Hello Everyone!

Here it is Saturday night already! Well after putting a lot of thought and consideration into all the designs, we have finally decided on a winner.

And the winner is...#67 by penflare!

But as I wrote and described in the above comments, I am SO thrilled with the results, that I would also like to award 4 "runners-up".
#74 by hoshimo
#109 by fix
#102 by DoodlesGraphics
#126 by SMT

I am very interested in using these winning entries also, for different marketing events, etc. So I would like to contact those designers for further options.

Once again, what a joy it was working with all of you. Best luck to each of you in your endeavors, and thank you for your participation in mine.

Be well,
SP.Dough

Hi Everyone

I haven't forgotten! I am just running them by friends/family, and getting some feedback. It will be by all done by Saturday at the latest, I promise. Thank you for your patience with this very difficult decision.

Be well, and I will be back soon,
SP.Dough

WOW, I am overwhelmed by all the great people, with so much great talent! You have all done just wonderful and amazing things here. I truly had no idea how this would all turn out, and you all came, and conquered.

In fact you have all done so well, that I have completely reevaluated the how, where, and why I would be able to use so many great designs.

So with that in mind, I would like to award more than one "winner"! It is my understanding that the system currently only allows for one designated "winner", but I am hoping that I can have, and name several second and third place winners too. Again, it is my understanding that I am able to contact you individually regarding a private purchase of your design, and then I can add notes into mine and your comments section to allow for the acknowledgment of designing a winning piece.

The contest closes in just about an hour, and then my work really begins...the choosing! After the final choices have been made, I would like to contact those of you with (for lack of a better term) second/third rankings, and discuss the possible purchase of the design you submitted.

As a final note, I really and truly want to thank each and every one of you. This has been a wonderful, fun, exciting, exhaustive, and inspirational week. I ran to my computer everyday, excited to see what had come into the contest. And I was never disappointed. So Thank you, Thank you, Thank you...and I look forward to seeing you all down the road in another contest!
Be well,
SP.Dough

Thank you so much to everyone! I am having such a hard time choosing, I would actually like to choose several, but I am unsure how to do that at this point. So if anyone has any suggestions how that could happen, I would appreciate the info.

But back to all you fabulous designers' that have really done such amazing work and re-work.
I plan to re-work the 4 star designs to show the updates/re-works then I will comment back on individual pages.

Thanks to all, and thanks to all the new participants too!
SP.Dough

Hello Everyone,

I am overwhelmed with excitement for so many of these designs. I just can't say enough great things for all of you. And I can't say enough thanks either. Truly great. ok, I guess it is time to narrow this down to the 4 star selections, and get a bit of 'fine-tuning' done so I can agonize over the final decision.

My thoughts: I will post the 4 stars, and send each a separate post for any final tweaks, and then...I can start thinking the final choice.
Have a great day,
SP

WOW, WOW, WOW!
I am just thrilled with this second (3rd ?) round! I am Loving the colors! The burgundy/gold/black/white combo is really becoming my favorite!
THank you SO much for all your efforts, i am going to sleep on all these lovely ideas, and I will get busy with responses and 4-Stars selections.
Just Huge thanks to all involved, have a great evening,
SP.Sough