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Matilda, you really are amazing, i hope you know that!

I can never manage to get my coloring to look that good, at least not imo. And the way you blend?? Even after more than 6 years of doing photoshop, i still feel like i can't blend for shit.

Do you think maybe, if you have the time of course, you could make a tutorial for how you blend & how you achieve such high-quality looking banners? And maybe a few psd's for your different colorings?

I understand if you don't have the time or just don't want to, but if you would consider it i would really appreciate it! [And I'm sure everyone else would love it as well!]

Okay... I had really hoped that one of you would have helped me out when i posted on the wall days ago asking if someone could please post the picks for me since i just couldn't get to them at the moment =/

I'm not trying to be mean, or to be bitchy or anything, but i just... it's kinda sucky that not one single person could help me out. I have so much crap going on in my life right now and yet i still try my best to keep up with everything. Just this once i really needed someone to count on.

It's not just this incident that is upsetting me though. Once again, nobody submitted any mottos. Not ONE SINGLE MOTTO. Nobody has suggested any themes...

I can't force people to help out.

That's why we will be keeping the new spot look for January AND February. Give everyone a break, and hopefully at the end of January when i make a pick to decide what the next theme should be, [for March] more than just the same 2-3 people will contribute SOMETHING.

And please, PLEASE do not have the nerve to complain. I don't want to hear any crap when not one single person gave a shit that i really needed some help. Nobody is going to die if the banner/icon stays the same for 2 months.

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Spot theme for May: Twin Flames

Banners/Icons & Motto suggestions are due: April 22nd

Just a reminder - If there is a specific quote that you think would be perfect for our motto [and it fits the current theme] MAKE SURE YOU SUGGEST IT!!!

What does the theme of Twin Flames mean?? - Well it's subjective, YOU can choose to interpret it however you choose!

To ME, it will be showing how much DE have in common - parallel scenes, scenes where the moment you saw it you thought, "Hey! Elena/Damon totally had a scene just like this!"

And of course it includes the PASSION they have!

*Also- I know there's not much time to submit & for that i apologize! I just think it's definitely time to update the spot =]

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Motto suggestions:

"Why am i thinking about you?" | "Because you're a vampire now, and part of you knows you're a lot more like me than you are like him."

"You and i... we have something, an understanding."

Elena felt like a flame. We were meant to be this way ... Like two flames that join and merge into one.

"She remembered him. He was the one who understood her, who loved her. He was the one she wanted to be with forever."

"The very thought of him seemed to warm her. There was a fire inside him that few people could see. She saw it, though. It was like the fire inside her."

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Winning motto: "She remembered him. He was the one who understood her, who loved her. He was the one she wanted to be with forever."

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Please go vote to decide if we should update the spot look!

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Ooooh and if you agree that we should, do you think we should use only S5 scenes, or mostly S5 with other seasons sprinkled in?

I thing Only season 5's happy scenes will be awesome, we had angst and all, now its happy time

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that would be awesome, I agree

I wouldn't mind a majority of happy scenes, but DE's angst is part of what makes them so amazing!

Let's have both then

That sounds good to me =]

Submissions are now open! - Banners/Icons & motto suggestions are due March 7th

Motto suggestion :

“At the center of it all was the diehard belief that Elena loved Damon, that she loved him more than she had ever loved anyone. Even before anything happened in our series, Elena had been touched in her soul by this man. She would always love Damon and she would never allow anything to diminish that love.” - Julie Plec.

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(omg I hope you guys aren't tired and annoyed I'm always the one trying to make banners)

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I'm really really late and these are awful but I wanted to try :)

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Well seeing as i totally forgot about doing the picks... lol thanks for the reminder!

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Okay guys, my sincerest apologies for forgetting about changing the look! But now that S5 has ended, it makes the most sense to have a fresh round of submissions!

So submit your banners/icons & motto's - the theme is Season 5!