Doll Diaries: Birthday Contest Winners

We've finally gotten around to announcing and awarding the winners of our birthday flute contest!

Category 1:
Fluted wild that looks the most like the horse of the day on Mom's calendar

The winner is Julie's Datong!

Julie got lucky with a birthday calendar page full of horses. The 2 chestnuts with large white facial markings in the background sealed the win for the Datong. Her blaze also looks quite similar to the blaze of the appaloosa in the foreground.

The competition in this category was not exactly fierce. None of the rest of us fluted wilds remotely the same color as our calendar page horses.

Category 2:
Fluted wild with the prettiest/handsomest profile artwork

The winner is my (Lily's) Groningen!

This one was difficult to agree on, since all 4 of us fluted quite attractive horses. Felicity and I even fluted the same breed this year. My stallion's gorgeous roaning pattern and his cool diagonal leg markings ended up giving him the edge over the others.

Felicity's handsome dapple grey Groningen was a close second.

Category 3:
Fluted wild with the coolest avatar

The winner is Felicity's Groningen!

HI2 avatars' crater rumps are always cool, and this contrast of dark on light is especially pleasing.

Julie's Datong, with her subtle dapples and not-so subtle dark legs, came in 2nd:

My Groningen, who is handsome but looks more like a light buckskin than a roan, took 3rd:

And Bethany's not-so-exciting but still pretty blood bay Furioso took 4th.

Category 4:
Fluted wild with the best personality

We didn't get any clear winning personalities in this one, like "Best Friend" or "Class Clown." Instead, we got 2 generic "Uniques," a "Competitive," and a "Know-It-All." By adding up personality stats, Felicity's Groningen has the highest total with +32. He also has the least number of personality traits on the left side of the personality scale.

So, even though know-it-alls are at times annoying, we'll give the prize to him.