It has been a long weekend for us here a SMN as we have upgraded our server that the website runs on. Overtime stllmomentsnursery.com has had some growing pains and was begining to run very slowly. The site now runs much faster allowing for more features to be added shortly. If you experience any problems please let us know! we love your feedpack.
REBORN CONTEST
Bountiful Baby introduces their first ever Tasha Reborn Contest! Winners will be announced in Doll Crafter Magazine!!!
You can submit as many photos as you like of any of the Bountiful Baby
Tasha Sculpts. These sculpts include Ember, Tanner, Joey, Josie, Ella
and Paige. You can mix and match Tasha faces with Tasha limbs, but both
the head and all limbs must be Tasha sculpts. The baby will be
categorized by the face sculpt. For example if you have a Joey head
with Ella limbs, for contest purposes the doll will be listed as Joey.
Single photos are required and no photo collages (multiple pictures
in the same photo) will be accepted. The contest will remain anonymous
until the winner is announced, so we will not be accepting photos with
nursery names or artist identification on them.
You can submit as many photos as you like, but only one photo of
each face sculpt per artist will be accepted for submission into the
contest. Once a photo of a particular sculpt from a particular artist
passes the Review Board, no other pictures of that face will be
accepted by that artist. So we recommend that you submit your favorite
photo of each face first. If these photos are accepted we will not
accept additional or replacement photos, so choose carefully. It is
possible for each artist to have up to 6 photos accepted, one for each
of the six Tasha face sculpts.
Because your photo might be printed in DollCrafter Magazine, we
require your highest resolution photos. Once photos are submitted, they
will be passed to our Bountiful Baby Review Board.
The Review Board will assign a point value to each photo based on the following.
Photo Quality: A maximum of 20 points will be given for photo
quality, we are looking for clear photos that show the detail of your
work. We are looking for high resolution photos suitable for
publishing, so send your best photos!
Reborn Artistry: A maximum of 20 points will be given for reborn
artistry. The hair, coloring and detail painting will be considered for
this area.
Pose: A maximum of 20 points will be given for pose. Be sure to
pose your babies in natural comfy baby like poses score high in this
area.
Outfit and accessories: A maximum 20 points will be given for
outfit and accessories. Although they can be elaborate they don’t need
to be. We are looking for well put together layettes, that are
appealing and add to the beauty of your baby.
Overall appeal: A maximum of 20 points will be given for overall
appeal. This is where the wow factor comes in. When all of the above
areas come together in harmony, you will be given extra points in this
area.
Their Review Board will not be told who the artist is and pledges to
remain neutral in their voting in cases were they have seen or
recognize the doll or artistry. This is the same Review Board that is
set up to select sculpts and consists of both Bountiful Baby employees
and non-employees. Bountiful Baby employees, staff, and affiliates will
not be allowed to enter. A photo must receive a score of 80 or higher
in order to pass the Review Board and be entered into the contest.
Once accepted for the contest, photos will be place in a random
order on our website, for everyone to view. On Tuesday, July 15th,
voting will be open to the public and you can vote on your favorites.
There will be 19 winning babies, yes that’s right 19 winning
babies! There will be a first, second and third place for each of the 6
faces, and there will also be a Best Of Show baby. The Best Of Show
baby will be the baby that gets the most votes of all. After that the
babies of each face getting the top 3 highest votes will gain the
first, second and third place positions for that face. Each artist can
only win once with each face. For example, it is possible for the same
artist to win up to 6 positions, one for each face submitted. Therefore
the lowest possible winning prize will be valued at 29.95 and the
highest possible value that one artist can receive is $2,250.00 in
prizes.
You can vote one time for each and any baby you wish to vote for.
We will have a system in place to eliminate vote stacking, so it will
do no good to vote multiple times for the same baby.
Prizes are as follows:
Best of Show: $1,000.00 in Bountiful Baby Gift Certificates.
First Prize: The 6 first prize winners will all receive $250 Bountiful Baby Gift Certificates.
Second Prize: Second prize winners will receive 2 "in-stock"
Bountiful Baby kits of their choice (valued at 29.95 to 59.95 each)
Third Prize: Winners receive 1 "in-stock" Bountiful Baby kit of their choice (valued at 29.95 to 59.95)
Contest will open on May 27th, and will close on Monday, July 14th.
Send your pictures between those dates. Submit pictures to: contest@bountifulbaby.com
Entrants grant publication rights of the photos to Bountiful Baby, as
well as to Jones Publishing, and all affiliates of both companies.
I have finally found a company that hand makes christening dresses and have placed a few on order.
They should be here next week.
Baby Girl Rhiannon is needing a loving home.
She is an ethnic baby girl with a full head of black hair.
Links:
Completed Reborn Dolls looking for homes
We now have Caucasian Doe Suede fabric in stock.
This is the same fabric that are used for the bountifulbaby bodies.
Links:
Completed Reborn Dolls looking for homes
We recently decided to make creating an account to shop at SMN optional and so far it has been a success. But I would love to here some feedback as to how you prefer to shop online. Do you prefer to have the option to checkout without signing up for an account? or do you find it's easier just to have an account? I have setup a poll at our forum and I would love to here so feedback.
We have been doing some upgrades to the forum today and I thought I might fill everybody in on some of the new features.
You can update your profile here and add you skype details. Remember to use the SMN forum you must have an account. If you would like to see any additional improvements or have an idea for the forum please let us know…
For a faster checkout experience, we now offer the option to checkout without creating an account.
Please note that if your wanting to use the Forum or participate in our rewards program. You will still need to create an account.
To begin the checkout procedure with an account or to use our forum and participate in our rewards program you can click here to create account if you have not already done so.
To view your order history and or status of a current order when you don't have an account. Please enter the order number and the e-mail address with which it was placed into the order status form. If you have an account with SMN you can also view your order status and more information in your Account.
To thank you all for your support and to offer future incentives to you we would like to give something back, this is why we have launched this great Reward Point Program. Our Reward Point Program is as simple as it sounds. While shopping at Still Moments Nursery you will earn Shopping Points for the money you spend. Once earned, you'll be able to use those points to pay for future purchases at Still Moments nursery. Redeeming Shopping Points If you have a balance in your Shopping Points Account, you can use those points to pay for purchases made at Still Moments Nursery. During the checkout process, on the same page that you select a payment method, there will be a box to select if you wish to use your points, as well as information on the total amount of points available. Please note, you will still have to select another payment method if there is not enough in your Shopping Points Account to cover the cost of your purchase. Continue the checkout procedure and at the confirmation page you'll notice that the value of the points redeemed will have been credited towards your order. Once you confirm your order, your Shopping Points account will be updated and the points used deducted from your balance. Find out more information about our Rewards Program here. If you have any further question please be sure to contact us.
We have been playing around with our website heading because a few people were saying we need a picture of a doll or baby. So we took the morning off and made this one: What do you all think????
Links:
Completed Reborn Dolls looking for homes