I don’t know about you, but I’m getting excited about decorating eggs for Easter…we always do it either Friday night or Saturday morning…and my youngest son Mitchell has been counting down the days for over a week already! 

Here are some interesting techniques that I found and I’m undecided as to which one to do…yes, I like to keep it as simple as possible…so we’ll only do one!

1.   These cute eggs are super easy as you only need dye and a black marker…but oh so cute…I love funny faces on eggs…we always add a few funny faced eggs to our baskets every year…here are the instructions for the Have a Nice Day Eggs.

2.  The Perfect Pair….What’s Easter without a bunny and a carrot?

3.  These are Botanical Eggs from Martha Stewart…so pretty and sophisticated…love this look!

4.  OMG…I am absolutely in love with these Silk-Dyed Egg designs…I think I’m going to try making these…time to head to Goodwill and find me some silk ties…so gorgeous!!

5.  The center image… I really liked these Stamped Eggs from Martha too.  If you’re a stamp collector (and you’re stamped aren’t super collectible (expensive..LOL)..then I think this would be such a great decoration for your eggs.  Although I think this would work great with some decorative tissue paper too.

6.  Personalized Eggs…oh yeah…I’m really digging these too..I think the kids would love making these and I have tons of letter stickers left over from the days when I would buy almost every scrapbooking item on the market and now I have so many scrapbooking supplies that I don’t know what to do with them.

7.   Melted Crayon Eggs - This is another really cute and super easy idea for decorating your eggs.  Color the boiled eggs while they’re still hot and the crayons melt creating such fun designs.

8.  Zoo-egg-ology - these eggs are so adorable and made with foam sheets (which I also have tons of in the kids’ craft bin).  Who wouln’t want to make these adorable little animals.

9.  And finally, Easter eggs The Natural Way.  Growing up, my Mom was a no nonsense kind of woman…always doing things the simple way and the least expensive way…from as early as I could remember, we always dyed eggs using onion peels..and they were such a pretty brown natural color…but hey..you could also just go to the grocery store and pick up naturally layed brown eggs too..Ha!!!

There are seriously tons of cool Eater egg decorating ideas on the web, but these are the ones that I fancy today…hope this gives you some ideas and inspires you.

MODELS WANTED

We’re getting more and more calls for Boudoir sessions so Kukuc Photography is starting a classy Boudoir division at our studio. We’re looking for models of ALL shapes, sizes and ages (must be 19 and over). You’ll get a free session and free photos. Images from the session will be used for website, studio samples, promotional materials, etc.  Models are required to sign Model Release.

Email us at info@kukucphotography.com or call us at 708.929.4136 for details.

 Please visit:  http://www.facebook.com/kukucphotography for samples

Modeling sessions must take place in March and April.

We were driving home from the studio a few days ago and took a different way home and drove through the Chasemoor subdivision in Burr Ridge.  As we were driving through, we saw these adorable pumpkin head creations decorating every street corner and couldn’t help but photograph them and share them with you as they make me oh so happy and put a smile on my face!  I love these!! 

I’m trying to find out who made these adorable creations and will let you know if and when I do.  Enjoy!

“What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us,
what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal.” ~Albert Pike

Kukuc Photography is holding it’s 2nd Annual Halloween Food-raiser
to raise food for local families in need.

Do you have an Indian Prairie Public Libary card???  If you do, call us in September and you’ll receive a
FREE Custom Weekday Studio Session valued at $75.  Call right now as this offer is only good in September.

Also check out all the other great businesses that are partnering with our AMAZING library this month!!

Professional family portraits are more than snapshots in time, they are a record of love shared,
relationships nurtured and hearts knit together!

Kukuc Photography is partnering with local schools and organizations to present an incredible fundraising opportunity.

This program supplies your school or organization with gift certificates for beautiful family portraits
and raises money for your school at the same time.

What’s the best part of this fundraising opportunity?  Unlike many of the other popular fundraisers that schools hold, your school or organization keeps 100% of the proceeds from the sale of the gift certificates

Call us at 708.929.4136 or email us (info@kukucphotography.com) for more info – you will LOVE it!!!

The contest ended Midnight on Friday…thanks so much to everyone that participated.  Funny how it was about 11:45pm on Friday and points were still rolling in.  You guys really made us work in tracking all the different points that you all earned!!  It was a lot of fun reading your reviews, seeing all the referrals, portrait displays, tweets and comments! 

