Top 5 Finalists!

Here are the Top 5 Finalists! Voting link at the bottom of the page. You have until 8 p.m. (US, Pacific Coast time) on Tuesday May 6th to vote. You can only vote once. Everyone can vote.

I'll announce the winners here on Wednesday May 7th. Each winner will receive a Softies Kit. Thanks to everyone for entering! And a big hug and thanks to all the judges who did the really hard work of choosing only 5 from all the wonderful softies!

Top 5 Cutest Face

by Cerya

by gdpatooties

by J.M.Aranez

by miriana

by Wibit

Top 5 Picnic Food

by Silvia Leite

by Candypop Creations

by dkoss2

by Little Acorn

by bleuarts

Top 5 Pink or Plaid

by Mimi K

by Astulabee

by fourelvesnapixie

by Frizz

by revoluzzza

Top 5 Embroidered to Death

by emilyamolloy

by taboocreations

by blueblythemonster

by Wardi

by miss-frugality

Top 5 Elephant Tribute

by Marisa Bogg

by Beeper Bebe

by gdpatooties

by elsiemarley

by skyjordan23h

To vote click HERE

Comments

[Maria]

Lovely creations and was hard for me to pick one to vote.
But I did it!

Congratulations to all finalists, you all did an amazing work.

***Maria

[Linda]

I feel really dumb but tried to vote and not sure how? Can you let me know? i would love to vote.

[Jeanne]

I just vote!
It's really hard to choose between them. They are all so cute!!

Congratulation for the nominees..

[Amber]

Miriana`s doll is here because it's a softie, clearly.

Guys, let's keep this to a "If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all" sort of thing, it's really rude to insinuate that anyone is undeserving of the nomination, or shall we say, not as worthy as someone else was, and it's even ruder to single one softie out as being not even a softie. Not only rude to the creator of said softie, but rude to the judges for all their hard work to make this contest not only about the best collectively in their eyes, but also as fair as they can possibly make it, without prejudice. I could never pick the top five from all the entries sent in, I find it difficult enough to pick the best one from said top five! I'm sorry some of you guys are raw about who did get selected, if you had a favourite you don't get to vote for because it wasn't selected as a top five finalist by the judges. If one of those wasn't selected, the nice thing to do would be to drop a private note, by email, to the creator, if possible to do so, instead of commenting here saying how so and so's was so much better than the top five the judges have presented for us to vote on. Let's not spoil a good thing by getting ugly about it! Everyone's entries were so amazing!

Congratulations to everyone who made it, your work is impeccable, beautiful, and highly worthy of the nominations. I voted, and may the best softies win! :)

And seriously, judges, thank you for organizing this, and taking the time to do so, and having the good and fair heart to select the best of the bestest, no matter how difficult that job is!

[Jhoanna]

Completely and utterly surprised to have my Babushka Doll as a finalist! Thanks so much!

[Dot]

I love the softie from miss-frugality. the standard is wonderful so many lovely entries.

[rachel]

i just voted! I totally blanked out and should have submitted something .. :)

[Rabbit]

I could not click the boxes for the voting. Could someone check and see if it's working?

[Ansley]

Yea! I am so happy to be a part of the contest again. It is so fun to see so many fantastic creations!

[Tammy]

These are all so adorable.

[Absolutely Small]

Wow! So many fantastic softies here- voting was really tough. ^-^

[Holly Keller]

Thank you for the nomination in the Elephant Tribute Category. I am so, so honored as I know there were gazillions of talented plush makers who entered and any number of them could have been nominated given the quality and creativity of the work. So, thank you again.

[Carol]

Wow that cute little dog by Wibit looks so realistic I had to take a 2nd look to make sure it wasn't hehe.

[Cerya]

Yay! I made the cut! I never thought my little blue guy would make it. Thank you judges for all your hard work.

[softsoft]

Congratulations to the finalists. Some of my favourites are here but many others not, I`m agree with erin.

I`m very surprised with Miriana`s doll, it`s so beautiful and has a very cute face, but I don`t understand why is this doll a softie!

[Julia]

Woohoo! I am so excited that my entry 'angel cat' made it to the top 5 in it's category :-))

The high standard of all the entries made the nomination even more of a surprise!
Thanks so much to the judges for all the time and effort they have given to this contest.

[marisa]

No way! I don't believe it! I wasn't expecting to be nominated in a million years! Ha ha! thank you so much! So many amazing entrees!

[Silvia]

I am sooo happy to have my picnic food among the finalists. Thank you so much! And congrats to all: organizer, judges, participants and finalists!

[dkoss2]

I'm honored to have my Blue Plate Special chosen in the top 5 in the picnic section! So many great entries! Thanks so much!

[Therese]

With only 5 slots, it's hard to choose with hundreds of entries in some categories. And everyone has a different group of favs! Let's make sure and celebrate the designers who DID make it to Top 5 - every one is deserving of being there!

[Jenn]

i am really suprised too. You aren't the only one. Many of my favorites didnt make it either.

[erin]

i for one am really surprised that so many of my favourites didn't catch the judges eye(s). thank goodness that at least astulabee's bunny made it!

seriously though, there are some great finalists, but am i the only one surprised out there? i mean, how did abbyjane's white elephant not make it? did the judges not see it? it's AMAZING! oh well...

and my hat's off to the picnic people. that all looks like a lot, a lot of work!

[Sarah]

Wow! It will be extremely difficult to make a decision. Congratulations to the nominees thus far!

[Lisa]

Wow, thanks so much to the judges. I am totally floored to have received two nominations because there were so many fabulous entries.

Thanks too for sponsoring this contest. I know it's a ton of work.