The first Blog-Off for Babies contest has concluded and I think it was a raving success!   Yes, we had some problems with timing, and schedules, and injuries even, but on the whole, considering it was the middle of summer and schedules are busy, everyone put forth a really great amount of effort and I think we all had fun of some sort or another.

And now…on to the winners!

Tied for 3rd place with 12 overall votes each, Lea from Move Along and Julia from Randomly Yours, Julia:

Lea from Move Along

Julia from Randomly Yours, Julia

In 2nd place, with 15 overall votes, yours truly:

Yours Truly

And in 1st place, with 18 overall votes and almost 20% of all votes, our new Blog-Off for Babies winner, Rebecca from Iowa City Quilter!!!

Rebecca from Iowa City Quilter

Congratulations to the winners and especially to our first place winner, whom had never blogged before this contest.   Not too shabby for a beginner!   I think she has a long career in blogging if she chooses to keep it up!

Rebecca will receive $40 of the prize money and I receive $10 myself.     The other $50 will be donated to the March of Dimes in Rebecca’s name and the Blog-Off for Babies to help support mothers and their born and unborn infants in proper nutrition, educational materials, and support.     Nothing like saving a baby!

A big, big thank you to everyone who participated in this contest — you are the ones who make this fun and enjoyable.   I hope you all had a good time and along the way stretched your blogging skills a bit and maybe found a new blogger or two that you want to follow from here on out.

If you have commentary about how this blog-off was run, postive or negative, please let me know — it’s always good to know what you could do better the next time!   And, speaking of next time, I’ve heard some feedback indicating that some of you wouldn’t mind doing this again, so let me know if that’s something you’d be interested in.    If you’re just a reader this time but wish you had been a writer, let me know that, too, and we’ll keep you in mind for the next one!

Congratulations, everyone!