Please Vote and Help Ananchel
Please vote for Ananchel in the Mission: Small Business grant contest. Chase Bank and LivingSocial are offering several small business grants, and we would love to be among the recipients. We have plans for growing our studio, offering new products, sets and sessions. This grant would greatly assist us in getting there.
To support us (or any of the other small business contenders),
- Go to www.missionsmallbusiness.com
- Click on the Log In & Support button
- Enter your Facebook login
- Enter Ananchel in the Business Name box
- Click the Search button
- Click the Vote button
- That’s it. You’re done.
Thank you for your support. We greatly appreciate your help and look forward to seeing you at your next session. Hopefully we’ll be able to tell you all about our success.
–The Ananchel Team: Sundra, Brad, Rachel & Talicia
Mud Pits in May Photography Sessions…
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Our Duckling and Bunny Easter sessions are almost completely booked. Call to schedule your session!
Schedule your Easter appointment by February 29, 2012 and receive a complimentary 5×5 bevel mount with the purchase of a package. Session fee is required at the time appointment is scheduled to hold the date for you. Our Easter Special sessions will be March 9th and 10th 2012. Session fee is $45.00 and includes one complimentary sheet with the purchase of a package. Call 770-831-0078 to schedule your session!
Another fantastic recipe from Pinterest…Fresh Strawberry Yogurt Cake
Recipe: Fresh Strawberry Yogurt Cake
I made this for Talicia to celebrate her birthday yesterday! It’s a keeper for my recipe box! ~Rachel~
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325*. Grease and flour a 10 inch Bundt pan. Sift together the 2 ¼ cups of flour, baking soda and salt. Mix in the lemon zest and set aside.
- With an electric mixer, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in 1 Tb. lemon juice. Alternate beating in the flour mixture and the yogurt, mixing just until incorporated.
- Toss the strawberries with the remaining ¼ cup of flour. Gently mix them into the batter.
- Pour the batter into the Bundt pan. Bake in the preheated oven for 60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.
- Allow to cool at least 20 minutes in the pan, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely. Once cooled whisk together the remaining 2 Tb. of lemon juice and the powdered sugar. Drizzle over the top of the cake.
Preparation time: 15 minute(s)
Cooking time: 45 minutes to 1 hour(s)
Number of servings (yield): 12
Please consider making a donation to our Relay for Life team!
The competition is on! We have been challenged to raise the most amount of money on-line between Feb.2nd-Feb.14th for our Relay for Life team! Please consider making an on-line donation to our team. It goes to a great cause to help find a cure for cancer! We know that everyone out there has been touched by cancer…it might be your mom or dad, grandparent, sibling, friend and list goes on and on. We ask that you make a donation in their name and we will be honored to walk for them through the night…because CANCER NEVER SLEEPS! If we raise the most money we will get 1st choice of campsite for the event. (Last year we were in the gravel and it was the pits!)
The easiest way for us to raise money is by asking those that have been touched by cancer or know someone that has been touched by cancer to make a $10.00 donation for a luminary to be lit in honor or in memory of someone they know. The luminary ceremony will take place at 10:00PM on May 11th, 2012 and it is the lighting of hundreds of candles being lit to brighten the way for Relay for Life walkers throughout the night.
You can use this link to visit our Relay for Life team page! http://main.acsevents.org/goto/ananchel
Please consider making a donation to our team! We are honored to walk for you in memory or in honor of those you know that have been touched by cancer!
Feel free to come walk a few laps with us. If you make a donation to our team by purchasing a luminary we would to have you join us during the luminary ceremony as we reflect on each and every one of the luminary’s that have been lit in honor or memory of those that have been touched by cancer. Our commitment of having a team member on the track every hour through out the night shows our dedication and commitment and symbolizes the emotions that someone with cancer experiences. CANCER NEVER SLEEPS! We hope you will join us in the fight against cancer.
Our Reason to Relay
We are making a difference by teaming up to participate in the American Cancer Society’s Relay For Life.
At the event, our team will camp out overnight and take turns walking around the track to raise money and awareness to help the American Cancer Society create a world with less cancer and more birthdays.
The latest craze…What is Pinterest all about?
Have you heard all the hype about Pinterest? I’ve been using Pinterest for about 2 months now. It is amazing. You can find inspirational quotes, recipes, cool craft ideas, hair style ideas, fashion and style and so much more!
Talicia and I have both made a few recipes we’ve found on there and they were keepers. Talicia made a Spinach, chicken pasta casserole. Below is the recipe!
