Congratulations to the winners:

Grand Prize: @I2family
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2nd Place: @run_rva

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3rd Place: @sweetfixrva
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Hayes & Fisk is running a LivingSocial deal:

• $49 ($550 value) for package with 1 11×14 or 2 8×10 photo prints of same image
• $75 ($775 value) for package with 1 11×14 or 2 8×10 canvas prints of same image

Just make sure you’ll be able to get your jaw off the floor in time for the actual photo.

Here’s what you gotta do.
First, head on over to LivingSocial to cash in on this deal ($75 is practically nothing for a portrait that will last a lifetime.)

Then, get a little family photo inspo by checking out the stunning work on their website.

After that, make sure you find them on Facebook. We’ve been getting a daily dose of oohs and ahs in our news feeds that you aren’t going to want to miss!

Thanks to Medarva at Stony Point Surgery Center for sponsoring this amazing tribute to Richmond moms.

Prizes include over $3,000 of great local swag including a celebration for Michelle and her friends at Brio Tuscan Grill at Stony Point Fashion Park on May 8th, 2013 at 6:00-7:30pm.

• We’ve made a donation to CJStuf.Org for every nomination! They grant $500 gifts to families suffering with illness in memory of Charlotte Reynolds who passed away at the tender age of four. Read more about Charlotte from her mom, Rachel Reynolds.
• Shannon Milligan of Keller Williams Realty matched our donations to CJ’s Thumbs Up Foundation = $500 total donation. One family will receive help because of your involvement.

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Prizes are subject to change with many thanks to our generous sponsors, and Michelle will receive: 

MODELS NEEDED CALL TODAY  804-740-9307 We need your help! We have been offered the most amazing opportunity to create and decorate a building in the City of Richmond.  This portrait Art Installation will be focused on maternity, babies and families.     We welcome new clients but would love to work with existing clients as well as new families.  We need expectant mothers, newborn babies, families with young children and families with twins, triplets, etc.     In exchange for modeling we are offering a Complimentary session and one free 5×7 portrait  ($300 value). Call to Volunteer Today! Please call or email us. 804-740-9307 mary@hayesandfisk.com www.hayesandfisk.com  – 804-740-9307 – mary@hayesandfisk.com

Prizes include over $3,000 of great local swag including a celebration for the winning mom and her friends at Brio Tuscan Grill at Stony Point Fashion Park on May 8th, 2013 at 6:00-7:30pm.

Beth Trebour Richmond Supermom 2012

Last year we celebrated with Richmond mom Beth Trebour. Who will this year’s Supermom be?

We want to know all about her too so please nominate someone you think is deserving of the title and these great prizes.

 Nominate Here

1) Nominate any Richmond-area mom by clicking on this link between 4/1/13-4/15/13. You will need to provide all required information so we can contact both of you as the contest progresses.

2) We’ll make a $5 donation to CJ’s Thumbs Up Foundation for every nomination up to $500! AND THIS YEAR – Shannon Milligan of Keller Williams Realty is going to match our donations to CJ’s! Now that’s awesome!

3) Vote for her and encourage friends to do the same here on Richmondmom.com between 4/17/13-4/30/13. Each person may only vote once, so it’s simple and easy. We’ll send you the voting link once all the nominations are in.

4) The winner will be announced on May 1st, 2013. She may invite up to 20 friends and family to celebrate with her at our SuperMom Celebration at Brio Tuscan Grill in Stony Point Mall where she’ll be treated to amazing prizes (actual prizes and amounts may vary based at each contributor’s discretion).

Get ready to nominate a Supermom in your life – let everyone know about her so they can vote too!

Gardner & Jones Orthodontics – $500 off one full case of braces, Invisalign, or Invisalign Teen for a child or an adult!

Hayes & Fisk $500 gift certificate

The Wine Loft – A wine and Cheese tasting for 6 people valued at $250

Richmond Symphony – Family four pack of tickets valued at approximately $200. The tickets will be for Sunday, May 19 at 3 pm. Pixar in Concert. The magic of 13 Pixar films on a BIG screen with scores played live by the Richmond Symphony. It’s a uniquely magical experience.

Massage Envy – A one-hour Massage and 1-hour Healthy Skin Facial worth $166

Health Focus – 90 minute microcurrent facial rejuvenation ($139 value).

Kate Hall: Richmond Rocks – 5 books to winner; 1 to each of two runners up – Value $105

Thank you nTelos!

nTelos – 2 tickets to see The Avett Brothers at the nTelos Wireless Pavilion in Portsmouth on June 22 – Value $100

Indulgence Salon & Boutique in Ashland and Gundlach Plumbing & Heating.   Monique of Indulgence and the sisters from Gundlach are giving a joint gift certificate for $100.00 for the Salon.  They have a beautiful boutique, hair styling, message therapy, facials, manicures and pedicures and wonderful facials.  They also have several types of tanning and the new spray tanning service.

 Virginia Eye Institute – a $100 gift certificate to our optical shops

Atkins, Maestrello, Miller & Associates – Sonicare toothbrush worth $99

Science Museum of Virginia - One year family membership valued at $99

Affiliated Dermatologists of Virginia – $90 gift of a 60 minute European facial

Spirited Art – 2 seats at an art class worth $70

VHS, 428 North Boulevard, Richmond, VA (next to the Fine Arts Museum)

One year membership to the Virginia Historical Society valued at $72.

