slumber party { part 17 } : your top 3 topsecret tv crushes! (the 2012 *3 year anniversary* edition!)

happy tv mini pillow by mymimi

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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! join us! you can catchup with some of our other slumber party fun here: and for today's party question: who are your top 3 TOPSECRET tv crushes?

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good-golly, nicies.

it's been a fabulous 3 YEARS since our first rikrak studio slumber party! in honour: let's celebrate with a redo of our very first get-to-know-you-all-nighter-of-a-question. my current obsessions have changed a wee bit. i'd love to hear yours! in 2009 i confessed my tv crushes: the professor from gilligan's island; & george stroumboulopoulos. here's this year's updated version.... 

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i must admit, i'm not such a tv watcher. but over the years, i have had a few spurts of tv - ing - fun! they heyday for my tv watching was really when i was in my preteens. there were a variety of great 1960's and 70's reruns on in that era, that were right up my good-n'-wholesome alley!
and so...
one of my first tv crushes was was born...

crush #1: that dashing pioneer = pa. 

(a.k.a charles ingalls played by michael landon on *little house on the prairie*) 

okay - i know it sounds a tad improbable. he was a little wee bit (ahem...) older than me. but what a loveable guy that pa was! charming smile. devoted dad. all-around-nicey. great log-house-builder. oh-so-settlers-era-crushable. i was smitten. (and i must confess - we borrowed a couple of little house on the prairie episodes to show little rikrak recently, and my love of charles ingalls hasn't faded! sigh. who's with me, pioneer-lovers!?!

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fast forward to the mid-80's ... tv crush #2.... *sigh* ... remington steele (pierce brosnan) ... to be honest.. i don't think i ever really saw this show about a former conman turned detectivey guy, as a youngin'. (surely i wouldn't have been allowed! it still seems so wonderfully racy!)

but i do recall a glorious full-sized poster of remington steele that my very cool babysitter had up in her bedroom... and i was hooked! everytime i would be @ her place, i would just stare and stare...

crush #2: is it wrong to have a crush on a poster? 

i could just tell from that photo... we should BE together!

he was so dashing, so debonair, so clever and with such spy-ly intelligence! that's tv crush #2.

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oh deary me.

charles ingalls wouldn't be too happy to hear that more recently i've fallen for ...

crush #3: baddy idris elba. 

i'm thinking this must be more of a pretend-person tv crush, than an actual tv character crush (eek! cause elba's *stringer bell* on the wire sure wasn't such a nice guy!). but at least this one is post-1987! 

idris elba plays all kinds of rotten. 

& yes... it makes him oh-so-SWOONworthy!

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so there's my 3 not-so-secret tv crushes.
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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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: followup to *who are your top 3 beach party dates?*

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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: who are your top 3 beach party dates?  thanks for your fun answers! be sure to visit all of the slumber party posts here and chime in!

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vintage gingerale ad via leapinglemming 
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holey moley.

beach party dates are cute. :)

i asked.

you answered.

who would you bring?

there's a wee bit of a chill in the air today ,but i think our cute dates will keep us warm!

here are a few photos from our beach party!

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alright.

if i must, 

i'm willing to share george clooney with you nicies. 

seems like his beach party dance-card might be filled with: me , monique & kathy & kristi, and a few other fans! 

*sigh*

can i have him first for building-our-sand-castle-dream-house on the shore?

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 here's a fun pic of two of your dates together at the beach:

pamwares brought ed norton 

& miss freckles looks darling beside ralph fiennes.

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 alex keller swooned over tom cruise ("circa top gun!") flying in for the day... 

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and though she was allowed to bring THREE dates, marci girl said all she needed was the one and only hugh jackman! {wouldn't he be such a fun bonfire-hour singer! *sigh*!} 

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kristi & lori will have to duke it out for bradley cooper's lovely smile!

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and PHEW!... once javier bardem showed up at the beach,

i didn't need to share george clooney with vadjutka! :)

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seems like lauren + alex will be playin' in the waves with  

josh holloway.

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 seems as though lori & luv2have are both smitten (bitten?!) with robert pattison and johnny depp...

great beach party minds do think alike!

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looks like fellow canadian ryan reynolds will be there playing beachball with itchin' stitchin' & others!

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and oh-so-wisely, miss freckles brought along daniel craig, too, "just in case there's any trouble!" - love it!

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so there you have it... some of our fun beach party dates.

don't forget to check out what everyone wore, too!

have a great summery day, nicies!

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challenge: let's see your festival look!

it's that time of year again!
when i don my loveliest frocks & head off to the glamourous toronto interntional film festival (tiff) on the arm of my favourite handsome hollywood filmstars to walk that red red carpet.




or at least in my pretending world.

so here are 6 two-part outfits i've collected {a girl can never have too many different looks, right?... there are dozens of premieres throughout the festival, you know! }

and i've got a little challenge for you.




i'd love to know what YOU would wear.

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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 as many of your featival looks as i can in a follow up post, and i'll be sure to link to your lovely shop/site, too! great free advertisting for creative, dressed-to-the-nines YOU!

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

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can't wait to see what you'll be wearing...
we'll both look GREAT on the red red carpet!
let the festival looks begin!

::: how to get the looks! ::::

festival look 1
recycled vintage negatives earrings by tomatedepingles
&
magic moonlight fiesta dress by AidaCoronado

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festival look 2
blue halter drape dress by larimeloom
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bronze goddess vintage & recycled bracelet by alexkeller

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festival look 3
vintage wiggle dress via LouLousVintage
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vintage designer pumps via EmeraldLove

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festival look 4
garbo blue earrings by nancywallisdesigns
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eco-friendly bamboo jersey gown by econica

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festival look 5
mae salvaged hat comb by whichgoose
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white gown by amandaarcher

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festival look 6
canary dress in layered chiffon by hollystalder
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midas ring by cookoorikoo

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