Chicken & Spinach Pasta Bake
- 8 oz uncooked rigatoni
- 1 T olive oil
- 1 c chopped onion
- 1 (10 oz) pack frozen spinach, thawed
- 3 c cubed, cooked chicken breasts
- 1 (14 oz) can Italian-style diced tomatoes, drained
- 1 (8 oz) container Philadelphia chive & onion cream cheese
- ½ t salt, ½ t pepper
- 1½ c shredded mozzarella cheese
Prepare rigatoni according to pkg directions. Spread oil on bottom of 11×17 in baking dish; add onion in a single layer. Bake at 375 for 15 minutes or just until tender. Transfer onion to large bowl, set aside.
Drain chopped spinach well, pressing between paper towels. Stir in rigatoni, spinach, chicken, & next 4 ingredients into onion in bowl. Spoon mixture into dish & sprinkle evenly with shredded mozzarella cheese. Bake covered at 375 for 30 minutes; uncover & bake 15 more minutes or until bubbly.
I’ve had fun with a few hair style ideas and Talicia has already done a wall craft. All of these things are from a virtual pin board. It’s amazing how many ideas are out there and when you see them you think, why didn’t I think of that?
Learn more below and request an invite to check out the latest craze!
Pinterest is a Virtual Pinboard.
Pinterest lets you organize and share all the beautiful things you find on the web. People use pinboards to plan their weddings, decorate their homes, and organize their favorite recipes.
Best of all, you can browse pinboards created by other people. Browsing pinboards is a fun way to discover new things and get inspiration from people who share your interests. To get started, request an invite. If you’re having problems getting accepted on the request an invite…private message us at info@ananchel.com with your e-mail address and we’ll send you a request.
Happy Pinning!
Easter Promotion…schedule your session by February 29th, 2012 for a complimentary offer!
We ordered our ducklings today for our Easter Special!
Schedule your Easter appointment by February 29, 2012 and receive a complimentary 5×5 bevel mount with the purchase of a package. Session fee is required at the time appointment is scheduled to hold the date for you. Our Easter Special sessions will be March 9th and 10th 2012. Session fee is $45.00 and includes one complimentary sheet with the purchase of a package. Call 770-831-0078 to schedule your session!
Join our Relay for Life team…Ananchel’s H.O.P.E
It’s Relay time…and we are going to have the best ever team for Relay for Life in Forsyth County with your participation!
We would love for you to join Ananchel’s H.O.P.E as a team member. Are you wondering how to get started? You just need to register on our Relay for Life Team Page where you will then have the ability to customize you own personal page. As a team member you will help raise funds for our team by asking for personal donations from family, friends, co-workers and the list goes on, participate in a team fundraiser, track your progress, share information about Relay for Life with others and encourage them to become involved by joining our team, participating as a survivor, or by simply attending the event or making a donation.
Share information about Relay for Life by including your personal story on why you relay. One of the easiest ways to raise money is by asking those that have been touched by cancer or know someone who has been touched by cancer to make a $10.00 donation for a luminaria to be lit in honor or in memory of someone they know. The luminaria ceremony will take place at 10:00PM on May 11th, 2012 and it is the lighting of hundreds of candles being lit to brighten the way for Relay for Life walkers throughout the night.
Please join us and make the commitment to stay awake all night! With that commitment every hour symbolizes the emotions that someone with cancer experiences. CANCER NEVER SLEEPS! I hope you will join us in the fight against cancer.
Our Reason to Relay
We are making a difference by teaming up to participate in the American Cancer Society?s Relay For Life.
At the event, our team will camp out overnight and take turns walking around the track to raise money and awareness to help the American Cancer Society create a world with less cancer and more birthdays.
Saving lives from cancer starts one team, one participant, and one dollar at a time. Our team is doing our part to make sure that cancer never steals another year of anyone?s life.
Please join our team or make a donation. The impact we can make together is much greater than what any of us could do alone!
www.Ananchel.com
As many of you already know, we have been upgrading our website. We have been working with some brilliant developers to create the site that Sundra desires. The finishing touches are being completed right now. We still experience some interruptions, so please be patient and check back periodically. The site is down as we’re writing this, but I have been assured that it will be working perfectly very soon. In the meantime you may reach the site at www.ananchel.com/?preview=1
In the meantime, please call us at 770-831-0078 if you have any questions.
We hope you’re all having a great, safe and productive summer and look forward to seeing you in the studio soon.
The Will to Win 5K
The Ananchel staff has been getting our race entries ready, and we’d love for you to join us for the inaugural Will to Win 5K race on October 29, 2011 at Lambert High School.
We have had the pleasure of meeting young Will Abernathy, a great three year old boy who has been diagnosed with Neuroblastoma Stage 4. This race is being held to help Will get the treatments he needs.
You can get more information and submit your entry form at http://willtowin5k.blogspot.com/.
We hope to see you there, and we pray for Will and his family during their challenge.
