Meet the {newest} SHABBY GIRLS!

First, I must say a big and shabby, heartfelt THANK YOU to the nearly 40 talented paper crafters that took the time to create beautiful designs for submission to the Tea Room's latest Design Team Call.  We received nearly 40 stunning creations ... making our job very hard to narrow the field down to just TWO new Shabby Girls!

We so appreciate your time and talents ... and your willingness to share your creativity with others who share your passion for paper crafting.  This truly is a wonderful community that we all are fortunate enough to be a part of.  I consider myself very lucky and blessed to have such wonderful friends all over the world to craft with every day -- it doesn't get much better than this!  I so enjoyed visiting each and every one of your blogs to pour over your designs and was inspired to read over your follow up bio applications.  We had such a variety of paper crafting expertise levels ... from beginners to seasoned pros!  Each one of you are WINNERS in my book!

The Shabby Girls also wanted me to extend their heartfelt thanks for your lovely submissions ... they all really enjoyed spending time perusing through your blogs!  We here in the Tea Room just adore our followers and enjoy creating alongside you all each week!  Such a fun spot for inspiration, creativity ... and FUN :)

Okay, so with all that said, it was next to impossible to narrow the field of nearly 40 applications down to just two, so we are doing something a bit different this time around!  We've added a fun little {twist} to allow not only the two newest Shabby Girls join the team ... but we've invited an additional SIX designers to join us as well as Weekly Guest Designers ... and introducing a brand new program to begin in March - MONTH-LONG GUEST DESIGNERS!

Announcing the newest Weekly Guest Designers who will join the Shabby Girls:

6th Runner Up - Robin Shakoor!  Robin will be joining us as a Guest Designer in the Tea Room the Week of April 11, 2011!  

5th Runner Up - Lizzi Droege!  Lizzi will be joining us as a Guest Designer in the Tea Room the Week of April 4, 2011! 

4th Runner Up - Linda Langes!  Linda will be joining us as a Guest Designer in the Tea Room the Week of March 28, 2011!

And now, announcing the newest Month-Long Guest Designers who will join the Shabby Girls:

3rd Runner Up - Michelle Bala!  Michelle will be joining us as a Month-Long Guest Designer in the Tea Room for the Month of May 2011!

2nd Runner Up - Sheri Holt!  Sheri will be joining us as a Month-Long Guest Designer in the Tea Room for the Month of April 2011!

1st Runner Up - Deb Saaranen!  Deb will be joining us as a Month-Long Guest Designer in the Tea Room for the Month of March 2011!

Congratulations, ladies!!!

And ... without further ado, DRUM ROLL PLEASE!!!  I am pleased to introduce you to the NEWEST SHABBY GIRLS who will join our team on March 21, 2011:

Danielle Greenwood - Au Claire De La Lune

 

{Winner Week #47 - Get Creative!}

Kristin Wilson - Lilsweetpea's Place

 

{Winner Week #46 - Winter Wonderland}

Each of these ladies are no strangers to the Tea Room challenges.  We have been very inspired by their work and are confident that they will bring amazing energy and talent to the Shabby Girls' team!  I know you will love to be inspired by these girls' work each week.  I am looking forward to the next term of design work in the Tea Room ... won't you join us for some weekly FUN :)

Again, thank you to all that participated in this DT Call!  Looking forward to seeing more of your lovely work in the weekly Tea Room challenges!!!