Show Off Your Holiday Home! The 2nd Annual SMB Holiday Photo Contest

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Scottsdale Moms Blog Holiday Photo Contest

Isn’t it fun seeing all the gorgeous photographs of trees and lights and decorated homes this time of year? There’s something in those soft twinkly lights that can turn the most amateurish photographers among us into real artists (at least in our own minds, right?).

We want to see your holiday home: your tree, your mantle, your giant light-up Santa on the front lawn: whatever makes holiday decorating uniquely YOU.

That’s why we’re super excited to launch our 2nd annual Holiday Photo Contest and we hope that YOU will come along for the fun.

How to enter the SMB Holiday Photo contest:

  • Email an original photo to [email protected] (scroll down for more on what kind of photos to send)
  • Put Holiday Photo Contest in the subject of your email (this is important to minimize our spam filters intercepting it)
  • Submission deadline is Wednesday, December 12 at 11:59pm
  • The SMB team will choose finalists whose photos will be posted on Facebook and our readers will vote by “liking” their favorite. If you’re a finalist you can send friends and family to SMB’s Facebook page to “like” your photo.
  • A winner (based on the vote count) will be announced on Monday, December 17.

** The winner will receive a $100 gift card to H&M! **

Rules & Guidelines:

  • Photos must be of YOUR home/tree/lights and be taken by YOU. This is for fun. Let’s play fair.
  • Up to three (3) separate submissions are acceptable. Please send a separate email for each submission.
  • Photos should feature a decorative feature of your home – a decorated tree, a lovely mantle, a festive front door. While we adore your kiddos and think they’re cute, this contest is (for once!) not about them.
  • If you want you may include a caption of up to 50 words (no more, please!) to give some added meaning or background to your photo.
  • Photos will be judged both by the quality of the capture and the subject itself. Don’t worry if you aren’t a professional photographer! If your photo is just so-so but your tree is spectacular, you could be in it to win it!

Follow along on Instagram!

If you’re on Instagram (we are!), please share your submissions there by tagging @scottsdalemoms AND using the hashtag #deckthehallswithSMB.

This is not a requirement for participation, but so many local mamas use IG that it’ll be fun to follow along as we share images of our holiday homes. Our contributors will play along, too – even though they’re not eligible to win the prize.

{Oh, and you can Instagram as many photos as you want – this part is just for fun. If we build a really spectacular album this way, we’ll be sure to share our favorites on the blog!}

So what are you waiting for? Deck the halls and grab your camera!

♥ By entering the contest you are giving Scottsdale Moms Blog permission to share your photos with our readers. Must be an Arizona resident to be eligible to win. Unfortunately, we cannot respond to every email submission received. 

[12/13: Thanks for all the beautiful submissions! Stay tuned for announcements about voting and finalists!]