On Monday morning (that’s Monday February 6th at 9:00am), I will post a list of 10 questions. These questions will be about posts I have written over the last year. With the details that I give you, you will have to find their particular blog post and retrieve the answer to a question about that post. The answers will have to be exact and no “pretty close” answers will be accepted.

Then, you will compile your answers (listed and numbered 1 to 10) and email them to me at jillian@jilliankirbybaby.com. The first 3 emails I get in my inbox with all the CORRECT answers will win prizes!

What are the prizes you ask!?

Grand Prize: A full session fee, one digital file and one 11×14 Dry Mounted Print of your choice from your session! (Value of $595)

Second Prize: A full session fee and one 11×14 Dry Mounted Print (Value of $345)

Third Prize: A full session fee  (Valued at $225)

Now what is the fine print? Read on to find out!

These prizes have no cash value and cannot be redeemed for cash. The prizes are transferable and can be given as a gift. The prizes must be used towards a baby session (one year and younger). Prizes are dependent on availability. Sessions must take place in my Langley, BC studio. Prizes must be redeemed before December 31st, 2012. Expect to book your session 2-3 months in advance. Any additional prints, digital files or products can be purchased at regular pricing.

Just to give you a heads up…. last time we held this contest back in June, the winner submitted her answers within 5 minutes of the questions going live!! And all three winners had their answers submitted within 55 seconds of each other…. so be ready at 9am on the 6th! See ya there!

So congratulations to…..

First Place  -  Sarah Peat

Second Place  -  Sabrina Sidhu

Third Place  -  Bree Foreman

I will be in contact with all of you shortly!!

Thank you again to everyone for playing and hopefully we can hold another one very soon!

Here are your questions…. go forth! Find the answers and the blog posts in whatever way you can. Email me at jillian@jilliankirbybaby.com with your answers (they will be found in the body of the post). The first three with the correct 10 answers will receive their prizes.

1. On February 4th, I blogged Audrey and Grace. What was their relation to each other?
2. On April 26th, I blogged sweet Rhylan. I photographed his cousin too! What was his name?
3. On January 16th, I photographed Kalen. Did he have a brother or a sister?
4. On March 11th, I blogged Edward. What color is the fur in the middle photograph?
5. On May 30th, I blogged Ellis. What was her sister’s name?
6. On April 25th, I blogged Maelle. Where were her grandparents from?
7. On May 17th, I blogged Brody and Steele. What aged session were they in for?
8. On May 8th, I photographed my cousin Jessica. What special holiday was it?
9. On July 13th, I blogged Malia. What kind of animal hat was she wearing?
10. On June 26th, I blogged Leni. How many photos did I blog for her?

Annnnnnnnnnnnnnnnd………….. GO!!

And this is how it works:

Next Monday morning (that’s Monday July 18th at 9:00am), I will post a list of 10 questions. These questions will be about newborns I have photographed over the last year. With the details that I give you, you will have to find their particular blog post and retrieve the answer to a question about that post. The answers will have to be exact and no “pretty close” answers will be accepted.

Then, you will compile your answers (listed and numbered 1 to 10) and email them to me at jillian@jilliankirbybaby.com. The first 3 emails I get in my inbox with all the CORRECT answers will win prizes!

What are the prizes you ask!?

Grand Prize: A full session fee, one digital file and one 11×14 Dry Mounted Print of your choice from your session! (Value of $595)

Second Prize: A full session fee and one 11×14 Dry Mounted Print (Value of $345)

Third Prize: A full session fee  (Valued at $225)

Now what is the fine print? Read on to find out!

These prizes have no cash value and cannot be redeemed for cash. The prizes are transferable and can be given as a gift. The prizes must be used towards a baby session (one year and younger). Prizes are dependent on availability. Sessions must take place in my Langley, BC studio. Prizes must be redeemed before December 31st, 2011. Expect to book your session 2-3 months in advance. Any additional prints, digital files or products can be purchased at regular pricing.

The contest was VERY close! While the first place winner came in a good 4 minutes ahead of second place, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth all came in within 40 seconds of each other. The rest came in over the following 20 minutes and it’s now slowed down.

I just want to thank everyone for playing! It was so much fun to create it and I hope to do it again soon! So… on to the winners…. drum roll please…….

Grand Prize: Courtney Patterson

Second Prize: Christine Doerksen

Third Prize:  Atika Singh

Congratulations to these ladies! I will be in touch today to let you know how to redeem your prizes, etc.

Again, thank you all for playing!!

And because I have fallen soooooooo far behind on my blogging, let’s take this opportunity to blog two of the most adorable and sweet sisters I’ve seen! Couldn’t you just eat them!?

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Here are your questions…. go forth! Find the answers and the blog posts in whatever way you can. Email me at jillian@jilliankirbybaby.com with your answers (they will be found in the body of the post). The first three with the correct 10 answers will receive their prizes.

1. On January 15^th, Evalyn was brought in to the studio… how much did she weigh?
2. On February 6^th, I photographed Sophie. Where does she live?
3. On March 18th, I photographed Elianna. What color was the fur she is lying on?
4. On May 5^th, I photographed Atlyn. She was born early… just how early?
5. On June 5^th, Scarlett came in to my studio… what is her big sister’s name?
6. On July 13^th, I brought Smith in to my studio to test a new prop I had just aquired. What was it?
7. On August 4^th, I headed out to photograph a set of beautiful twins, Lucy and Sam. Where does their mommy work?
8. On August 30^th, we took Kayden to a unusual location for a newborn session. Where was it?
9. On October 27^th, I photographed a relative. Her name was Jade! How is she related to me?
10. On October 29^th I had Hayden in my new studio. How long did his session take?

Annnnnnnnnnnnnnnnd………….. GO!!

