BIRTHDAY GIVEAWAY EXTRAVAGANZA!!!

Our giveaway is to celebrate the birthdays of our birthchildren, born on the same day, birthMOM's was in July and mine is in August. This giveaway will end AUGUST 6, 2011 at MIDNITE mst

Our prizes for our giveaway are:

2 lovely individuals will be winning a Once Upon A Time: An Adoption Story by the beautiful Ashley Hansen Bigler. Not only has she adopted 3 times domestically but she just adopted again from Taiwan. She wrote this wonderful book that is ESSENTIAL in every Adoptive Family, Adoptee, Birthmother's Home!!

Another  lovely individual will be winning a 10 dollar gift certificate to Ruby Jane Boutique
This amazing little shop is run by a wonderful adoptive mom of 3! They have lots of cute hairbows, hairclips, and pins. they are beautiful and they are all handmade!

Another  lovely individual will be winning a wonderful purse from Becky Terry. If you want to order a purse from Becky email her at bexsta95@yahoo.com

ANOTHER lovely individual will be winning 1 item(12 dollars or less) from Brielle Design. Her shop isn't connected with adoption but i love pretty much everything in her shop...therefore it rocks! lol.

LASTLY a UTAHN (somewhere between Provo and Logan) Will win a 1 hr all pics included photo shoot from me

So How do you enter you ask??
for the book someone has to be nominated. tell me why they deserve it. Send a blurb (50 words or less) and a picture and tell me why they could use this book. A little about their adoption connection etc. birthmothers4adoption {at} gmail {dot} com

For everything else

FILL THIS OUT (each checkbox is an extra entry) and let Random.Org do the rest!

I smell a giveaway.....

We are going to be having a giveaway! Here is what you have to do to prepare.....

Think of someone you want to nominate. They have to have some form of connection to adoption.
Tell us in 50 words or less why they are awesome. Include a picture of this awesome person!

We will be giving away NOT ONE but TWO different prizes. So I shall post the deets lata!!!!

LOGO CONTEST! year 2

Hey guys! It is time for our annual blog logo contest!! 

We invite you to design this years logo! 

Email your creation to birthmothers4adoption@gmail.com
by midnight on Wed June 15, 2011

Along with your logo please send us a blurb of why you like it so dang much and
how it symbolizes birthmothers and represents this blog.
each individual is allowed to submit up to three different designs

Last year we had awesome entries- thank goodness we didn't have to choose because the readers vote on their favorite! We're so excited to see what this year brings us!
Thanks in advance to those that participate! and good luck :)

Love, Jessa

entries from last year that did not place in the contest may be re submitted. 

About our LOGO Winners!!

Michelle-1st place!
I have to tell you that I am so honored to have won. I love your site, and am hoping I'll get to guest blog at some point. As for my logo idea,
I loved the idea of a pink awareness ribbon with the heart in the middle of it, because so much of adoption is based on love, and becoming and surviving as a birthmother is such a monumental decision. It really does mean to have a piece of your heart walk without you, and I don't think people on the outside always realize that. It certainly could use some awareness raised. The wings were easy....if you've read my comment on the R House Jewelry, you know how strongly I feel in giving my placed child "roots and wings". Combine them all together, and you have my logo. :)

As for me, I do write a blog. You can find it at http://www.mrsperrbear.blogspot.com. It's called "Not Quite Juno-My Adoption Story". I write my crazy story down in spurts, share pet peeves, reflections, have a rant session once in a while, and basically use it as cheap therapy. I don't get to hear from too many birthmothers, but I do have a lot of adoptive parent fans. Go figure.  I am a Mommy to four other children, three of which I have full time and one that visits during the summer.

I also helped matchmake an adoption in June this year. One of my friends became pregnant, and asked me for help. She matched with a wonderful couple from Adoptionvoices.com and they are all doing well. I am very proud of that, for what its worth.

My own situation goes from good to bad to good, but I never lose sight of the beautiful blessing that adoption can be.

Kelly-2nd Place

I used the pink and brown because they create a great combination. I wanted to to look elegant to represent the elegance of birthmoms and their journey.

Kelly is a stay at home wife, married to her husband, Will, for 6 years. They have struggled with infertility for 5 years and are now trying to adopt their first child. She spends much of her time online, blogging about infertility, adoption, and serving others at Giving What I Am, her online journal, and also doing graphic design to raise money for her adoption at Modern Blitz Designs.

Megan-3rd Place

I chose the pink heart to represent birth mothers and the incredible love that they have for their children. From the very center of that heart extends gracefully a heart shaped leaf which represents a child. It is white for adoption. I chose a heart shaped leaf because birthmothers' extend a part of their own heart, and one of the precious leaves from their personal family tree when they make and adoption plan. www.adoptionfyi.blogspot.com



prizes: 1st place gift certificate to spa
2nd place gift certificate to bed bath and beyond
3rd see second place

THE WINNERS!!

