{this beautiful life} winners!

After more painful deliberation and asking everyone under the sun which ones they thought should win...

...and generally making a nuisance of myself while I wallowed in the throes of indecision...

....and being told by my brother Benjamin that I just needed to just "bam! decide!"

...and being told my one of my friends that I needed to feel empowered

and believe in myself and just know in my heart the truth.. (?) and then make a decision...

...and after teetering on the brink of indecision even as I sat down to write this post...

Here are the winners of the 

{this beautiful life} photography contest!

The first-place winner is 

Ellen!

I just kept coming back to this photo. Such striking color and composition.

Ellen will be receiving the red polka-dot camera strap cover from Studio MCA Designs.

The second-place winner is 

Theresa!

Amazing color, amazing editing, amazing clarity. And I love the tiny dewdrops.

Theresa will be receiving the lovely necklace from A Lost Feather.

...and the third-place prize goes to 

Anna

Can you tell that I am a sucker for gorgeous colors? I love the contrast of the intense colors in this photo. 

And you gotta love old barns.

Well, maybe you don't have to. But I sure do.

Anna will be receiving this spunky camera strap from Sizzle Straps.

Thank you,

everyone who participated!

I had way too much fun looking through all of your creative entries. 

Although, the choosing was undeniably gory.

I think I'll be okay after a good night's rest.

And a big huggy thank-you to our generous sponsors,

who made this contest a whole bunch more fun.

Winners--email me with your shipping info!