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Showing posts with label the rikrak studio blog. Show all posts

Friday, June 29, 2012

latvia wins!





:: handmade in latvia ::
1st collage
2nd collage
3rd collage
4th collage
5th collage

 
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WOOOOHOOOOOO!
blast those vuvuzelas!
latvia has WON the 2012 handmade world cup!
after 4000+ votes, latvia has claimed a momentous victory by beating out last year's winner ITALY in the final match of our round robin tournament!

congratulations to the 36 nations that played and voted!
what an amazing world of handcrafters we have!

hope you'll take a few moments to visit some of the fabulous handmaking etsy shops from latvia

you can use the Etsy *shop local* tool and search for the county:
latvia

or
search for cities and towns in latvia, too!


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and the victory wouldn't be complete without a funfun contest winner... thanks to random.org, the $30 shopping spree to ANY LATVIAN etsy shop goes to.....

(vuvuzela buzz, please....)
#3731
yay! - congrats to efrat of efrat jewelry 
of Israel!

thanks so much to everyone who entered,
and spread the handmaking cheer!

see you next year sweeties!

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Thursday, June 14, 2012

ROUND C: the 2012 handmade world cup






world love watercolour print by dreamlandart

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hold onto your hats, crazy cats!
what a handmaking showdown we have!

in what was a heated handmaking battle to the end, round B of the handmade world cup saw a number of BIG handmaking nations lose the vote!  congrats to all the teams that prevailed! yay handmaking!

so welcome to ... round C! we're down to the quarter-finals! only 8 amazing handmaking nations remain. thousands of votes have already been cast in the 2012 handmade world cup.

the winning (top-vote-earning) team from each ROUND B match has moved forward.


who will win?



our new ROUND C matchups are: 

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match 1
england vs. japan





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match 2
latvia vs. scotland








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match 3
greece vs. canada









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match 4
italy vs. sweden








sweden :: illuminantpale + emmakisstina + suzywanDELUXE


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now you get to vote all over again!

NOTE: you do NOT need to have voted for the winning team to win. it will be a random draw of all entries!


schedule

round A :: 32 teams :: voting june 4-8
round B :: 16 teams :: voting june 9-13
round C :: 8 teams :: voting june 14-18
round D :: 4 teams :: voting june 19-23
round E :: 2 teams :: voting june 24-28
FINAL WINNING TEAM & lucky entry winner 
announced june 29th!

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each round of voting counts towards the final drawing of who will WIN the grand prize (a $30 shopping spree in the shop of your choice! same rules as before:
there will be 5 rounds of voting.


NOTE: you do NOT need to have voted for the winning team to win. it will be a random draw of all entries!

:: ROUNDS ::
* the country that receives the most votes each match-up will proceed to the next round! so be sure to VOTE each round to increases your chances!

 
the PRIZE is a $30 shopping spree in the Etsy shop of your choice, FROM the winning country! so for example: if Italy wins the 2012 handmade world cup voting, then the winning entry will spend their $30 prize in ANY Italy-based Etsy shop! :) 
(donated by me, rikrak! :)

woohoo!! each ROUND will be open for voting for approx. 4-5 days. so be sure to get your votes in.

the total number of entries will be the cumulative ballots from round 1+ round 2 + round 3 + round 4 + round 5!

:: PLEASE VOTE via the rafflecopter BOX below ::

you can earn a ballot for EACH match you VOTE on!



---> this ROUND of matches CLOSES june 18th @ 11pm EST

1. vote.
you can vote ONCE for each match. (i.e. this ROUND you can vote up to 4 times, once for each match!)


 
a Rafflecopter giveaway



you can also tweet, do a facebook update, blog about the giveaway, pin it, etc. (please log in to rafflecopter with your email or facebook account to all the ways to enter!) 

one way to enter is also to grab one of my rikrak studio buttons,
like this one for YOUR BLOG!
the rikrak studio



the rikrak studio

and add it to your blog!
{ ... just copy & paste the text in the box above  onto your blog sidebar! thanks! }

on june 19th,  the winners of each match from ROUND C will be posted, when the NEW round of matches/voting begins!
so come back then to earn more entries, too!
 
