It's hard to pick only 5 in each category, but those are the rules, and here they are!
Click to go to the voting site.
Voting is open through noon on Tuesday, Nov. 13th. Winners will be announced here on Wed. Nov. 14th. Only one vote per person.
Top 5 Under the Tree
Toy shop cuckoo clock by dkoss2
Sock reindeer by siansburys
Peguin pincushion by squirrel momma
Christmas book by Little Miss Scruffy
Snowman by feltfinland
Top 5 Doll Dress Up
Doll with fur hat by papi
Three kings by TeddyFriends
Santinha dressed for Christmas by Plim! Arte com espirito
Girl in flower costume for Halloween by *mia*
Clara dressed as a snowman by Cupcakes for Clara
Top 5 Worst Gift I Ever Got
Worst gift: bronchitis...by periwinklepenguins
Worst gift: granny underwear.....by erin*berry
Worst gift: a jacket made of the fabric recycled to make this softie...by Teddy Friends
Worst gift: tonsilitis...by greenstarstudio
Worst gift: itchy dress...by tantehilde
Top 5 Holiday Smorgasboard
Fruitcake by lindamade
Little Jack Horner getting ready to eat his Christmas pie by elsiemarley
Mrs. Carrot serves Christmas dinner by erin*berry
Gingerbread baby by mel e mo
Christmas pudding by Little Cotton Rabbits
Top 5 Let it Snow!
Snow dress by Elsita
Snowy Guggenheim Museum by blueblythemonster
Snowy mama bunny by astulabee
Snow lion by Ashley Anna Brown
Polar bear by loveandasandwich
Top 5 Animals Dressed for the Holidays
Sprinkle the teddy bear with small presents in his bag by mumka
Reindeer by Ashley Anna Brown
Holly Holiday by loveandasandwich
Sebastiana dressed in her best holiday dress by greenstarstudio
Owlette ready for winter by Chet and Dot
Top 5 Nightmare Before Christmas
Evil Jack in the Box by robyn3811
Zombie Christmas choir girl by gdpatooties
Fan of classic monster movies by Midori B
Chubby zombies by la fee crochette
Mutant snowman by redthreadplushies
Top 5 Deck the Halls
Elf shoe-style Christmas stocking by MissMeshell
Santa Clause by Poorlulu
Ornaments by Ashley Anna Brown
Yoyo trees by prairie.mouse
Christmas pickle ornament by TeddyFriends
Top 5 Holiday Version of a Softie from Softies
Shortbread by periwinklepenguins
Halloween paper doll dress by twohiphippos
Eugene by shebrews
Halloween dress # 2 by shebrews
If your softie wasn't picked, please try again next spring when the regular (non-holidayish) Softie Awards rolls around. APPLAUSE for everyone who entered and made it fun and inspiring to look at all the entries! Thanks everyone for playing along!
Now go vote!
Wow, how neat is this! Thank you so much for choosing Faith as a finalist! I've been out of it with a couple of funerals, but this definitely lifts my spirits!
Posted by: Mia | November 10, 2007 at 09:08 AM
stacy, I'm suprised that youre suprised, the zombie girl was awsome. In fact I'm blown away by them all!
Posted by: tiff | November 06, 2007 at 12:41 PM
Great holiday stuff!
Congrats to the finalists :)
Posted by: Heather | November 06, 2007 at 08:59 AM
Oh my goodness! I can't believe my stocking is up there, thank you so much :) Off to vote, this will be fun! x
Posted by: MissMeshell | November 06, 2007 at 01:09 AM
i' m happy about being in the top five! thank´s and good luck to everyone!
Posted by: Daniela | November 05, 2007 at 01:41 PM
coooooooel, I'm completely over the moon about being in the finals congrats everyone
wheeeeeeeeeeee
Posted by: Lisa | November 05, 2007 at 12:56 PM
thanks so much for including my cuckoo clock in with these fabulous other entries! congrats to everyone! :)
Posted by: dkoss2 | November 05, 2007 at 11:02 AM
Wow, wow, wow! You guys are all so amazing...and clever! Way to go. (And Lisa, your choir girl rocks!)
Posted by: Stacey | November 05, 2007 at 09:57 AM
I am completely blown away that my little Zombie Choir girl made it into the finalists considering all the fabulous entries.
Thanks so much!!! I'm off to vote now...
Posted by: Lisa Thoms | November 05, 2007 at 08:19 AM
great work and wonderfull choices .. my vote is done!!!
kisses
Posted by: carina | November 05, 2007 at 02:12 AM
wauw that was fast! And wauw again: I made it to the finalists! I'm so happy!!
Posted by: hilde | November 04, 2007 at 11:52 PM