And the Winners are ...

Drum roll please! And now it is official: The inaugural contest of my  #BROKEtheINTERNET polyvore group -- 2016 #Valentine'sDay giftguide-- is over and the winners are in. (applause!!! big ones are in order) No, I don't have a presenter and and envelope but I have one better ...

I am posting the amazing creations of all 12 Winners and the 3 runners-up in their full glory plus bonus selections.

So without much ado the WINNERS of the 2016 Valentine Day's Gift-Guide contest are:

First Place:

Valentine's Day Gift Guide by parkersam76

Second Place:

Valentine's Gift Guide by debraelizabeth

Third Place:

Heart It by beebeely-look

CONGRATS to @parkersam76, @debraelizabeth and @beebeely-look. You are amazing!

Yes, I did expect that it would be a lot of fun to have a contest on this subject and also fully expected that I would be blown away by the creativity and keen sense of style of my poly-friends (after all this is polyvore, babeee!!!). All of my expectations, however, fell short on two things. First, the sets, I mean all the sets-- were JUST SPECTACULAR (as you can see). I don't say that lightly. If you have ever spent more than 10 minutes on polyvore you know that along with the stop-you-in-your-tracks sets there are a lot of sets that are just average. Well, in this contest every single set (EACH OF THE 172 submitted) was a standout. Thank you guys for being so creative and inspirational!!!

So continuing with the winners:

4th Place:

Happy Valentines 2016 by gabriele-bernhard

5th Place:

Valentine's Gift idea's by efashiondiva7

6th Place:

Happy Valentines Day to all! by chelseaco featuring slip on shoes

7th Place:

W I S H L I S T by l1vza

8th Place

 

Valentine ♥️ by bellamonica

9th Place:

He is SO Worth It! by michelletheaflack
 

I have to confess that, within the contest, I realized that I looked at sets with different eyes. Since I spend so much time on polyvore I do know and recognize the style of many of the participants but until this contest I did not fully grasp how distinctive and unique in their approaches each one is. What a revelation!!!

And back to the Winners:

10th Place:

Blind Date by nicolevalents

11th Place 

eyes #3 by annikaburman

12th Place

Don't play with my heart! by bonadea007 

As you can see all of these sets are so amazing -- it was so difficult to chose but I had to. So, I am not stopping at 12 winners.

Presenting BROKEtheINTERNET bonus: three runners-up and one additional selection in each of the following categories: (1) artistic merits, (2) technical difficulty, and (3) off-topic favorite. An explanation is in order: Polyvore does not allow for runners-up or for winners in special categories, so I am anointing those here. (Wooohh the power of moderating .....)

Runners up in the 2016 V-day gifts guide contests are:@ bonadea007,  @fullerflowers, @luxxdesign



For technical difficulty I am voting for:

Emanuel Ungaro by diva1023

 For artistic merits:

#559 by uptodatefashion-julia

and for in the slightly off-topic favorite category our winner is:

Don't forget to love yourself by triciamcmillan
 

WOW! What a dazzling display of beauty, skills, and creativity. Thank you All and here is the link to all the amazing entries.

And for those of you who are not on #polyvore, well now is the time to hop to it. Any of the links above will take you to the profiles of these amazing ladies and from there is all up to you...

Love, mimi