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January's Top Submissions of Unframed-Nature:iconwhiteflowerplz:
Welcome to January 2012’s Top Submissions of Unframed-Nature.

FIRST-OFF

Please NOTE I will be away from dA and the internet from:
FEB. 16 - FEB. 28th
My Last Day: FEB. 15th I Return: FEB 29th
I have a trip I need to take, where things have come up, and I am visiting family who I have not seen in a very long time.
It will be “crunch-time” when I return, but I will do my best to close and open folders and get voting going. Please be patient, as it IS, and will be a difficult time for me.
Thank you for understanding.

NEXT
Our Contest: http://unframed-nature.deviantart.com/journal/Contest-Update-amp-Special-Thank-You-Feature-279129845 which has less than 2 days left...
has been updated with just a few more POINTS.

I will be trying my best to have voting organized and in progress before I leave and while I am away...

Thank you for being her

April's TOP Subs of Unframed-Nature & MORE!Welcome to April 2012’s Top Submissions of Unframed-Nature.
:iconhappysunplz:
Thank you for being here whether you are a Member yet or not!
We welcome you and your support!
Since the beginning of January 2012, we’ve grown nearly 600 Members!

So, a GRAND welcome to all of our NEW MEMBERS!

Thank you to our loyal Members who have been submitting to our Group for a long time now. Without you, we wouldn’t be here.

:iconwhiteflowerplz:
Thank you to ALL the Members who came back to vote again, for what is usually our monthly Membership Voting for this special event that we hold each month!
We completely appreciate you supporting your Group in this particular way. It is so generous of you to take the time to VOTE!
:clap: :heart: :clap:
Let’s continue to submit our own BEST QUALITY work, enjoy it, improve upon it, enjoy the work of others, and Nature in general. It’s

DW & birthday gifts I

Hi, my friends!
Here are the deviations of the week in :iconourarea51:, chosen from
Miscellaneous Photography
and the winners are

by :iconsesam-is-open:
and

by :iconJocelyneR:
:icontrampolineplz: Congrats to the winners! :icontrampolineplz:

:bulletred: :bulletblue: :bulletgreen: :bulletpurple: :bulletpink: :bulletorange: :bulletblack: :bulletwhite:
And... I've received a lot of wonderful gifts for my birthday:

from :iconsurrealistic-gloom:

:thumb2

Special Thanks & Other News!:iconblueflowerplz:Special Thank You Feature:iconblueflowerplz:
A HUGE Thank You to our Special VOTERS, both Members and Admins., alike, here at #Unframed-Nature who voted on The TOP SUBMISSIONS of UNFRAMED-NATURE for the Months of:
January, February, and April!
[See Below, for March!]

It is our philosophy that this is the Group’s Group,

and so this particular Monthly Activity is open to ALL Members.

Simply Watch

for the Group Blog about it on the last or first day of each month.
It is truly a wonderful and loyal commitment to our Group, to take time out each month to look through our beautiful folders, and choose works for our monthly Top Submissions, and believe me, I KNOW it is not easy... given the extreme talent we have here.

Not to mention, it takes time to do this, and we are ALL very busy.

And given that we are a large group, we DO need

Feb.'s TOP Subs of Unframed-Nature & B-DAY INFWelcome to February 2012’s Top Submission of Unframed-Nature.
Thank you for being here whether you are a Member yet or not!
We welcome you and your support!
Since the beginning of January 2012, we’ve grown by over 300 Members!

So a HUGE welcome to all of our NEW MEMBERS!

Thank you to our loyal Members who have been submitting to our Group for a long time now. Without you, we wouldn’t be here.
:iconyellowflowerplz:
We had another nice voters turn-out for February 2012, and most people are understanding the new voting system very well!

Thank you as always, to you awesome special voters, who took the time to VOTE!
:boogie:
Let’s continue to submit our own BEST QUALITY work, enjoy it, improve upon it, enjoy the work of others, and Nature in general. It’s what it’s all about-
combining our art with our love of Nature, and coming together under t

Contest Update & Special Thank You Feature!

Our Contest Update

Our GROUP’S CONTEST at #Unframed-Nature :iconunframed-nature:
New Permanent Group Avatar Contest!

Two Entries per dA Member.
You do not have to be a Group Member, but everyone is welcomed to JOIN!

Starts: Sun. January 15th; Ends: Sat. February 11th, 2012 at midnight, Pacific Standard Time: http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/time-zone/usa/pacific-time/ [4 weeks long!]

The avatar could be digital, traditional, or photograp

November's Top Submissions of UNF-Nature, ETC.:iconautumncolorplz::iconleafline2plz::iconleafline2plz::iconleafline2plz::iconautumncolorplz:
Welcome to November 2011’s TOP SUBMISSIONS!
[

Especially if you are Featured below, Please consider

-ing this Group Journal/Blog OR Commenting, so that I know you’ve seen it.
This will save me MUCH time later, when I do Notifications. Thanks SO much...

]
Welcome to EVERYONE here, whether you are a Member yet, or not.
We so do appreciate your support of our Group :iconunframed-nature: .

