red carpet stylist : show me your tiff looks!

my wild life + all things pretty

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laugh for tea + the whole SHbang

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MoonEuphoria  + rita van tassel

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radrocket + dinosaurtoes

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babooshkaboutique + recycle buy vintage

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my so called vintage + mayapler1

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orchideaboutique + dreams and jewelry

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yellowgoat + larimeloom

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it's that time of year again, cuties!
when we all head to the toronto international film festival walking the red red carpet with our favourite dashing hollywood star!

*swoon*

i've got a little challenge for you!

now i know you're probably very busy preparing your press junket spiels,  doing interviews with all the fashionable press, and tactfully having to turn down offers from george clooney, bono, brad pitt,  ryan gosling and the hundreds of other supercute celebs attending,  who are all begging to escort beautiful you! ... but be sure to take a second and show us what handmade (or vintage) lovelies you'll be wearing to TIFF!

just...

1. choose a fun frock (or something else)

2. choose a fun accessory for the look.

3. cut & paste a direct link where i can find each item on the net into your comment.

4. make as many 2-part outfits as you'd like (feel free to include goodies from your own work, too, if you' like!)

5. next week i'll include 10 of your looks in a follow up post, and i'll be sure to link to your lovely shop/site, too! (so include it in your message) ... great free advertising for creative, dressed-to-the-nines YOU!

6. and hey... if there are LOTS of entries, i'll get the random.org generator to pull a few for us to see!

and check out other fun party outfit challenges here like:

 your royal wedding guest looks

your 2010 red carpet TIFF looks

and from the year before

your oscar looks revealed: part 1
part 2

  your lovely springtime teaparty looks.

your beach party looks

your winter gala looks

see you on the red carpet, sweeties!

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designbynihan +  daimblond  

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party dresses by jasmin + street cred thread

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pikula + yystudio

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bluebirdbylucie + deluz dresses

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slumber party revealed: follow up to * which film characters would you LOVE to play?*

handmade cross stitch pattern pdf by stitchcrossstitch

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don't you just love a slumber party? comfy pjs, silly movies, telling your friends, old & new, your thoughts & crushes & dreams.... such fun! so i thought i'd invite you to the fun continuing series on the rikrak studio blog... the rikrak slumber party. here's a followup to the question i asked a little while ago: which film characters would you LOVE to play?  thanks for your fun answers! be sure to visit all of the slumber party posts here and chime in!

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holey moley.

being a film star for a day would be fun! isn't it fun to always be who we want to be?

i asked.

you answered.

who would you love to star as?

here are a few photos of you cuties in action!

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splendid!

elyse & hilary  & itchin' stitchin would all love to play that clever cutie, amelie.

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and i agree ... 

i think you'd make a fabulous james bond, fringe!

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itchin' stichin' also loved the idea of playing the title character summer in 500 days of summer! { and i agree- such a great wardrobe!} 

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and speaking of wardrobes ... morgan's ready to star as that femme fatale ... catwoman! 

rarrrr!

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one perfect day & paco + lupe  will be fabulous as trinity in the matrix movies.

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and kathy is ready to set the 

stage afire as sally bowles in cabaret.

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both elyse & moira are inspired by 

ada mcgrath in the piano.

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and hilary & leslie longed to reinact/revisit those
high school years 

as sam baker in sixteen candles.

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so there you have it... 

some of our fun film roles, cuties!

hope it's a glamorous kinda day for you, nicies!

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the art of the movie poster

some like it hot :: handz

inception :: swelser

little miss sunshine :: abstract by john taylor :: original by blt + associates

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happy friday, lovelies!

what a week it's been!

and now... it's oscar weekend. yippee!

loving all these fab re-take movie designs : 

great art inspired by great films.

AND ...

check out this superdooper fun site *film the blanks* where artist john taylor abstracts classic movie posters. brilliant! you can play along & guess {sometimes offering fun prizes, too!}  love it.

so see you sunday on the red carpet looking fabulous & glamourous with your celebrity dates.

