Well Hellooooooooo and welcome to a very colourful and happy post today, in which I am hosting my very first Giveaway. I am super-excited to be doing this and I hope that you'll love what I've got lined up for you. It's perfectly Attic24-ish, so you can expect lots and lots of creative colour with a distinctly playful and happy vibe.
So, lets talk about Rice. No, no, not the white grainy stuff, but the dynamic and brilliant Danish design company Rice DK. To say I am a huge fan is a bit of an understatement, I love this company and it's products so much. They are fun, charming, bright, happy, colourful, and altogether wonderful. If you've been bobbing into the Attic in recent months you will have heard me talk about their products, in particular the colourful melamine. I have a small and much loved collection of bowls, cups and spoons at home and in the caravan and it never fails to put a smile on my face.
Rice DK have a wonderfully inspiring website which showcases their products and gives a great insight into this ethical and genuinely lovely company. Their online catalogues are a fantastic source of happy feel good, with the most amazing styling and photography.
I borrowed these gorgeous images from Rice so that I could wow you with visual happiness....
...oh, so scrummy!!!! Those little melamine cups are just so lovely.....
....well all the melamine is really. I love it all!
Earlier this year, I was thrilled to discover that the founder of Rice DK had published her own book. I couldn't wait to get myself a copy of Charlotte's "Happy Home" and it has become one of my favourite go-to books when I fancy a bit of homey, lighthearted inspiration. Every page is a delight, and radiates colour and happiness. If you pop over to this Amazon link you can do that fabby thing where they let you browse the pages. Go have a look, you'll love it!
I thought you might like to see a few of my favourite pages, to give you a feel for the book, and the Rice style.
It's maybe a bit more "full on" than my own particular style, but I just love to imagine myself inhabiting these colourful rooms, sitting on that glorious sofa, twiddling my toes on that pompom rug, sipping something delicious from a colourful cup, and gazing at this wall...........
.......well, just feast your eyes on that!!!! Makes me want to squeal with pleasure!
This book is aspirational and inspirational, and there is grade A eye candy in these pages.
Now then......we are here to do a Giveaway aren't we? So shall I show you The Happy Haul?
It's such a stunning prize, a whole big collection of Rice DK goodies (including the book!), brought to you by Rice DK (of course) and the wonderful online lifestyle company Fig1.co.uk. I first found Fig1 when I was searching for somewhere online to buy a few more Rice melamine cups in the summer. They stock almost 400 Rice products, including the whole of the fantastic melamine range. Fig1 is a real bricks and mortar shop as well as an online one, and is owned and run by the friendliest of folk. Real people who obviously love their products and care about their customers. So imagine my delight when I received an email from Mark (the owner of Fig1), asking me if I would like to offer a giveaway of Rice products on my blog. I answered YES in a heartbeat, and was then even more bowled over when I received this picture..............
Wow!!!!! Just.......WOW!!!! This is the glorious, generous prize up for grabs :: £150 worth of Rice DK Christmas goodies. Mark from Fig1 styled and photographed this little lot especially for Attic24, and the very sight of all that gorgeous colour and pattern makes me swoon.
The melamine cups, bowls and plates are special Christmas designs, but in all honesty they are just so pretty that I know I would use them all year round.
There are so many lovely things here :: cake tins and Christmas decorations, candles and of course the gorgeous Happy Home book.
Here is a list of everything that's included ::
What a treasure trove!!
In addition to all the Rice deliciousness, I am also going to include one of my own little crochet Lavender Birds. The lucky winner gets to choose their own colours and I will make it up especially, stuffing it's little tummy with my precious Provence Lavender.
In addition to the competition, Rice Melamine at Fig1.co.uk is offering a 10% discount on all Rice DK products at Fig1.co.uk. (ooooooooooooooooo!) Simply enter the code MY_ATTIC24 in the promotional code box on the basket page. This offer lasts for the duration of the competition, ie until Monday 1st December 2013. Again, I'm sorry to those of you overseas, but this discount is only for UK peeps.
This fantastic giveaway has been kindly sponsored by Rice Melamine at Fig1.co.uk. With a little bit of additional happy-happy from me.
♥GOOD LUCK!♥
>>>>>COMPETITION NOW CLOSED<<<<<<
Lovely stuff. So tempted to buy some !
Posted by: Sarah LC | December 01, 2013 at 05:17 PM
only 902 comments prior to moi? one has not been quick off the mark! the prospect of all that lovely rice brightness cheering up my dining table is so exciting, maybe lady luck will be smiling my way on draw day:)
Posted by: Nic Hudson | December 01, 2013 at 04:21 PM
Hello Lucy, my first comment even though I have been following your blog for nearly two years now. What can I say, I'm shy! Anyway, thanking you for all the patterns and inspiration, my house is a homage to crochet :) I would reeeeally like to win the goodies as I have been sick all weekend and feeling very sorry for myself indeed, and that would cheer me up no end. Thankyou from Kyra xx
Posted by: Kyra | December 01, 2013 at 03:56 PM
All the Rice products are lovely but I particularly love the melamine cups and plates. Wow!
