Shutterfly Long Live Summer Facebook Contest

I've posted about my family's RV trip - you know, the one they're taking without me?  I sent the wee ones with their digital cameras, and they tell me that they're taking a ton of really great pictures.  And so am I.  I had a blast capturing Mister Man walking in his first Fourth of July Parade.  Little Miss is memorialized climbing super high the tree growing in our front yard.  They're both captured splashing around and having a blast with friends in the pool.

I'm horrible at actually printing out my photos and putting them in albums.  Forget having done it in the past year, I not only haven't done it since before the wee ones were born, I haven't done it since before my husband and I were married.  Fortunately, we can share our photos in other ways now - and I do.

Shutterfly is running a contest now through August 12 where you can win all sorts of prizes from the grand prize of a trip for four to the Bahamas with a professional photo shoot to weekly prizes.  You even get an instant win prize just for submitting your photo.

Each week has a different theme.  Just upload your favorite photo that fits the theme and caption.  The themes?
Week 1: Americana (7/9)
Week 2: Great Outdoors (7/16)
Week 3: Water Fun (7/23)
Week 4: Sports & Activities (7/30)
Week 5: Parties & Celebrations (8/6)

You can enter once per week, and each week five photos will be featured on the Facebook fan page and awarded a $500 gift card on Shutterfly, in addition to the new Lonely Planet travel photography book.

So what do you say?  Long live summer!



Don't forget to take a look at the official rules of Shutterfly's Long Live Summer contest.

In the interest of full disclosure, I received a free photobook from Shutterfly in exchange for posting about this contest.  I was not compensated, and all opinions remain my own.

Tiny Prints:Talent Search Contest

We all think we have the cutest kids and pets ever, right? I know that Mister Man was the cutest baby who ever lived without a doubt, and Little Miss really takes the cake with some of her precocious expressions. The Tiny Prints community agrees - to a point. They are holding their third annual contest to see who has the cutest baby. Or pet. Or couple.

It's easy to enter, and the grand prize winner walks away with $1,000 cash plus a $500 Tiny Prints gift card. Who wouldn't want that? You can enter for the Cutest Baby (From ages of 0-24 months), Cutest Kid (From ages of 25 months to 10 years old), Cutest Family, Cutest Couple, or Cutest Pet & Owner. You only have until November 21 to submit your photo, so hurry!

After the first phase of the contest, the community will vote on the their favorite photos in each category until November 30 when the top ten vote getters in each category will be presented for voting by the entire community December 5 to December 16, 2011. There will be three winners for each category and one grand prize winner, and I can't wait to see what those photos will be. You can find the official rules on the Tiny Prints site.

To enter, you can go to the contest page on the Tiny Prints website or via the contest form on the Tiny Prints Facebook page (which you can access only by liking the page) and submitting all the required information as directed on the contest page. And yes, you can only enter one photo per category per person. As for me, I think I'm entering Little Miss in the "Cutest Kid" category with this one. What do you think? (Nope, not retouched or edited at all - both of which are prohibited in the contest.)

In the interest of full disclosure, I received 25 complimentary cards from Tiny Prints in exchange for publicizing this campaign. I was not compensated for this campaign. As always, all opinions expressed remain my own.