Welcome to ALL the New Members! We’ve had quite a few.
We look forward to seeing more of your work.

Thank you to all of our Long-time and Active Members! Without you, we wouldn’t have a Group. Please keep up your FABULOUS Nature Submissions!
:iconredflowerplz:
Thank you so much to ALL who voted! We had MANY again this time.

We appreciate the Members taking on this active role within our Group Community.
Afte

DW and autumn leaves

:bulletpink: :bulletorange: :bulletblack: :bulletwhite:
Hi my friends!
Sorry for being a bit later than usual with my journal - a cold I've caught keeps me busy fighting it

Still... here are the deviations of the week in :iconourarea51:, chosen from
Animal Photography
The winner is

by :iconjankolas:
and two runners-up are

by :iconMomotte2:

by :iconDanaAnderson:
:icontrampolineplz: Congrats to the winners! :icontrampolineplz:
:bulletblack: :bulletblue: :bulletyellow: :bulletgreen: :bulletred:
:bulletyellow: :bulletred: :bulletblue: :bulletgreen: :bulletpurple: :bulletpink: :bulletorange: :bulletblack: :bulletwhite:
And som

DW & a blue feature

Hi, my friends!
Here are the deviations of the week in our :iconourarea51: group, chosen from
MIscellaneous Photography
The winners are

by :iconphilippeL:
and

by :iconXxFreakOfNaturexX:
and the runners-up are

by :iconteaphotography:
and

by :iconvecch3:

Congrats to the winners & runners-up! :boogie:
:bulletyellow: :bulletred: :bulletblue: :bulletgreen: :bulletpurple: :bulletpink: :bulletorange: :bulletblack: :bulletwhite:
And a blue feature this time

:thumb243706831:

:thum

December's Top Submissions of Unframed-Nature:iconwhiteflowerplz: :iconwhiteflowerplz: :iconwhiteflowerplz:
Welcome to December 2011’s Top Submissions of Unframed-Nature.
Thank you for being here whether you are a Member yet or not!
We welcome you and your support!
Welcome to all NEW Members; we look forward to seeing more of your wonderful submissions soon!

Thank you to our loyal Members who have been submitting to our Group for a long time now. Without you, we wouldn’t be here.
:iconpurpleflowerplz:
Additionally, it is much more usual that our Monthly Top Submissions are OPEN TO VOTING by ALL MEMBERS!

But, there are a few times a year, when it is an Administrators’ Choice Month.
December 2011’s was voted in this way, and I want to thank our Admins., where most ALL voted and therefore made this a success for us.

January 2012’s Top Submissions should be back to The ALL MEMBER VOTING Process! The instructions will change a

Unframed-Nature GroupToday I have the pleasure to present you the wonderful #Unframed-Nature Group.:icontruesmiles:
#Unframed-Nature Group main's topic is the beauty of nature in all it's forms and in group galleries you will find wonderful works which will delight your eyes and hearts with special places, beautiful natural light, cute expression of wild and domestic animals and last but not least, great looking flowers.
I will start this presentation with Congratulations for the Winners of the Contest New Permanent Group Avatar.

First place goes to :iconilura-menday-less: with the entry:

Second Place goes to :iconjudiette: with the entry:

:thumb280942214: :thu

January's TOP Subs of Unframed-Nature and NEWS!Welcome to January 2013’s Top Submissions of Unframed-Nature.
:iconhappysunplz:

As several of you may remember, I was due to be away for much of February, and therefore this news article about January was due to come out very late in this month of February...
I've only been back a couple days, and I've been working feverishly to get this article together and out before the end of this month! I know it is especially late, but I appreciate your patience and understanding!

Thank you for being here whether you are a Member yet or not!
We welcome you and your support!
We continue to grow each month, with more talented artists of a variety of art media!
A GRAND Welcome to ALL of Our NEW MEMBERS!

And a HUGE thank you to our loyal Members who have been submitting your fabulous Nature Work to our Group for a long time now.
Without you, we simply wouldn’t be here.

Special Thank You Feature and Group News:iconwhiteflowerplz:Special Thank You Feature:iconwhiteflowerplz:
A HUGE Thank You to our Special VOTERS, both Members and Admins., alike, here at #Unframed-Nature who voted on The TOP SUBMISSIONS of UNFRAMED-NATURE for the Months of:
September, October, & November
[

See Below, for December's voters!]

It is our philosophy that this is the Group’s Group,

and so this particular Monthly Activity is open to ALL Members.

Simply Watch

for the Group Blog about it on the last or first day of each month.
It is truly a wonderful and loyal commitment to our Group, to take time out each month to look through the beautiful work in our folders, and choose works for our monthly Top Submissions, and believe me, I KNOW it is not easy... given the extreme talent we have here.

Not to mention, it takes time to do this, a

I'm Back, Anniversary, & Much March Merriness   1. NEW- GIFTS!
   2. NEW- My dA Anniversary; Help Celebrate?
   3. NEW- Personal Note
   4. NEW- Extra Special Thank You's!
   5. NEW- Said & Did Features
   6. NEW- 96th Special Random Feature!
   7. NEW- Special Edition Feature: "The Journey"
   8. NEW- Treasure Chest Features- Profile Page, Left-Side...

