We think it goes without saying that the sort of people who love playing 7 Vignettes have an appreciation for beautiful stationery, and that’s just what the winner of next month’s Instagram challenge can win! Thanks to our latest sponsor Blushing Confetti, we have these great themes and the winner will get a $250 stationery pack.
I love these themes, do you?!
Blushing Confetti are a Brisbane-based brand who design (and mostly print) everything right here in Australia. We love that they also hand assemble most of their packages, often adding a handwritten note. Cant beat the personal touch! As well as gorgeous stationery they also make prints for your home, calendars, wrapping paper and more. If it involves paper of gold foil, they’re into it!
For all the details about how to take part, go here. The fun starts on Saturday 1 April for seven days. Good luck and have fun!
What a lovely nostalgic week it was with our childhood themes! After much deliberating, guest judge Nikki Hernan of Brown Paper Lemon has chosen @claireturfrey as the overall winner.
“I’ve gone through all the entries a million times,” she says (it’s no easy task!). “Claire has themed her work beautifully and it’s a cohesive grid.”
This month (June starts tomorrow, can you believe it?!) we’ve partnered with Nikki Hernan from Brown Paper Lemon, a regular participant in 7 Vignettes herself and someone who knows a thing or two about a good looking insta-feed!
Brown Paper Lemon’s seahorse decalsThis month’s themes, by Nikki
Nikki says: “It’s such an honour to be this month’s 7 Vignettes guest judge. Brown Paper Lemon was born to inspire little ones to nurture nature and love the space they call their own. So this month is all about nurseries and children’s rooms. I’ve created childhood-inspired prompts to challenge and celebrate these very special rooms. Inspiration could be drawn from your children or grandchildren or revisiting your own childhood memories and the space you grew up in. I cannot wait to see all the love in your entries!”
Brown Paper Lemon sperm whale pillowcase
Gold Coast illustration studio Brown Paper Lemon offers a range of home decor to inspire children to recognise and appreciate the world’s threatened creatures. “I envisage the more awareness and love created for them will protect and ensure these endangered species are here for many generations to come,” Nikki says. $1 from every product sold is donated to WWF Australia.
Brown Paper Lemon turtle decal
One winner each day will get a wall decal of their choice and the overall winner will receive a $100 Brown Paper Lemon voucher, a print of their choice from @onetinytribe and a @PrettyTidy_Roshnee grey dipped grid sack.
Congratulations to @projectafterproject, the winner of this month’s 7 Vignettes contest as picked by our sponsor Choices Flooring!
Choices Flooring’s online content manager Ingrid Powell, says: “We have really enjoyed seeing all the entries to 7 Vignettes. After some debate in our office we have decided on Project after Project as the winner. Besides the birds eye view image being so cute, we also like that her entries were simplistic, not overly styled and were really happy to see how she understood our ‘fifth wall’ being the floor!”
Bird’s eye view
She wins a $2,000 voucher to spend with Choices Flooring — enough to transform at least one room on her home — with either carpet, timber, laminate, bamboo, luxury vinyl, tiles or even rugs! We can’t wait to see which! The prize also includes a phone or email consultation with me to help you choose!
I always love our first 7 Vignettes of the year as many newcomers are brave enough to jump on board and give it a go for the first time! This January we have a great sponsor in King Living and some very generous prizes.
The overall winner gets an Uno 2-Seater Sofa in their choice of premium King Luxe or Tango Fabric fabrics worth $1,780.
Additionally, one winner for each daily theme will get a Bongo High Storage ottoman in premium King Luxe or Tango Fabric worth $397.
A spokesman for King Living says: “It’s the attention to detail in our furniture that makes the difference, which is like 7 Vignettes: the details tell a bigger, creative story.
“The Interiors Addict community has a keen eye for style and design. We’re looking forward to seeing all the creative ideas the New Year brings with 7 Vignettes.”
Here are the themes and the fun starts on Instagram on New Year’s Day, 1 January 2016. If you’ve never played before or need a refresher, click here.
