The Softie Awards

April 20, 2007

Next Softie Awards!

The first international Softie Awards are over for now. Please visit me at Softies Central for lots more softies inspiration. It's where I will also announce the NEXT mini-softies awards which I think will be a Holiday Softie Awards in the fall!

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April 07, 2007

Winner of the Mahar Dry Goods Featurette

Congratulations to Cupcakes for Clara who has been chosen by Mahar Dry Goods to be the featured Softie Award winner in the shop! Kitty bank pictured on the far right of the photo was the Best Functional Softie winner.

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April 01, 2007

And the winners are....

The envelope please....here are your Softie Award winners! There were nearly 3500 votes! Some categories were really close, in fact only 10 votes separated the winner from the runner up in the Animal category - so I hope everyone got a chance to vote. ALL the finalists made wonderful softies.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNERS!

This is the Award Ribbon each winner will receive along with a prize. Thanks to Cal Patch for whipping up these gorgeous ribbons!

Winners: please email me your full name and address so that I can send you your prize (email link to the left of this post).

Best Needle Felted

Lenny by hey425sqftart

Best Holiday

Owl house by floresita

Best Doll

Paperbag writer by haasbroek

Best Wildcard

Sakura tree by Mumblepeg

Best Functional

Kitty bank by cupcakes for clara

Best Cozy

Tea cozy by Bella Dia

Best Amigurumi

Racoon by craftyalien

Best Bunny or Bear

Penelton Panda by Missy Ballance

Best Inanimate

Typewriter by meandmysewingmachine

Best Creepy Yet Still Cute

Harriet by rock-paper-scissors

Best Food

Burger & fries by thisisloveforever

Best Pincushion

Bernard by rock-paper-scissors --- a 2-time winner today!!!!

Best Animal

Bird # 4 by abbyjane

Starting tomorrow, I'm going to be featuring some of the non-finalists, but wonderful softies on Softies Central, so please stop by and let me know if I've picked your favorite that didn't make it to the top 5.

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Sponsor Love!

Thanks again to the Softie Award sponsors: CRAFT, Selvedge Magazine and Chronicle Books. All donated great prizes and I'm really appreciative of their support. A special shout-out to Natalie Zee Drieu at CRAFT for being a Judge and for promoting the Awards on the CRAFT blog!

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March 30, 2007

Almost there....

The Softie Awards are almost over! Voting ends tonight and I will post the winners here and on Softies Central on MONDAY April 2nd. Check back to see if your favorite won!

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March 29, 2007

Vote for Softies!

Softies need your vote! If you haven't voted yet, you have just about 24 hours left. Voting ends about 11pm on Friday, March 30th. Here's the link one last time: http://www.zoomerang.com/survey.zgi?p=WEB226AHFC3FNV

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March 25, 2007

International softies

Ok, here's the updated list of places represented by the Softie Award finalists (in alphabetical order this time). And nearly 2000 votes so far!

Australia

Chile

England

Germany

Hong Kong

Italy

New Zealand

Portugal

Russia

Scotland

South Africa

The Netherlands

Uruguay

USA

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The Campaign is Heating Up!

More softies campaigning for the vote!

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March 24, 2007

Where are you from?

One thing I'm really excited about regarding the Softie Awards is how many countries are represented. I haven't checked all 2800 entries in the SA, but I can tell you that the Finalists are from the following countries: