June Content #1: Ancient Greek Odyssey

Some Squidoo pages are simply SUPERB in every respect, and almost everyone agreed that Ancient Greek Odyssey fits that description.

Greekgeek has shared her Greek travels and studies with us in an extraordinary and approachable way, with amazing photos, a travel diary and places that are the stuff of breathtaking fantasy and beauty.

Greekgeek is a prolific Squidooer, with an incredible squidbook, loads of interesting and helpful lenses, and is a valued contributor in SquidU with all manner of technical problems lensmasters have.

Congratulations, Greekgeek, for your First Place win! It really is well deserved!

June Content #2: Horatio Nelson

I guess it can't be helped: there are so many eggheads and history buffs on Squidoo, that plenty of us appreciate a great topic when we see one!

GordonJohns has built his great Horatio Nelson lens to give beginners a very interesting, concise introduction to one of history's most famous men.

His writing style is tight, informative and interesting. He has included eye-catching photos and plenty of resources for a student who wants to do some research on this amazing Admiral.

Congratulations on being one of the People's Favorites!

June Content #3: Tuscan Gardens

rms is another favorite Squidoo lensmaster, who has done some really fabulous other lenses! In this case, her Tuscan Garden Lens was a real winner over some very, very tough competitors!

The lens has not only directions, photos and introductory information about Tuscany and Tuscan style, she has given us recipes to use our garden herbs, spices and vegetables in a Tuscan manner, and even brought out incredible Tuscan garden items so you can have an authentic garden.

Here is another lens worthy of lensrolling, bookmarking, favoriting and emailing to all your friends. You can be sure someone you know will love this one!

June Commerce #1: All About Pantone Swatches

Pixelrage, an awesome lensmaster, took the hearts of enough lensmasters and jurists, with the ever so useful All About Pantone Swatches, that this lens could only be #1!

Pantone, of course, is the leader in color matching and is used by professionals in every conceivable field that relies on reliable color for their business. Pixelrage has made Pantone accessible and understandable for everyone, useful and a great reference.

We like that very, very much! Congrats Mark (Pixelrage), on another great lens!

June Commerce #2: Everything Tea at Collector's Cottage

Everything Tea at Collector's Cottage was another favorite commerce lens!

The lensmaster Collector's Cottage, has given us a collector's resource lens, with antique information, types of tea sets like limoges, and places for us to go to get exactly the collectibles we want.

It is a useful and resourceful page for tea lovers, which it seems that Squidoo has lots of!

Congratulations on a successful commerce lens!

June Commerce #3: Starwars Fan Site

Bdkz is a fabulous lensmaster, who managed to touch the heart of our jurors with her Star Wars Fan Site lens.

She gives us everything a Star Wars fan could want- great videos, party stuff, and the LINKS!

Another faboo destination spot on Squidoo for shoppers, fans and officionados...

We're not the only ones who think so- she got LOTD from headquarters too!

Congratulations on a fabulous lens!

Oops! Red-Faced!

I posted the July Contest Winners BEFORE the June!

This is what happens when I get behind....

Welcome to Our Newest Juror: rksmythe!

When we seek out jurists for the By Invitation Only jury, we know how important it is that the candidates be experienced, respected, talented and knowledgeable!

All of these things and more apply to our newest juror, rksmythe! He is a SquidAngel, a regular and helpful contributor to SquidU, and is relied on for great advice and support by our growing community of ebayers!

He has a fabulous Squidbook, terrific blogs, a great list of fabulous lenses and a great ebay directory group.

We are extremely pleased that Randy has joined the By Invitation Only jury- we are sure that he will be an incredible addition to our group and our project!

Thanks to our Retired Jurist: Dinodino!

Dinodino was instrumental and incredibly valuable in getting our contest off the ground. There simply isn't a better commerce lensmaster, more helpful Squidooer, or a more level head at Squidoo!

Dinodino has his own group, Concepts, Lot 10 Headquarters, from which ANY commerce lensmaster can learn a lot about interesting and graceful commerce lenses, and from his work you can easily see what a great resource he has been to the By Invitation Only lensmaster contest.

