To the Polls!!!!

Welcome to the second half of the hair flower photo contest! I know many (if not all) are eager to start the voting, so here's how it works!
Each of the entries are listed below. At the end of this post, there's a poll where you can select which picture you want to cast your vote for and then submit it! Please cast one and only one vote! (There's several good ones so it's going to be a bit tough choosing!) ;)

Please, everyone vote! Even if you entered a picture for the contest you can; however, if you did send in an entry, you are not allowed to cast a vote for your own picture! Also, some of you may know of or be friends with some of the picture participants. Please cast an unbiased vote! =)

One more thing. Being this is a hair flower modeling cost, you're not just casting your vote depending on the hair flower, but also the creativity of the picture, the way it was modeled, and the overall picture you believe is done the best. :)

The entries!

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Please do NOT vote on the poll below. It keeps erasing votes. Email me your vote instead if you have not already voted! Thank you! 

Entries!

As a quick reminder, today is the last day to send in your entries (to bloomsofglory@gmail.com)  for the picture contest!

Color of the year!

The sale was a big success, and I want to thank each one of you who purchased!!! :)  

Also, I just wanted to mention that the flower called Peace can now be ordered with a pearl center!..

Or if you have a different one in mind, I can add that instead! 

And, did you know...that orange has been dubbed this year's "color of the year"!? So this is definitely a great choice! Plus, it'll go great with your fall outfits!! Congrats to those of you who purchased it already!

It's almost over!

As a quick reminder, today is the last day for the sale! Act fast so you don't miss out!

3-Day Sale!!

Today is the start of the three day sale! Check out the "All Products" tab at the top of my blog! The sale ends this Friday, so don't miss out!!!


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As a reminder: You have one week left to enter a picture for the contest! See the previous post for details, and feel free to contact me if you have any questions!

Let the Contest Begin!!!

Alright, so let's get started! I know you all have been curious as to what this blog contest is...which is why..I'm not going to tell you until next week. x) Jk, jk lol.. So I am having aaaa... picture contest! :) First off, you must qualify to participate by joining my blog via google friend connect!      I see several of you have already done that...Thumbs up to you! You're on top of things! (:
However, if you haven't done that yet, now's the time! I've noticed that not too many people know what google friend connect is so if you have any questions about joining it, feel free to ask! (Please not that google + and google friend connect are two totally different things!)
     So you're probably wondering: just what kind of picture contest is this..? Answer: A hair flower modeling contest! :)

All you have to do is:

1. Pick your favorite hair flower.
2. Get your picture taken of you modeling it!
3. E-mail it to bloomsofglory@gmail.com

You're email will NOT be given out, and your pictures will only be posted on this blog. So, no worries! :)

You will have two weeks to send in a picture of yourself. Please note that October 30th is the last day that pictures will be accepted! 

In your picture, no showing cleavage is allowed and clothing must be below the knee! (Though, the picture does not have to be a full body shot.) Also, the picture must be of  you modeling the flower, and you are allowed only one picture entry! However, if you would like to replace a previously sent in picture before or on October 30th with what you feel is a "better one," than what you sent in before, that will be accepted.

After the two week time period is up, the second stage for the contest will commence--voting! You may cast one, and only one, vote even if you participated by sending in a picture! Rules, though: You are not allowed to vote for your own picture!  If you didn't send in a picture for the contest, you can still vote! The more votes the merrier! Simply join my blog via google friend connect and cast your vote! After the voting has ended, (obviously) the picture with the most votes wins!
      In the event there is a tie, the pictures with the tied amount of votes will be placed in Round 2, for which there will be a re-vote on the tied pictures!

The winner will be featured on my blog with their winning photo as well as an interview!

This is my first blog contest so I'm trying to get a feel of how many participates I'd have when I have an upcoming contest with a giveaway as the prize, so I ask that you all would please participate as if the prize were a giveaway!

I hope each one of you takes part, and the contest consists of lots of pictures and votes! Let's all have some fun! (:


   
   

Announcement

I plan on having a blog contest pretty soon!! In order to qualify to participate, all you have to do is join google friend connect on my blog! Just scroll to to the right and down a little and under "Followers" is where you can connect! I'll be announcing a little bit later all the details for the contest. I encourage you to go ahead and join google friend connect right now so that we'll be all ready to go when it's time for the contest!

Flower Symbolism #2

Picking up with the next two hair flowers from where I left off in the All Products tab (Truth and Truth 2), we come to the Zinnia, the flower for which the general meaning is thoughtfulness and friendship. 

     "The meaning of zinnia is deeper than most of the flowers blooming in the mid summer season. The flower zinnia, is a symbol of lasting love, goodness, thoughts of an absent friend, constancy and daily remembrance of good memories. The state flower of Indiana is zinnia. The meaning of the flower is different depending on its color. A yellow colored zinnia is a symbol of daily remembrance, the white zinnia represents goodness, the scarlet zinnia represents constancy, magenta zinnia is a symbol of lasting love and affection, while a mixed colored zinnia means thinking of an absent friend. The first ever flowers were discovered in early 1500s in the wilderness of Mexico. These zinnias were very unpleasant, dull and unappealing. Aztec, the Mexican emperor during the 1500s named them and it meant "eyesore". Today, the common name of zinnia is garden Cinderella, which implies the level of transformation that the flower went through." (Excerpt from the web--buzzle article.) 

     Although there are orange zinnias, I could not find the symbolic meaning for them; however, the general meaning of a zinnia, which I stated at the beginning of this post, is thoughtfulness and friendship. The color orange means vitality or endurance and stimulates enthusiasm and creativity. Those who are usually drawn to this color are very thoughtful and sincere people, as well as quite social. Orange also is a combination of the energy that red stimulates, and the color yellow's effect of happiness, as well as increases self-esteem! From all the other symbolic meanings I have read, I am led to believe that the orange zinnia would symbolize thoughtfulness and endurance.