Well my intention to have a TOP 10 blew right out to a TOP FIFTEEN for the @Home comp. It was TOO hard to decide.
Do
you know, I was just saying to the Support Girls that there wasn't one
entry that we immediately knew wasn't right for our team. We really did
take into consideration each and every entry.
It was lovely to
read each entry and gain a bit more of an insight into who each of our
applicants were, their thoughts, how they started out in this craft,
who they mainly scrapbooked about and their other crafty interests etc
etc... We visited blogs and checked out galleries and we all really
enjoyed the process.
But then came the tough bit.
Making a decision.
We ended up with a Top 15 (in no particular order) and I am thrilled to announce our @Home finalists are:
Sheree Forcier
Lisa Pate
Kirsten Northfield
Leanne Allinson
Bec Pullen
Ros Davidson
Ebony Van Der Starre
Jen Hall
Sharmaine Kruijver
Lorraine Vidler
Fiona Leehane
Leanne Love
Sophie Koschmann
Renee Ludlow
Kelly Walker
CONGRATULATIONS
to all of our finalists. Each of the girls now move onto Round 2 where
they have access to a private workshop and they will be busy bees and
create samples for the class. We hope to announce our new team members
around the 19 April 2010.
The
other sad part is letting those unsuccessful applicants know they
didn't make it to the next round. I HATE that part of the job. Its
tough to tell people they haven't made it and I want them all to know
it was a close decision and a tough one and we didn't take our judge-ly
duties lightly. We received far more entries than we anticipated and
the level of talent was very high.
Thank you to everyone who entered our comp...and we will announce our new team members very soon!