We want to officially thank Dinodino for his contribution to this contest, but also to especially thank him for all the terrific help he is around Squidoo and SquidU. All of us Squidooers have benefitted immensely from his insight and experience.

So, to say goodbye, I'd like to give you, Dinodino, this Irish Blessing:

"May those that love you, love you.
But if there is anyone who doesn't love you,
May God turn their hearts.
If that doesn't work,
May God turn their ankle,
So you know who they are when you see them limping!"

July Content #1: Bergen Belsen

Mugshot's lens Bergen Belsen is an excellent example of the hand-built, personal knowledge and experience lenses that make Squidoo such an interesting place!

Pages like this remind us that what may seem 'distant history' is still living and breathing, and still affects individuals among us. Perhaps we can all learn to value our experience of the historic times we live in right now, and bring our own experience of these current events to a Squidoo page.

Personal experience lenses help us to make Squidoo a 'knowledge depository' in a new way, perhaps even better than Wikipedia. It is an 'oral history' in text, with photos, intimate knowledge, and an historical perspective that should not, and need not, be lost with the passing of generations.

Congratulations, Mugshot, and thank you for sharing such important information with all of us!

July Content #2: Keep Your Child Safe!

Sadiepal is another new Squidooer who has crammed an important page FULL of content and great resources!

Squidoo has an incredible line up of lensmasters who love children, who bring their best all about children to Squidoo, and who will appreciate Sadiepal's lens Keep YOUR Child Safe as part of the treasured resource Squidoo can be!

It is quite a broad lens, from notifications of missing children, to resources to help parents protect their child, to great outlines of things to discuss with kids for prevention purposes.

We look forward to seeing more of Sadiepal's work for children in the future! Congratulations!

July Content #3: Money Origami

Money Origami is My Funny Money's only lens, but it is a delightful addition to the Squidoo line up!

In hindsight, his page is almost prophetic, as the money situation on Wall Street and in the global economy has gotten 'funny' and nobody is laughing!

However, if you'd like to add value to your own dollars, he's got some great links, interesting pics and lots of resources for you! He uses his Squidoo lens to promote is own website, which is a primary reason to have a Squidoo lens, and he's done a really fine and focused job on bringing us some interesting, light hearted and focused niche content. Congratulations!

July Commerce #1: The Powerball Gyroscope

Comprehensiveness is another important quality of successful commerce lenses, and Dutchblogger has really outdone himself with his beautiful lens Powerball Gyroscope!

Some of us are definitely gadget addicts, but need a little guidance to use them well, and Robert has included all that we need to know in this commerce lens. It is beautiful with the photos, useful with the videos, and helpful with his take on what the Powerball Gyroscope is best used for.

Congratulations, Robert, on a fine commerce lens!

July Commerce #2: Christian Children's Books

A destination site: isn't this what we hope our commerce lenses will be? Our #2 Commerce winner, WaterWalkerPublishing, has created a real destination site at Squidoo with his Christian Children's Books lens!

We envision this site as being a page that parents with children will visit again and again, looking for the next fabulous Christian children's book. It is also a page that fans of Scott's books will send all their friends to, to share what they value so much.

Scott is another of Squidoo's top lensmasters, with commitment, beautiful pages and a clear and convincing eye. We can be very proud of such a consistent and talented lensmaster at Squidoo!

July Commerce #3: Find the Perfect Quiche Pan

Giddy Gabby's particular style comes through all her lenses, even her commerce lenses! It is personal style that makes commerce lenses so appealing and, we hope, profitable!

Giddy Gabby made her first commerce lens: Find the Perfect Quiche Pan, which seems to have been universally enjoyed by jurists, visitors and voters alike as of the cut off date.

Like so many of our contestants, their wonderful personalities shine through their pages, and we believe that as Squidoo grows and gets attention, it is this in particular that will make lenses successful.

Congratulations, Giddy, for your third place amid so much awesome competition!