photo essay: our ocean road trip

 

{ all images by me: kristal davis / rikrak 2011 } 

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dearests!

i've missed you so.

we're home from our beautfiul east coast getaway & i'm basking in the wonderfulness of renewal & restorative goodness.

so many fun highlights... among them:

* the sheer delight of playing on red sand beach after red sand beach all over pei!

* that brilliant salty ocean air.

* little rikrak's first big rock concert (u2 360 in crazy fun knee-deep mud! )

* wandering across a pod of 30+ seals, sunning themselves on an empty beach at sunset ... wow! 

* fabulous visits with dear friends. thank you, wonderfulones!

* hilarious roadtrip games in the car; & 

* the collection of handmade souvenir sketches little rikrak drew in the backseat all along the way!

gosh i feel lucky.
& gosh i love the ocean.

how about you? love the shoreline?

hope your time has been great since last we spoke cuties!

gearing up for lots more fun here on the blog. 

welcome back!

tell us what you've been up to!

see you wednesday!

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{ all images by me: kristal davis / rikrak 2011 } 

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handmaking with kids: building sandcastles

welcome to my kingdom sandcastle photo via williamcho's photostream

i don't know about you... but i just love sand sculpture building. playing in the sand at the park, at the beach, in the sandbox with soothing, therapeutic sand and water. there's just something so festive and inspiring about it to me. i could do it all day!

so for kids of all ages,
here's a round up of some fun sandcastles (and more!) sandbuilding ideas!

• some great tips & tricks on wikihow & ehow & buzzle on master sandcastle building!

• kids turn central that includes fun sand dinos instructions!

• martha's great quick list for easy tools to take with you to the beach!

• creative mold ideas from happy living

and last but not least... check out these inspiring images from the
sand sculpture photo group on flickr! wow!

we're off to the beach today to make our own!
tell me about your fave sand sculpture you've crafted or seen!
happy playing in the sand.

{ ps: don't forget to enter and win my PomLove 7-piece paper poms giveaway on now here on the rikrak studio blog! just 2 days left to enter! }

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the rikrak STAY-cation giveaway!

ahhhh... summmmmmmerrrrr.....

here @ the rikrak home we're celebrating summertime & the glories of home with a little STAY-vacation .. fun little around-the-town adventures in our fabulous hometown! i've been hearing lots of folks chatting about STAY-cations this season, with the economy calling for wise, creative, thrifty vacation problem-solving.

while i love to travel travel travel, i've also always loved STAY-cations in the past... and now's the perfect time for one @ our little place!


so i'm taking a little hiatus from my etsy shop for a little bit, vowing not to go to the post office everyday for 2 whole weeks! (imagine!) and looking forward to exploring even more of our fabulous ottawa with the fam! {fear not! i'll still be blogging each day! :) }

so... in honour of everyone's fabulous places where we live . & in honour of exploring close to home ... i'm having a little giveaway.

on wednesday july 15th @ 9pm est, i will randomly select one of the entries below. and the winner will receive a fun set of 6 rikrak eco.coasters in the fabric of their choice from my rikrak shop! (value $21.00 US + free worldwide shipping).. to celebrate HOME!

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the rules:
1. just leave me a comment here about what would be something fabulous you would do /explore on a STAY-cation in your city/town & tell us why! if it's a place/festival/etc that has a link, please include it! i'd love to see it! = 1 ballot

2. if you already follow my blog, or sign up to follow or feedburn my blog = 1 extra ballot. please leave me a separate comment about it below.

3. to earn a possiblie further 2 extra entries, you can a) twitter about the giveaway (1 extra ballot) and leave me a link to it here in the comments and/or b) blog about the giveaway (1 extra ballot) and leave me a link to the blog post here in the comments.

4. therefore: each person can enter a possible total of 4 times in this contest: each entry must be in it's own, separate comment space, to make tallying easier! thanks!

4. on wednesday july 15th @ 9pm, i will randomly choose a winner from the comments below!

5. thanks!

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you're all lovelies!! happy STAY-cationing!

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