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cue the national anthems!
ready your handmade banners!
get out those cameras!
here come our medallists!
ready your handmade banners!
get out those cameras!
here come our medallists!
welcome to the 2010 handmade olympics medal party celebrations!!
so glad you could all attend! what a fabulous month and a half of handmaking amazingness it's been!
while you're taking your seats... i've just a few words i'd like to share!
(what olympic event would be complete without a speech?!)
cheers to everyone who nominated, cheered on and encouraged others in handmaking, as part of these fun events!
over 15000 individual votes were cast (i *think* that might be more then voted in our last election! :) {you nicies should run for office the way you've inspired grassroots cheering like this! amazing!}
ah, how folks LOVE the handmade community! your enthusiasm was inspiring! the events were created in the hopes of celebrating handmade, and what a celebration you all helped to create!
congrats to ALL of the fabulous nominees, the amazing folks shortlisted for each event, and now, to our medallists!
thanks to everyone who played.
hope it encouraged you, at the very least, to get your wonderful work out there, and to cheer on others in our lovely handmaking village! whether you played, voted, created or cheered, i think we all play a great part in building our amazing handmaking community, together!
thanks for being part of it!
indeed, most of all, let's take a cue from those *other* olympic athletic competitors to achieve our own handmaking bests... dream big, weather the ups & downs, keep trying, surround yourself with great, encouraging folks, and most of all... believe in your self, your creations, and your fabulous work!
without further ado... as nominated by YOU, shortlisted by our fabulous judges, and voted on by YOU, our medallists (whose prizes total over $2000 worth of handmade & vintage goodness) in the 2010 handmade olympics ARE.....
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gold: typography soap by soapylove
silver: clutch purse by made by hank
bronze:TIE reusable vegetable bags by wonderthunder &
organic tree bark vessel by charlotte hupfield ceramics
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silver: clutch purse by made by hank
bronze:TIE reusable vegetable bags by wonderthunder &
organic tree bark vessel by charlotte hupfield ceramics
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gold: Princess and the Pea Set by Treefall Design
silver: Indoor Play Teepee by Moozle Home
bronze: Woodland Mobile by Pink Perch
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silver: Indoor Play Teepee by Moozle Home
bronze: Woodland Mobile by Pink Perch
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gold: telephone wire earrings by lalipourie
silver: pistachio shell flower brooch by reloveddesigns
bronze: eco wedding dress by threadhead
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silver: pistachio shell flower brooch by reloveddesigns
bronze: eco wedding dress by threadhead
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gold: Handwoven Superwash Wool Sweater Rag Rug by fiveforty
silver: Wings of Iris Necklace by jewelera
bronze: Zen Bordeaux - girl and women linen shoes by LaLaShoes
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silver: Wings of Iris Necklace by jewelera
bronze: Zen Bordeaux - girl and women linen shoes by LaLaShoes
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gold: Lucy from Attic 24
silver: Hearts for Haiti
bronze: TIE: Margaret from The Resurrection Fern blog
& The Toy Society
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silver: Hearts for Haiti
bronze: TIE: Margaret from The Resurrection Fern blog
& The Toy Society
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gold: instant party by bunny with a toolbelt
silver: love gnomes by sewn Natural
bronze: rub ons by yaelfran
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silver: love gnomes by sewn Natural
bronze: rub ons by yaelfran
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gold: feeling stitchy
silver: the long thread
bronze: pins + paper
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woohooo!
in the event of two nominees coming within one vote of each other, i awarded a tie. ;)
i look forward to featuring some of our fabulous medallists in the upcoming months.
and i especially look forward to continuing to cheer on the handmade community!
personally, i've found myself a whole bevy of amazing new artists to adore, and happily rediscovered many faves! and thanks to the many of you who have told me you've loved them, too!
so grab a beverage (i'm on my 4th coffee!)
take a visit through the medallists fabulous work, meet some new handmaking friends,
and enjoy the celebrations!
thanks, nicies!
what a fabulous party it's been!
thanks again to our sponsors:
adorn+cherish
alex keller
artisan clay
blomma finds blog
blueshinebaby
chakrapennywhistle
craftgasm
crafterall
crow+iris
dot handmade
empty nest
fluur
the framed frog
funkey monkey company
green violet vintage
hazel & harlow
jadite kate
june shin
kalla studios
karuski
little bit of pretty
the little red door
lucindas nice things
luttrell studio
michele maule
michmade
mousetrap vintage
open stock party
paisley baby
papermode
the peach tree
plushroom soup
polarity
pom love
remaker
rikrak
rikrak studio blog
rj charms
small grapes fabrics
tangente
themefragrance
too aquarius
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silver: the long thread
bronze: pins + paper
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woohooo!
