Five years ago I had two of my images selected to be on Jones Soda bottle labels and was reminded of this when Sabrena, a friend from college and fellow photographer mentioned me in her blog post about it yesterday. Sabrena blogs about all things wedding related in addition to her photography, and yesterday’s Take A Look post was about customized photo labels for special events such as weddings, rehearsal dinners, favors, and showers (they’re also great for graduation/birthday parties, family reunions, etc.). The likelihood of having one of your images selected to be used is quite slim as there are a gazillion submissions so to find out that both of mine were picked was pretty freaking awesome. I didn’t get the news that mine were selected until months later when I received two plump envelopes full of labels that had clearly been through the postal service a few times since I had moved between the time I made the submissions and the time they were selected and printed…but they eventually found their way to my new home. And I will always make sure to fill out mail forwarding forms because of this.

We never found my Green Apple label but my friend Laurie was in a Starbucks in Florida one day and spotted my picture on a bottle of Black Cherry. She didn’t even know to look for it but immediately recognized the image and was kind enough to make the purchase and send it to me. It was pretty exciting to know that one of my bottles was in major coffee shop, many states away, and we had family members on a scavenger hunt checking every retail store and gas station in their area which was pretty fun. So yeah…if you have any special events coming up, you can make your own custom labels at myjones.com. Otherwise, you should totally submit your own images to Jones Soda. The more random the image, the better.