Today it struck me just how lucky we are to have the world wide web. If we didn’t have this grand invention, well, our lives would be completely different in very major ways. Most importantly, there would be no such thing as the Southern Weddings daily blogsite — what an awful world to live in!
Another important thing that wouldn’t exist? We couldn’t have wonderful giveaways like our mega photo giveaway! That would make me quite sad.
Lucky for us (and you), the internet does exist! As do digital cameras and e-mails! This means that I got many stellar photo entries from our readers — depicting everything from a SW Skype date to a sunny day on the water, SW in hand — and I’m dying to share them with you.
Here’s the deal. Below are our 10 favorite entries for the mega photo giveaway. Remember that one? We asked you to send in photos of you with your copy of V3 for a chance to choose from a $50 ITunes gift card, an ad on the blog, or a Mini Instax camera.
Here’s where y’all come in. Look through the submissions below and leave a comment telling us which one is your favorite. It’s up to you! Who is our lucky winner?
Please, ladies and gents, only vote once. WE CAN SEE YOUR IP ADDRESS, PLEASE NO CHEATING. You also must enter a valid email address for your vote to be counted. Voting will close a week from today, on January 17 at 11:59pm. Best of luck to all!
I love #8. The effort that went into styling for this shot is apparent, and it looks so warm and lovely.
I vote for #3—what a clever and adorable idea!
I vote #3
3 and 5 are both just too cute and silly!
Entry number 4! I remember hearing that story, and it’s to cute NOT to vote for them!
I vote for #9 So pretty!
Love the smile on the lovely lady in #8. (#5 is adorable) All are very creative – it was hard to narrow down!
Number 9! :D
I love #4. Adorable.
#4 :)
#4 – It was hard to decided between 4 and 5 but I decided on 4 :)
#5 hands down!!
#3 is by pick!
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Number 3 yo! For Liz!
Number 8:)
3,4, and 5 – but if i have to pic one, i pick 3. Very creative!
Number 8 is precious! I love how she has thought to incorporate a sweet southern flair. The details make #8 my fave.
Number 4!!!
Number 3 for sure! It’s so different from the rest. I also love how she and her friend are reading together over video chat – so true to the planning phase! Yay number 3!
I love #3!!
I have to vote for #9!
I LOVE #7! She looks the way that you feel when you read SWMag…you know, how you’re looking at all the pretty spreads and imagining how it will be for you on your day…you imagine yourself looking like models in the magazine. The bride in #7 looks so radiant…just like the brides in photoshoots you see..its like all her planning and daydreams came true-just like she had imagined when flipping through her SWMag!
I love number 8. It’s the most natural, that’s the way I look at magazines, out in my yard with a cozy blanket. 10 is super cute too and 3 is cleaver, friends discussing SWM V3.
Definitely #9!!
Number 3 is fantastic.
#9 is the most alluring. I love it.
Number 9! Love it!!
#9 is gorgeous! I vote for it…
I really like #9!
LOVE #9!!
#3!! It’s the obvious choice!
#9 is simply breathtaking, simply beautiful.
I vote for #3!!!
Number nine is my favorite one!
#3!!!!!!
#3 is super cute, and totally true of planning a wedding today!
#3 is so cute!
#9 Love the simplicity and the perspective. Colors are great too!
Number Nine!
I think #9 has the most old-fashioned southern grace and charm. :)
My vote is for #9!
#3 – your SW blog entry talks about how awful this world would be without the technology of the world wide web – if we hadn’t gotten as far as the internet, how would we have ever reached a skype date between two best friends to plan her most important day? This is a clever image and really shows how creative “planning” has become.
I love #7
#9 is the best in my opinion. Great composition, coloring, and theme. :)
I’m gonna go with #9… so beautiful!
#8…doesn’t get any southern than sitting in a rockin chair with mans best friend readin a good ol’ magazine! Simple and Southern. love it!
I most assuredly will vote for #9…….it has unique flair and southern charm….. :-)
I’m going with #9……..unique flair, warm feel, and southern charm written all over it. :-)
I vote for #3!
#9!
Not to quote the Beatles or anything, but…Number Nine.
Sweet, romantic picture.
I love #9!! :)
#8 is my favorite…everything about it says southern…it’s very creative and you can tell the bride is in love :)
LOVE #8–What could be more southern than lounging in a rocking chair with two cutie labs!!
