a Mr. Color book giveaway with the modern sybarite!

{ all images by michael arnaud.}

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love vivid, tantalizing colour? 

me too!

well it's your lucky day, nicies!

design superstar carleton varney's latest book is brilliant! " Mr. Color: the Greenbrier and other decorating adventures " is filled with BIG BOLD COLOUR. Varney is a legend " for his inventive use of unexpected color combinations and for creating bright, happy interiors." 

love it... that sure is a fabulous thing to be famous for!

"Mr. Color" dances off the coffee-table with over 300 gorgeous photos by the brilliant Michael Arnaud.  and now... a signed copy can be YOURS!!!

the very generous art expert & design guru richard rabel (a.k.a. * the modern sybarite*  - be sure to check out his 3-part guests posts here on the rikrak studio} is giving away a copy of Mr. Color to one lucky reader! fantastic!

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WIN a newly released copy of Carleton Varney's 

 {Architectural Digest's "Dean of Design" } 

 book Mr. Color.  

The copy is signed by the author as presented 

by the Wall Street Journal. List price $95 US.

:: PLEASE NOTE ::  

each entry must be its own comment.

thanks!

1. visit the glorious *the modern sybarite* blog & leave a comment there on your favourite post.

come back here and tell us.

=   1 entry

 

2. in the spirit of Mr.Color, tell us what colour combos you're loving these days.

= 1 entry

 

3. subscribe to the modern sybarite blog  via rss or email.

= 1 entry

 

4. follow BOTH richard {he's @modernsybarite } AND the rikrak shop (that's me! @therikrakshop )  on twitter

... & tell us.

= 1 entry

 

5. tweet on twitter

... about this giveaway and come back here and tell us! be sure to include @therikrakshop so i can find you! 

= 1 entry PER DAY

 

6.  follow or burn the rss feed  to the rikrak studio blog

... & tell us.

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7. blog about this giveaway

... come back and tell us.

= 1 entry

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each entry must be its own comment.

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:: RULES ::

a) it is possible to have numerous entries total per person.
b) please make sure to leave each entry as its own comment. thanks!
c) using random.org, 1 winner of the modern sybarite giveaway will be chosen on friday, november 11th @ 11pm EST.
d) open to contestants worldwide.
e) please be sure to leave me an email where i can reach you if your account doesn't link to one. thanks.

 

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handmade red, white & blue

 paper flower pushpins by LBCpaper

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happy july 4th to all our lovely handmaking friends in the usa!

in honour, thought we'd all share some of our favourite handmade reds, whites & blues.

so show us what you make, 
or add the work of another amazing another artist!

just add a link to the item with the magical widget!

have a colourful day!

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paint chip love

 

 

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embroidered paint chips :: lisa solomon

fabric paint chip placemats :: avril loreti
 origami butterflies :: laylaloustudio

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oh the infinite possibility that lies in a paint chip!

a chance for domestic change &  newness &amp in a pretty little swath of colour.

i'm obsessed with paint chips these days. we've repainted the guest room here {stay tuned for fun DIY before and afters soon!} , and  up next is  my mom's bedroom for a little colourful pick-me-up! 

so it's paint-chips-taped-to-walls-in-every-room!

i saw avril loreti's gorgeous new paint chip placemats earlier this week (yet another brilliant fabric design by that superstar!) and thought a round-up of paint chip art & projects was inspiringly in order!

why not live with beautiful paint chips everyday!?

have a paint colour you're lovin' lately? 
i'd love to hear.

have a colourful weekend, sweeties.

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notebooks :: magnusjournals

 art :: Zipper8Designs

 flag bunting :: natashaearly

art print :: paperstories

DIY mobile: homemadesimple

DIY card holder :: designverb

DIY poster project :: kitschy-boo

stitched card :: daniellehope Art

 clock :: oh and the world spins madly on

magnets :: crab apple design

DIY wall project :: sally tv

 colourful wall :: pinterest

 

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the ekphrastic challenge *revealed* : part five

:: row 1 :: larimeloom + mojospastyle

:: row 2 :: nauli + pulpandpaisley + ikabags + vadjutka

:: row 3 :: magichands +beautybysaria + vilte + fleurfatale

:: row 4 :: woodbyderaud + awkward + madfishmarket

wonderful imaginings, nicies!

love the tones and hues you all incorporated in this round of the ekphrastic challenge!

here's what you all came up with, inspired by Paul Signac's pointillist superstar Sandy Seashore. 

gorgeous! just gorgeous!

