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From MomGIVEAWAYSRegular Features

*WIN* With Watercolour Heart

12 October 2015
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I am not a minimalist.

At least not when it comes to collecting special moments.

If I could, I’d fill my walls with precious treasures that we’d collected over the years – snuggles before bed, laughs at silly moments, the rock that became a pet, the surprised look on Knoxs face when he tries to understand new things.

The little things that aren’t things but rather people and experiences.  The reasons that make my life worth living.

Instead of trying to keep these moments alive by attempting to stop my kids from growing up, (bricks on heads don’t work – trust me on this), I’ve had to settle with photographs.  Little snaps capturing life as it is.  As it was.  For us to sit and look back on every couple of years, incredulous that this was what we did, what we were like and how we used our time together.

If you visit our house you will be bombarded with pictures.  They are on every wall, sitting in frames on every surface and even floating along on our screen savers.  If you’ve been around the blog long enough, you’d know that I will never say no to the chance of working with photographers or even just shoving my own camera in the kids faces whenever I have a moment.

So when Jess from Watercolour Heart got in touch with me to capture some of our moments in her unique brand of fine art, I absolutely had to have this for our collection of moments.  A special treasure to add to the chest.

In case you aren’t aware of Watercolour Heart let me explain.  Jess produces personalised, hand-drawn images – taking photographs and turning them into unique illustrations. Her goal is to make every day a celebration of life and creativity, even for people like me who are not artistically inclined.

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All of the illustrations are hand-drawn, then scanned and made digital, so illustrations will be received via email.  The reason for this is to make the process both affordable and easy to share.  These beautiful personalised illustrations make unique gifts, or pieces of decor, a special cards or just a little something just to add a little creativity to everyday life.

Ordering an illustration is really easy.  All Jess needs to create your unique piece of art is a photograph that you adore.  Then you have the option of a plain image or one enclosed in a doily or wreath.  You can discuss colours, flowers and including words too.  The images take 2 – 3 days and are sent in high resolution via email – so you can print as many as you need without having to compromise on quality.

We chose to have three images done with the doily pattern to create a collection that we could put up on our wall.  I’m smitten!

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Now it’s time for you to have your very own Watercolour Heart illustration.

TIME TO WIN:

All you have to do is comment and make sure you have completed that you have on the Rafflecopter widget below.  Once you have done that it will unlock other options for you to gain additional entries to the draw.  You are not obligated to like and share this post as a condition of entry, but we’d really appreciate it if you do 🙂

Also this is an international giveaway – so anyone can enter 🙂

Good luck!

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CindyAlfino 12 October 2015 at 9:18 AM

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Gina 12 October 2015 at 9:22 AM

I would have one of my family from when we arrived in Israel :):)

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Gnat_J 12 October 2015 at 9:24 AM

You can win an awesome personalised image from @CindyAlfino and #WatercolourHeart here: http://t.co/nGoEuYbRou

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Dawn Clulow 12 October 2015 at 9:37 AM

Wow that is lovely. She is so talented.

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Bev Oelofse 12 October 2015 at 9:41 AM

Wow what an amazing prize

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Lizanne 12 October 2015 at 9:58 AM

Probably the kids … Maybe Chris and I.,.

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Megan Hartwig 12 October 2015 at 10:04 AM

Awesome giveaway!!! My daughter Zoe, and sister Wendy would be in the photograph that I would give to Watercolour Heart 🙂 Holding thumbs big time!!!

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Watercolourxxx 12 October 2015 at 10:07 AM

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Charlotte 12 October 2015 at 10:10 AM

My husband, kids and pets…

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bykurven 12 October 2015 at 10:14 AM

*WIN* a FREE ILLUSTRATION! http://t.co/XPa4rVewuE #illustration #art #artist #watercolour #creativebusinesscup —Watercolourxxx

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CindyAlfino 12 October 2015 at 10:19 AM

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Nicola Meyer 12 October 2015 at 10:23 AM

It would be my husband and I and our two kids

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Sherezaan Petersen 12 October 2015 at 10:35 AM

Wow . beautiful work done with the Watercolour Heart. I would be happy to win this prize

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Shameez Patel 12 October 2015 at 10:44 AM

This is a wonderful competition. We just moved into our first house and this would be an amazing addition!

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Shameez Patel 12 October 2015 at 10:45 AM

I forgot to say that it would be me, my husband and our two cats!