Going with #8! Look at those labradors — what cuties!
I pick #8! Love the picnic scene, lemons, and cute puppies.
# 8 all the way!!!
#8 all the way!!
I vote for #8!!
NUMBER 8! JESSICA IS THE PRETTIEST!!!!!!!!!
#8 is absolutely perfect!!! Screams Southern Bride :)
Definitely #8! Beautiful picture, that exudes southern charm!! :)
#8 has my vote because it is clearly the best photo…. so many adorable details!
Entry Number 8!! She truely looks like a southern belle! Nothing more southern than a good old fashion rocking chair, sweet citrus fruit, a southern style plantation home, and two beautiful dogs!!! I really hope she wins!! Vote for 8!!!!!
Number 8!! Nothing more southern than a good old fashion rocking chair, sweet sitrus, southern style plantation home, and two adorable puppies!! VOTE # 8!!!!
Love #9!
I like the 9th one!
love #9
Number nine is by far the coolest!!!
I’d like to vote for number 10–I definitely need that sign while I’m nose-deep in one of me SW magazines or the blog!
Definitely 8!! :)
Going with number 9…hope you wil. Their all good.
Number 9 love it!
EIGHT IS GREAT!
number 8 is super cute…. she had me w/ the labs!
I absolutely love photo number 8. The bride to be is beautiful and the magazine placement is the perfect advertisement for Southern Weddings. The background with an old Florida home with the oranges and orange trees is exactly what the south is all about. Takes me back to a simpler time and makes me want to be a guest at her wedding. This is your winner for sure!
Number 9 is definitely the best!!!
Love this so much…sweet innocence!! Love the pearls on the doggy!! Wonder where this photo was taken/
Number 8 is the best! =]
#8 is a wonderful example of Southern beauty! I vote #8!!!!!
Wow, #8 & 9 are both great. But Id have to go with #8; the house, trees, dogs, pic-nic….. that’s capturing southern “right der”!
#4 for sure!! such a great story!
#3
Number 4!
I vote for #9:)
I vote for photo #8. It encompasses all the charm of a Southern wedding. The pearls and bow tie on the dogs–what a cute surprise!
I vote for #9!
My vote goes to #9! Love the flowers!!!
Just love this pic!
#3! Clever and cute idea!!!
Number 9 for sure. Love the colors in it…
Number 8 is my favorite and should definitely win! The epitome of a true Southern Bride!
Number 9 is the best one. How classy!
#3…the most unique!
#8 is perfect! Love it!
I love the idea of two best friends talking to each other about the most important day of the bride’s life! Number 3 really captures the image that no matter the distance, you can celebrate and commiserate with those you love!
My vote is for #8! A true southern bride to be.
I really like #9!
I love the idea of two best friends sharing the most important day of the bride’s life together. Number 3 really captures the idea that no matter the distance, planning a wedding deserves to be celebrated and commiserated with those you love!
I love the idea of two best friends sharing the most important day of the bride’s life together. Number 3 captures the essence of the idea that no matter the distance, planning a wedding deserves to be celebrated and commiserated with those you love!
#9, of course.
My vote is for #8, LOVE IT!!!!
#3…super cute and super original :)
my vote is for number three, they are two of the most wonderful and talented people I know
I like #3, very creative!
i love #4.
I LOVE picture #8! Its so southern and beautiful!
#4 all the way.
Number 8 is the most beautiful picture on here. Such an adorable setteing and cute puppies! This girl is really pretty and I love her red hair. Number 8 should definitly win!
#9 is so the best.
I love #4!!
Number 8!!!! BEAUTIFUL!
number 8!
Number 9 gets my vote!
#8 ~ Beautiful bride to be :) Perfectly charming picture. Love the dogs!
I love #9, its adorable! All the elements of the South: a rocking chair, quilt, big dogs, pearls and a great magazine to read outside!
I vote #3!! Very creative and real!
#4 all the way, super cute!
Number 4!
Number 8!
#10!
#10 gets my vote!
#10 gets my vote
I like number 9 the best. The flowers greatly accent the curly hair of the girl reading your magazine!
Definitely #8. She’s a beautiful southern gal and the picture exemplifies the sunshine and gentility of the south.
Number EIGHT!!
I vote for #10 Go Nicole!
I think number 8. She’s beautiful and iconic with her glowing skin and beautiful hair! And the dogs and the perfect American touch!
#8!