in the event of two nominees coming within one vote of each other, i awarded a tie. ;)
i look forward to featuring some of our fabulous medallists in the upcoming months.
and i especially look forward to continuing to cheer on the handmade community!
personally, i've found myself a whole bevy of amazing new artists to adore, and happily rediscovered many faves! and thanks to the many of you who have told me you've loved them, too!
so grab a beverage (i'm on my 4th coffee!)
take a visit through the medallists fabulous work, meet some new handmaking friends,
and enjoy the celebrations!
thanks, nicies!
what a fabulous party it's been!
thanks again to our sponsors:
adorn+cherish
alex keller
artisan clay
blomma finds blog
blueshinebaby
chakrapennywhistle
craftgasm
crafterall
crow+iris
dot handmade
empty nest
fluur
the framed frog
funkey monkey company
green violet vintage
hazel & harlow
jadite kate
june shin
kalla studios
karuski
little bit of pretty
the little red door
lucindas nice things
luttrell studio
michele maule
michmade
mousetrap vintage
open stock party
paisley baby
papermode
the peach tree
plushroom soup
polarity
pom love
remaker
rikrak
rikrak studio blog
rj charms
small grapes fabrics
tangente
themefragrance
too aquarius
Woohoo!! Big congrats to all people who got nominated and big cheers to all the medal winners!
ReplyDeleteYou were an amazing host, Krystal! Well done for spreading so much handmade love! :)
Congrats to everyone! This was such a nice idea, k. That had to be a ton of work to coordinate, so three cheers for you, too!
ReplyDeleteCongrats to all of the winners! There is an amazing array of talent here.
ReplyDelete~Stephanie
Congrats to the winners and special congrats to fiveforty for already selling that rug!! YAY FIVE!
ReplyDeletewow, I am soooo chuffed to have been included in this fabulous competition, such fun watching the voting :o)
ReplyDeleteThank you ever so much for organising it all Krystal, you did an amazing job.
Looking forward to hearing from you, my email should you need it ...
lucyshouse@hotmail.co.uk
Lucy@Attic24 xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Congratulations to all of the winners! This was a great bunch of Indie Artists! Thanks for organizing everyone, Rikrak!
ReplyDeletewow, I am soooo chuffed to have been included in this fabulous competition, such fun watching the voting :o)
ReplyDeleteThank you ever so much for organising it all Krystal, you did an amazing job.
Looking forward to hearing from you, my email should you need it ...
lucyshouse@hotmail.co.uk
Lucy@Attic24 xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Congratulations to all the winners!! Incredible job Kristal! You should feel very proud of all your hard work!
ReplyDeletewowowowwwwwwww!!!!!
ReplyDeleteAdorable contest, thanks a million to all people who have voted and to you, wonderful RIKRAK!!!!!!!!!
LOVE
Yael
yay! congrats to the winners :)
ReplyDeleteFabulous contest Kristal, thank you for all your hard work!! You are a sweetie pie!
ReplyDeleteThank you to the fabulous emmarts for nominating my rug!
Thank you to everyone who voted for me!!
Congratulations to all of the wonderful winners!!
Thanks so much Kristal, we're very proud of our bronze medal for nicie stuff! Congrats to all the other winners.
ReplyDeleteLove The Toy Society xoxo
Thank you for all the fun we had! It was so exciting! :)
ReplyDeleteThank you for all the hard work you've done and for the great opportunity you gave us to show our work!
Congratulations to everyone!
Fabulous works of art!
ReplyDeleteWow! Congratulations to all the winners! It was a really fun contest :)
ReplyDeleteCongratulations Winners!! Many thanks to Kristal for organizing the whole thing..you ROCK!!!
ReplyDeleteWow, congrats to all of the winners and to all of the nominees. This was such a fun event to be a part of and I can't even imagine all of the hard work put into it from kristal. I found so many new favorite shops and blogs to keep on the bookmarks.
ReplyDeleteAlready looking forward to next year's event.
xoxo,
Mary
YAY! CONGRATS, WINNERS!
ReplyDeleteYay! Congrats to all the winners! This was so much fun to judge - but so hard to pick just a few!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to all the winners! And a big thank you for Krystal for hosting this amazing challenge!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations everyone! Awesome winners and what a huge amount of votes!!!
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to welcome madebyhank to my shop for their prize!
Fantastic crafters all around!
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