yay and happy friendly competition, nicies!
yay handmaking around the world!

thanks to everyone who voted in ROUND B. unfortunately, the following teams DID NOT advance:  australia, denmark, france, israel, the netherlands, spain, portugal, usa.  plus from ROUND A, thanks to : austria, belgium, brazil, india, ireland, germany,  malaysia, mexico,  new zealand, russia, singapore, south africa, south korea, switzerland, thailand, turkey.


yay and happy friendly competition, nicies!
yay handmaking around the world!
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RULES:


a) it is possible to have numerous entries total per person.
b) please make sure to leave each entry as its own comment. thanks!
c) as always, this giveaway is open to all contestants, worldwide.
e) the winner of this giveaway will be chosen from random.org on
june 28th 2011 @ 11:01pm EST.
f) please be sure to leave me an email where i can reach you if your account 
doesn't link to one. thanks.
g) the winning random ballot will be chosen from all rounds of voting added together. 
YOU DO NOT HAVE TO HAVE VOTED FOR THE WINNING COUNTRY TO WIN!
h) thanks so much everyone! and thanks for visiting the blog!

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Tuesday, June 5, 2012

congrats

yay to our latest winner, infiniteblubird!

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congrats to our latest rikrak studio blog winner!
it's random.org's #1046 - allison of infiniteblubird!
supercute jewelry, nicey! what a fun shop.

you've won the may *i love my sponsors* giveaway - and a $25 shopping spree to the sponsor shop of YOUR CHOICE!

lots of other fun happening on the blog too!
don't forget to enter to 
(ends this friday!)

& 
 
and ROUND A closes friday for the the 2012 WORLD CUP $30 shopping spree, too!

yay handmade!


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Monday, May 7, 2012

the i love my sponsors MAY giveaway!



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yay!
aren't you the loveliest readers around!
thank YOU, sweet nicies.

thanks for your encouraging words & dear dear comments. it's a pleasure to read thru your hellos, responses & ideas each day.  i always love seeing what you have to say! and thanks for playing all the little games and activities on the blog, for your warm and wonderful emails too!

AND... thanks so much to all of you lovelies out there who have really made my day by supporting my little adventures, as dear sponsors & advertisers of the rikrak studio blog. you nicies mean the world to me, and i really appreciate it! (this is my *free-to-my-lovely-sponsors* giveaway!) so with a thankful heart, and a happy focus on the wonderful sense of new life & growth in may ...  a little giveaway for all of you!



{ the prize }  
a fabulous $25.00 gift certificate 
from me to YOU to spend in
ANY ONE OF MY SPONSORS' shops or on their blogs!



that's right...
one lucky winner will get to spend the prize in any of my sponsors' e-shops or blogs!


exciting news, cuties! we're trying something new here on the blog! after the tremendous success last month of using rafflecopter, it'll be our fun new giveaway medium! just click away and follow the instructions! i'll still be using random.org to draw the winner!
if you'd prefer to enter the way you always have (leaving comments in the notes below instead ) that's superdooper, too! either way is great with me! i'll put all of them together at the end!



a Rafflecopter giveaway

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one way to enter is to grab one of my rikrak studio buttons,
like this one for YOUR BLOG! here they are!


the rikrak studio



the rikrak studio

and add it to your blog!
{ ... just copy & paste the text in the box above onto your blog sidebar! thanks! } 

thanks for playing!

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RULES:


a) it is possible to have numerous entries total per person.
b) please make sure to leave each entry as it's own comment. thanks!
c) as always, this giveaway is open to all contestants, worldwide.
d) for this particular giveaway, YOU MUST BE A RIKRAK studio follower or subscriber,
old or new! thanks!
e) the winner of this giveaway will be chosen from random.org on
may 31st, 2012 @ 11:59pm EST.
f) please be sure to leave me an email where i can reach you if your account
doesn't link to one. thanks.
g) thanks so much everyone! and thanks for visiting the blog!



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