Hi Everyone!
First of all I want to thank each and every one of my friends who took the time to create a birthday salute for me. Yes it is for a great cause but it also made me feel very special and loved in honor of my special day. It meant a lot to me that you made them for me and in my eyes you are all winners for that alone. With 28 birthday contest salutes here plus one on facebook, that is a total of $58 in donations for the Kids' Help Phone, so thank you for your support for such a worthy organization.
The first set of contest winners are based solely on numbers and then I had a "guest judge" help out with a few other winners based on creativity. I guess it is like figure skating in the Olympics... artistic scores vs. technical ones :)
I am first going to paste the final numbers so that everything is transparent... I would hate to be accused of cheating on my own contest :) (Please note that while the person with the most comments did sometimes comment on her own photo, even without her own comments she was clearly ahead.)
The winners are as follows:
Highest rating: (all these were tied at 11's so it is ranked by amount of 11 ratings)
1. geraldmac (12)
2. SamEdee53 (8) and terra88 (8) tied
Most rates:
1. Bella Latina - 175
2. JuStEaThEr - 100
3. SHADOW GUARDIANKNIGHT and peace AND all that - 17
Most comments:
1. Bella Latina - 171
2. JuStEaThEr - 35
3. SHADOW GUARDIANKNIGHT - 9
Most creative (according to myself and my sexy amazing guest judge):
1. Gymrat
2. peace AND all that
3. Midnyte Ryder's animated salute and FAERIEOG4L's animated salute
Again, a huge thank you to everyone who participated!
Much love,
Debbie