The deserving mother is......

After reading all of the stories I just wanted to give it all to EVERYONE!
I cried reading the stories of all of these women and the love that YOU as your friends and family have for them.
So many amazing women who SO deserve some extra special attention.
I felt that they were all so deserving of the award that I could not pick and choose, so I made random.org do the hard part for me!

SOOOOO.......drum roll.......

Heather's friend Elise is the winner!

Elise was actually nominated by three of her friends and this is her story:

I nominate my friend Elise. She and her husband have dealt with infertility for the past 5 years and are trying to adopt. They had a birth mother pick them, deliver the baby. They met their new son, spent a few days with him and then the birth mom decided to parent him herself. They are devastated. This would be a fabulous gift for her to help lift her spirits and spread the word about their trying to adopt.

Heather please send me Elise's details so that we can set up her session and get her prizes to her!


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My suggestion to all those who lovingly nominated your friends or family.....find a really cute card and write everything you wrote her on that card and give it to that amazing woman. She will love it and remember it forever!

Nominate a deserving mother.......

I love doing the HOT MAMAS....they are so much fun!
I wish that all mother's....whether those who have physically given birth or those who are mother-like in whatever they do...could have the chance to do these photos.
They make you feel like a million bucks and who doesn't deserve that?!
I have said it before but don't you have old photos of your mom.
Black and white ones that just blow you out of the water with how stunning she is?!
I do.
I love them.
While they remind me of her physical beauty, they say so much more about who she is to me.
Shouldn't everyone get a photo like that?
Well....I wish I could give it to everyone but there are only 24 hours in day so.....
How about we find one really special super amazing mother.....
I mean, let's be honest, aren't we all?! ;)
But we have to narrow it down to a mother who REALLY needs this and would benefit the most.
I bet you are already thinking of someone.....some wonderful mother out there who is dealing and making due with her situation the best way she can.

Now before I get to the nitty gritty....here are the details you really want to know.
You must leave a comment with the details about the mom you nominate and WHY.
THEN if you want to get more entries for your nominee then make sure with each vendor below you become their fan on Facebook, then come back to leave a comment that you did! Each like & comment will earn your nominee another entry! This is for a mama in Arizona by the way...she must be able to redeem her shoot while I am here!

So first things first....make sure you become a fan of the Pied Piper Facebook & The Beauty Mark.

What would she get:
A HOT MAMAS photo shoot with yours truly along make-up and hair by The Beauty Mark

As well as:

A yummy bag from Peace Love And Polka Dots.
Etsy shop & Facebook

I love their bags so much....I own THREE!



A photo block or 8x8 print from Susannah Tucker
Etsy shop & Facebook



The Princess Anne Collection from Euphorian Chic
Etsy shop & Facebook



I have this set in my baby girls room....it is stunning!

A one of a kind design your own cloche hat from Bonnie's Knitting.
Etsy shop & Facebook.



Can I just say for the record that I love her aviator hat....I see so many wicked photo shoots with it!



$50 credit at Vintage Rose Wraps
Website & Facebook



Aren't they darling?!

A "hello" sign from William Dohman Designs Etsy shop
& Facebook



I have three of his signs...I heart them SO much!

A snap wallet from Knitty Bitties
These are DARLING...I have two that I keep my mom and business cards in!
L.O.V.E. them!
Etsy shop & Facebook



A $30 credit at Earmark
Etsy shop & Facebook



I LOVE these cards....so fantastic! I had this printed up as a large print for my house...don't you love it?!

$25 credit at Bohtieque
Etsy Shop & Facebook



I have bought several of her address labels....they are yum delish!

Two adult headbands from Little Jardin Etsy shop



All of her headbands can be made into infant, child or adult!

A piece of vintage jewelry from Violin1 Etsy shop


Oh vintage...I love you!

A clutch from Bayou Salvage Etsy shop



Another store that I own too much from!!!

A pendant from Little Ella Bug
website & Facebook



$50 credit with aPOSHtrophe
Etsy shop & Facebook




$25 credit with Sew Simply Sweet
Etsy shop & Facebook


A wallop of fun goodies for a fabulous mama who really needs it!
So get crackin' ladies, spread the word and NOMINATE!

The nomination will be drawn on Saturday morning!

A mother's day post for all the wonderful women I know.


my sweet mom and sister...


my dear mother-in-law....



Women.
Quite remarkable creatures really.
Amazing at so many different things and some at the same time!
Now before this starts to sound feminist,
I assure you it is not.
Men and women are made to compliment one another without question.
Like peanut butter and jelly, fabulous on their own but perfection when together!
Oh dear let me not digress....heaven knows I love me a PB&J....
In all seriousness, I think about this a lot.
A LOT.
Women and the certain kinds there are.
The potential that they have, use and become great or...not.
There ARE certain kinds, you know.
Categories if you will.
Too numerous to really be named but truthfully it boils down to two.
A dividing line between two kinds.

The kind that create beauty and love wherever they go, they are wrought with kindness and thinking of others far more then themselves.
They KNOW who they are, what life is about and where they are going
and they ACT accordingly.
They know that ONE good woman can do great things.

Or the other kind.....who think nothing of others or any damage they do in their wake, they breed gossip and judgement, take no responsibility for their actions and do not understand their divinity which in turn leaves them without respect from others and quite sadly without respect for themselves.
It's quite tragic really.
Some just don't get it and some never will.

Now if you're like me you may find yourself in the gray area in between.
I wish I could say that I have never partaken in a juicy piece of gossip
or that I haven't had a selfish time or two (or MORE *ahem*) in my life.
I'm no bit of perfection but I would like to keep my body on the better half of the line.

Women can be amazing when they combine to do something good but also just as amazingly VICIOUS when they gossip or tear down an individual.

Okay this is a large rant and I am by NO MEANS any expert on this subject but...
I guess it has had me thinking on this mother's day as I have spent hours working on photos of stunning wonderful women and many young little women who I wonder what kind of woman they will be.
I think about my own mother and the many other mothers who surround me.

What kind of mothers are we?
What kind of woman am I?

I hope that I have patience like my mother.
That I play with my children the way she did with me.
That I am steadfast in holding to precious morals.
That they will know who they are, where they come from and where they are going.

Give a girl a good mother and she can do anything.
Thank you mom for all that you are....

Happy Mother's day to all the amazing women out there!