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!
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.
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.
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!
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!
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
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
More softies campaigning for the vote!
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:
Russia
South Africa
The Netherlands
England
Scotland
Australia
USA
Italy
Hong Kong
Portugal
Uruguay
Isn't that cool?! If you're a Finalist, and I've missed your country, please leave a comment and let me know.
Voting is underway and so far, as of 6:30pm NYC time, 1390 people have voted in the Softie Awards!
I also wanted to share some of the finalist's creative self promotion - so hysterical and a great idea!
The caption under this said he 'thought' he was the King of the softies!
And I had to post this one too because he's keeping up with The Softie Awards online!
