vote: event 5

 

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thanks so very much for all of your fantastic nominations in the 2012 Handmade Olympics. what a wonderful celebration of handmade!

without further ado, i'm thrilled to present our judges' shortlist for event #5! 
 

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thanks so much to our fabulous judge for this event, the wonderfully creative superstar Jessika Hepburn of Oh My! Handmade.  she inspires each and every day with her brilliant knack for building community & supporting creative entrepreneurs in all she does.  Jessika's genuine encouragement of the artistic world locally & globally will just thrill you!

find out more about this nicey here!

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 what our judge had to say about the nominations:

"The very best thing about our handmade community is that together we are crafting a more beautiful world daily. Nothing shows that more then all the handmade kindness filling up this event! Some of these projects support causes, others our handmade community itself, all of them are doing their piece to make life kinder. Their big hearts and grand ideas are shining lights leading us towards kindness and community-two things the world can't ever have too much of!"

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congratulations to the following & please cast your vote for  
your favourite nicey / nicies forwarding kindness thru handmaking!

craft hope

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hello craft

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hopeful threads

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imagine gnats

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the D.A.D. project

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the handmade movement

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tiggy's house

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peru paper

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toto knits

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paging supermom

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wow! what a list!
let's vote for our favourite!

voting rules:
1. you can vote once in each event.
2. voting closes on APRIL 27th
3. the top 3-vote getters in each event will be announced on APRIL 30th

okay... please VOTE! 

please be sure to head over to cast your vote in EACH of the 7 events:

vote in event 1

 vote in event 2

vote in event 3

vote in event 4

vote in event 5

vote in event 6

vote in event 7

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the amazing PRIZES

the handmade olympics prize packs are just gosh-darn fantastical!

this EVENT will award the following prizes!

including $150 worth of handmade goodness:
a $50 gift certificate to minouette

a $50 gift certificate to alex keller

a $50 gift certificate to the rikrak shop

+ an *i WON GOLD*  handmade olympics badge to use on your site/blog/shop 

+ an artist/crafter feature on the rikrak studio blog!

with $60 worth of handmade goodness:
2 months of advertising {may & june} on the rikrak studio blog : value $60

+ an *i WON SILVER*  handmade olympics badge to use on your site/blog/shop 

 

one FREE month of may 2012 advertising on the rikrak studio blog! yay!

+ an *i WON bronze*  handmade olympics badge to use on your site/blog/shop

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 best of luck, nicies! yay handmade!

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the handmade olympics {event 5}

 

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update! april 17th, 2012
thanks so much to everyone who has entered!
what an amazing & talented bunch you are!
nominations are now CLOSED. 
and YAY you can go VOTE on the judges' SHORTLISTS here! 

vote in event 1

 vote in event 2

vote in event 3

vote in event 4

vote in event 5

vote in event 6

vote in event 7

 

 

VOTING ENDS friday, april 27th @ 11:59 pm EST!

thanks again,
k.

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yay!
please see the MAIN handmade olympics post for all of the fun-filled details & rules on the events!

now.. welcome to event 5: please leave comments here nominating:

your favourite nicey/nicies forwarding kindness thru handmaking!

for this event
think of individuals or groups that MAKE a difference in our world thru their handcrafting.
think of folks who handmake kindness.
think of nicies whose craftivism creates change.

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thanks so much to our fabulous judge for this event, the wonderfully creative superstar Jessika Hepburn of Oh My! Handmade.  she inspires each and every day with her brilliant knack for building community & supporting creative entrepreneurs in all she does.  Jessika's genuine encouragement of the artistic world locally & globally will just thrill you!

find out more about this nicey here!

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remember, you can nominate yourself + another in EACH event! PLUS get bonus ballots for twittering, blogging, facebooking & more about the #handmadeolympics! yay!

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the amazing PRIZES

the handmade olympics prize packs are just gosh-darn fantastical!

this EVENT will award the following prizes!

including $150 worth of handmade goodness:
a $50 gift certificate to minouette

a $50 gift certificate to alex keller

a $50 gift certificate to the rikrak shop

+ an *i WON GOLD*  handmade olympics badge to use on your site/blog/shop 

+ an artist/crafter feature on the rikrak studio blog!

with $60 worth of handmade goodness:
2 months of advertising {may & june} on the rikrak studio blog : value $60

+ an *i WON SILVER*  handmade olympics badge to use on your site/blog/shop 

 

one FREE month of may 2012 advertising on the rikrak studio blog! yay!

+ an *i WON bronze*  handmade olympics badge to use on your site/blog/shop 

 

PLUS, there will be ONE overall random nomination selected from all handmade olympics entries ( & extra ballots!) to WIN the FAN PRIZE PACK (a $50.00 shopping spree in the rikrak shop!)

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now check out the other events 
+ nominate other fun folks!

( event 1 ) :: our favourite handmade goodie with an innovative design

( event 2 ) :: our favourite handmade goodie for kids

( event 3 ) :: our favourite handmade eco friendly goodie

( event 4 ) :: our favourite handmade item that inspires loveliness + wellness (in our homes, for ourselves, etc.)

( event 5 ) :: our favourite handmade personality/group forwarding kindness thru handmaking

( event 6 ) :: our favourite FUN-FILLED handmade OR vintage goodie

( event 7 ) :: our favourite handmaking-focus blog

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happy handmaking, nicies!

** PLEASE NOTE: please make each nomination its own comment! thanks! **

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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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with thanks

you folks are so sweet! i mean it!
thanks for your daily fun comments (i read each and every one... and usually go clicking along your links to visit your fun wepages & sites! what talented readers the rikrakstudio has! :)

....what fun blogging is! now... i'm really bad @ being tagged, and passing tags along. that's always been the case! but i very much appreciate all the sweeties who have honoured me with fun web awards... so it's high time i say thanks! in lieu of tagging forward, i hope you don't mind that i'd like to feature these sweeties instead!

thanks first to artmind, who kindly sent along the proximiade award, for being "an exceedingly charming blog!" ... how sweet, nicey! thank you!

next, thank so much to new york memos who tagged me for fun random things!

lastly, thanks to 2 lovelies who sent me a Kreativ Blogger award! that's so nice of you sweeties!

to the lovely nancy of nancywallis designs,

& to we blog artists (winner of my giveaway - woohoo!) ... many thanks... it's an honour!

so... the latter 3 awards asked for 6-7 things i love / or random things. so i hope you don't mind that i've put them all together into one little list:

7 random things i love!

1. i adore blue sky mornings & rainy afternoons.
2. i love playing @ the park with my little sweetie.
3. i can't get enough of 80's dance parties in the living room.
4. i apparently talk really fast (& i kinda love it! ;)
5. i love staying up late, talking with dear friends.
6. i'm obsessed with taking photographs & looking @ others beautiful photos.
7. i'm addicted to playing board games & talking games. (oh my poor poor family!)


so thanks again, nicies!
what fun it is to meet a whole new community of fun folks in bloggerville! thanks so much to everyone who's stopped by the rikrakstudio to visit! yesterday, i put together a little treasury about my appreciation for those blogging superstars out there! you can find it here!

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lastly, this with thanks goes out to the wonderful fawn & forest, who is featuring rikrak as a forest find this month! i'm so very very honoured! and the whole process of working with the lovely, brilliant folks @ fawn & forest has been a delight!
thanks so much, nicies!

happy thursday, wonderfolk! thanks.

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