I am so looking forward to 2011. A LOT. There are some really cool things on the horizon and I can’t wait to get going. But first, I was thinking the other day that I haven’t held a blog contest in a LONG time! And perhaps the New Year is a fantastic time to make up for that! So here we go!!

This is my first ever Blog Scavenger Hunt!

And this is how it works:

Tomorrow morning (that’s Monday January 3rd at 9:00am), I will post a list of 10 questions. These questions will be about newborns I have photographed over the last year. With the details that I give you, you will have to find their particular blog post and retrieve the answer to a question about that post. The answers will have to be exact and no “pretty close” answers will be accepted.

Then, you will compile your answers (listed and numbered 1 to 10) and email them to me at jillian@jilliankirbybaby.com. The first 3 emails I get in my inbox with all the CORRECT answers will win prizes!

What are the prizes you ask!?

Grand Prize: A full session fee, one digital file and one 11×14 Dry Mounted Print of your choice from your session! (Value of $595)

Second Prize: A full session fee and one 11×14 Dry Mounted Print (Value of $345)

Third Prize: A full session fee  (Valued at $225)

Now what is the fine print? Read on to find out!

These prizes have no cash value and cannot be redeemed for cash. The prizes are transferable and can be given as a gift. The prizes must be used towards a baby session (one year and younger). Prizes are dependent on availability. Sessions must take place in my Langley, BC studio. Prizes must be redeemed before August 31st, 2011. Expect to book your session 2-3 months in advance. Any additional prints, digital files or products can be purchased at regular pricing.

It was also so cool to see that other local business’s took this as inspiration and did their own versions of this. So thank you all so much for your generosity and time!

Happy Holidays!!

Well today I found out that I am one of the many nominees for SavvyMom’s Mompreneur of the Year!! How exciting is that?!?!!? VERY!!    SavvyMom is an online resource for Canadian mommies and they hold this contest every year. Best part? The prize is $22,000 in business services and coaching!!! OMG! I would love that! It’s almost better than $22,000 cash…. almost! 

My business is very, very self run by a girl who has no prior business or economics knowledge, so to have that teaching and coaching would be invaluable.

Soooo, I’m entering this contest 10 weeks late… and there’s a LOT of nominees! I would LOVE it, if you had a few minutes to click on the link below and vote for my little business. Every vote counts and I would appreciate each and every single one of you so much!

CLICK HERE TO VOTE FOR ME!!!!

Thank you again for taking the time out of your busy schedules to cast your vote. You’re all the best!! 

So here’s how you play!

Go to my facebook fanpage at www.facebook.com/jilliankirbybaby and become a “fan” or “like it” (as they call it now) if you haven’t already. Then get ALLLLLLL your friends to do the same!! But, be sure to tell your friends that when they “like” my page, that they should go to the wall and comment under the Contest Post who referred them (first and last name please!!). Then, on Sunday  July 18th at 8pm, I will use a random number generator to pick the comment on the fan page that will win. The person who commented AND the person who referred them (hopefully YOU!) will win a copy of the wonderful book!

Ok… so join my page, get your friend to join my page, tell your friend to leave a comment with your name on it… then Sunday, you and your friend could win!! The more friends that join because of you, the more chance you have at winning the book (and trust me, you want this book! It tells you EVERYTHING you need to know that no one ever tells you!).

Clear as mud?! Yes?!? No?!?

Remember, DON’T COMMENT HERE! Your friends should comment on my Facebook Fanpage Wall under the contest post.

Ok Go! Gather your facebook friends! Go on! Have fun! 

Thank you to everyone who entered your nurseries and to those that voted… 1400 votes… that’s A LOT of people!

The winning nursery:

Hopefully we can get an “after” shot of the room as well and I’ll try to post it here if we do!

This was so much fun and I can’t wait to do it again soon!

Come on! We don’t care what your nursery looks like (in fact, if it’s not quite done yet, we may feel MORE inclined to vote for you and give your nursery some help!!). Even if it’s just a side den with a crib in it, SEND IT IN!!! The contest closes on April 14th at midnight…. that’s Wednesday night folks!! So go on, snap that photo, send it over to jillian@jilliankirbybaby.com and cross your fingers! Remember, this contest is for a FULL session AND FOUR 11×14 prints!!

AND, here’s the purpose for this post: I’ve decided to extend the contest rules to allow you to choose a newborn session or a 6 month session. So if baby just arrived but the nursery could still use some spicing up, send it in! Ya never know! 

You can find the original blog post with all the details here!

So come one! Only a couple a days left! And as it stands, there’s only a few submissions so you stand a GREAT chance!

So here’s how it goes!

Like the title says, I want to decorate your nursery!! Send me in a photo of your nursery that awaits your new little one… and be sure to do it before April 14th!! That’s right folks, you’ve got one whole week to take the photo, upload it and email it to me at jillian@jilliankirbybaby.com .

Next, I will draw my fave 6-8 submissions out of a hat. Those nurseries will be posted up here on April 15th for all my amazing blog readers to vote on (and of course, you can get all your friends and family to come by and vote to help your cause as well!!!)    The nursery with the most votes will win the contest!! Yipee!!!!

Oh wait! But what is the prize, you ask?!?

Welllllllll…. how about a full newborn or 6 month session with me AND four 11×14 dry-mounted prints of your favorite images from the session!! How cool will that look!? I definitely envision a nice wall gallery… maybe two horizontal and two vertical put up above a change table?? Love it!

Ok… so remember, have your images in by April 14th at midnight. Voting will commence sometime on April 15th. And the winner will be announced on April 21st (so voting will close on April 20th at midnight). If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to email me.

Annnnnnnnndddddd…………. GO!!!!!!

Here’s a nursery I found online… how cute!?!?

from Tinydesignblog.

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