and the winner will be chosen randomly the next morning.Â
So how about we get this started!?!
Day One: Handmade Christmas Ornaments from &Hannah Creative!Â
If you’ve been following me at all on social media over the past 18 months, you’ve met Hannah! She’s JFP’s official Creative Aide and the reason The Monthly Holler Newsletter exists. She helps curate for blog posts, put together local insider guides (you can actually download our newest one for winter by signing up for the newsletter…click the link above), and plays a HUGE role in the vlog! We’re currently working on a new vlog series that highlights Garrett County wedding vendor friends and are planning to launch that next month. But enough about what Hannah does for JFP, let’s talk about what Hannah does for her own business…
If you visit her website (she’s currently going through a rebrand so you’ll see her old biz name of Dainty Daisy Designs at the top), you’ll see that she describes herself as an artist, designer and sign writer. She paints, she does hand-lettering, she does woodwork, she does graphic design…there’s no doubt she’s an artist, and a talented one at that! You can find her at venues painting and writing on chalkboards and windows for weddings, at local craft shows selling hand-lettered signs, bags, and magnets, and she’s even available for watercolor house portraits and custom invitation work! Her most recent work involves lots of Christmas goodies, including these adorable wood round ornaments!
Hannah donated all four of these cuties for today’s giveaway! (THANK YOU, HANNAH!) If you’d like a chance at winning these, head over to my JFP Facebook page before midnight tonight and simply leave a comment at this picture! Each comment will be assigned a number and I’ll use a random number generator in the morning to choose the winner. Then these will be shipped out to go live on a tree in their new home!Â
And just for some added fun, here’s a picture of the star on top of our tree. Can you tell what it is!? 🙂Â
Scenes and thoughts from deep creek
Well hey now! I thought for sure it had been more than seven months since I blogged last! Wish I could do it more…and plan to as soon as the new JFP website comes out.
I’m not sure I’m starting anything consistent here, just sharing some random thoughts and scenes from Deep Creek on this random Wednesday…
- Dani
Jessica is amazing and she made us feel so comfortable! Having her capture our wedding was like having my best friend with me for every moment! Jessica's photos are fun, whimsical, and sophisticated!
We are not a stoic couple and did not want posed (or trying-too-hard) photos! Jessica was able to capture our personalities and the elegance of the day! I can't stop looking at our photos!
- Jessica and brandon
The best decision I could have made for my wedding was hiring Jessica Fike as a photographer! I was in a wedding prior that she was a photographer for and seeing how organized and easy and strategic she was to work with is what convinced me! She makes you feel so comfortable and helps teach you how to pose and smile and look so natural! She keeps you on schedule throughout your day and captures so much emotion in her photos. She is worth every penny plus more!
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