GAWD I'M SLOW. Sorry guys.

You can see by the post date that I *tried* to get these done before RL went nuts on me a month ago, lol.. Oof.

At any rate, long overdue, but here they are!

CONTEST WINNERS

Beverages:

• 1st Place - Choose from ( http://www.menewsha.com/images/items...8d75339b4e.gif Perfect Pastries CI + http://www.menewsha.com/images/items...f9fb667dad.gif Bubbly Celebration CI ) or [gold] 4K gold - Sushi_Mew's Strawberry Float!
  Such a cute, yummy summertime treat!
• 2nd Place - [gold] 1750g - zigbigadorlube's Spiked Shirley Temple!
  I could see Vicky really enjoying the marshmallow vodka in these before realizing how very much alcohol it has. [lol]
• Runner-up - [gold] 750g - Nephila's Cherry Buzz Punch!
  Energy drink + Rum.. sounds like something Peeblo might have had a hand in! ;D

Appetizers:

• 1st Place - Choose from ( http://www.menewsha.com/images/items...8d75339b4e.gif Perfect Pastries CI + http://www.menewsha.com/images/items...f9fb667dad.gif Bubbly Celebration CI ) or [gold] 4K gold - zigbigadorlube's Bacon-wrapped asparagus pastry sticks. Impressive to gaze upon and probably taste amazing! Perfect wedding food!
• 2nd Place - [gold] 1750g - Shadami's Personal Pita Pizzas - It's always smart to have a familiar option for folks who might be afraid of asparagus, too ;D - I'm sure these would be a hit!
• Runners-up - [gold] 750g - Seito's Smores Brownies - The brownies will always get eaten. Crowd pleaser for sure! Also,
• evilcupcakecat's Homemade Soft Pretzels, because homemade soft pretzels. [drool]

Main Dishes:

• 1st Place - Choose from ( http://www.menewsha.com/images/items...8d75339b4e.gif Perfect Pastries CI + http://www.menewsha.com/images/items...f9fb667dad.gif Bubbly Celebration CI ) or [gold] 4K gold - Nephila's Stuffed chicken breast with bacon, Garlic herb potatoes, Honey peppers.
  Another perfect mix of fancy and BACON! [drool]
• 2nd Place - [gold] 1750g - TaiyoTsuki's Cheddar & Broccoli Stuffed Turkey Burgers
  These look sooo tasty! Relatively healthy too, which is a nice plus when serving a crowd of loved ones. :)
• Runner-up - [gold] 750g - Nola's Chicken & Broccoli Stir Fry
  I loved how colorful this dish was! Looks yummy!

SPECIAL CATEGORY: Cake Topper!

• #1 - http://www.menewsha.com/images/items...509b70e828.gif - Seito's Origami Mayor and Vicky - Phenomenal folding, girl!
• #2 - 2k gold - zigbigadorlube's Stuffed Felt LOVE Heart - Perfectly Vicky! :)

SPECIAL CATEGORY: Wedding Cake

• #1 - For the Hooch - Sushi_mew's Pink & Red Fondant Cake
  This came out so perfectly clean and lovely - looks like a pro job! Great work!
• #2 - 5K gold - Kasumi Ocada's Mini Tier Hearts Wedding Cake
  The colors and style of this cake are so cute! I appreciated all the different shades of frosting you made up & liked that we could see remnants of the red velvet cake-carving off to the side in the photo - can tell a lot of work went into sculpting it!

---

One last thingie! At least half the staff appears to be on some form of hiatus currently & I don't want you to have to wait even longer for your medals, so here are MY three favorite-for-personal-and-not-necessarily-Vicky-related-reasons entries:

Overall Staff Belly Favorites:

• #1 - http://www.menewsha.com/images/items...faebf87aa7.gif - zigbigadorlube's Strawberry Wedding Cake.
  I really, really liked this because of its elegant simplicity. For me, if it were my own special lovey celebratory event, this is the cake I would want. It's pretty much perfect, imo.
  
• #2 - http://www.menewsha.com/images/items...4dcd6f4fb2.gif - Shadami's Wedding Cake
  I loved this because it was the first cake entered when it felt like nobody would be brave enough to try, and because it's imperfect and kind of crazy to look at but undeniably full of love. I want to squeeze you, Shadami! [glomp]
  
• #3 - http://www.menewsha.com/images/items...e8e4e2073b.gif - TaiyoTsuki's Cheddar & Broccoli Stuffed Turkey Burgers.
  I still want to eat this every time I look at it. That's impressive, right there! [drool]