8!! Just beautiful :)
Shhhhhhh – #10!!!
I love #8!
I vote for #10! Gooooo Nicole!
I pick #8! Jessica Brown!
#4 is my favorite, as she included her “other half” in the photo! A wedding, and marriage, can’t exist without the love from someone wonderful :) Congratulations, you two!
I love number 8!!!!!!!!!!
Number 8 is so cute!
#8 by far depicts how southerners are. Such a beautiful girl. Go #8
Definitely #8….what a beautiful southern bride to be!
Definitely #8… Classic southern style of life
Beautiful #9!
#8 is gorgeous! I love the southern belle charm
#8 is gorgeous! I love the southern belle charm.
#9!
I love #10!!!
I Love # 8. Beautiful !!!
Simply the best, #10!
It was a tough choice, but I have to go with #8. It is the one I really identify with and makes me wish I had some of that nice weather right now to go outside and relax in!
# 4
#8 is absolutely exquisite! The bride-to-be is just lovely and the photo captures the essence of Southern Weddings magazine perfectly.
The composition of no. 9 is by far the best of the shots shown. Most of the others appear too posed- no. 9 jumps out for its sense of realism while maintaining a sense of soft, hopeful anticipation.
#4 without a doubt
Love #10 ;)
love 10
#7 She is darling and looks like the kinda girl that anyone would wear an ugly bridesmaid dress for!
Love #4!
Number 3!! So creative!
Love pic # 8. She’s a winner.
I love #8. A real southern belle!
oooo, number 9!!
Love # 6!
I choose 8. Very pretty!
I vote for #9.
We all know that #3 is the only one that depicts a REAL way any of these women have ever read SW. What a wonderful idea for an entry!
Number Nine!!
#9!!
I love #9! What a beautiful picture!
#9. Definitely. :)
#9. Definitely. :)
I *love* number 9!
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#8….beautiful inside and out ;)
#8…beautiful inside and out ;)
I vote for #8. A beautiful Southern Belle!
I love the look of #9!
I think number 9 looks like it belongs in a Southern magazine more than any of the others. Beautiful shot!
I think #8 looks the most Southern and like it would be in a “Southern Magazine.” Plus its a beautiful picture!
I love #8! What a beautiful bride to be! :)
#7 Aside from the fact that is is one of, if not THE best quality photograph on here, she just happens to be the girl of my dreams… 8-)
My vote goes for number 9!
#9 is adorable!!! =)
love #7!!!!
adorable
# 8 !
I vote for number 8
#3! #3!
Wow—-#3 is my winner! Way to put some creativity into it!
I have to say I love #3, so fun
#3 for the win! It just sums up what modern wedding planning is all about, and shows a creative and collaborative way to help your bride from states away
#4 for sure!
#3, #3!
Most definitely #9!!!
Number 9! It is so ethereal.
Number 9 is lovely!
number 9 :)
My favorite is #9
#9!
My vote is number 9! It’s absolutely fantastic, and so creative!
# 3
I vote for number 9! It has lovely texture and composition.
I wholeheartedly vote for #3. This montage portrays connection and approachability between bride and photographer. It underscores availability and spontaneous “What do
your think about this?” kind of interchanges. Second to the sacredness of joining your life with another before people you love and who love you is the wedding photographer who
is capturing those moments and nuances behind her lense for future moments and memory. Great job Photographer #3! Congratulations Bride of #3!
#9
It’s natural, simple, and fulfills the purpose of the shot, to put the focus on the magazine.
Number 9 – it is beautiful and I love the wildflowers!
#8 has my vote.
I vote for Number 3. Those girls are cute!
Definitely #9 … very professional looking.
I vote for number 9. It’s so lovely.
I love #9!
I’m a sucker for pooches. #5 gets my vote!
#9 for sure!
#3.
AHHhhh I LOVE #8 It’s the perfect Southern scene while reading Southern Weddings Magazine!
Number 9 is awesome
#3 for sure!
Definitely #9. Clean, crisp and professional with the focus being on the magazine!
#3. Two friends planning weddings together over the world wide web – which is what this blog entry was about, after all. Perfect.
I love #9….it’s gorgeous!!!!!!
# 3 ! So creative
entry 8! (:
entry number 8!
entry 8!
My vote goes for #8!!
Number eight is a great example of a truely southern state of mind! The orange trees, labs, and rocking chair – very cute.
#8!!!!! precious picture!