I know, it has come to a shock to me too that it’s December next week! While this brings with it all manner of gift shopping (and packing for trip to England with a baby) anxiety, it also means it’s time for a fresh 7 Vignettes. Hooray! We’re delighted to welcome Stockland on board as our latest sponsor and guest judge. And they have chosen some fabulously festive themes for you all. I think you’re going to love these!
We will be asking you to tag us and your nearest Stockland shopping centre from the following:
There’s a massive $1,000 Stockland voucher for the overall winner and $100 daily theme prizes. Alternative prizes will be arranged for those living unreasonably far from a Stockland shopping centre.
If you haven’t played before or need a reminder of how it all works go here or ask any questions in the comments below.
The fun starts on 1 December. Happy prepping and happy vignetting!
The last few weeks, in my haze of new mum-ness, I became aware of a lot of discussion and debate happening on Instagram about what constitutes a vignette, whether standards had slipped in 7 Vignettes entries and whether every previous winner had stuck to the “rules”. I must admit I found it all a bit negative and took it personally (this Instagram challenge is another of my babies after all). Sleep deprivation will do that to you too. But do you know what? I’m kind of happy people care enough to have that debate!
Winning vignettes by Angela Steyn
Next week, when 7 Vignettes should start on 1 July, it’s my birthday, my bestie is here visiting from the UK and, after 2.5 years, I want a breather. I’m using this time out to invite you all to send in your suggestions for creating a set of guidelines for the competition going forward. And to tell me what you do/don’t like directly.
Winning vignettes by Mel Salaris
You can’t please all of the people all of the time. Not everyone will always agree with who is picked as the winner. And the judge’s choice will always be subjective. But if a set of guidelines makes people happy then let’s do this! And who better to contribute than the people who take part? So if you’re one of those who have voiced your opinion on Instagram, please voice it directly to me here or by email and let’s have some constructive feedback.
Above all though, let’s not lose sight of this being something fun, a place to ‘meet’ like-minded people and build each other up with encouragement, support and praise of each others efforts. The ‘real life’ events and meet-ups will also continue when baby Sebastian is a bit older.
7 Vignettes will be back on 1 August with the themes announced towards the end of July. I hope we can all come back refreshed, enthused and positive!
Well, thank goodness for guest judges is all I can say! Keeping up with the sheer volume of 7 Vignettes images when you have a newborn is tough! A big thank you to this month’s sponsors, Retrojan, who came up with the popular themes and have picked the daily and overall winners, which we’re sharing today.
The overall winner, @mesalaris gets a $500 Retrojan voucher. Congratulations Melanie! What a pretty, colourful collection! Annaliese Loriot, social media manager for Retrojan, said: “Melanie has produced seven days of fun, beautiful and consistent vignettes. Each image has had a lot of thought put into the theme behind it and always made us excited to see her next vignette! Congratulations on a week of stunning images!”
The daily theme winners, who get $75 vouchers, are as follows:
All our winners should email [email protected] to claim their vouchers.
READER OFFER
Retrojan are offering our readers 20% off everything until the end of the week. Simply enter the promo code INTERIORSADDICT20 at checkout or mention it while shopping at their Melbourne showroom and store. Valid 09/06/15 to 15/06/15 on full priced items only and cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer.
The countdown is on to June 2015’s 7 Vignettes, starting a week today on 1 June and sponsored by Retrojan. They’re generously putting up a $500 voucher for the overall winner with $75 voucher daily theme prizes also up for grabs. So start preparing now to be in with a chance!
Retrojan furniture. Image courtesy of Real Living
Retrojan’s social media manager, Annaliese Loriot, says: “Retrojan proudly supports Interiors Addict’s 7 Vignettes as it’s a platform where design lovers can come together, share their own style and be creative, all within a fun and friendly community.
“Like Retrojan furniture, 7 Vignettes allows design lovers to put their own interpretation to a certain style or look which is what really inspires us!”
