Read those comments! It's rather unanimous, isn't it? :-)
I never imagined my apple pie would take a blue ribbon. And I had a pretty ordinary collection of skeleton keys that I stapled to a board, and that took a ribbon in the collections category. But the best surprise story I've heard is that one posted by Betty62!! Great story, there!
And then I had other things I entered that ended up being just there for people to see, I can't remember what. I brought an antique end table once. I find it's fun just to participate. I like to see what people bring for the different categories at our county fair, particularly the art made by children.