the rikrak studio: medalists

Monday, April 30, 2012

Thursday, February 24, 2011

the handmade olympics celebration!

congrats card by hillarybird

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cue the national anthems!
ready your handmade banners!
get out those cameras!
here come our medalists!

welcome to the 2011 handmade olympics medal party celebrations!!

so glad you could all attend! what a fabulous month and a half of handmaking amazingness it's been!

while you're taking your seats... i've just a few words i'd like to share!

(what olympic event would be complete without a speech?!)

cheers to everyone who nominated, cheered on and encouraged others in handmaking, as part of the 2nd annual *handmade olympics!*

over 12000 individual votes were cast (i *think* that might be more then voted in our last election! :) {you nicies should run for office the way you've inspired grassroots cheering like this! amazing!}

and how fun is that our medalists are from all around the world!? i love the global spirit of handmaking!

ah, how i LOVE the handmade community! your enthusiasm was inspiring! the events were created in the hopes of celebrating handmade, and what a celebration you all helped to create!

congrats to ALL of the fabulous nominees, the amazing folks shortlisted for each event, and now, to our medalists!

thanks to everyone who played.

hope it encouraged you, at the very least, to get your wonderful work out there, and to cheer on others in our lovely handmaking village! whether you played, voted, created or cheered, i think we all play a great part in building our amazing handmaking community, together!

indeed, most of all, let's take a cue from those *other* olympic athletic competitors to achieve our own handmaking bests... dream big, weather the ups & downs, keep trying, surround yourself with great, encouraging folks, and most of all... believe in your self, your creations, and your fabulous work!

without further ado... as nominated by YOU, shortlisted by our fabulous judges, and voted on by YOU, our medallists (whose prizes total over $2000 worth of handmade & vintage goodness) in the 2011 handmade olympics ARE.....

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gold ::  wearable planter by colleen jordan

silver :: recycled skate board ring by sevenply

bronze :: overdue book calendar by auntjune

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gold :: paper doll blocks by tiny giraffe

silver :: doll in a trunk by bybido

bronze :: funny animal bowling set by mazska

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gold :: personalized spoon racks by jjevensen

silver ::  flower headband by mayi carles

bronze :: printers drawer jewelry display by bluebird heaven 

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gold :: crocheted flower garland by emma lamb

silver :: happy lappity lap quilt by dottieangel 

bronze :: the refuge necklace by TheAngryWeather

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gold :: make it perfect: organizer for the queensland aid auction

silver :: SAHM of Etsy

bronze :: TIE:  the toy society & choosing beauty

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gold :: dottie angel blog

silver :: tiny happy blog

bronze :: civilized 

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gold :: dragon finger puppet by staceyrebecca

silver :: ceramic rabbit lamp by alan snape

bronze :: miniature garden slug family by cheezombie

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gold :: made

silver :: how about orange 

bronze :: heartmade

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woohoo!

in the event of two nominees coming within one vote of each other, i awarded a tie. ;) i look forward to featuring some of our fabulous medalists in the upcoming months. and i especially look forward to continuing to cheer on the handmade community!

personally, i've found myself a whole bevy of amazing new artists to adore, and happily rediscovered many faves! and thanks to the many of you who have told me you've loved them, too!

so cue the video montage

grab a beverage (i'm on my 4th coffee!)

take a visit through the medallists fabulous work, meet some new handmaking friends,

and enjoy the celebrations!

thanks, nicies!

what a fabulous party it's been!

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