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.

Comments

[Autres Choses]

BEAU
BEAU
BEAU
BEAU
BEAU...

[Crystals]

Truly Inspirational I think the best doll is fantastic!!

[amy lou]

AWESOME! yay! LOVE the winning ribbons!

[Marisa]

Wow! These are all so inspiring. That raccoon is so darn cute! Look at his little face... Makes me feel like squealing. :D
http://www.madamebogg.co.uk

[kt]

This was wonderful fun--really inspiring to see everyone's work. Such happy-making craftiness! Yay!

[Kempton]

They are all so cute. To the organizers of this award, thanks for letting us have some fun. To all the participants in this project, thanks for making it fun to look at your creations.

Best Regards,

[Sanda]

That's probably fair, probably knitted animals belong to amigurumi category. But, where and when has that change in rules been published, so other competitors may be aware of that?

[Julie]

Wow! That was very fun. Congratulations to all the winners, and thank you Therese for all your efforts. Factory girl sends her best wishes...she's sleeping off her hangover from the big night.

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[Alicia Kachmar]

The frowny marshmallows have something to say: http://www.aliciakachmar.com/blog/

hehe, all in good fun I promise!

[Julie]

Congrats to everyone and a big thanks to Terry for organising everything - lots of work and effort but it's much appreciated!

[Glorious Hats]

Woops, please excuse me for the oops - I ment Therese - thank you for hosting the Softie Awards.
The ever befuddled and muddled,
Jane

[Glorious Hats]

Congratulations to winners. Beautiful entries all! Wonderful ribbons.

And many thanks Cheryl for hosting the Softie Awards. It was fun to enter, fun to see all the entries, fun to vote, and just overall well done.

With much appreciation,
Jane

[cheryl]

Congratulations, everyone!

[Therese]

The original instructions for the Amigurumi category did specify crocheted pieces, but I revised it to allow knitted pieces too. I think all the entries submitted in that category were fine and deserved to be there.

[Anon]

Yeah, I was going to point that out too. AND, the category "amigurumi" is so overused. If you look at what it really means, a lot of the submissions in that category didn't fall under it anyway.

[Sanda]

The winner for Amigurumi category (Racoon by craftyalien) seems to be knitted felt..... Didn't you specify under "Award Categories" that amigurumi must be crocheted?

I really like little racoon, but shouldn't it have been listed under some other category?