Posted by: Sarah | December 01, 2013 at 03:28 PM
Everything is so colourful and LOVELY! I am starting over on my christmas items and have a few things, this would be AWESOME! Thanks to you and Rice products!
Posted by: Patti Strong | December 01, 2013 at 02:11 PM
What a fantastic giveaway, who wouldn't want to win! I love these products, what beautiful colours.
Posted by: Nikki Jones | December 01, 2013 at 11:09 AM
Gorgeous!! I would love to win. Thanks for the giveaway. X
Posted by: Pauline m | December 01, 2013 at 10:41 AM
These would make our camping holidays bright even in the British weather!
Posted by: Annie T | December 01, 2013 at 10:00 AM
oh this is too much for one person to enjoy - I'd share it with both my daughters and my friend Catherine too, there's something in here for all of us!
Posted by: Bridget Bytheway | December 01, 2013 at 09:35 AM
Wow - it has been my 40th birthday this weekend and winning this would be the icing on the cake - so happy, bright and cheerful - lovely, lovely, lovely - here's hoping - am not sure if my first post worked so am posting again to be sure xx
Posted by: Loz | December 01, 2013 at 07:41 AM
So cheery and just beautiful, they'll be gorgeous in my camper!
Posted by: Joanne | December 01, 2013 at 07:30 AM
I would love to win and be able to brighten up my home with all those lovely, yummy, scrummy colours.
Posted by: Donna | December 01, 2013 at 07:10 AM
Oh yes please!!! I would love to enter this competition. The Rice designs are so gorgeous and remind me of my childhood (70's) when everything we used was made of melamine. Thank you Lucy. Jx
Posted by: Porcupinejane | December 01, 2013 at 05:33 AM
Such gorgeous colours - fingers crossed!
Posted by: Hilary NcErlean | December 01, 2013 at 12:36 AM
I would love to win as these would be lovely to use when I had guests around, they are so pretty.
Posted by: Jayne T | November 30, 2013 at 11:58 PM
Oh wow, would love to win some rice stuff. I have a couple on my Christmas list, but I don't think any one understands how much I really really love them.
Posted by: Lucy | November 30, 2013 at 10:34 PM
Love your blog, especially this post. What lovely and bright kitcheny things, must have!! Thank you, Branwen
Posted by: Branwen Mair Rhys | November 30, 2013 at 10:25 PM
Gorgeous colourful Rice products, which are just as colourful as Attic24, love it!
Posted by: Helen Knits | November 30, 2013 at 09:55 PM
This is just amazing! I have just completed a kitchen renovation with lovely painted dressers, reclaimed floorboards and junk shop finds. I would love to win this giveaway as it would add some gorgeous colour AND maintain the thrifty nature of my renovation! PERFECT! Jennie Any Dots x
Posted by: Jen Beynon | November 30, 2013 at 08:59 PM
I would love to win these gorgeous goodies, I love the bright, vibrant colours!
Posted by: Carrie Rimes | November 30, 2013 at 08:50 PM
I love Rice DK products and have already used the discount code, thanks so much. I'm hoping I can add to my teeny, colourful collection with a win.
Posted by: V LIghten | November 30, 2013 at 08:24 PM
I have just moved house and am so lucky to have a large kitchen with plenty of room to display lovely items so these would be perfect.it would be greedy to keep them all myself so I would share with my daughter who is a junior doctor and has just bought her first home.She is on call for 48 hours over Christmas so these would bring a smile to her face.I would also share with my daughter in law who is a stay at home mum looking after two little girls 3 and 2 for whom money for treats like these is very tight.
Posted by: Liz J | November 30, 2013 at 08:14 PM
WOW- What a glorious, heart swooningly lovely give away collection- which would make me beam from ear to ear if I was so lucky to win! Thanks Lucy for your wonderful blogs x
Posted by: Ana | November 30, 2013 at 08:03 PM
Wow! Everything is so amazing! I would love to win because everything is so colourful and pretty so they would make me smile! Also I love going camping and melamine is so perfect to take camping- especially this because it is so lovely! The book would also be really inspiring. I would really love to win, thanks for the amazing give away! x
Posted by: Hannah Elizabeth | November 30, 2013 at 06:01 PM
What a pudding of a prize! RICE! Would love these dishes for using with my little grandchildren, and me of course! Thank you Lucy.
Posted by: Buddug West | November 30, 2013 at 05:44 PM