Here are next month’s themes, as chosen by Retrojan:
Feel free to share with your networks!
Retrojan is an Australian owned furniture brand, taking inspiration from legendary styles of the past, and producing their own modern take on them. Their no middlemen, direct from the manufacturer model promises you great value with a 14-day no-questions-asked money back guarantee and 12-month manufacturer’s warranty on everything and over 4000 happy customers. You may have seen their products on The Block, Renovation Rumble and House Rules.
Image courtesy of Real Living. Camille console, $469
This month, make sure you tag @retrojan and @interiorsaddict and use the hashtag #7vignettes. This challenge starts next Monday 1 June 2015. All the details of how to play are available here.
Next month’s vignette fest is fast approaching and we’re giving you the chance to win a great copper and white prize pack from our online store. The guest judge is Naomi Findlay, the stylist I’ve partnered with on Interiors Addict Shop and one of our resident experts on sister site Reno Addict. The winner will receive a set of geometric vases, a copper and white decorative bowl, a copper tealight holder and a set of two monochrome flower bowls!
Here are the themes:
And the prizes…
The fun starts on 1 May 2015 for seven days. This month, you must tag @interiorsaddict and @naomifindlaydart and use the hashtag #7vignettes. Good luck!
It’s our biggest 7 Vignettes prize ever: thanks to next month’s sponsor, Life Interiors, the overall winner of our monthly Instagram competition will win a $1,000 voucher to spend with them in store or online. Not only that, but each day, someone will win a $100 voucher for the entry judged the best. So even if you don’t manage all seven, you could still win something. I think you’re probably running out of reasons not to take part!
Life Interiors sell some of our favourite Australian brands — including Kip & Co, mexsii and Kate & Kate — and a fantastic range of Australian made and imported furniture and homewares. These new gold and copper pieces recently caught my eye. Gorgeous!
“We are extremely excited to sponsor 7 Vignettes for the month of April,” said Life Interiors’ Nicole Arvela, who will be the guest judge. “We love the competition and the way it inspires individuals to be creative and to share their style within the 7 Vignettes community. We can’t wait to see what everybody will create out of this month’s themes!”
Please share these themes with your friends and followers
You could put your winnings towards a mexsii bedhead!
Plenty of goodies you could blow $1,000 on at Life Interiors!
If you’re new to the challenge, find out how to take part here. And if you need inspiration, or are not quite sure what a vignette is, simply check out the #7vignettes hashtag, where you’ll find more than 55,000 images!
Don’t forget to tag us (@interiorsaddict) and @lifeinteriors. The fun starts a week today on Wednesday 1 April 2015. We regret that only Australian residents are eligible to win prizes but welcome your entries from all over the world!
Life Interiors is at Unit A3, 35-39 Bourke Rd (entrance via 46-62 Maddox Street) Alexandria, NSW 2015. We recommend you hop over to The Grounds for a coffee or something yummy after you’ve shopped up a storm…
Congratulations to this month’s overall winner Lauren Storey, as chosen by our sponsor and guest judge OZ Design Furniture! You win a $500 voucher and we can see why.
Group marketing manager Iarni Harvey says: “Congratulations to the February 7 Vignettes overall winner. We selected Lauren as her daily vignettes were styled to perfection with a fresh take on each day’s theme. Here at OZ Design Furniture, we have throughly enjoyed reviewing all the creative entries and sponsoring such a fabulous initiative.”
Lauren’s entry for ‘living’
Our seven daily winners, who each get $100 vouchers were:
The winner, as chosen by the lovely ladies at Kip and Co, Kate, Alex and Hayley, is Jessie Brakenridge, a graphic designer from Adelaide. Congratulations @jessiebrakenridge, you win a $500 Kip and Co voucher which we’re sure will add some style, colour and fun to your bedroom!
Kate said: “Her images are really stunning and the colour in each is balanced beautifully. Cute use of all these amazing treasures! And like here at Kip where we try to use colours in fun ways, Jessie has nailed it! Really ace job and obviously a very talented still life stylist!”