AND as an extra special thank you, cheers go out to 2 wonderstars: the wonderful vadjutka + the amazing fleurfatale - who each created a piece especially for the challenge! woohoo!

wonderful, inspired work, nicies!

by vadjutka

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by fleur fatale

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greatest hits: with soapylove

what inspires you artistically & creatively? what would those inspirations look like visually? in this fun series, (please see the others here) ... i’ve invited some wonderful artists to share with us 4 images of inspiration in their artistic life, something of an interview in images! the guidelines were basically this: choose 4 visuals (something like your creative-stimuli *greatest hits!*) that you feel most inspires & expresses your art or craft today. for some, it might be a person, place or thing; a material; a pattern; a colour; a sound or song, etc. it might be a photograph, a drawing, a scan, etc. i’ve tried to leave it a bit open-ended so that we might better glimpse into these artists' motivations and their amazing, raw talent! today i’m delighted to present the next in the series : greatest hits with Soapylove!

woowee!
the instant i LOOKED at soapylove's amazing work i longed to be her colourful-loving-friend & i just knew we were kindred spirits {skipping happily through colour-iffic candy-coated daydream worlds!} spending a few moments browsing her gorgeous online shop a few years ago! wow!

her beautiful, design-savvy, delicious soapy creations are the stuff of vivid sugary-dreams and i just adore her beautiful creative aesthetic!

so i was excited to ask Debbie, the colourful-handmaking-soap-guru known as Soapylove, as a gold medal winner of our *handmade olympics* (remember her amazing event 1: fave innovative design winner: that fabulous typographic soap?! wow!) to share with us a little glimpse into what inspires her as a creative powerhouse! i've always adored her works, and her new line of boxed soaps are just .... WOW!

so get ready for the palette-of-springtime and , in her own words, soapyloves' greatest hits!

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#1: Delicious colorful desserts
because they tap into some of the most uncomplicated emotions we have - glee and excitement! I try to capture these feelings with my soaps using fun colors and scents inspired by sweets and candy. photo source

#2: Things that are painfully cute
like this adorable plaid fawn because anything that makes my heart leap in my chest gets my creative juices flowing! photo source

#3 Design
using color and a quirky style because I believe that life shouldn't be stuffy or serious! photo source

#4: KIDS
are a huge inspiration because their obsession with playing and having fun is a something that adults should never lose in themselves. If I can create something that reminds people how they felt as a kid, then that would be a very exciting achievement! photo by soapylove

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thanks so much, nicey!
and be sure to visit soapylove's beautiful shop, her wonderful blog (with all kinds of fabulous soap-making tutorials!) and follow her soapy delights on facebook & twitter! Pin It

colour-play: orange with a dash of white

let’s face it. i’m obsessed with colours. how ‘ bout you? colours on their own. certain colour combos. colours colours colours. hope you’ll enjoy this fun new series, featuring various colour combos, (and my obsessions wth them!)... i could never choose just one fave… so stay tuned for others! here’s the first: orange, with a dash of white

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oh orange…

how I love you!

and with a dash of white as accent… bliss!

I’ve had this new series written for a little while now, but when i noticed on etsy that today is happy Koninginnedag day (with such a great orangey front page earlier!) ...well…today’s the day!

gosh. i adore the colour orange.

it’s warmth and funness and clarity. and pair it with a little white? wow. so crisp and clean and .. wow!

we have a LOT of orange&white-ness in our home. we all just kinda love it.

and everything to do with rikrak? orange & white

and I love working with orange&white fabrics (sorry – you don’t get to see many in the shop – I keep them all, obsessively!)

so in honour… here’s some great spots to spot my addictive colour combo in action!

orange & white @ home

this beautiful child's room from martha stewart living 2005

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beautiful pillows by Olive

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orange & white Nordic design

(like sandiv999's thrift store find below)

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fashion fix:

pamela tang's beautiful orange linen dress

Amalia versaci’s rockin’ zipper earrings!

rosewebs fabulous recycled orange lawn chair clutch (seen above)

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great orange & white on the web:

two faves: etsy!

& now blogger, too!

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wonderful blogger as obsessed with orange as i am:

the fabulous *how about orange?*

(heavens – what a great blog that is!)

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in architechture

you could buy this lovely mid-century home: ( for only $1.995 million US!)

or for free: delight in UCI Florida's beautiful campus (wonderful photo by darkmatter)

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orange & white to eat!

top it all off with this scrumptious orange cornmeal cake

or the simple, beautiful delight of the amazing jek in the box 's oranges. (by the way - want the best dose of beautiful colourplay around? i'd highly recommend jekinthebox's most beautiful photostream. her photos: AMAZING!)

happy orange & white, lovelies.

what's your favourite orange with white thing?

what are some of your fave colour combos - i'd love to hear for an upcoming post!

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