J’Lynn’s photos stood out immediately. Though she only started her photography career in June of 2009, her photographic style feels like something that has been developed over many years. She was nominated by her mother-in-law (which we love), and is the mother of four children (which blows our minds). Vote for J’Lynn Mak by leaving your comments below.

We were so overwhelmed with so many amazing and talented entries to our “scholarship contest”. It was extremely difficult to narrow it down to our final five, but we did. We will be posting each of our finalist one at a time. We are asking our audience to vote on your favorite. Send your friends and family, tweet and retweet it, because the entry with the most comments or votes…wins!

So without further ado, please meet our first finalist, Cindee Bae. We LOVE Cindee’s vintage modern style. She’s turning 29 next month, and we especially love the fact that Cindee entered our contest after writing up her business plan. Leave comments below to vote for Cindee.

Later on today we will be posting our finalists for the identity scholarship. First, we need to share this amazing entry from Lydia Shannon. We love how much of her personality she put into her video, but her baking really blew us away…WOW!