Wow. Just, wow! The participation level for this contest far exceeded any expectations I had going in to it. The final tally included 229 official votes! On behalf of ALL of the photos voted for, thanks for your support. And thanks again, 2010!
For the heart breaking news: There was a 1 vote difference between the 3rd and 4th place winners. Now, to tell you a long, drawn out little story. Picture it: English class, 6th grade. In order to encourage extra curricular school reading, the teacher ran a contest. The deal was, the top few kids who read the most number of pages at the end of the year got to go on a special lunch to the HONG & KONG during school. I mean … does it get any cooler than that!? Needless to say, I wanted to be one of those kids and I read like it was going out of style, so it was very possible. If you read a classic, you got to double the number of pages. So even though I read my little heart out, and may have read the most number of books, I did not read the most number of pages. (How he dared not consider the Sweet Valley High series among the classics was beyond me). So when it came time to tally the votes I was a mere couple of pages away from being included in the winner circle, but should not have been included. But alas, I was! He had added me in. I will never forgot it and it’s time to pay it forward. Instead of 3 winners, there will be 4. It’s as simple as that.
Congratulations to all 4 big prize winners and to the 3 random drawing winners for the 8×10’s!
NUMBER ONE: { FORTY EIGHT } Free Session for 2011
NUMBER TWO: { FIFTY-ONE } 16×20 Canvas Fine Art Gallery Wrap
NUMBER THREE: { TWENTY-NINE } Storyboard
NUMBER FOUR: { FORTY-TWO } Storyboard
{ 3 RANDOM.ORG 8×10 PRINT WINNERS }
1. COMMENT #262: { THIRTY } “Twitter vote – take a wild guess – #30!”
2. COMMENT #95: { SEVENTEEN }“My Fav is #17. What a FUN wedding!”
3. COMMENT #122: { TWENTY-FIVE } “#25! 🙂 Adorable – who doesn’t hope and pray for that?”
ElaineYay! Thanks for graciously including Maeve! I actually wanted a storyboard of Maeve playing in the leaves.December 20, 2010 – 11:26 am
Kate McKennaThat sounds perfect Elaine! Love it.December 20, 2010 – 11:39 am
AndrewGreat shots all around!December 20, 2010 – 3:12 pm