Aaand that's it. Again.

[lavvyan.livejournal.com]

The third round of holmestice is officially over and done with! 56 participants worked their little fingers off to create some awe-inspiring fanworks, in some cases with record speed. You're all amazing, thank you so much!

If you would like to hazard a guess as to who may have created a particular gift, you're welcome to do so in the comments of this post.

The Masterlist for this round will be posted on January 1st (yes, despite certain fannish happenings that day; no, we will not change our schedule; no, please do not post your work anywhere else before the list goes up; yes, I will happily answer any questions you may have in that regard; yes, the list will go up extra-early in the day to make sure you can archive in peace). Again, we encourage you to catch up on your reading/marvelling and to perhaps leave the odd comment if you find something you've enjoyed. Please, if you're one of this year's participants (even if you had to drop out) and someone created a gift just for you, do take the time to thank them for it. Comments are love. :)

Thank you for participating, cheering, commenting and lurking, and a happy Holmesian Solstice to you all!

Comments

[winter-hermit.livejournal.com]

Thank you for all your hard work in making this exchange possible!

[lavvyan.livejournal.com]

Thank you for participating!

[thisprettywren.livejournal.com]

I just wanted to say first, thank you, lavvyan, for doing a fantastic job modding this.

And a big 'thank you' to all the writers and artists who contributed. I've been SO impressed with what's been posted; everyone has done a wonderful job! I'm really looking forward to seeing the reveals on Jan 1.

And hmm, it seems like there's something else going on that day that I was looking forward to... something fandom-related.... oh well, I'm sure it'll come to me. :D

[lavvyan.livejournal.com]

Thank you for participating! And really, I couldn't do this without colebaltblue, so a lot of thanks go to her.

We've had a great round. As long as everyone had fun, we're happy!

Something fannish, you say. Hmmm... Well, whatever it is, I'm sure it's not important. ;)

[colebaltblue.livejournal.com]

Awwwwwwww, you're too sweet.

And somethings happening Jan 1st? What? Did I miss a memo or something? (j/k, j/k)

[lavvyan.livejournal.com]

Says she who knows how much I'm cursing behind the scenes. ;)

Oh, didn't you know? The new Ritchie movie gets released in Lithuania on Dec 30th, so there'll probably be fic from that corner of fandom on the 1st. Also, I hear the Australian fans have preparatory watch-alongs for their release on the 5th. Or something. Do you know, I never got the point of staggered release dates.

[cathedralcarver.livejournal.com]

Thank you SO much for another wonderfully run Fest! So many beautiful stories/drawings were produced. I had a great time -- thank you :)

[lavvyan.livejournal.com]

If you had a great time, that's really all we ask for. Thank you! :)

[yeomanrand.livejournal.com]

Thank you so very, very much for this; it was tremendous fun to participate for the first time. :)

(Sorry about the slightly inapropos icon, but it's the only Sherlock one I have...)

[lavvyan.livejournal.com]

Thank you for participating! As long as you had fun, we're happy. :)

[eanor.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much for hosting this gift exchange! :-)

I have had a great time reading all the entries (though I still have to catch up on some)! I especially enjoyed the huge variety of fic, may it be from different canons or completely different types of stories. That was very refreshing. :-)

Well done, everybody! Now let's play a little guessing game to shorten the time until January 1st. ^^

[lavvyan.livejournal.com]

Thank you for participating!

And yes, the variety of works is one of the best parts about this exchange. :)

[mainecoon76.livejournal.com]

This was wonderful once again, and I didn't have nearly enough time to appreciate it. There's a lot of catching-up to do, and so many interesting fics out there! Art too, of course, but that doesn't take so much time to look at...

Thank you so much, dear mods, you're marvellous!

[lavvyan.livejournal.com]

Tell me about it! I'm hoping to read at least a few stories before I have to get back to work. Everyone has been very prolific again this time.

Thank you!

[lavvyan.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Virtual cookies are among my favourites. ;)

Ah, yes, if the internet weren't full of shiny things, I'd have to wait ages (German here) and suffer through hideous dubbing on top of that. Brrr.

[breathandflesh.livejournal.com]

It was wonderfully fun to take part in this exchange! So I'll just quietly join the horde of people who are very grateful for your hard work, and for that of all artists/authors as well, obviously. Although I'm a bit of a lurker (sorry about that orz), I did check all entries and there were so many wonderful surprises. (:

[lavvyan.livejournal.com]

Thank you, and we were happy to have you as a participant! :)

[mistyzeo.livejournal.com]

Y'all are heroes. Thank you so much!

[lavvyan.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :)

[colebaltblue.livejournal.com]

Awwwww, thanks!

[raina-at.livejournal.com]

A big thank you and cheers for the mods! Wonderful exchange, beautifully run. Thank you!

[lavvyan.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much!

[colebaltblue.livejournal.com]

No, thank YOU! We're glad you enjoyed it. Warms the cockles of our hearts.

[who-is-small.livejournal.com]

You are a fantastic mod and a clever and funny hoomin! Thank you for letting me play, even though I keep getting dropping the ball <3.

[colebaltblue.livejournal.com]

But you bring such enthusiasm and good cheer to the table! <3

[methylviolet10b]

A huge plate of virtual cookies and heaping amounts of thanks to you, fantastic mods, for organizing this once again! I had a ton of fun, and have so many fics to catch up and read from this fest!

[agent-era.livejournal.com]

I was glad to create something even though I signed up too late.

[goldvermilion87.livejournal.com]

Thanks for all the hard work. I enjoyed the fest immensely!

Any chance we could get a list of authors for those of us who want to play the guessing game?

[brighteyed-jill.livejournal.com]

Well done running this awesomeness, mods. Thank you for all your hard work! Now, off to do some quality reading before the reveal!

[billiethepoet.livejournal.com]

Thanks mods! This was my first time participating in a gift exchange and it was fantastic. You ran a tight ship and it was well worth it.