Hello everyone! We are Alissa and Ryan. We own and operate the online shop HORNE. We are both super excited to be guest blogging this week and have come up with some fun and interesting posts. Please don’t hesitate to leave those comments and let us know what ya think.

To kick things off, we thought it would be fun to do a weeklong giveaway with a summer theme. One lucky reader will win this beautiful small fine silver cup with acid-etched details, handmade by the amazingly talented (and super sweet) Miranda Meilleur. For those of you not familiar with Miranda’s work, she is a superstar and you should get familiar.

The Rules (very simple): Submit one photo that celebrates summer. You can take it with your iPhone, your Hasselblad, your Canon 5D, your Polaroid camera, your Holga, we don’t care. It can be a color, a beach scene, a group of people, an object, dapples of light, a plant, anything as long as it celebrates summer-time. Submit your photo to: photos@shophorne.com by Thursday (include at least your first name) and the winner will be announced on Friday. Good luck!