with thanks to style at home magazine!

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such a big thanks to the lovely editors at the beautiful style at home magazine for featuring my pet Christmas stocking with a paw print (this one in oatmeal & ivory coloured eco felt) in their latest issue * 100+ favourite holiday ideas !*

such nicies to work with! i'm honoured!

so fun to be alongside martha stewart's  cute pet food scoops & jonathan adler's adorable cat bottle stopper as fun * furry friends * holiday finds!

do you ever buy or make YOUR pet a Christmas gift?

ours get pretty cutely spoiled around here!

have a delightful weekend, sweeties!

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you're the best letterpress card by SteelPetalPress

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oh lovelies!

thanks for being so gosh-darn great.

i have a bunch of overdue thanks to send out today.

first off... 

thanks to all of you. all of you who kindly read the blog, leave fun comments, play along and inspire me with your wise ideas and encouragements! you're the best, nicies!

sometime last week i hit 2000 google friend followers on the blog. woohoo! along with all you lovely *rss*feed-ers, email subscribers & other followers - that's such a thrilling #! thanks ever-so-much sweeties! it's a joy to know you're all here with me on the blog each day!

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next up ... i'd like to say a BIG thanks to all of those nicies who feature my works so kindly in their beautiful treasuries on etsy! i very much appreciate you including my goodies! i think that is no doubt one of the most important/lucky things that has helped my business to grow to where it is today. i'm so thankful for that!

and a special shout out to those seen here below, who included me in treasuries that went to the front page on Etsy way way back in november (i somehow missed thanking you all!)  many thanks to:

curiodesigns

freyamaclean

happy huismus

sweet little frostings

lexiloohooddesigns

xoxolesley

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thirdly (not a word, right? no worries!) .... thanks to the dear lovelies around the blogosphere:  i kinda don't know where to begin with all the thanks for the literally hundred-or-so  kind blog features of my rikrak eco stockings this past autumn & winter. to each of you who so kindly wrote about, blogged about, featured my work ... eternal thanks. it was an AMAZINGLY successful season of production and so much of that is due to the generosity of kind folks sharing my work with the world. so to the big sites, the growing blogs, the brand new nicies: many many thanks. the handmade community and our ability to cheer on one another is a fabulous thing indeed!

thanks to this dear handful 
who come to mind right away:  


apartment therapy 
apartment therapy again {so many thanks!}

hello craft
dog milk
sweet story press
interior life
ecokaren
handmade spark
mommyality 
hiyaluv
sandy alamode
domestic ease
in honor of design
blomma finds
try handmade 
calico & co 
hoot design

kindly guest blog spot on the wonderful *oh my handmade* blog. 

{featuring editor jessika's fun *handmade olympic* pics!}

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fourth ---> many thanks to you nicies out there for your lovely blog honours! it means the world to me! in the past few weeks i received 3 kind *stylish blogger* awards! many many thanks.

a special thanks to the lovely lovely vaida of VArt {such a lovely blog + i'm such a huge fan of her gorgeous handmade shop } ...

to the lovely domestic but not martha blog { so full of great energy & such vibrant blogger! }

and to the warm & wonderful creations by eve blog. {you're such a sweetie!}

i have to be honest ... i'm really bad at the next part : passing the baton ...

so ... since i'm so behind with these thanks , i thought i'd put the call out to all of you!

part of the award is sharing 7 things about me... so

you can read about 10 of my favourite things here. and i'll toss YOU the baton!

i thought it  would be fun to offer EACH of you a chance to share YOUR 10 favourite things OR 7 things about you, in keeping with the hopes of the award!

do a post (maybe you've already done one!) or link to a photo of something that's your favourite, LINK below and we'll all go visit!

can't wait to see yours!

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and last but not least ... many thanks to all of you personal cheerleaders out there! as you might recall.. it's been a tough time of it of late in the rikrak family. i really appreciate your kind cheers & hugs. it was especially warming to get word from the lovely anna of *in honor of design* that she'd nominated my blog for *favorite handmade blog* in * the lovelies.* this really thrills me, nicey. thank you so much, anna. you really made my day.

and thanks to everyone who's taken a second to vote! it's really an honour just to be nominated! (but i do adore reading all of your kind voting comments! many thanks}

{you can vote here!}

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alrighty. 

sorry it's so belated. 

but as my parents always taught me: it's never too late to say thank you!

big hugs & a superthanks to all of you, cuties!

hope your day is filled with gratitude. 

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happy friday, lovelies!
well, i have some long overdue thanks i'd like to send out today!

