Showing posts with label giving back. Show all posts
Showing posts with label giving back. Show all posts

February 12, 2012

newborn session giveaway



i have decided to have a contest since i'm so stoked about my new traveling newborn studio!  spread the word!  if you or any of your friends are expecting a baby between 5/1/12 and 8/1/12 please email me at

gypsytree@windstream.net

please make the subject line: newborn session giveaway. Include your name, due date, email address, and anything else you want me to know.

the winner will be chosen with random.org and announced at the end of march. the winner will receive a free newborn session (within the first two weeks of the baby’s life and will take place in your own home) along with 25 custom birth announcements. 

in order to win, you must be a fan on facebook.

https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/gypsy-tree-photography/113651271995107

you may email me for a second chance to win if you post about this giveaway on your facebook page with a link back to this blog post.

if you have any questions, please email me at gypsytree@windstream.net

xoxo
amy



May 4, 2011

beautiful SWAN ♥



most of you that know me on a personal level know how close adoption is to my heart as i was adopted at 3 days old...i had such an amazing childhood and now, as an adult, have found my birthparents and have a great relationship with them as well...i love my story and am so thankful that my life took the path that it did...i've always felt drawn to give back to the adoption world somehow but wasn't quite sure how God would work that into my life...

this past november i received an email from the coordinator of the Pennsylvania Heart Gallery, a traveling exhibit of portraits of some of Pennsylvania’s waiting children...she asked if i would be interested in a volunteer opportunity with SWAN (Statewide Adoption and Permanency Network)...they were recruiting more volunteer photographers across the state to meet some of these amazing kids and produce beautiful portraits for the website...i was honored, touched and blown away at how God had, once again, brought the beauty of adoption back into my life...

i, of course, said yes and am now happy to announce i am a SWAN volunteer photographer...and i cannot tell you how much i look forward to this in my future...

you can view the heart gallery HERE...
you can view the SWAN facebook page HERE...
you can view the SWAN website HERE...

xoxo
amy

November 7, 2010

the big christmas giveaway...



In the past year the Lord has really blessed my business beyond what i thought possible...since I have been so blessed I would like to pass that on to someone else...

You know someone...someone who's experienced a tragedy, is struggling to stay afloat, is raising kids while holding down more than one job or is volunteering selflessly despite extenuating personal circumstances. Someone that needs a little (or more than a little) extra love sprinkled on their Christmas this year. You know someone who can't afford custom photography, but who would cherish it this holiday season. You know someone who deserves a year-round reminder of their family's spirit, love, and beauty.

You know someone. I guarantee it.

I want to know who they are, and I want to give them the chance to experience complimentary custom photography -- $450 worth, to be exact. The package includes a 1 hour photo session, a 20” x 30” canvas gallery wrap and all the images from the session on a disc. This package can be redeemed at any time in the next year. It is all totally FREE, there isn’t anything they will have to pay. It's in your power to give them the artwork they deserve this holiday season.

The rules:

* You cannot nominate yourself, and the person nominated must sincerely be incapable of purchasing my services. (Being unable to make mortgage payments for a two-million-dollar-vacation-home in Paris does not qualify as sincere financial need)

* The nominee must reside in central PA.

* Please make sure they would not feel awkward or embarassed to have their story or photographs shared on my blog.  Some people really value their privacy and I want to respect that.

* You must e-mail me the full story at gypsytree@windstream.net  and tell me who you know, what they're experiencing and why they deserve my artwork.  Please include a way to contact both your nominee and yourself as well.

The deadline for nominations is December 17 and the winner will be announced on Christmas Eve -- get nominating!  I can't wait to read all of your entries!

Open your heart to someone this holiday season -- and thank you for giving me the opportunity to open mine.

xoxo
amy