As usual, the guest judges were bowled over by the number of great entries and found it hard to pick just one winner. The girls have kindly decided to give two runner-up prizes of $50 vouchers to @design_salt and @pastelpeppermint. “We love @pastelpeppermint for how she has combined colour with something she loves — her two gorgeous cats Tortilla and Pinto. What ace names and great pics!
“And @design_salt because her very stylish photos were just really beautiful and how could we go past a jelly banana with chia on the ends? Genius!”
Winners, please contact me so we can pass your email address into Kip and Co. Thanks to our gorgeous guest judges and sponsors, we couldn’t think of a better brand to support our colourful themes this month!
I’ve been pondering this post for a really long time. I am completely in love with our 7 Vignettes community on Instagram and it gives me so much joy to see what people get out of the experience and how supportive everyone is of each other. I’m also blown away by the beautiful images but that almost comes second! It genuinely makes me feel sad and frustrated when I hear people saying they’re too intimidated to take part because the standard is so high, or that they don’t have time, or the right props. I wanted to debunk all these myths and encourage you to give it a go, just once, then come back and tell me you didn’t love it! Please read on for my roundup of the most common excuses and why they’re nonsense!
1. I don’t have enough cool stuff. Pft! Nonsense! Some of our best images contain seashells, hairy string, flowers from the garden, a corner of a textured rug, pieces of fruit, a cuppa or a chubby baby’s hand! It’s not about owning lots of designer homewares, it’s about how you put the stuff together, the natural light, the composition, even the Instagram filter. And sometimes (often) simple is best. As they say, it’s not what you’ve got, it’s what you do with it that counts!
@ofheartandhome
By @milburt
2. I’m intimidated by how good everyone else is.This is probably the biggest issue people have. I draw your attention to these recent comments…
I totally get it though. We have some super talented participants. It blows me away every month! But the absolute BEST thing about the 7 Vignettes community — even better than the beautiful feed of images — is the sense of community and all the lovely encouraging and friendly words for each other’s efforts. Take part and get to know them. You might even make a few new friends. I can promise you I have never ever heard of an incidence of anyone telling someone else theirs wasn’t up to scratch! And think what you can learn from these clever and inspiring people! Any doubts are in your own head only.
4. My home isn’t stylish enough. Again, 7 Vignettes isn’t about showcasing cool or expensive stuff or even your home. Interiors Addict’s motto is, after all, style without the snobbery! You don’t even have to show us any of your home if you don’t want to. Most people don’t. It’s less about interiors and more about creativity, fun and enjoyment.
5. I feel guilty taking part in something so self-indulgent when I should be hanging out with my kids. Enough with the mother guilt already (let’s face it, the overwhelming majority of participants are female, this is not me being sexist)! I’ve heard comments to this effect a few times and it really bothers me. Why not take a little time out for yourself to do something creative for a few minutes for seven days of the month? It doesn’t have to be every month. If you’re stuck in a job that you don’t love, this could be one of your only creative outlets. Your kids may want to join in too and be inspired by watching your creativity in action. This happens all the time and sometimes we get to see the little ones’ vignette attempts too (super cute)! We love seeing little hands in parents’ vignettes too. And we laugh when we hear the stories of husbands who just don’t get it. Share the outtakes and the funny stories with us. Most of all, keep it real!
Vignette by school girl @indiakitty
And, if you truly believe 7 Vignettes is too self-indulgent a pastime for a mother that’s fine, but please keep it to yourself and don’t make others feel guilty, okay? Thanks!
6. I just don’t have time. My biggest advice here is not to over think it. And I hear time and time again that the most spontaneous vignettes can be the best. You can even set yourself a timer to make it more fun and challenging! Don’t just take it from me though…
So, I really hope that hearing from readers who may have felt you once upon a time and are now hooked on 7 Vignettes and loving it, will encourage you to have a go yourself! I dare you to come and join Instagram’s friendliest community! We even have events throughout the year where you can meet each other.