Congratulations to the Grand Prize Winners:

Julie Quinlan for winning 1st Place (a $650 gift certificate to our studio).

Allison Thiel for winning 2nd Place (a 6 hour session with Chicago’s “Super Nanny” Terry Manrique with Working with Parents)

and Sandy Bell for winning 3rd Place (a $300 gift certificate to our studio).

Great, great job everyone!!  It was a blast!

 
We’re celebrating our 8th year in business!!!  And what better way to celebrate than by having a fun contest???? 
Who doesn’t love a good contest?!!

We have some AWESOME prizes for you and LOTS of different ways for you to win them!

CONTEST STARTS TODAY AND ENDS FRIDAY NIGHT, JULY 15^TH AT MIDNIGHT
and is open to all of our clients and friends, and friends of friends!  ;)

 WHAT ARE THE PRIZES???

The Grand Prizes:

• First place wins a $650 gift certificate to our studio*
• Second place wins a 6 hour session with Chicago’s “Super Nanny” Terry Manrique with Working With Parents  (a $600 value)
• Third place wins a $300 gift certificate to our studio*

The above prizes are awarded to the top three people who have earned the most points.

Additional daily prizes include:

• A Women’s Morning of Renewal with Desai Guidance and Counseling, (up to a $420 value)
• A 2′ x 2′ custom-painted canvas, with your choice of an original whimsical character, designed by Artist/Muralist, Ken Markiewicz of Crayons Gone Wild! (up to a $400 value) – you know that adorable mural we have above the changing table in the camera room???  Yep, that was done by Ken!!
• A free full-day camp and other goodies from Flying High Sports & Rec Center (a $90 value)
• A stress release session with certified hypnotist Kathleen Cantwell of Change for the Better (an $80 value) – I soooo need this…
• A cat groom from “The Cat Groomer” mobile grooming service. (a min. value of $73)
• A Shaklee “Get Clean Household Mini Kit” from Tabor Health Solutions (a $60 value)
• A $50 gift card to My Sister Kate, a children’s boutique in Hinsdale

One daily prize will be awarded using a random generator to pick a winner each day.  As long as you do something from the list each day…you have a chance to win one of the daily prizes above!

The daily prize winner will be announced in the comments section of this blog post, as well as on our Facebook page…so be sure you’ve “Liked” us on Facebook.

HOW TO WIN THESE FABULOUS PRIZES………

Here’s how you can earn points:

• Leave a comment on any blog post this week – 1 point
  
• “Like” us on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/kukucphotography) and say hello on our wall – 2 points (if you’ve already “Liked” us, don’t worry you can earn points for referrals)
  
• Refer a friend to our Facebook Page and have them “Like” us – 3 points (make sure they post who sent them so you can earn your points)
• Write on your Facebook wall something you love about our studio and tag us by typing @Margaret Kukuc Photography in the post – 3 points
  
• How are you showcasing your Kukuc Photography portraits in your home?  Take a photo and email it to us (info@kukucphotography.com) or post it on our Facebook Page – 5 points
  
• Are you on Twitter? Tweet the following – “@margaretkukuc is having an amazing contest with awesome prizes, check it out at http://www.blog.kukucphotography.com” Once you’ve done so, come back here and leave a comment with a link to your tweet – 2 points
  
• Sign up for our email newsletter either on our website’s home page (http://www.kukucphotography.com) our Facebook’s welcome page and let us know you did by leaving a comment on this blog post, and/or refer a friend to do so (if you already receive our newsletter) – 2 points  
  
• Write a review on our Facebook page (or email us a review if you’re not on Facebook) – 5 points
  
• Refer a client – 10 points (client must call in and book a session during contest period – sessions can take place anytime this year.)

SO GET BUSY AND LET THE FUN BEGIN!!!! 
And don’t forget to comment on this blog post letting us know what you’re doing to earn points!

* Gift certificates are for future sessions only. No cash value. Not redeemable on past orders.

We’re having an awesome contest starting tomorrow, Saturday, July 9th at 9am.

Make sure you check back here tomorrow morning for details!!

AWESOME PRIZES…AND LOTS OF WAYS TO WIN!!