Hello and Thank You to Anyone who has a chance to read my journal.
I know time is precious.

:iconlovegreenplz: Merry March Greetings to You All! :iconlovegreenplz:
~

~ GIFTS! ~

Thank you to my good friend Alex :iconearthbirds: for:

What a lovely surprise to return to, not to mention a stunning photo and of course I appreciate the promotion of THE SHELTER PROJECT. :happycry:
It's all so awesome of her. :heart:
To check out this very skilled artist,
Go HE

June's TOP Subs of Unframed-Nature & Info.!Welcome to JUNE 2012’s Top Submissions of Unframed-Nature.
:iconhappysunplz:
Thank you for being here whether you are a Member yet or not!
We welcome you and your support!
Since the beginning of January 2012, we’ve grown over 800 Members!
That means, in about 7 months, we’ve grown an average of over 100 Members a month!

So, a GRAND Welcome to ALL of Our NEW MEMBERS!

:squee:
Thank you to our loyal Members who have been submitting to our Group for a long time now. Without you, we wouldn’t be here. :aww:
:iconwhiteflowerplz:
For JUNE, we had a special Administrators’ CHOICE Month for the Monthly voting, which sometimes happens a few months out of the year, when things become extra busy for me, and just over HALF of them helped me with this, and
I thank these wonderful Admins. who helped with this, SO MUCH!
:clap: :heart: :clap:
And Dea

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The Best of Unframed-Nature 2011

Journal Entry: Sat Jan 21, 2012, 4:03 AM

First, to Remind You...

Our Contest Has Begun

Recent Info. on Our Contest Called:
New Permanent Group Avatar Contest
can be found HERE: [link]

Thank you to those Groups and Individuals who are so far Promoting it!

And thank you also to those who have offered prizes of ANY kind, including Features!

Additional thanks to those who continue to donate Points

to our Group to help with these such event!

If there’s anyone else who is STILL wanting to offer prizes, of ANY kind, points directly, they are MORE than welcome. And Features are AWESOME!

Please NOTE me directly, or Comment on the previous blog or even this one...
Same with Promoting the Contest, too.
It’s STILL EARLY!

We have a couple really nice ones already,

.... but it would be LOVELY to have a wide variety for our MEMBERS to choose from!

NEXT...

Welcome to the BEST of Unframed-Nature 2011

Just over half of my fellow Administrators voted on what the MEMBERS, themselves, voted on each month of the year of 2011, for our monthly Top Submissions event that we hold each month. Members are always welcome to vote, unless there are simply a lot of extra things happening, and only then it is Admins., only. But usually it is open to All Members.

I thank the Admins who helped me with this project, for without their wonderful help with this awesome way to tie up a beautiful year with this Group, this would not be the success that it has turned out to be. The ones who helped did all the voting...

while I then combined their votes together and pieced together this article for you.

But, indeed, it began with ALL Members AND Admins. who voted to begin with,
and therefore I thank ALL of YOU who participated in any and all of the following months, by committing your time and efforts to all the monthly voting during 2011!

Moreover...

We thank each and every single one of you for participating with your amazing submissions. Keep it up, for this is a stunning Group!

For anyone who’d like a full overview from last year...

LINKS to ALL MONTHLY TOP SUBMISSIONS FROM 2011:

Jan. 2011:
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Feb. 2011:
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Mar. 2011:
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April 2011:
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May 2011:
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June 2011:
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July 2011:
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Aug. 2011:
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Sept. 2011:
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Oct. 2011:
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Nov. 2011:
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Dec. 2011:
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Without further ado.... The Best of Unframed-Nature, 2011:

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JANUARY 2011:

FEBRUARY 2011:

MARCH 2011:

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APRIL 2011:

MAY 2011:

JUNE 2011:

JULY 2011:

AUGUST 2011:

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SEPTEMBER 2011:

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OCTOBER 2011:

NOVEMBER 2011:

:thumb270544567:

DECEMBER 2011:

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:thumb271531895:

Please NOTE, that we will have an ALL Membership Voting again for Top Submissions of January 2012, but that the directions will be slightly different due to the fact that we have Multiple Folders now...

Please look

for the Blog on HOW TO VOTE for Jan. 2012 Top Submissions,
on Feb. 1st.

Thank you all so much for moving right along with us into 2012, with our various CHANGES that we have had.
We have a multiple folder system now, and a couple rules that have changed a little, but mostly a few rules that are just more strict, simply to fine-tune some things that we are looking for.

We have appreciated your patience and understanding.

THANK YOU SO MUCH to those who have read and become familiar with our new rules, and toured themselves around inside the new folders and profile page, and basically have made themselves at home here in order to get to know everything better!

It makes it easier for us all.

COMING UP in Unframed-Nature!

We hope to implement "The Monthly Theme Challenge" Folder, but not until after this particular current Contest is over...
We are all still getting used to certain new things around here, and adjusting to some things. But there are ideas. Hopefully it will be exciting!

We hope for a Contest later in the Spring. [N.Hem. Spring]
But, just barely even thinking about it.