artists 101: modern nature with eloise renouf

beautiful nature-inspired artworks by the talented eloise renouf!

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bravo nicies! 
thanks for all of your wonderful entries in the beautiful miranda britton jewelry giveaway! so excited to read about the lovely things inspiring each of you from the natural world! love it! in honour - hope you're loving the nature-inspired beauty of some of artist eloise renouf's brilliant works! love 'em!

now onto the congrats... 3 cheers for our lucky winner ... random.org's #694 - amanda davis light (sadly... no relation!)  author of the superfun blog primandpropah! congrats nicey - you've won yourself those gorgeous sterling silver earrings. enjoy!

which artists are you loving these days, nicies?  

check out all of the artists 101 stars so far: 

alex steinweiss 
noriko ambe 
lucky jackson 
taylor holland 
shigeru ban 

jeanette johns

emily barletta

kinnon elliott

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congrats!

congratulations paper banner | by cucuco

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yippee! it's our first congrats post of the year! 

woohoos today go out to our lucky random.org winner of the december *i love my sponsors* giveaway! 

yay to #912 : rachel e. wang! 

you've won a fabulous $25 gift certificate to the rikrak studio sponsor shop of your choice! 

be sure to enter to WIN our current fabulous giveaway: a gorgeous pair of $75 miranda britton sterling silver earrings! you'll love 'em! (on thru sunday!) 

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spreading a little CHEER!

cheer letterpress card | inhauspress

well happy-almost-Holiday time, sweeties!
thanks for the wonderfully loving support of the fabulous MEGA holidays giveaway!

and without further ado... 
here are our lucky winners (thanks to random.org!)

prize pack A:

#1887: 

jasanna 

prize pack B: 

#773

karen Z.

prize pack C:

#142

birgit lehner

prize pack D: 

#2482

julia c.

prize pack E: 

 #3641 

madalina bibi

thanks to everyone who played! & a special thanks to our beautiful sponsors!

 

 

 



 
 

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yay & hurry! hurry!

yay letterpress pennant card | the iron curtain press

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congrats to the winner of the november *i love my sponsors * giveaway:  # 621

wild flower child! 

you've won yourself a $25 shopping spree to the sponsor shop of your choice!

and kiddies:  JUST 1 MORE DAY to enter & win the rikrak studio MEGA giveaway, with prizes valued at over $600! hurry hurry!

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celebrate everything!

 celebrate everything print by AmandaCatherineDes

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indeed. 

celebrate everything.

hope you had a great weekend lovelies!

i'm sending along 2 big congrats today to our latest rikrak studio blog winners!

{one} 

congrats to random.org's #51 suzanne gregg - of house of plush! you've won the wonderful crazy uncle art studio's $50 gift card giveaway! (love your sweet shop by the way!) 

and 

{two}

congrats to #853: kaytee stephens:  (love your fun pinterest boards, kaytee!) - you've WON the october *i love my sponsors* $25 shopping spree giveaway!

thanks to everyone who played!

excitingly, you can still enter november's $25 shopping spree *i love my sponsors* giveaway AND tune in thursday for the BIGGEST giveaway of the year! woohoooooo!

happy celebrating (the big and the small, right?) 

k.

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look what YOU won! {part 2}

yay! i love being part of giving great handmade goodness away! this is the 2nd part in a fun new blog series of what YOU nicies have WON here on the rikrak studio. (so many amazing sweeties have offered the funnest ever prizes here over the years. )

IF YOU'VE WON SOMETHING FUN ON MY BLOG, PLEASE DO SEND ME A PICTURE OF YOUR PRIZE (AND YOU WITH THEM, IF YOU FEEL KEEN!) to rikrakmail at yahoo dot com and i'll feature you, too!) 

let's spread the handmade love! 
(& speaking of giveaways ... just enough time to enter to october *i love my sponsors giveaway* too! yay! )

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efrat jewelry

chose this beautfiul handmade fox brooch for her daughter

from fine dolly lolly

when she WON the 

giveaway: 2012 handmade world cup!

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tofu fairy's brain pile

chose these beautiful  candles

by theme fragrance

giveaway: the april 2012 *i love my sponsors* giveaway

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amy's crafty shenanigans

chose these fabulous printed fabrics

from sarah waterhouse

giveaway: the june *i love my sponsors* giveaway


and... speaking of great prizes, sadly one of the winners from our fabulous MEGA birthday giveaway was not contact-able. (please be sure to leave a current email, nicies!)  alas ... so i'm redrawing it! congrats to random.org's #997 - malinda of animegirlie - you've WON the MEGA birthday giveaway prize pack C! it's a great one!

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and the winner is...

congratulations awards: a little handmade book by goldencatstudios

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congrats to our latest rikrak studio blog winner ... random.org's lucky #246 ... emily robinson! you've WON the fabulous ReComputing giveaway!

thanks so much to everyone that entered!

and great news ... just incase you didn't win this time... still a chance to WIN the fabulous october *i love my sponsors* $25 gift certificate to the sponsor SHOP OF YOUR CHOICE giveaway, on now!

hope you have a lucky day!


