Thursday, September 22, 2011

Our Free Crappy Family Portrait

This morning my alarm went off at its usual time. I rolled over and grabbed my phone to check email and read some blogs before I started my day. Michael was getting ready in the bathroom when he heard me laugh. And laugh. And laugh. Not used to hearing such happiness at 6:30 in the morning, he asked what was going on and I gleefully showed him our free crappy portrait.

Let me back up a bit. It all began when I ran across their website: www.freecrappyportraits.com. The concept is simple—you send a short bio along with a few pictures and one of their many talented artists draws your family portrait. As soon as I heard about this website, I knew we wanted, nay needed, a free crappy portrait. Below is the bio and two pictures I submitted. I am quite certain you will see this beaut hanging in our home the next time you drop by. It's published HERE on their website and I already replied to Tera Sue letting her know she’d made our week. She definitely captured the essence of the Haynes family.

What I submitted...

Bio:
We live in Dallas with Thumbs, our fat polydactyl cat, who makes Homer Simpson look like an Olympic athlete. Michael loves soccer, comics, and video games. Meredith loves math, manatees, and ostriches. We're as cool as we sound.





And the result--absolutely brilliant! I think my favorite part is Thumbs giving two thumbs up!

9 comments:

Kaitlin said...

hahaha! That is absolutely hilarious. You need to blow that bad boy up & frame it :)

Lisa said...

This. Is. Awesome. Love it :)

Melissa said...

ha. how fun is that! definitely going to that site :)

Laura said...

LOVE! So perfect and funny!

Leslie said...

Any way you could make that into this year's Christmas card? :)

Tanner and Lindsay Cooper said...

STOP IT! That is so funny! I had not even heard of this website...you TOTALLY know I'm doing this. AWESOME.

Trish @ Love, Laughter, Insanity said...

Honestly I'm not sure which I love more--the crappy portrait or your description. You, my friend, are one witty gal.

Jax said...

hahahahahah! Fantastic!

Tera said...

Hey there! Crappy artist Tera Sue here. Just wanted to pop in and say hello and check out your blog :). So glad you liked the portrait. My favorite part was thumbs giving thumbs up too. If you want me to mail you the original I will. Just email me where to mail it TeraHeater at gmail.com

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