#8 is definitely the winner. This picture is a cut above the rest with two Labs dressed in wedding atire sitting with the Bride to be among some fruit trees in a southern town in Central Florida.
#8 gets my vote.
I think number three really thought about what she was going to submit. Her entry is very creative, unique and stands alone. Good luck!
I vote for # 9 … love the real life blooms bursting from hope
#9! Love it!
Submission # 3 has my vote. Very creative!
I am in love with the simple elegance offered by #9. I hope it wins!
Definitely #9 – hands down!!
My vote is for # 8 !! What a beautiful bride :)
# 8 is perfect :)
#5 definitely!!!
#3 :)
I Like number eight! very pretty! Love the dogs!
picture #8 is the raw definition of southern charm. This belle displays beauty, class, elegance and everything else the south has to offer!
It’s a no brainer, #8 of course!!!
She just looks like a Southern Bride!!!
Love it!
My vote goes to number 8!!
#9!!!
#9 is gorgeous!!
#9 – beautiful!!!
Love #9!!
Love number nine! Truly.
#9 gets my vote.
Number 9 is my favorite. Lovely!
#9…I love it!
I vote for #9. It’s lovely!
#5! Cutest little pooch!
What says the South more than a beautiful girl, orange trees and to labs by her side!!!! I vote for #8, hands down!!!
#9 100%!!!!
NUMBER 9! Its so simple, elegant, and beautiful. :)
I’ve got to vote for LOLA #5!
Definitely #5!!
NUMBER 5!!!
I vote 8 for sure.
#5 is the cutest!!!
# 5 !!! so adorable!
#5…Lola should win!
Number 5 is my favorite!!
#5…Lola is my favorite!!!
#5 is my favorite !!!! =)
#5 is my favorite!! =)
I vote for #9.
#5 is the best!!
I’m lovin’ #5!
#5 is adorable!
#5 is too cute… that dog obviously has good taste.
#5 is adorable
#9 is just gorgeous… I vote for that one. The artistry of it makes it one of those photos that could be poster-sized, and you’d never tire of looking at it.
#5! Paws down lol!! So cute!
i vote for #5 lola, she is very photogenic and is really cute
#5
The precious pup in #5 is my pick….cutest little “NEWYORKIE” ! ! !
#5 is the best!
#5 is adorable! Go Lola!
#5 is my fav, sooo cute
#9 is my favourite
Number 5
5
I vote #9. I love the flowers.
Number 8! So southern, y’all!
Hola Lola! I love #5!!
#5 is the cutest!!
# 5 is my vote
I like #8
I vote #8
Number 8!!!
Entry number 8!
So Cute!
#8 hands down, so beautiful!
#8 looks like a true Southern bride…
love #8…the boots..lemons…dogs..background…and the future bride is gorgeous !
Definitely # 8. Lovely!
Sure hoping #8 wins! She’s beautiful……….inside and out!
#5 is absolutely adorable!
#5 Lola is stealing the show
#5 what a great pic! ;-)
Woo love #5!
I heart #8
Number 8 seems very “Southern” to me! ;)
I love #5!! That is my vote!!
Precious!!!
A vote for #8 – how can one say nay towards 2 hunky labradors and a pretty lady?!
Precious!! I vote #5
#5 vote!
Hola Lola! #5!!!
I’m voting for Entry #8!!! My beautiful friend Jessica deserves the best!!! She is a lovely young woman on the inside and out!!
i vote for #5 lola she is so cute
#5 is the cutest
Number 8!!!
#8 has my vote. Country girl through and through. Stunning.
number 9 is oh-so-fine!! ;o)
#8 what a beautiful girl and photo. perfectly southern!
My vote goes toward #8!
#8
#9…. if i were looking for something classy, something hip, something sophisticated, something oh-so-southern… #9 all the way!
I vote for submission #8. What a true beautiful Southern Belle!!
#8 has the most southern charm…so beautiful!
#8 hands down the best!
#9 all the way!!!
#8 FOR SURE!! :0)
#8 for sure!!!
NUMBER 3!!!! ME AND MY KIMMIE!!!
#3, for my wifey.
I’m loving #3! :)
Go #3!!! =)
#3 looks good to me!!!
I vote for #3!
#9 seems to me like it strikes the right balance.
Not a huge dog lover but number 5 is my choice! Too cute!
#3 for sure! So cute!!!
Number 5