{i'll be the starlet with a beau on each arm: 

colin & george are all mine, nicies!}

who do you hope will WIN an oscar this year?

cheers!

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west side story :: abstract by john taylor :: original by saul bass

the sound of music :: abstract by john taylor :: original  by howard terpning

rain man :: monster gallery

best in show :: claudia varosio

once :: svanelli

harry potter :: the art of adam juresko

singin' in the rain :: the art of adam juresko

les parapluies de cherbourg :: funny face art

the empire strikes back :: handz

ghostbusters :: spacesick

objectified :: build :: via grain edit

the shining :: tes one :: via grain edit

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the festival looks, revealed!

amanda archer is wearing.....

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emmarts is wearing.....

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happy friday, sweeties!

well last week i invited all of you lovelies to chime in with what you might like to wear on the red carpet with me.
{you can see the first 6 festival looks here!}

i don't know about you, but i fear there just aren't enough occassions to dress to the nines!
heavens!

so i was delighted to see the gorgeous handmade & vintage 2-part show stoppers you came up with! they're sensational , just like the beauties who chose them!

so i wish you all a glamorous, mega-watt smile weekend, and hope you'll join us as we walk the red carpet!
see you monday, superstars!

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emms gems is wearing.....

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chakrapennywhistle is wearing.....

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lilithevy is wearing.....

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Aida Coronado is wearing.....

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Joanna is wearing.....

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Louloubell is wearing.....

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festival look 7
silk dress, custom color by amanda archer
&
night @ the oscars by necklace by BejewelledBespoke

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festival look 8
orange dress by presseanzeiger
&
toe shoes via ARTicles


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festival look 9
vintage drop-waist tent dress via ivoryandbones
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hand tooled leather heels via shopatmoxie

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festival look 10
midnight dress by sarahseven
&
chandra locket earrings by BroadStreet

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festival look 11
glamarita fringe dress by glamarita
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low heel sandals by mohop

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festival look 12
mexican vintage dress via aida coronado
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spirit mountain necklace by abbyhorowitzdesigns

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festival look 13
vintage dreamgirls floorlength gown via Aquanetta
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crystal ball earrings by ForTheCrossJewelry

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festival look 14
hair pin set by fussed
&
peacock feather dress by circularaccessories

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the slumber party { part 3}: guilty pleasure film genres you love!

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don't you just love a slumber party? comfy pjs, silly movies, telling your friends, old & new, your thoughts & crushes & dreams.... such fun! you can catchup with some of our other slumber party fun here: and for today's party question: what genre of film do you secretly love?

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Lunastrella Super 8 Camera Print by johnwgolden

mr. rikrak & i love many of the same movies. our usual film fare is filled with inspiring documentaries (love those docs!), fabulous foreign films & the fantastic indie movies we both can't get enough of... but left to my own devices, i have some guilty-pleasure film genres i just love (shhh.. don't tell!)... my top 2 loves are:


heist movies!
i LOVE heists. from all eras. i just adore the great suspenseful, intricate plot twists, the revealing of a great caper & all that heisty, thieving fun!! the sting (robert redford AND paul newman: *swoon!*) , the usual suspects, ocean's 11.... that kinda craziness! love it!

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& (shhhhh!)
romantic comedies.
i know. it's bad. but i love them. old ones i joyfully watch again and again. so many hilarious ones that i love from the 80s. ah, the blissful world of romantic comedies: where true love is able to conquer the most formidable of obstacles! annie hall, the princess bride, love actually, when harry met sally, to name a few faves!. ahhhh... i'm smitten!

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okay! so i've confessed!

so there are my 2 not-so-secret guilty pleasure film genres.
now... let's snuggle into our cozy sleeping bags, open another bag of sour cream & onion chips,
turn on some cyndi lauper, giggle & whisper and hear yours!

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