And the winner is...

FRANCES SHEROTA!!!

Turns out Frances entered the contest 32 times, and it definitely paid off! I called her yesterday to tell her the great news. She was in her car, and I think a little bit in shock. When I hung up, it occurred to me that this could be taken as a really bad April Fool's joke. Which is why I had decided to post the winner today.

And I have to say THIS MAKES ME SO HAPPY. My sister (who by the way, went through PAINSTAKING efforts to make sure that THIRTEEN THOUSAND entries got counted fairly, THANK YOU KELLY!) and I were on the phone together thinking about how cool it was that we are about to drop a bucket of happiness onto an unsuspecting stranger. I want to do it again. And while (unfortunately) we can't always give away prizes on this scale, I'm thinking we might start some sort of give-away day here, so stay tuned!

And a million THANK YOUs to everyone who participated by blogging or tweeting or facebooking or joining our fan page. Truly. I can't even tell you how appreciative we are of everyone.

And if you're wondering about Frances, she is a very sweet stay at home mom with a passion for photography, who is currently a Nikon shooter. Although I have a feeling this might make a her a convert. :)

You can check out her blog for more!

Happy Easter everyone! xo

Comments

[Carey J]

Congrats Frances!!!

[Sandy a la Mode]

Congrats to Frances, she is one lucky lady! And I hope this does convert her to join the Canon club! =) Can't wait for more giveaways!

[LindsayChavezPhoto]

Yay! Frances that's so great! :)

[Lamba]

Congratulations Frances. Hope you enjoy that Canon. I love mine!!

[kim whitten]

Congrats to Frances!!! What an exciting win!!!! Enjoy your new Canon. :)

[Marlena]

SKIPPING... DANCING... JOY... JOY!!!!!!
Whoop!

next....?

[Angela]

Oh had no clue it was about how many entries you did. Thought it was random drawing.

Congrats to the winner!!! I'd have to pull over or something not to mention make sure it wasn't an april fools joke! LOL

[katie o.]

that is awesome! congrats frances!

[[Epiphanie]]

Hi Angela, Everyone could enter as many times as the points that they earned. Details are in the original post. We assigned a number to each point, and then used an online random integer generator, so it was a random drawing. :)

[Barbara]

sigh.

Congrats to Frances though. I hope she puts that camera to good use by taking some classes, reading up on photography, practices, and invests in decent (L) glass (please don't put a kit lens on this beauty). With her being Nikon I'm sure that means she has no Canon lenses.

[beth]

woohoo!

[Syeda Q]

A very big Congrats to Frances!!!

[jen]

congrats!!! canon's rock. love mine. this camera is the best gift you could have gotten! have fun with it!

[Ambur D. Carter]

Congratulations Frances! (:

[shutterboo]

Congratulations to Frances! I can't wait to see what she cooks up with that monster of a camera.

[Brenna]

What a lucky, LUCKY lady! :)

[Julie B]

Way to go, Francis. Now get shooting some fantastic family photos!

[Roni]

That is so exciting and wonderful, Frances! I just started a blog yesterday and added you to my blog list.:)

[kat-in-texas]

Okay Frances, we're all chomping at the bit for that camera...make us proud!!! ha.

[Alfonso Bresciani]

Congrats to ya! :) Go shoot now!!! :)