One day we will get another made when we hopefully have children!

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cat@jugglingact 12 October 2015 at 11:24 AM

I would love to win this!

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Jaclyn T 12 October 2015 at 12:21 PM

I would love to have a picture of me and my family 🙂

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1_alleycat 12 October 2015 at 12:48 PM

I would submit a pic of my son Robert, his partner and their two kids – the 2nd is arriving this month! 🙂

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Tessa-Jean Tuttle 12 October 2015 at 1:26 PM

My dream team; Mr T & our new babe

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Lauren 12 October 2015 at 2:08 PM

I’d do a picture of my three kids.

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Oh_Honestly_LC 12 October 2015 at 2:09 PM

*WIN* With Watercolour Heart http://t.co/nqwx4a6Qdm via @cindyalfino

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Lu-Gerda 12 October 2015 at 2:09 PM

Great way to display photos. I have lots of family photos that will look great.

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Juanita Swanepoel 12 October 2015 at 4:26 PM

My two kids

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Tam 12 October 2015 at 5:04 PM

Oh my glory! These are absolutely beautiful! Already mentally scanning through our collection of photos trying to figure out which ones I would have ‘converted’ into one of these masterpieces! 🙂

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Tam 12 October 2015 at 5:08 PM

Oops! Forgot to say I would love to have a pic of myself, my husband and our new little baby made into one of these creations 🙂

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Sharleen 12 October 2015 at 5:25 PM

Would love this

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Leigh-Ann Otto 12 October 2015 at 8:28 PM

I am not entering, I just wanted to say those are absolutely stunning!

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Melissa Greco 13 October 2015 at 2:20 AM

My boyfriend would be in the photo 🙂

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Dawn W 13 October 2015 at 9:48 AM

My family for sure – I love having memories of all my loved ones

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Karen at MomAgain@40 13 October 2015 at 10:10 AM

Such a cool win! “Thumbs”

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Alet 13 October 2015 at 11:17 AM

I’ve actually considered having a family photo done! Love the look and feel of Watercolour’s work.

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Susan 13 October 2015 at 1:04 PM

Me, the husband and our 3 cats 🙂

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BethN 13 October 2015 at 2:44 PM

Love this idea, what a great way to show off your favourite memories, would definitely want one of my family and dogs.

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Lynn_19426 13 October 2015 at 6:01 PM

RT @Watercolourxxx: *WIN* a FREE ILLUSTRATION! http://t.co/31knEebuGj #illustration #art #artist #watercolour #creativebusinesscup http://t…

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Carolyn Augustus 13 October 2015 at 6:02 PM

I would definitely have a portrait of my family done. (myself, hubby and our 2 girls)

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Ann 14 October 2015 at 7:43 AM

Would definitely be my 2 daughters

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Melinda 14 October 2015 at 11:43 AM

How awesome, a great prize 🙂

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CindyAlfino 14 October 2015 at 11:55 AM

My first international giveaway – that’s right. You heard me. http://t.co/laYFgpENeU

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thestilettomum 14 October 2015 at 2:24 PM

*WIN* With Watercolour Heart http://t.co/dW3Y38wVuw

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Jade Amy 14 October 2015 at 6:59 PM

These are so beautiful……I’d love one of my Golden Retriever and I. Or maybe my sisters. Or my favourite boots. Let’s just say everything! Well done Jess, amazing work! 🙂

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Lynn_19426 14 October 2015 at 7:13 PM

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CindyAlfino 14 October 2015 at 8:15 PM

Don’t miss out on your chance to enter this cool giveaway – PLUS it’s international, so anyone can enter! http://t.co/2Jl5Hr5glm

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Watercolourxxx 15 October 2015 at 10:41 AM

Only one day left to enter and win a free illustration! http://t.co/31knEebuGj
#win #free #illustration #art http://t.co/04uJ6BvMqd

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ChrissyK07 16 October 2015 at 9:24 AM

RT @CindyAlfino: *WIN* With Watercolour Heart http://t.co/laYFgpnbQk http://t.co/dxIVkr6kTB

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Nicci van Doesburgh 16 October 2015 at 2:38 PM

Wow, what amazing talent!!

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stephanie videira 16 October 2015 at 7:49 PM

It would be either one of my daughter or one of my family

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Jadie Jones 21 October 2015 at 5:10 PM

So talented I would love to hang one of these beauties in my home

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