I posted this past weekend that I was disappointed that I hadn't won the designer contest at the Studio but I definitely felt that I was a winner in the overall experience. Right after the contest I was contacted my a fellow contestant who liked my design work and wanted permission to give my name to the store where she is selling. And the very next day a second contestant emailed me that she had talked to the owner of the store where she has sold for a long time and that the owner was interested in my joining the designers there.