congratulations...

If you payed attention to the voting...you witnessed first hand how close the voting was and how quickly it would change! We had an amazing 3662 people vote {it's needless to say our visits to the site have soared}...thank you to everyone who visited and voted!

Tomorrow is back to reality for my family...school starts. I have mixed emotions about this. I must admit I love my boys being home and hanging out all day being kids....actually being "brothers". Once school starts, they don't really need each other as much and they become school kids {who act like they don't know each other}. Next week my sweet baby girl will start preschool...the tears will flow {for me...not for her}, she is thrilled!

Tomorrow will also be a new featured photographer!

And soon...very soon...I will give details about our "Savvy Sisterhood~ Workshop on the Waterfront"! I am so excited to tell you all the juicy details...plan for the end of March~ put it on your calendars and wait for the details!

I'm off to enjoy the last day of summer...

things are changing...

This week will be a little different...I want to focus on the Amazing Images contest for the next two days and will feature our photographer on Tuesday.

I'm amazed at the close competition between two of the images in the contest...it's so close!! I'm anxious to see who wins...if you haven't voted, there's still time. The voting ends Sunday {the 6th} at midnight.

and the top 10 finalist are...

Aren't they all amazing???

We received many really great entries...

it was so hard deciding and I hated not choosing everyone~

{now i know how the Bachelor feels with those roses!!}

So I had some great help with the judging~ thank you to those who helped!

So now it's your time to vote on the winning images!

We will have a grand prize winner and two runner ups.

Off to the right is the place to vote {in the side bar}...the voting ends on September 6th at midnight!

We will announce the winners on Sept 7th, 2009.

Feel free to tell all your friends to vote...if you're not on twitter yet...it's a good time to start...and tweet about it to get those votes coming in...also facebook is a great way to let people know to vote.

Thanks to everyone who entered!! {like i said ...i wish you all could win}

{thank you}

As promised, I'm back today.

Just wanted to share some images from the trip...we spent 4 days at the Chesapeake Bay Hyatt...this had to be the best vacation EVER!! It was relaxing...and exhausting...just so much to do in one place....swimming, fishing, eating {and eating}, smores by the fire...it was truly family time.

On the drive home, we stopped by St. Michaels, Maryland for lunch. It's a quaint waterfront town that we fell in love with. {and ate yummy food at the Crab Claw...}

It was a great getaway but now I am back to lots of emails and fabulous entries for the Amazing Images contest! The top 10 finalist will be announced September 1st!

Thank you to all the wonderful photographers who entered.

Another huge thank you goes out to Vicki Taufer for sharing so much with us over the past week! She is such an inspiration to many photographers and we thank you!

Tonight is the last day to enter the contest for the DVD workflow "FLO" from V Gallery Haven...leave your comments to enter! Check here for all the info...

Last night we hit our 10,000 mark for page visits...wow...amazing in just a month how this blog has become such an inspiration to so many...thank you all for visiting!

{fabulous} packaging from BellaGrafica

Today is the last day to enter the Amazing Images contest...we've received some really amazing images! But we'd love to see yours...send it in...it can't hurt to try!

{unless you don't want those fabulous prizes!}

Speaking of fabulous prizes...did you leave a comment on the august 23rd post {our Friday giveaway}? If so, you are entered to win. The V Gallery is giving one lucky winner the FLO workflow DVD!

Tomorrow are pictures from V Gallery Studio...come back {and be inspired}

and the winner is...

The winner of the fabulous giveaway this week is…

number 43…Jessica G…congratulations!!

Jessica has an awesome website for photographers called
Hey Girl, Nice Shot... check it out {if you haven't already}

If you didn’t win…sign up to be a wholesale vendor with Firefly Frames. Your clients will love these!

We have received some great entries for the Amazing Images contest. You may enter up to four images before August 25th at midnight.

Want to hear about some of the great prizes you could win?

The grand prize winner receives:

$100 credit to Firefly Frames,

the complete (both sets) collection of templates from Life Art Design (Rock the Walls - Multiple Portraits AND Rock the Walls - Rockin' Singles) {$165 value},

The Portrait Cookbook {recipes for success} from Willette Designs (your choice of which guide) {$50 value},

Vintage Frames Pack from Hamelin Designs {$55 value}

Total value… $370

Our two runner ups will each receive:

$50 credit for Firefly Frames,

your choice of one collection of templates from Life Art Design (Rock the Walls - Multiple Portraits OR Rock the Walls - Rockin' Singles) {$85 value}

Total value… $135

We might add more vendor prizes to the pot...I'll let you know if we get anymore goodies.

So enter...what are you waiting for??

{announcing} our Amazing Images contest

We are on vacation...

{and interviewing the photographer for next week!}...

just in case we don't get back to you as soon as we would like to.

We will still post everyday...hopefully...