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1st
thanks to all of you nicies! your fun comments & followings & the like! i really appreciate it - i'm so lucky to have such a great bunch of folks with me in bloggyville!

square dot printable notecards by upup

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2nd
thanks so much to all of the nicies who've been featuring me in their lovely Etsy treasuries. a special shout out to those seen here below, who included me in treasuries that went to the front page on Etsy in the past 2 months. many thanks to:

cookoorikoo
rubywren
knitstorm
salalknits
akaCINDERS
monarchdancer
fleurfatale
felicitycrew
strandredesign
madametissues
betsy3
& the lovely etsy admin!

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3rd
i've been so lucky to have been kindly forwarded some sweet blog awards from a couple of lovelies. thanks to

the yellow finch designs blog
r-anne-dom blog
the cuteasabuggy blog
for the *lovely blog awards*

while i'm not so great @ forwarding them on,
please know how very very much i appreciate it, nicies! that's so sweet of you!

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vintage glam earrings by sweeter than me

4th
a special thanks to the lovely sweeter than me/KristinFriesen &wonderful buttercupbloom, who were my 1700th & 1800th Etsy sales respectively! as always, i send along some extra few goodies in those 100th packs, and i really appreciate them jumping in to be those folks! yay you nicies!

ecofriendly cashmere elephant by buttercupbloom

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lastly
a special thanks to the various lovelies out there who have so kindly been featuring my little rikrak goodies on their blogs & sites, lately, including:

apartment therapy: ohdeedoh
kid haus
mchen
etsyitemoftheday
olli&lime
babyology
clover & violet
amy quarry
& the sweeter than me rikrak giveaway (on now! you can win a fun rikrak quilty wallet!)

...to name a few. so many thanks!

have a great weekend, nicies!
with a thankful heart - thanks so much for visiting.
and happy summering!

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an *inspiring* little game! { part three }

sketchbook A

it's time again for another fun round of gaming! last month, we played part two, seen here.
so try your hand @ round three and be inspired!

the person who guesses the most correct matches wins a little feature here on the blog!

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i love games.
and i love seeing others' inspirations!

so here's a fun game for all of us.

i've become very fascinated of late with the idea of inspiration boards & sketchbooks & the like. i've seen images of many amazing sktechbooks dedicated to carefully collecting different little drawings & so-called "doodles" ...goodies that inspire the artist & their art! i love it!

i'm fascintated with how they look. how they feel, and what folks choose to add to them. i'm also interested in how they relate (or not!) to the artist's work! i love it!
so i found some of my faves in the blogosphere, and I thought we could do something fun with them!
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the FUN RULES:
take a look @ the images below (and the one at the top!) .... each sketchbook belongs to a fun artist whose work I’ve featured at the end of this post in the *the artists* section.

see if you can, without looking/researching, match the sketchbook to the artist. (i.e. A1, B2, etc).... please post your guesses below in the comments!

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each image links to the artists’ photostream... BUT try not to look until after you’ve entered your guesses. it doesn't matter if you're right or wrong - i just thought it'd be fun to try and guess!

thanks so much to the artists for sharing their amazing sketchbooks with us!

i’ll be posting the answers later tomorrow in a separate post. at that time, i'll also feature the person who commented with the most correct answers! so be sure to play! (*in the event of a tie, i will feature a couple of the winners!)

(but if you're REALLY eager to know which belongs to who.... just click on the photos!)

happy sketching!

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sketchbook B

sketchbook C

sketchbook D

sketchbook E

sketchbook F

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the artists!

artist #1: mondopanno

artist #2: senyol

artist #3: alanna risse / angrypirate

artist #4: ouou

artist #5: tad carpenter

artist #6: carina envoldsen-harris

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thanks! do you have a sketchbook you'd like to share with us?

leave us the link below: i'm looking for more to share for next time. thanks!

and don't forget to enter the fabulous bayan hippo's wonderful totebag giveaway, on now here on my blog! & thanks to everyone who's taking my survey! keep 'em coming!

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with thanks: to you & redbook magazine!

morning nicies!
happy tuesday.

this with thanks is going out to 2 wonderful rikrak supporters!

first: thanks so much to YOU & all of the rikrak studio readers. it's such a delight to read all of your fun comments, encouragements and sharings each day. while i may not always comment back, please know that i ALWAYS read your wonderful words .. and click away to follow your links, to see your blogs and adore your lovely shops, too! (i've discovered so many of my new handmade faves from folks who have commented on my blog! so fun!) so thanks. thanks for being part of the fun!



secondly: it's with a very thankful heart that i'm thrilled to say that the lovely editors @ Redbook Magazine have featured my rikrak coasters in this month's June issue! woohoo! so many thanks to the nicies involved. i'm thrilled!

thanks so much everyone!
have a glorious day!

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