College Nannies – 4 hours of nanny care worth $70

Romp n’ Roll – One free week of summer camp –  “week” is Tues/Thurs from 9am-noon or 2pm-5pm – $65

Sweet & Simple Moments with God Devotional (release scheduled for 9/2013) – Kim Newlen, local Richmond author and Founder of Sweet Monday is giving the winner and 2 runners-up a gift certificate for signed copy of new devotional book when it is released in September – Value is $50.

Frostings – One dozen delicious cupcakes – $30

Granny Babysits The Mischievous Five (retail value $23.95) to the winner, and the runner up receives My Dear Rosa Jean (retail value $14.95) by Carin Casey.

Three (3) classes at the Barre Boutique worth $50!

Seven (7) free yogurt cards at Sweet Frog – one for every day of the week! Value of $35.

Two free movie ticket vouchers to Cinebistro at Stony Point Fashion Mall worth $26.

It’s here!

22, 2013.  Just over three years after our first story about Richmond history for kids, Richmond Rocks, was released, we can’t be more excited to add to the libraries of Richmond families!

You’ll likely recognize some of the characters in this collection of Richmond ghost stories for children ten and under from

Recognize this guy? He makes an appearance in the Spooky Sequel.

“haunts” like Hollywood Cemetery and the Poe Museum, to name just two (we can’t give it all away!) Inspiration for this book came from Richmond children who, upon hearing us read the story at their schools, offered up ideas for a sequel. Ghost stories topped the list everywhere we went, from Chesterfield the the west end.

The Richmondmom.com Publishing team: myself, Illustrator Knox Hubard, Photographers Jamie Hayes and Mary Fisk-Taylor of Hayes and Fisk, the Art of Photography collaborated collective creative efforts over the course of the last year to bring the sequel to fruition and published locally through Palari Publishing. This hardcover book is priced at $14.95.

Our three little kiddos are back, and ready for some chills.

We’re often asked to read at local schools and we’re happy to donate up to 20% back to schools and non-profits.

For your signed copy, please visit the following Richmond retail locations or email us at kate@richmondmom.com for direct shipping (we will ship free) and book signing information.

–By Invitation Only in Short Pump

–The Daily Grind in Short Pump

–World of Mirth in Carytown

Check back for additional spots to locate the book.

Thinking it’s too late for you? Not at all – they’re offering digital files from ANY past session.

What else is new?

• A new website is coming
• New pricing
• New catalogs with exciting new options
• And new opportunities to create incredible memories

Check it all out and then give them a call to make your appointments.

Portrait clients will now have the option to purchase digital files. As a special treat for all of their loyal clients, they are offering the option to purchase digital files from ANY past session.

LIMITED TIME OFFER!

• $249 for all files previously ordered (per session)
• $995 for ALL files, if available (per session – weddings included)

Contact Hayes & Fisk TODAY!
804-740-9307
mary@hayesandfisk.com

Hayes & Fisk is an advertiser on Richmondmom.com

Our three little kiddos are back, and ready for some chills.

world-famous author and blogger (well, she will be!) sat down with the idea of creating a super-cool book about Richmond history for little kids. I had an epiphany when my son once asked me while walking together on Brown’s Island, mom, what are those markings on that footbridge?

Three years later and a few thousand sold books under our belts, we’re thrilled to publish Richmond Rocks Spooky Sequel. I’ve always been a ghost-story junkie so it was tons of fun researching all the cool (and plentiful!) ghastly Richmond tales, only a few of which are suitable for kiddos.

Recognize this guy? He makes an appearance in the Spooky Sequel.

We’ll have retail information soon as well as a final arrival date for our books, another joint venture with Richmond’s Palari Publishing, and we’re thrilled that this is a 100% local project.

I’m amazed at my talented teammates.

Our photographers of Hayes and Fisk the Art of Photography have captured Richmond’s spooky spots and our illustrator and local cool-guy Knox Hubard has painstakingly brought our three little adventurers back for another trip with their mama.

For more information on signings, at which we donate 20% to schools, organizations and non-profits, please contact Kate Hall.

And, because we have to ask, please like Richmond Rocks if you’d be so kind on Facebook.

Our three with Hayes & Fisk/Real Life’s Santa. We’ll be back again this year!

Quick Takes. Quick Takes are fun, mini sessions that have three custom designed holiday backgrounds. They photograph on each set so they get that perfect image. It allows you to get a great variety. They photograph children, families, and encourage them to include pets.

It’s the perfect family-friendly place for moms, dads, kids, grandparents, and other extended family too.

These images are great holiday gifts, keepsakes, and holiday cards. Place your order the same day and the turn around time is just a couple of days.

There are a VERY limited number of available dates.  They also have evening and weekday appointments available. Call 804.740.9307 to schedule your appointment. But don’t delay – appointments are filling up fast!

Hayes & Fisk is an advertiser on Richmondmom.com & has a Savvy Saver card discount.