Okay, so I was looking through the entries and it's so hard! I've narrowed it down to two for first place and the second place has been decided!!! It's so hard to choiose so I think I'm going to need your help for first place!

Here's the entries and why I liked them:
for first place:
"Big Ruby Love" by [link]
Hm...I liked this mainly because it did represent Ruby very well. Ruby is a stone that is a way to show love, like valintine's day. It's a more playful love, though, like this picture shows. The art work was really good and it just had the whole theme of 'Ruby' written all over it! Very cute. Hm...I wonder if the artist knew some of this...lol.
that was a tie with...
"Emerald" by [link]
This was hard to judge because it's a piece I hold dear to my heart. So I had to take it as if I had no idea what it was for and as just a piece of literature. The reason I like it is plainly because of the fact it DOES represent the scene very well. Emerald is also a stone of love. Figures, eh? It is a more serious, almost hidden and unknown love, though. Which is perfect for the scene. She probably didn't know this when writing it but it works.

SECOND PLACE WINNER IS...
"Onyx" by !!![link]
I really liked this in many ways. The contrast was good, the artwork, and how you used all the different colors that the gem stone, onyx, was amazing. It really did represent the stone well.

So second place could really mean third in this situation...but we'll see. We might just have a rank of one first and two second place!

Yes, these three are concidered the winners but please tell me which should be first place, keeping in mind what I saod about why I liked them! This isn't a vote, just trying to help me choose!

I DID love ALL of the entries! They all had there own uniqueness that made it so hard to judge! Everyone will be featured in my journal for awhile!

thank you all!

(Oh, and for anyone wondering...I am now 16! I got an beautiful ALEXANDRITE ring. My parents know me way too well)