updated Friday 8/24: The giveaway is closed and we are verifying the entries. The winner will be announced on Monday August 27th at 8:00 am Eastern Time. Thank you for entering and for your patience! :)
In September it will be three years since I started this little website and my life has changed so much. You guys have been here for me and have been like my own little cheering squad. It is amazing the friendships I’ve found (and old friends who I’ve gotten to know better!), not only with my readers, but with other bloggers as well.
So allow me to get mushy for a minute ;)
Thank you. Thank you for being here. Thank you for reading. Thank you for your comments, likes, pins, tweets, double taps, emails, and what not. Thank you for listening, thank you for thinking of me, thank you for being someone I can talk to and share these crazy thoughts and ideas with.
BIG HUG!
Okay, I’m sure you want me to stop blabbering so you can scroll down (if you haven’t already). A few friends and I have teamed up! To bring you the best giveaway! Ever! In the history of this blog! And many other blogs! And yes, I’m so excited that using an exclamation point over and over is necessary!
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The Canon T3 is one of the most popular entry level DSLR cameras on the market. It is lightweight, and you can buy tons of lenses to best fit your style of photography. While you learn more about your camera, you can use it’s automatic settings- then move to aperture priority and manual modes fairly quickly!
The 18-55mm "kit" lens included with this prize is a zoom lens that is great to begin with. It can work indoors, works with landscapes, and even portrait photography to make it a wonderful beginner all-around lens. To enter, please use the rafflecopter widget below. PLEASE give it a minute to load- it can load slowly with really popular giveaways!
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Oh my! So excited!
Extra Entry #1 (Leaving a Blog Post Comment): I’m most excited to take photos of my son.
Hi!
I’m so happy for the giveaway. It’s so coool.. I wish i’m the winner.
Thank you.
I need this and want this ;)
I am most excited to great pictures of everything!!! The simple day to day, the special grand occassions, I cannot wait.
My son is 1 1/2 years old and a new camera would be so awesome to capture all his funny little life moments! YEA! …. So Pick ME, Pick ME! :O) & Thank YOU!
What a generous giveaway!! I have a good feeling about winning this… ;-)
Thank you for the giveaway!!!!!
Totally cool giveaway….. I love to take pictures and the camera I have been using has a broken battery door that I have to use a rubber band to keep shut. Have not had the extra $$$$ to buy a new one! (all my $$$$ is in my paint… CeCe Caldwell’s)
If I win this awesome camera…. I will paint my old one a very bright color! (but I really hope Debi Beard wins!)
I am most excited to take pictures of my time in Russia!
I am most excited to take pics of my little baby nephew. He’s so cute!
Thanks a lot for this amazing giveaway! And congrats!
I have wanted a dslr forever but every time I am going to invest some unexpected expense comes up and I cannot bring myself to buy one!
Here is entry #1!
I’m most excited to take photos of my children and the places that we visit. It’s hard to get twins and a four year old to stay still for you, this would help tremendously with that!
What a great giveaway! That camera would take excellent pics – way better than my old camera or iPhone. Thanks!
I’m most excited to take pictures of my family. I love doing that!
What an awesome giveaway! woot!
my babies :)
I would looove to win this beautiful camera!!! :)
I love taking pictures of my KIDS!!
Ha!! So excited i forgot to mention what i’m excitec to take pis of…My Kids and Nature!
I guess I’m doing this right? It recorded an entry before I left a comment! At any rate, sweepstakes or not, your blog is so much fun to read. I’m glad that you were featured on S&S because I rarely read blogs from people I don’t know. I just don’t have time to google and find them, and yadda yadda, but yours is great! :)
Wow, this would be awesome! Thank you for the opportunity and giveaway!
I’m excited to take pictures of my kids!
want to win!!!! I would love to take pics of my kids :)
First of all Happy 3 years of blogging! (almost!) September is a fabulous month!(my birthday!lol)
Thank you so much for the opportunity to win this! I REALLY need a camera! Would be a nice B-day present! :)
Im excited to take pics of my 2 year old!
I’m excited to take pictures of my family!
What a great giveaway! I would love taking pictures of my family.
Can NOT even begin to express how excited I would be to win this. I have 2 toddlers and they are always on the top of favorite things to photograph obviously. But I would also take pictures of EVERTHING.. and be able to step up my game for my blog =)
Would love this to take pictures of my family, especially my grandkids & my chicks!
I am most excited to take pictures of my family.
Yay!! I’ve been wanting a kit lens for my camera!
Wow! What a great giveaway!
I am most excited to take pictures of my furry children and our future babies!
I am most excited to take pictures of my family and friends!
Ann Marie, I love you and you should totally pick me!!
Thank you so much for the giveaway. I am most excited to take pictures of my kids sporting events.
I’m excited to take every day pictures: my boys going back to school, going to the State Fair, holidays, etc.