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congrats!

lots of happy goodness to dole out this fine morning, sweeties!

thanks to everyone who entered both of our most recent giveaways!

1. congrats to the lucky random.org winner of the beautiful jacaranda designs earrings giveaway: #293 - maycily! such cute designs - like the adorable necklace at the top of the page!

2. congrats to the lucky random.org winner of my *i love my sponsors* $25 shopping spree for the month of september: # - 875 - the lovely lubaska!

hope you'll love your prizes!

and tune in wednesday, for another FABULOUS new giveaway! woohoo!

how was your weekend, cuties?

we had some superfun here & here. 

yay autumn!

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be lucky & what's coming up!

be lucky letterpress print by honeycomb print shop

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yay!

thanks so much to all of the many many nicies who entered our fun 3rd annual MEGA birthday giveaway BASH here on the blog! what a party it was, with over 3000+ entries!

thanks to the amazing sponsors who made the over $450 in handmade goodness prize packs sooooo fabulous!

 

here are the lucky random.org #s!

winner of prize pack A: 752 : della

 

winner of prize pack B: 691 : anna

winner of prize pack C: 2896 : sarah

winner of prize pack D: 2616 : jahje

winner of prize pack E: 1392 : krysia

hope you'll just LOVE your gorgeous prizes, nicies.

thanks to everyone for playing!

 

and don't forget:

1. there's still time to WIN the *i love my sponsors* $25 shopping spree giveaway!

 

2. i'll be hosting another MEGA giveaway in november ... let me know if you might like to be part of the sponsoring fun! 

( rikrakmail at yahoo dot com ) 

 

3. my rikrak eco shop SAMPLE SALE is happening now! great time to shop early for the HOLIDAYS, with savings of up to 60% off!

 

3. TUNE IN TOMORROW for a fabulous BRAND new giveaway!

woohoo!

 

 

 

 

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custom family portraits

how-to cross stitch family portrait via marthastewart.com

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family is a magical, mysterious thing sometimes, isn't it?

i've been especially inspired this week about how-to depict family artistically thanks to the amazing TIMO handmade. 

don't you just love this martha stewart project with custom DIY family cross-stitch artworks? wow!

how do you capture your family's unique nature creatively?

we'd love to hear!

AND... speaking of family, congrats to the WINNER of the TIMO handmade $40 gift certificate giveaway #105 jo of *the hungry crafter!* {what a gorgeous blog you have, nicey!}  ... now you can buy your own wonderful handmade family!  

PLUS ... still a little bit of time to enter 2 other great giveaways happening here on the rikrak blog: 

ENTER TO WIN :  the handmade world cup ( a $30 gift certificate giveaway to the Etsy shop of your choice!) - voting for this FINAL ROUND closes thursday!

ENTER TO WIN: the june *i love my sponsors* $25 gift certificate giveaway! 

have a great day, nicies!

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inspiring!

get up print by vaporqualuer

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what inspires you?

we asked you to share your inspirations on the languid lion giveaway & i just loved reading your charming answers, sweeties. thanks for that!

so onto the inspiring winner!

congrats to random.org's #41 ... maribel of eight tree street! you've won a $50 shopping spree to the lovely languid lion shop! 

thanks to everyone who played!

and don't worry - there are lots and lots of other great handmade goodies to WIN this week here on the blog!

ENTER TO WIN :  the handmade world cup ( a $30 gift certificate giveaway to the Etsy shop of your choice!) - voting for this final four ROUND closes saturday!

ENTER TO WIN: the june *i love my sponsors* $25 gift certificate giveaway! 

ENTER TO WIN: the lovely TIMO HANDMADE $40 shopping spree!

hope it's a most inspiring day, sweeties!

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congrats + 3 amazing giveaways!

congrats

congrats to our latest rikrak studio blog winner ... it's random.org's #279 marija majerle {check out her beautiful flickr photostream here for hours of loveliness!} you've won the havok designs $35 gift certificate giveaway! can't wait to see what you choose!

3 giveaways!

plus we've got 3 other FAB giveaways happening right now, too, nicies!

ENTER TO WIN :  the handmade world cup ( a $30 gift certificate giveaway to the Etsy shop of your choice!) - voting for this ROUND closes wednesday!

ENTER TO WIN: the june *i love my sponsors* $25 gift certificate giveaway! 

ENTER TO WIN: the lovely *the languid lion* $50 shopping spree giveaway!

have a happy day, cuties!

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congrats

yay to our latest winner, infiniteblubird!

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congrats to our latest rikrak studio blog winner!

it's random.org's #1046 - allison of infiniteblubird!

supercute jewelry, nicey! what a fun shop.

you've won the may *i love my sponsors* giveaway - and a $25 shopping spree to the sponsor shop of YOUR CHOICE!

lots of other fun happening on the blog too!

don't forget to enter to 

WIN the havok designs $35 jewelry gift certificate giveaway 

(ends this friday!)

