Our Contest WINNERS!

New Permanent Group Avatar Contest
For: Unframed-Nature

I feel the total process may have dragged out longer than I normally would have liked for a Contest, but one big reason was as the timing of things ended up, I had to leave to see family, right in the middle of the Contest, and I was gone for a while...

I worked on some of the votes a little while I was away, but... there was still more votes to finish when I returned, which was just at the beginning of this month.
Thank you ALL so much for your patience and understanding.


We did not have so many entries, but we did have enough of them to make a great Contest!


Each entry brought something wonderful to offer our Group of Unframed-Nature .
It seemed that each one was unique, creative, and special in their own way, and we truly do give THANKS TO EACH PARTICIPANT for their work whether they submitted one or two!


And, of course, Thank you to ALL who participated by voting as well...
We had MANY voters!
As usual, our voters make any of our special events successful!



And now for...


THE WINNERS!

FIRST PLACE with:



More Work from this Talented Artist:







SECOND PLACE with:



More Work from this Talented Artist:
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THIRD PLACE with:



More Work from this Talented Artist:





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A Couple of Noteworthy Participants
[ These are not considered placements, such as Honourable Mentions, as we did not have those for this Contest.]










It was very soon after the Group overwhelmingly decided we did want a Contest at some point in the near future to replace our old Group Icon, that we somehow “lost” our Group’s Icon, and these two long time devoted Members just jumped to the task immediately and made great temporary Group Icons for us to use. Both were fine and truly great, and the only reason I used Villa-Chinchilla’s was because I happened to be able to get hers uploaded first... regardless, they both helped equally, quickly, and immensely, and I’ve always wanted to find a more appropriate way to give them credit for this, and thank them, and express gratitude on behalf of the Group.

Of course, they also each submitted wonderful entries to this Contest, and I can’t say enough how happy I was to see their participation.





As soon as we were officially going to have this Contest, Philippe, who is not only a great long time Member here, but also a very devoted hard-working Co-Founder for a long time, offered to help with this Contest, and then did support this Contest in a variety of ways. He was an active, talented participant, he Promoted the Contest on his Page, and he continued to be a recent Donor to the Group, which is always helpful to us.



[ The above 3 Noteworthy Participants will receive 20 each from Unframed-Nature ]


THE PRIZES


First -
Becomes the Group’s New Official Avatar
370 -  Unframed-Nature’s Group Reserve Points
Custom Slide Show Feature Profile Page - TeaPhotography


Second -
130 - Unframed-Nature’s Group Reserve Points:



Third -

90 - Unframed-Nature’s Group Reserve Points

[ Points were increased here by 10 each since the last update. ]

Journal Features from Groups or Individuals
Unframed-Nature features 1st, 2nd, and 3rd.
sesam-is-open features 1st, 2nd, and 3rd.
gold-rose features 1st, 2nd, and 3rd.
WolfyDeviants features 1st, 2nd, and 3rd.
Photo-Logic-Sense features 1st, 2nd, and 3rd.
MacrosWorld features 1st, 2nd, and 3rd.
RavingEagleMedia features 1st, 2nd and 3rd.

Promoted By These Groups or Individuals
sesam-is-open
TeaPhotography
SkyAndNatureClub
WolfyDeviants
Enalla
Iluvbiscuit2
PetPicks
Photo-Logic-Sense
MacrosWorld
AnotherContestGroup
gold-rose
philippeL


HUGE THANKS to ALL Prize Givers, for your wonderful generosity, and support of this Contest! This includes Donors of Points , and those who have recently donated points since the last “Top Submissions of Jan. 2012”  will be featured and thanked more appropriately along with our other Prize Givers here, in our “Top Submissions of February 2012” Group Journal, coming out in a week or so...



Thank you to our Contest Promotors, too! We really do appreciate you spreading the word!



[ If I missed a Prize Giver, or a Promoter, in the above lists, due to being away, and NOT yet seeing a Note or Comment from you regarding a Prize that you’ve offered, or a Promotion that you’ve offered or made, please let me know right away! ]


Another Contest!!

Whereas this was more of a Mini-Contest, both in size and somewhat of prizes, we hope to hold one of our BIGGER Contests, sometime during the Springtime [NH].

So keep your eyes open for that!


Thanks again, everyone!