Oh, my! What WOULDN’T I take pictures of !! I’d be out there snapping pictures of the birds in our yard (the wild whistling tree ducks, the titmouse, the eastern bluebirds) as well as all our farm animals (my burros, the cows, the deer, the chickens!) I’d take pictures for my SoFab posts, pictures of our trips, OH! And pictures of my kids and grandkids too!! LOL! I have wanted a DSLR forEVER! (P.S. If I do win, be careful…you see how excited I get just entering! LOL!)
I’m excited to take better photos of my kids and just to upgrade my camera for better pictures for my hobby. :)
I am so extremely excited to take pictures of our birth and new baby :) :) :)
My three girls who are growing up way too fast!
I so want a DSLR! High on my wish list!
I have been wanting to get away from my traditional point and shoot for some time now. This would be the perfect reason to!
Yay! this is great! Looking forward to snapping more photos of my daughters :)
I look forward to using this camera to take photos of my beautiful little boys!
Would LOVE to have this camera!
ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh I’m so excited! I could totally use to have a new camera to get super awesome pictures of my adventures and maybe then blog about them myself!
I enjoy taking pictures of nature, landscapes, old buildings and farm equipment.. I would like a better camera to do this with though. ; )
I, of course, adore taking pics of my kiddos! And the dog :)
Everything, especially the kids. They said their childhood wasn’t remembered, it was documented! :)
I am most excited to take photos of my baby, family, and friends.
My husband and I are trying to have a baby and there is nothing that I am more excited about than having a camera to take pictures with. That’s what I’m most excited about.
my outfits for my fashion blog!
I am most excited about taking pictures of my kiddos. I just know that this camera would be so much better than the camera on my cell phone that I have been using for the last year! I would also go bananas taking pictures for my … BLOG of course! Thanks for this giveaway!
I’m ost excited to take pictures of my baby and my family!
Ooh amazing giveaway! Thanks so much :)
I love your blog! Thank YOU for being here for us to get a little peek in to your life. And thanks for the giveaway!
What an completely amazing idea for a giveaway! Thanks to whoever thought of it and all the blogs hosting it!
Awesome giveaway!
Would take photos of everything and anything!
Awesome giveaway! I would take pictures of my family for sure. :)
I most love taking photos of my little ones–ages five and two!
I would like to take photos of my own before and after projects!
Thanks for the chance
I would LOVE to get some really great photos of my kids and grandkids for a change. :) Thank you for this awesome giveaway!
My kids! Memories! :)
I’ve been looking at the T3 to get my feet wet with a DSLR and would so love to win one!!! Fingers crossed!!! :)
That would be my awesome kids and hubby. Also pictures of our future vacation to go see the family.
My daughter, I would treasure the picks forever, she’s growing up so fast.
I love to take macro pics.
commenting for the first entry! More than a little excited!!
I’d love to take better pictures of well.. ALL THE THINGS to put it plainly. ;)
I <3 WHBS and would LOVE to win!! :) My point and shoot is in need of an upgrade ;)
I’m most excited to take photos of the changing seasons. I might be moving from somewhere with four to a place with only two. :)
What amazing giveaways and prizes!!!
Would love a new camera! So many memories to capture:-)
I am most excited to take beautiful photos of my son at his Water Ski shows and Cross Country meets!
I am most excited to take photos at my sister’s wedding!
I am excited to take photos of my family. xoxo
I’m most excited about taking picture of my daughter’s growth and memories daily, thank you.
I am most excited about taking vacation pictures! My hubby may be taking me to see the grand canyon. It will be my first time! With this camera I could get the best pictures! Thanks so much for the chance! =)
My son begins kindergarten this fall and I’m excited to document his first year of school.
Nice prize
I lost my Canon on a vacation with over 500 pictures from my food travels!!!! I would love to continue to take great pics of my food, travels and family!
I cant wait for photos of the holidays!!!!
I get most excited to take pics of my kids!!! Especially when they coopoerate!!!
most excited to take great pics of my kids!!
Beautiful pictures of my children.
Great give away
Would love this for taking pics of the kiddos and travel pics!
pictures of my kids and nature.
Like so many others… pictures of my family. Also food photos!
My baby for sure, but EVERYTHING! I love taking pics of everything I do. :) Life is Art!
Most excited to take pictures of the beach and dune grass…so pretty! Thanks :)
yayyyy excited to take pictures of food … i love baking and cooking and taking photographs of my creations.
Thats really hard for me as im a new photographer. However it would have to be my son and my gorgeous neice and nephew
I need a new camera!!
Awesome giveaway!
I’m most excited about taking pictures of my kids, of course! :)
that is is great camera.
My sister just had a baby last week, so I’d love to take great pictures of him for her.
What a great giveaway for an anniversary! Congratulations for 3 years of sharing with others.
I’m excited to take pics of my family!
I’m super excited for this giveaway! I would love to win and take beautiful pictures of my kiddos on the beach by our house!
I can’t let the cat out of the bag quite yet, but this would come in REALLY handy early next year ;)
My kid!