Okay guys here is our new LOGO!! WOOT!! Thanks for your votes!!!
It was created by Michelle Masterson

In a close second place was Kelly Treadway's with 8 Votes
And in Third place with 5 Votes Megan Wright


Thank you again for the ALL entries and the votes!!!
And thank you Michelle for our AWESOME new logo!!

Vote on your FAVORITE LOGO!!!!

~which if these logos created by our readers would you like to see represent this blog?~

So I narrowed it down to 5 to chose from.

These are not in order of our favorites, just how they downloaded on my computer.
Thank you so much to all those who entered! each design was awesome!
Leave a comment and say which number you are voting for!
You need to vote by Tuesday july 13th at Midnight MST. Thanks again!!

ps dont forget to enter our giveaway!

1-Pink Winged Ribbon

2- Swirly Feather (yes i made that name up)

3- Pink

4-Green Rectangle

5-Loopity Loop Heart.

the perfect piece of jewelry - do tell!

july and august are going to be months of celebration for jessa and myself.

why you ask?
2 yr old birthdays and 2 yr placement anniversaries!! 

to celebrate the birth of our children and their adoptions, we are going to be hosting several giveaways that are exclusive for birthmothers! (thats right, only birthmothers are going to be able to enter these giveaways!!)

we have some great donations but im not going to tell you what they are just yet!
(if you want to contribute or donate a giveaway please email me asap, deshawood at gmail dot com)

BUT i will hint at just one for now..... please check out the r house couture etsy shop. they have quite the shop of adoption themed hand made lovelies - bracelets, necklaces, earrings, t shirts, etc

take a look at their pieces, read the descriptions, the sentiments, the reasons they chose to make the pieces they did, get a feel for their style and their creations..... then..... come back to this post and tell us what you think the perfect birthmother necklace/jewelry would look like, what shapes, what colors, what sentiments, what wordings, what would it 'look' like, what would it represent, what would it 'feel' like. be specific, use details, be creative. remember they are fabulous with incorporating custom ideas.
the three lovely ladies (one two three) behind therhouse couture creations want to know! (hint hint wink wink)

the sooner we get some feedback to therhouse couture, the better, so hurry and look thru the shop and then share your ideas here!

jessa and i are excited and hope you are too!!
this summer is going to be fabulous!!

logo contest UPDATE

its time we have a logo for this website! a logo will better help us network with other adoption sites, create recognition in the virtual adoption community and therefore further extend the outreach to fellow birthmothers. the logo will also be used as a 'button' that can be easily posted on other blogs for quick and easy linkups.

we are asking YOU, our creative and adoption inspired readers, to submit a logo, (or logos if youre creative juices are overflowing!) to add an element of fun, weve made it a contest!

6 logos will be selected that we, the blog administrators, feel best represents adoption, birthmothers, and the positive vibes that this blogsite represents.  then, the world will have their chance to vote on those 6 logos and the winner will be just that, the winner! there is a small prize involved, besides the notoriety that will certainly get you immense recognition for the rest of your life! ;-)

some suggestions, but most certainly not requirements... pink is the awareness color that represents birthmothers, white is the awareness color that represents adoption. also keep in mind this blogsite address is 'birthmothers4adoption.blogspot.com' - obviously we promote and celebrate adoption! the blogsite was created as a mechanism to share, support, and connect to other birthmothers. 

details have been changed about the contest. including:
~the deadline to submit logos has been extended to midnight july 3, 2010 MST.  
~there is no limit to how many logos you can submit. but please dont submit 10 different logos that are exactly the same except they are in 10 different colors, or similar situations.
~submit all logo entries to : birthmothers4adoption at  gmail dot com 
~please spread the word on your blog or adoption friendly website encouraging logo entries

thank you readers! we are so excited to see what you come up with! ~desha and jessa
original contest post.

ps. if youre brand new to our blogsite because of promo-4-logo about this contest,  then WELCOME! we invite you to become a blog follower, poke around the archives, perhaps use the labels, read some guest bloggers stories and past articles, comment on things you feel passionate about, ya know - get a feel for 'who and what' this site is and then create away! if you have any questions, just ask!

oh and we are always looking to feature guest bloggers, contact birthMOM (desha): deshawood at gmail dot com if you want to contribute/share on this blogsite!

Possible Logo!? Real cool Sticker!

So we had a couple entries! This is my favorite one so far! Don't forget to enter ours!

We got permission to make it into a sticker! So buy one if you want! WOOT!


Be sure to leave a comment on what you think!