Well, it’s a bit late, but I wanted to wait at least a week before posting anything concerning our Halloween special. All costumed individuals (adult and children both) were automatically entered in our costume contest – judged by a handful of my awesome friends and family. But I’ll get to that later. Below are the most updated photos of the studio with a smidge of “Halloweeny” decor. Lincoln LOVES watching Spongebob when he’s in the studio playroom, and he’s totally content to play in there for hours…. literally.
Probably one of the most memorable moments of the evening was when this wicked-cool car (red Daytona) parked RIGHT in front of our steps. We hoped they’d be coming in for portraits, but they had other plans. Apparently, they were just looking for a convenient parking spot to do their trick-or-treating around the square. However, we had a plan of our own, too. Once they were gone, we put fliers on all the windshields of the cars parked on our street (as my assistant Janessa is doing below).
Now on to the best part – the contest results. There were actually four contests to enter at Jenny Minard Photography:
(1) Count the candies – big candies in a large jar. Total number of candy was 276. The winner was Miss Brylee!
(2) Count the candies – candy corn in a small jar. Total number was 718. The winner was Mr. Rickie!
(3) Coloring contest. We only had two contestants and they happened to be brother and sister. The drawings were posted on Facebook and anyone was allowed to vote. In the end, the most votes went to Mr. Brady (entry below)!
(4) Costume contest. We had eight contestants in the end, and they were judged by four awesome individuals. Judge #1 is Ms. Katie Ahern of West Burlington, Iowa. She is currently in school, majoring in music education and will graduate in December of 2012. She also happens to be my little sister.
Judge #2 is Mrs. Brittany Todd of Decorah, Iowa. She is the owner of Photography by Brittany, and you can visit her Facebook page by clicking HERE. Judge #3 is Mrs. Betsi Smith of Sperry, Iowa. She is a ThirtyOne consultant (and an amazing one at that), and is my other little sister. Judge #4 is Mrs. Jodie Gerling of Manhattan, Kansas. She is the owner of JG Designs & Photography. You can visit her blog HERE or visit her on Facebook HERE.
Now, the judges were to rank all the contestants’ costumes from ones they liked the best to the least. In the end, the person with the most points would win. Below are all the awesome costumes we saw this Halloween. My son Lincoln, the giraffe, was included here but was not among the contestants.
Below, my good friend Stephanie and her two kids were nerds for Halloween and decided to do a “Photos by Deb” pose. Hilarious!
Now, the winner of our costume contest will receive a gift card to Incredible Pizza, and all the fame and fortune associated with the title “Best Halloween Costume of 2011.” I’d like to present Miss Okleigh as our winner! And please note the amazing detail work in her costume, made by her mom, Jessica! The cutest thing I’ve ever seen. Congrats Okleigh!
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