Very Sad...

Hi, folks!

Last month, during Feburary, there was a death in my family.  A very precious person to me passed away, but I was able to reach her before she died a few hours later.  

I'm still hurting, it's still surreal.  But that's the way life is.  I know she's no longer in pain.  That I hold her memories dear in my heart and brain.  That's how I'm getting through this.

As for the thread that I've worked on.

There has been a steady decline in donors AND applicants.  

I've lost the desire to keep this thread, blog, going because it just doesn't excite me anymore.  I don't see any reason to be excited and happy.  Both tinsels and shimmerscales are pretty common nowadays.  

Maybe with the next Christmas raffle, there'll be a new prize dragon out, but this thread won't reopen for that.  

I've been with this thread through 3 versions, through a lot of changes, and it's time to put the thread to sleep.  

If anyone else wants to do a similar thread to mine, then they are completely FREE to copy any ideas, rules, whatnot from my thread AS long as credit is given where due.

Keep on spreading the love, please! 
~Sunny

Amazing End to 2013!

Over the year, there were 88 Tinsels given along with 192 Shimmerscales given.

There have been so many wonderful and generous donors that I just have to thank them all over again!

Thank you so much for being so generous and wonderful!

~Sunny

GOSH!!!!!

The shimmerscale lists WILL open on May 15, 2013!  The day you've been waiting.  IT is finally HERE!  7 days.  You have plenty time before TJ starts his release!  :D

Insanity or Sanity?

Today's almost the end of May 1.

And I'm like... woah!!!  Another month passed by so fast... I didn't even have time to notice going past me!  :D

Actually, more like, I was busy busy doing stuff like winning lottos, being gifted, etc etc etc - so that I have plenty of shimmerscales for when we finally open the shimmerscale lists later THIS month.

YEP!  I said THIS month!

I didn't do much news last month for various reasons.  Long story short, I was busy getting those pretty shimmerscales and having work on my mouth done.

I still have yet to get enough money to get the cavities fixed (I sure don't want my teeth to be lost and me have to deal with wearing actual full dentures before i'm even 40)!

Ah, well, that's not for here, that's for another place.  :)

So that's basically it.

Next post is gonna be me archiving the April gifts list.

With bright smiles!
~Sunny

Who are the new Secondary Mods?

I and my team of mods have settled on who we want for the secondary mods.

They are GCat (Kit for short) and Erithan along with two secondary mods from the old tinsel thread; Michelle and Evangeline.

Give 'em a congratulatory cheer!

Hope you four enjoy working on the Gifting of Prize Dragons thread!

~Sunny

Pretty busy week!

Lady Cat will not be on much this weekend and possibly not next week.  Internet woes.

Coyote will update when he has time.

I shall be updating when I have time, as well.

Planned for this weekend is a possible overhaul of the rules and faq post as I have gotten some interesting feedback and I think it is possible to modify some things so that it is easier to read, particularly for those who do not have native English skills or are not strong in English usage.

I'm quite pleased with how the thread is going, I believe that this thread has the capability of lasting for a LONG time.

Also, I may be moving this blog to a different account, instead of being on my account, so that in case of me being unavailable, the updaters will be able to take over as needed.

Some things need a bit more tweaking, I think.  Again, will be during this weekend.  :)

Blessed be!
~Sunny

March Madness!

We've started a new month already!  The tinsel breeding is slowing down, so I suspect we'll be seeing more people on the lists soon (hopefully).

You guys have been so wonderful about adhering to the rules that I just must give a shout-out to all of you!

The same goes for all you wonderful Gifters!!!

We gifted 38! gifts last month.   Let's see if we can't beat that this month, yeah?

I'm so blessed to be able to give you all a venue to find people you want to gift.  Or want more tinsels, etc etc.

On a side note: two more weeks are left before the moderation application deadline.  March 19.

So far I've gotten some excellent ones.

I need mods, not because of how slow the thread is moving along at this time, but because of the madness that will occur when I finally open the shimmer-scale lists.

So yeah.

Nothing else to say that I can think of.

Don't forget to adjust your time on March 10 - set it an hour ahead.  Yay to no more darkness at 5 pm!

Oh yes, March 20 is the first day of spring, and accordingly, the seasonal dragon will become spring that day until Summer kicks in.

~Sunny

Busy Bees!

There was a delay in updating, but that's because I had to confer with my team about some tweaking to the rules.

I've been a busy bee this week, as well.

It's all done so now you can be on a list for more tinsels, even if you ALREADY have that color.  Only applies to the Tinsel Breed, tho.

One of our mods has become an author in this blog - she will be introducing you to who she is, whatever she babbles about.   I dunno what she wants to say...

Stay tuned and find out!

~Sunny

Introduction of Gifting of Prizes!

This is a blog for the Gifting of Prizes! mods to babble on.  Each blog post will be signed by the person who writes one.  Myself, the primary mods, AND the secondary mods will be able to make a blog post.  

The reasoning for creating a blog?

Basically, this is gonna be a blog where you, the users, can get to know us mods better.

Also, I feel it important that you (the community) have transparency, as in, you can see what we're up to, why stuff is happening, who we are, so forth.  All that kind of thing.  

Users can make posts commenting on certain actions, asking for more clarification, so forth. It's all subjective, but pretty much a simple blog where you can actually communicate with the mods, get answers, so forth. 

At the end of each month, I will archive the list of the gifters into a blog post.  This way, everyone can always find past information.  

If there are questions that's frequently asked, I may end up adding those questions and the answers to them into the FAQ/Rules section of the thread.

The comments that I have been making in the "pretend" blog will go into the next post so that you all know what have been happening, when things happened, so forth.

~Sunny