& 

 

and ROUND A closes friday for the the 2012 WORLD CUP $30 shopping spree, too!

yay handmade!

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where do you live?

 beautiful handmade places to live:
kellylasserre + selflesh

printparty + summersville

the haunted hollow tree + annasee

leahgiberson + broomhill pictures

stephanie levy + albiedesigns

aliette + blueday designs

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during the fabulous little red door giveaway...

i asked: * where do you live & what do you love about it?*

i loved reading folks' responses. here's a sampling...

 mulle wrote: I live on the top floor of a 5 floor builing in the city of Copenhagen, we have the most adorable view from our roof top terrace which I love... Just have a look at my blog, I can't stop fotoshooting it ;-)

katie wrote: i live in a beachy suburb of los angeles. i love that i can see the snowy mountains from my bedroom window, but then i can ride my bike to the beach. nature and adventure sports are all around and i can't imagine living somewhere else.

suki wrote: I live in a cosy little grey-brick house in Cambridge, UK, in a cul-de-sac street, with lovely neighbours and a long, narrow garden (which is my favourite thing about it!)

sylvia-louise wrote: I live in beautiful southern California. Almost all of my living space is dedicated to creating.

highwaycottage wrote: I live in New Zealand and I love it!! So much space and beautiful scenery, some which I can see from my back door. The hills behind the house are just getting their winter snow caps.

maegan morin wrote:  I live in a very very small town in Northern Alberta Canada. The thing that I love most about my little town is how small it is. With a population of about 700 everyone knows everyone and you never have to worry to much :D

despina wrote: I live in Thessaloniki, the 2nd largest city of Greece, with hundreds of years of history. I love the traces of ancient and Byzantine ruins and monuments throughout the city, as well as its lovely port

medoKartonski wrote: Live in Croatia, and the best thing is the sea

lara wrote: I live in Valencia, the third largest city in Spain and beautifully bathed by the Mediterranean. The best?? The weather!! A tad too hot in the summer, but perfect year-round.

themissus wrote: I live in Australia, the land of opportunity and hope. I love how friendly people are and how beautiful our beaches are. Travelling is great but home is where my heart is.  

windy cindy wrote:  I live in the house that our family built. We have been given the gifts of two wonderful
sons, 26 years of marriage, an adorable Daisy
Beagle and lots of family and friends...

heather & nathan wrote: Oklahoma...where the wind comes sweeping down the plain!

homebird wrote:  I live in Cheshire, UK near to a beautiful river where Kingfishers dart past, Swallows swoop by and cheery people on their boats wave as they sail past.

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wonderful! 


.... so without further ado... congrats to random.org's #68... dannie of colour me fun! (love love love your bright & beautiful crayon sets, nicey! WOW!) .. you've WON the amazing little red door $60 custom village giveaway!


and wherever you live, you can ALWAYS enter to WIN the various fun rikrak studio giveaways here on the blog, like this fabulous one on NOW! 

where do you live, nicies?
what do you love about it? 

 

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look what i won + look what YOU won!

 

my fun new dancing shoes! (thanks BAITfootwear & sandyalamode!)

this morning the funnest package arrived!

though i love cheering on handmakers with great giveaways here whenever i can, i have to be honest: i really should enter other folks' contests MORE often!

but a couple of weeks ago i was enticed by the beautiful sandyalamode when i saw the vivid array of fun shoes i could choose from in her BAIT footwear giveaway.

and lo and behold - i WON!

much to my delight, BAIT has the funnest ever selection of primary coloured shoe-y superstars. the choice was a toughie - but my faves from the start are these cuties in cobalt blue. 

they are superfun and comfy, and so very well made! (and since you know my love of dandelions, i thought i'd show them off today in the photo above from our happily yellow & green park!) 

AND... much overdue, this starts a fun new blog series of what YOU nicies have WON here on the rikrak studio. (so many amazing sweeties have offered the funnest ever prizes here over the years. 

IF YOU'VE WON SOMETHING FUN ON MY BLOG, PLEASE DO SEND ME A PICTURE OF YOUR PRIZE (AND YOU WITH THEM, IF YOU FEEL KEEN!) to rikrakmail at yahoo dot com and i'll feature you, too!) 

let's spread the handmade love! 

(& speaking of giveaways ... just enough time to enter to WIN the little red door giveaway (ends tonight) & the may *i love my sponsors* giveaway, too! yay! )

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dana of made

won these superfun goodies from

block party press

strand redesign

&

amy may 

giveaway: one of eight gold medal prize packs in the 2011 handmade olympics!

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 marta of a bilingual baby

chose this gorgeous clutch

from

homemadebags

giveaway: the 2011 handmade world cup

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sandy a la mode

won this beautiful handmade moo moo

by

jules mae

giveaway: the jules mae giveaway

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