super sleuths!

supersleuthy finds:
tail wind wool plaid cape
sherlock holmes girly doll pdf pattern
sherlock photograph
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elementary my dear watson glass pendant necklace
custom bookplate rubber stamp
sneezy sheets
sherlock holmes teapot
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psst.
over here.
rikrak studio readers: your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to ALL quit your day jobs and become sleuths!

that's right! hang up your 9-to-5 hats and cloak yourselves in fashionable spy-ware and gosh ... embrace that inner detective!

last week i challenged you to uncover which fun celebrities were behind the 8 autographs i gave you! fantastic figuring out, nicies! bravo!

the results are:

1 Sofia Coppola - famous director
2 President Barack Obama - famous politician
3 Bono - famous musician
4 Margaret Atwood - famous writer
5 Audrey Hepburn - famous movie star
6 Sidney Crosby - famous athlete
7 Oprah Winfrey - famous host

i thought a couple were legible, and the others totally not (like my own wonderfully messy, impossible-for-even-me-to-read handwriting!) but wow - you nicies guessed 'em!

as promised, this challenge's super sleuths are (with a mini-feature!) ...





supersleuth #1: Cinnamon Breeze is a sweet little shop that mixes housewares, accessories and fun vintage finds! love these typography-adoring coasters of hers in this sweet little pouch! and over on her lovely blog, i know you'll enjoy her wonderful articles, such as her sherlock-inspired (yay sleuths!) nostalgia posts!

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supersleuth #2: ulixis - she's a wonderful artist & scientist who can now add *supersleuth* to her credentials! visit amanda's lovely shops for jewelry for all occasions , paper creations & sewn sweeties! she's a real nicey and i just love her superfinds she posts on her lovely blog, too.

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supersleuth #3: pulp & paisley: ahhh... a little visit to the shop of pulp & paisley and you know she's a kindred supersleuth spirit: a wonderful love of discovering prints and textures and patterns; an avid thrifter, mommy, sunday-afternooner. love it! (and she lives in one of my fave parts of ontario: prince edward county - yay sandbanks!) ... be sure to check out her lovely jewelry collections, and follow her fun tweets here.

and supersleuth #4: L'ubasa! congrats on figuring them all out, too, nicey! she's such a great sleuth that she keeps all of her links hidden! wise to do, spy genius!

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and yes... as in all things, i learned a good lesson myself.
folks suggested that next time i have you email me your answers. good thinking. i thought by having folks post here it'd be more likely we'd all participate. but i can appreciate that once some guesses were up - it was awkward repeating. so thanks for the suggestions!

live and learn. learn and live!
that's what sleuths need to do!

thanks to everyone who played.
and look for another fun challenge next week.
til then ...
1) don't forget to enter the *bunny with a toolbelt* giveaway.
&
2) send me your eco-friendly submission ideas.

have a weekend filled with figuring-out, uncovering great stuff, and super sleuthing!

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challenge: autographs!

page from a vintage autograph book via playingwithbrushes
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i've always been fascinated with people's signatures.
how about you?

i find the real study of handwriting analysis an interesting one, although i personally know nothing of it. in cyber world, i think the fonts we choose to use are a bit like mechanical autographs, but nothing really can replace a real, life handwritten message or signature in my mind. two fun things to do today, handwriting lovers:

1) a fun little challenge for you! (there's a PRIZE!)

below i've included 7 famous-folk signatures. let's see if you can, for fun, decipher whose is whose! i have very illegible handwriting most of the time, so i love seeing other's signatures! some seem earier than others!

in no particular order, here are some clues:

a) all of the people are alive, except one.

b) the autographs belong to, in no particular order:

a famous athlete
a famous writer
a famous musician
a famous politician
a famous movie star
a famous host
a famous director

c) the athlete & the writer are canadian.
d) 3 are men, 4 are women. enter your guesses below.

whoever guesses the most right will win a mini-feature on the blog next week! yay! if there is a tie-for the most correct, i'll try to feature as many of you as i can! yay!

autograph 1 .................

autograph 2 .................

autograph 3 .................

autograph 4 .................


autograph 5 .................

autograph 6 .................

autograph 7 .................

{i apologize. i know i'm usually a stickler for linking to sources, but just for the next couple of days i'm leaving the links off. i'll come back and add them after the answer reveal so they'll all be TRUE guesses! yay!}


2) hop on over to quiztron for this non-scientific glimpse into your own handwriting style. i scored a *smart and intelligent* based on 8 questions. hmmmm.... oh well... i'll take it... but i wonder what the *other* results might be? eek! tell us your results below! waddaya think? Pin It