Winner, Winner: Robin Gansle! Congratulations!

Y’all come on back tomorrow for something *really* great!

Today’s giveaway is courtesy of my dear friend, Jude.  She’s an *amazing* photographer in Canada, and she’s crazy talented – go check her out!

And while you are at it, check out her actions too – they are awesome!  And they are today’s giveaway!!  The winner receives Jude’s complete action set – faded glory, velvet colour, golden light, & black and white art.  If you own Photoshop and don’t own these, you. are. missing. out.

you know the drill…leave a comment to enter. contest ends at 10pm CST.

WINNER, WINNER: Katie Messerle! Email me before Friday to claim your prize.

Big thanks to everyone who participated today…come on back tomorrow for something fab-u-lous!

Leave a comment below, be entered to win.  Contest ends at 10pm CST today!

WINNER, WINNER: (all names from FB and comments below were written in order, then my sweet husband picked a # between 1 and 33)  CONGRATULATIONS, Analisa Eaton! Shoot me an email before Friday to claim your prize – mz@melissazihlman.com

Check back tomorrow for another amazing giveaway!!

Wanna win?!?! Just leave a comment below.  Winner chosen at 10pm CST.  Good luck!

(CrewCuts and JCrew and in no way affiliated with this contest; MZP is purchasing and gifting the prize to the winner; no cash value; one entry per person)

Insane.

This contest was insane.

More than 10,000 hits to my blog in the last three days.  Unreal.

Some 2500 votes.  TWENTY FIVE HUNDRED!

In the end,

it came down to two.

Lerin and Heather.

Neck and neck until the last moments.

All the votes have been verified,

and the winner is…

but Lerin fans,

don’t be sad

I’ve got great news…

because she’s somewhat local,

I’m giving her a session too!

That’s right…each lady will receive the session they dreamed of.

Between the two there were more than 1100 votes cast.

They worked their tales off…

they deserve it.

To the other finalists…

I love you all.

Thank you for sharing your hearts,

your loves,

your precious words

and time with me.

With all of us.

You’ve each got so much to be grateful for.

And I’m better for knowing you all.

xoxo

**VOTING IS NOW CLOSED.  Thank you to the more than 2000 people who logged in to vote!  I am busy validating the votes and will be announcing the winner within the hour!**

**update 2/9 2:45PM** It’s a close race between First and Second right now.  Lerin is inching out Heather by 11 votes!! It’s going to be neck and neck until 8PM CST. VOTE VOTE VOTE**

**update 2/8** Please remember you can only vote ONCE per IP address/computer, the program I am using to tally votes flags votes they feel have been entered in error/duplicates.  I can then review them by hand.  Such cheating has caused one contestant to be disqualified.  This is a fun spirited contest, where the winner is truly deserving, please do not ruin it!**

I received so many amazing entries…forty entries from more than 20 states!  It was awesome to read about the stories of love.  What an honor to choose the finalists.  After much deliberation, 12 finalists were selected, and you will find their image and story below.  And now…

It’s time to vote!!

Voting is open from now until Wednesday, 2/9 at 8 PM CST.  Please note that you may only vote once per IP address, and cheating will result in disqualification…let’s all play nice, please!  Remember to tell all your family and friends to head to the blog to vote, and they can become a FB fan here while they are at it.