The next 7 Vignettes challenge starts on 1 February 2015. To be first to receive the themes list, make sure you sign up to our newsletter. For step by step instructions, go here and please ask any questions in the comments below.
Goodness me, in my jet lagged haze this week, I almost forgot that 7 Vignettes starts on Monday and I hadn’t announced the themes yet! Apologies to all of you who like lots of time to get prepared! Here are the themes, chosen by stylist Jason Grant, in celebration of his second book, Holiday at Home. Jason will also be the guest judge next week and the winner gets a signed copy of his book.
Please tag @interiorsaddict and @mr_jason_grant and use the hashtag #7vignettes, as usual. New people, feel free to ask questions in the comments below. Please do share the themes above with all your social networks!
Holiday at Home, out in September, published by Hardie Grant
Sydneysiders are very welcome to join us at the new West Elm in Chatswood Chase tomorrow (Saturday), from 12 noon until 2pm, where I’ll be doing a Q&A with Jason and he’ll be signing copies of the book. See you there!
The winner of 7 Vignettes May 2014, as chosen by guest judge and our editorial assistant, Olivia Shead, is @vintagefox_, who took part for the full week for the first time. Beginner’s luck? Beautiful photos and a great choice by Olivia, don’t you agree?
Olivia said: “Teneille’s collection was extremely impressive, especially considering it was her first time completing a full 7 Vignettes. I loved the vintage feel and how she wasn’t afraid to use some colour. Simple but beautiful.”
Teneille (Eldering) admitted on instagram she found the challenge quite daunting but loved the support from the community. She wins a Silk Express e-styling service from Silk Home Staging & Styling for a room in her home. Please contact us to claim your prize.
7 Vignettes is just a week away! Yay! It starts on 1 July, which just happens to be my birthday, so let’s make it one big instagram party! Our judge and sponsor this month is Kate Reeves Robertson from The Story of Us, who make amazing stationery and wedding invites. They happen to have just done mine and Damian’s and we could not love them any more! (I can’t show you them just yet as some are winging their way to England and I don’t want to spoil the surprise for our guests).
Anyway, the winner of this month’s challenge gets a brilliant prize: their own custom stationery set, designed from scratch (they don’t do templates!) by Kate herself. If, like me, you believe in the power of the handwritten note, the ‘just because’ note, the ‘I think you’re awesome’ note and the thank you note, you’re going to love this! Kate’s work is really special and often includes elements of handwritten calligraphy combined with her graphic design.
Kate is a big fan of 7 Vignettes and the top photo above is one of her own previous entries. She is very excited to be judging next month!
Kate Reeves Robertson
And here’s the list in advance. I hope you like it and I can’t wait to see what you come up with next month. Note the birthday-themed theme for 1 July, not that it’s all about me or anything!
You need to use the #7vignettes hashtag and tag Kate (@story_of_us) and I (@interiorsaddict). You must submit all 7 images by midnight on Sunday 7 July and be an Australian resident to be eligible to win the prize. The prize comprises the design and print of 25 notecards with envelopes worth $260. Everything else you need to know can be found here.
Here’s Shantel Ross’s gorgeous entry for the gold theme:
Guest judge Suzie Atkin, of Urban Road, had a hard job deciding. Good job it was long weekend! “I was blown away by all of the amazing entries and just thrilled to see so much talent, it was a visual feast! I found it very difficult to select just one winner but there was something about the vignettes of eatlivelaugh that I just adore. So creative and visually just stunning, I love each and every entry. They all work together beautifully and the rustic vintage feel they have is divine.”
More of eatlivelaugh’s images
Suzie and I both loved her gold entries (of which there were 3!) the best. In fact, that was my favourite day of this month’s challenge. So many sparkly, glamorous images! Which was your favourite theme of the week?
And, if you truly believe 7 Vignettes is too self-indulgent a pastime for a mother that’s fine, but please keep it to yourself and don’t make others feel guilty, okay? Thanks!
