And the winner is...

In the last blog post, I asked readers to vote for their favorite pic of me to go on the back cover of my book of love poems.

After allowing readers enough time to view the pics and vote, we have a winning photo! Yay!

The winning photo is........

......

NUMBER TWO!!




Thank you to everyone who took the time to vote, on here, Facebook and MySpace. This was the photo my daughter liked best, and even my husband voted for it.

Thank you to my fellow bloggers for voting:

Dallas Franklin
Gifts of Divinity

Angel
The semicharmed Kind of Life,,,To be continued

Kate
My Sphere of Domesticity

Lillie Ammann
A Writer's Words, An Editor's Eye

Tara McClendon
Eye Feathers

Angie
Angie's Desk

You guys rock my world.

Please vote for your favorite pic!

Last night, my sister, Millie, and sis-in-law, Allison, got together to get a photo shoot done for the love poems book. Millie and Als did the hair and make-up, as well as take turns shooting several photos.

It was a great time. We had a lot of laughs (especially after Als started making faces and Millie was playing around with the lamp!) and it was cool trying various poses and throwing around ideas for theme, lighting, clothes, etc.

After the make-up was done, I was stunned with the face I saw in the mirror. That certainly was NOT me! All this time, I have stressed that I'd rather go for a natural look. I talk so much about how I won't wear some "mask" (as in, put on a face that is not mine) or cover up my burn scars with make-up. I am not ashamed to be a burn survivor! All the same, this was a special occasion. I wanted to go for it and get all dolled up for this photo shoot. It was, after all, for my book, and so I decided, why not? Still, I was a little taken aback by how different I looked. I'm just glad I don't usually wear make-up because I prefer the natural look over that stranger staring back at me in the mirror.

So we had a bunch of pictures taken. The theme we were, um, "shooting" for is romance. In the end, we decided on 3 different possibles for the book. I tried to break this tie by letting my daughter decide on the picture to use, but even with her choice, I was still unsure. Then we decided to let the publisher pick which picture to use.

These are the three candidates:





Millie and I liked the first one, Allison and my daughter liked the second one. We all thought the third one was good, too. I'm starting to lean towards the third one. It has a more "romantic" feel to it. (Maybe because of the dim lighting and red??)

I am hoping I can get some votes on which picture would work best in my comments. So please let me know which one you like best!