Don't forget that there would never be Picture Perfect Challenge had it not been for bella. She came up with this brilliant concept and executed it on several occasions. It was stellar succes from the word go.
Although I was running things this time,
and thank you to everyone who was very appreciative - it would be a lie to say it didn't make me feel very nice, it was just walking in her footsteps.
So, thank you bella first and foremost, then thank you to everyone who embraced the challenge because as som-U-ne once said to me, even the most brilliant ideas remain just ideas if they are not brought to life.======================
What next?
There was a discussion about this before, bella herself started it after the last challenge she moderated and I actually did come across that thread when I was preparing for this event. I'll try to find it again.
In short, my views are as unchanged: I am a huge fan of the challenge (I wrote about it
here) and would like to see it become a sort of regular thing on the forum. I would also like to keep the air of anticipation around it, so I'd like few of them per year only - perhaps seasonal (Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter).
That's partly why I was waiting either for bella to start another one in her time (or someone else) or until now to revive the whole thing myself although ideas were brewing in me for months - but e.g. every 3 months would be great, especially because the creative juices would be flowing around potentially 'stale' months (July - middle of new season, or January - right after Xmas excitements when things are rather slow).
I think too much too often would be a bit - well, too much. Perhaps that's just me, I'd like to hear others on this. Also, I must admit, all my focus is mainly on PPC during challenge weekes, time- and effort-wise and I see very little of the rest of the forum. So to keep the same level of dedication to threads, while the rest of my regular life needs taking care of, would be both virtually and practically impossible.
That is of course unless someone else doesn't want to take things over. I don't assume this as my challenge in any respect, I just wanted to revisit that kind of fun as before, and if anyone has any final say in this - again, I think it's the idea originator herself.
Last but not least, I have several ideas for topics and would like to see them in action as well. In fact, I bet we all had thoughts of might be the next great topic.
So, to sum it up:
- yes, let's have another one
- my personal reference is less is more - frequency: approx. seasonal
- can bella run it herself?
- if she can't, I can offer to doing it instead, but I can commit to the same level as now only every 3rd month.
- if someone else wants to do it more frequently, I'll support you as much as I can.