Happy anniversary, Ann Marie!! So excited to take pictures of all the life events in our family!
Our next vacation!
i am most excited to be creative and offer something that anyone else can offer.
My puppies and family!
What? YES! Awesome.
I would love to take pictures of skylines and the wonderful landscape of the area I live in.
If I win this I’ll take pictures of animals and landscape :D
It’s almost my birthday and I’d love it if I win!! Sooo excited! :)
I love taking portraits and of places I go to.
Congratulations! And thank you for the great great great giveaway!!!
As much as I can, I’d want to capture all the moments shared with family and friends and my travels! :)
my 3 girls sports!!
i would take a portrait of an elderly couple i know who are celebrating 63 years together
everything is picture worthy! :o)
I am excited to take photos of people.. i love taking stolen shots, capturing the natural beauty of one’s self.
I am most excited to take pictures of my son who is now 19 months old and I’m expecting another one this December :)
I’m most excited about as many others the moments of my childrens life. I blinked and they are half grown, and not nearly enough pictures of their little moments! I’m not letting anything get by these days!
Dorky as it sounds, I’m looking forward to having a nice camera to take good pictures of my knitted items. I’m also an inveterate documenter of any of my cats movements.
My little family! :)
I am most excited to take photos for the arrival of my first grandchild in November! A DSLR would be perfect and so much better than my point and shoot! Congrats on you r 3 year blogiversary!
I am excited to capture family pictures that are great quality, my kids are just growing too fast! Thanks!
Great giveaway!
Aah, meant to say I would use it for my upcoming wedding!
i am most excited to take pictures of my son (: but if i won i would be taking pictures of EVERYTHING.
most excited to take pictures of my family!
I love taking pictures of my daughter
Im most excited to take more portrait shots with this lens.
This would take MUCH nicer pictures of my 3 month old than my cell phone camera! I would love to win and take pictures as he grows!
Our big move from South Dakota to North Carolina!
I have a Canon Rebel already which I use to take a bazillion pics of my kiddos – but I would absolutely LOVE to win this camera for my sister so she can take tons of great photos of my sweet baby nephew.
Between homeschooling and homesteading and my blog, a real, big girl camera would be awesome to have. Yay!
I take tons of pictures of my four kids and my niece and nephews!
I love this camera. If win I will use it to take picture of my beautiful and the times we spend together.
I’m a full time nanny/babysitter in the summer and I love to take pictures of the families I sit for. This year, for their birthday’s, I’m going to make handmade scrapbooks for each of the +30 children I get to call blessings in my life. It would be SO cool to have a nice camera to take more pictures with!
XO,
Kenzie
I love taking pictures of my kids!!! ~Linda
Would love to win this to take pics of my two little ones!
I am most excited to take pictures of my granddaughter, Riley!
SOOOO excited to take pictures of my two sweet boys. Would love to win this!
I would capture pictures of my upcoming cuban wedding (hopefully :D)
Most excited to take pics of my growing baby!!
This is a terrific give away!
thanks, Sarah! :)
I’m due with #2 on Thanksgiving, so I am eager to take photos of him!
congratulations on your little man! :) Good luck, we’ll be announcing the winner on Monday morning.
Thank you! :-)
Love to take photos of my family, especially my kids!
a DSLR! ^_^ I love taking pictures of everything, except me :p But dslr are kind of expensive at the moment for me :/
me too, ha! I still don’t even have one. :) Good luck! We’ll post the winner Monday morning.
I am so excited to possibly win this camera to take photos for my new website that’s in development. Oh yeah, and also my family. ;) I want to take the Shoot Fly Shoot training! Thank you!
I went to a class taught by Josh, Kevin, and Layla at the Haven Conference and it was AMAZING! I haven’t taken it, but I highly recommend the Shoot Fly Shoot courses. Good luck! We’ll announce the winner on Monday at 8am eastern.
I was at the Haven Conference too! :) I didn’t take the class, though, because I don’t have a fancy enough camera! (Yet?…) FYI, my heart skipped a beat when I got an email from you re: “camera.” hahaha
Thanks for this great giveaway. So excited.
Fall is the most exciting time in my limited photo experience.
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This is an amazing giveaway!! I need a new camera so bad! Mine is taking really bad pictures now! :) I love taking pictures for my blog! :) Erin
thanks for entering, Erin! :)
I would love the camera to take pics of my children!
I’m excited to take pictures of everything! My friends, nature, myself (hehe xD) and all the beautiful things around me <3 :D
Having a new camera would be wonderful! My boys are growing up so quickly – I need to take more pictures with a real camera and not my phone!
Landscapes ofcourse! :) the beauty of the mountains in eastern europe
Pictures of my adorable dog!
I’d love to take good family photos!
So who won the camera?
Hi Liz! We haven’t picked yet. We have to verify the entries across the twelve blogs, and will post the winner on here and across social media pages on Monday at 8am eastern. We’ll also notify the winner via email. Thanks for entering and for being patient! I can’t wait to see who won either. :)