The Blue and White Love contest is on!

Hi there. I am SO excited to officially start this contest I can barely contain myself! Before we begin, PLEASE be sure you are sitting down, have a clear state of mind, maybe an extra cup of coffee on hand because you are really going to need it to think hard when you get ready to embrace all this beauty!!  The response to this contest was incredibly overwhelming...far exceeded my expectations and blew me away with the sheer beauty and taste level of my readers....so many of these could be front page and center on any major design magazine! I got ideas I didn't even know existed:)

I got so many entries in fact that I ended up having to split them into two posts. It was just too much for one and I don't want to be responsible for a sudden epidemic of emergency rooms around the country dealing with a mysterious "blue and white-itis" disease that has plagued legions of devotees:) And because there were so many amazing pictures, I decided to have two winners!

This will run today and part of tomorrow and then tomorrow afternoon I will post round 2 also to run for one and a half days. Voting will continue for both rounds until Friday morning where I will announce the two winners, one from each round as well as announce the next contest and a great giveaway!

Truth is every one of these is a winner. I loved seeing every person's interpretation of "blue and white love" and I wish I had a prize for each!! I also wish there was room to share some of the many stories that accompanied so many of these pictures. From beautiful artwork, generations old blue and white collections, precious kids and pets adorning blue and white to homes and rooms warranting a magazine spread...there are nearly 200 to enjoy!  But please know I read every single one of the stories  and so enjoyed hearing what was behind your pictures.  So ready to get started? Buckle your seat belt........here we go!

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Are you still breathing? I know I know, it's a lot to take in at one sitting......too many beauties! And then we still have round II to contend with, crazy I know:) Who knew there were this many who are as obsessed with blue and white too? I was just floored looking at all of these and feel like I could make the ultimate book on decorating with blue and white:)

So now the hard part, you have to vote. I am trying a new poll, one that allows for four votes per day.....good news if you have a few favorites (which is likely) and you can come back tomorrow and the next day to vote for others. Thank you so much for stopping  in and being part of the blue and white fun! This round will run until Tuesday afternoon, then I will post round 2, however the voting will continue all week long until Friday morning.  Thanks so very  much to everyone who participated, this was so  much fun to watch come together......enjoy your day!

If you missed my long overdue weekend musings post...click here to see it.

I used Polldaddy for the poll that is supposed to be super reliable (fingers crossed)! You can apparently vote on up to 4 at one time, click the box next to the numbers then hit vote at the bottom.

If you want to see where the voting is so far, just click on "see results" on bottom of poll