It’s the digital age and if you don’t own a digital camera, well, your excuse better be that you’re a photographer and you still love going into the dark room.

With the price of digital cameras coming down all of the time, you probably do have one.  If you’re anything like me, you take zillions of pictures and they sit on your computer’s hard drive, a disc or an external drive, collecting electronic dust. (Huh?)

A project has been on my mind for a while to compile a bunch of my photos from over the years and set them out for all to see, especially me, the one who took them!  Unfortunately, a broken digital frame isn’t helping much.

I will soon be able to proudly display my beautiful photos of my girls, scenery, etc. on this ideal digital photo frame.  When the friends and family come over and catch a glimpse of my photos, I can easily print them out with Epson’s PictureMate.

Don’t you think your mother would love to be able to do the same?

Well, here is your chance to treat her or yourself orrrrr….husbands, boyfriends, partners, brothers, daughters, sons (are ya pickin’ up what I’m puttin’ down here?) – treat that lovely lady otherwise known as a “mama” to this fabulous compact photo printer and attached digital photo frame.

You can enter to win Epson’s PictureMate Show (pictured above, MSRP $299.99) right here, right now.

I will choose a winner from the comment section of this post (using Random.org’s number generator) on Thursday, May 6th.  You have until midnight PST (you must be located in the continental US) to enter.  Wouldn’t this make an excellent Mother’s Day surprise?!

Here are all of the ways you can enter (pay close attention so you can maximize your chances at winning).

You can do any or all of these things.  That means, you have 1, 2, 3 chances to enter:

Entry chance option 1:

You can leave a comment on this post letting us know how you’re planning to spend your Mother’s Day.  Would you surprise the mama in your life with this printer/frame?  We’d love to know!

Entry chance option 2:

Tweet about this giveaway.  Then, come back here and leave a comment with the link to your Tweet and your Twitter username.  I’ll make this part easy, you can copy and paste the following text for your Tweet (it fits, I checked):

I’m trying to win an @EpsonAmerica photo printer-digital frame for my mom (or myself) @parentsphere : http://bit.ly/c7t87M

Entry chance option 3:

Follow Epson on Twitter.  Come back and leave a comment letting us know you and Epson are Twitter buddies.

*If you plan on taking advantage of all three chances to win, make sure each of your comments are separate.  Don’t post all of your chances in one comment. (Defeats the purpose of having three chances to win, right?)

You can do everything at once or maybe, s p r e a d out your chances a bit and stop back three different days for each of the above entry chances.  ‘Sup to you.  I’m just sayin’

Good luck!

I’ll be back next week to talk about (and show) how I’m using my Epson PictureMate Show.

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I love making memories and traditions, especially when it has to do with my family.

Each year, for the past three years, we have taken a picture of Hailey on Halloween sitting with a pumpkin. Each year, on the pumpkin, we paint one of the letters of her name. For example, since Hailey’s birthday is the week before Halloween, we paint the next letter of her name on a pumpkin. We’ve been doing this since she was born. She came home from the hospital on the night before Halloween in 2005. It’s a fun way to document the years and watch your children grow. I got this idea from a friend of mine, who does this with her children.

You could do this any time of year, really. Birthdays, Christmas, Easter, you name it. The most important thing is that you’re capturing an image of your child and creating a tradition.

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