I think I only entered 3 or 4 sets into the contest, for the most part, just stirring the pot. And, you upload quite a few yourself.

I liked nearly all yours a lot, it's a shame they all weren't eligible.

Fantastic job, everyone. Nice contest indeed.

GMC, that was a compliment not an accusation,

thanks Spencer, much appreciated.

and not taken as such. Think the excuse for the contest was to get some material uploaded, you did your part, just was mentioning that.

All I know is that they were all nice and now there is a lot to choose from. The contest did it's job.

Cool, afraid you were offended/.

Thank you... I was online this morning and wanted to write some words- sadly I only had very little time because I had to get to the university... this is a very cool 30th birthday gift for me - Yes i turned 30 today
Im Happy about the first place of course but  would like to congratulate everyone else who participated in this mini competition.
I now have enough buttons for all my fav. skins hehe..

It is hard to work on such small space and i was surprised by the buttons and the level of creativity in some of them ID already named some of them:

I loved "Parisienne8 by BoXXi - Sountox by c242 and Triffid by Stramp"

GMC- uploaded some great great minimal buttons : to name a view you should definitely check out is "Glass Button Set6",Tempered,Chachet8...

Best idea RND - to be honest my first button was a lock... but not a ignition-lock -very cool!

Now excuse me i have to get back and maw the lawn before my guests arrive and we start the BBQ ^_~

Why, thank you Roloccolor, what a nice thing to say!  

I can see why you got first place though, you got a lot of detail in a very small space, very high quality as well!    

I wish I could have added the sound of a starting engine...lol. 

thanks for the plug Roloccolor, your's was a tough one to top.

Many Congrats to the winners of this contest! You all did a great job. It was a great idea to spur uploads of material to go with Start8! Everyone did a great job & should continue as this does help dress up a some what lacking & dull OS. We must push MS to allow greater customization of it's system & make it more exciting to use. It's to their & our benfit and those who use these systems to spur creativity. What good is it to have Windowblinds, Photoshop, Paint shop pro, Gimp, Paint.Net, Real Draw or any other graphics program if you can't use it!? Are we reduced to just making buttons? Or will that disappear too? Xp Logon customization disappeared with Vista. Now DX. Windowblinds?  Yes give the casual user options but always include the imaginative user the option to tickle others fancy. Makes good sense money wise too. It doesn't take an idiot to see the direction they are headed and it shows in sales. There are no artistically creative individuals in MS & those in charge have lost touch with their base. They push us we need to push back. Some day you won't even be able to put up a background pic of your kids, pets, wife/husband, departed loved ones. Where will it end? In us being obsolete. On a different note I want to very graciously thank Jim "Redneckdude" for his gift of a WC subscription after getting a prize he so thoughtfully knew I couldn't afford it & gave out of his heart and never forgot me. He has been a very great inspiration to me. I am thankful for him & so many others in this & other communities who have encouraged me & given their time to help me become a better artist. We all must give him our prayers & support for his upcoming surgery! He will definetly be on my front burner always. He's a good man. Thank you Jim!

Oh and thank you Roloccolor!

Congrats to all the winners.

I know I'm late but I missed this last month.

  @ #27.