Annie Hiew, winner of Enveluv Christmas Card Design Competition, wants to express her heartfelt thanks to everybody through Enveluv Blog.

Here goes Annie Hiew:

Joining this contest has been a bit of a rollercoaster ride for me. I never would have anticipated that what began as an idea for a simple wallpaper for Christmas, would turn into arsenal for personal attacks and to fuel a tiny flame war in the blog comments section.

There are a few entries that I really liked, like design #9 and #35, and I’m unabashedly in awe of Cubbie’s talent as an artist. I would be lucky if I had half the talent that she has as a digital artist. I do know that we both share one thing in common, and that’s having really great friends.

With that being said, I would not have won this competition if not for the undying support and their almost fanatical cheerleading from the following list of people. This list is not exhaustive by any measure, but I genuinely thank all those who have voted for me from the bottom of my heart. I apologise if I have left out anyone or any group of people.

My boyfriend, Ckchew. Thanks for getting all your friends, colleagues & family to vote for me, and getting their friends & colleagues to vote for me too. Especially your colleagues @ MRE who forwarded your “vote campaign” to everyone in their contact list & also for their daily votes. Special thanks for Leong & Imran who sent SMS to their friends & family to remind them to vote for me. (Ya, you owe them a lunch. ;)) Thanks to your friends for setting on their MSN status & messaging a daily reminder to everyone on their MSN contact list.

Ckchew’s brother & sister. Tri_c, thanks for your posting in forums (www.wiseautoclub.com, www.icehifi.com ) & setting your MSN status. Thanks for getting all your friends to vote for me. Special thanks for your friends who posted in a few other forums too. Lenglui Yee Jeh, thanks for sending all the messages in Facebook & your daily votes.

My brother & sister. Thanks for the emails & MSN reminders to your friends at Segi College & Nilai College.

My ex-colleagues - NGC. Annice, Koo, William, Lengchye, Don, Too, Wai Keong, Hoong Ann, Zaid, Eugene, Shawnae. Thanks for the daily votes and setting a status on your MSN/Yahoo. Koo, thanks for getting your friends and colleagues at SingTel to vote for me too. Lengchye, thanks for your extra 3G votes.

Shirni & Marcus. Thanks for spamming all your friends in Friendster & MSN. You’ve got so many supportive friends and all that extra help was great

Jin & Dawn. Thanks for your daily votes & daily reminders in MSN. Your support throughout the contest was so lovely & sweet.

Jo. Thanks for getting all your friends and family to vote for me, and getting THEIR friends to vote for me too. Especially your mom, voting even when she was flying around Europe and China. I’m sure your friends will be glad that this contest is over No more bugging for votes from you. A HUGE thanks to all your friends and family for tolerating you, and for their votes, and to their own marketing efforts as well. Oh, and thanks for stopping by at Starbucks for voting. Your YM screenshot is crazy btw! THANKS!

Jasmine (Jo’s sister), thanks for putting it on your facebook, your MSN, your google talk, your email signature, and getting all your friends (and their friends) to vote as if it was your very own entry instead. Your friends commented that it was their daily routine to come in to the office and register a vote :p My sincerest thanks to all of them.

Bear (Jo’s brother-in-law), who got people at SWMUD to vote for me and also putting it in your facebook and google talk. Thanks to all your friends, including those on your “Spam Of The Day” mailing list.Friends from Johor. HueyYuh, Alex, KokPeng, HenYong, Gior, Erica, Julie, KangHong, ChengLK, Thanks for the daily votes & getting all your contacts in MSN,Yahoo to vote also. Alex, thanks for getting your colleagues in Singapore to vote for me too.

Friends in my YM,MSN,Friendster,Facebook. ahming, Sewerside, CheeYew, Melvin, Camry, Johnny, Kaster, San, JiaPey, Mindy, Caryl, Keat Hong, Sunny, Zara, exiang. Daniel, Ethon, Robin, Carson, Annex, Jeff, Alexander, Alicia, Allan, BoonHong, Esther, Felix, Phua, KarJun, Santha, Amril, Karim, Roland & ShonHock . Thanks for your daily votes & reminding your friends in YM,MSN to vote for me everyday. AlexLim, thanks for the *oh-so-sweet* daily routine to vote for me.

It’s really mind boggling how fantastic all you guys were to me, and how you were getting friends, and friends of your friends to vote for me.

Finally, thanks to the people at Enveluv. Their support throughout this competition has been great. You can count on me to spread the word about your nifty service.