Solar Flare Blog Hop

  In September Sam from Ultimate Supplies decided to start a new blog with a blog hop. He took this gorgeous photo during a sunset and based the challenge around it: the participants needed to create a unique piece of jewelry inspired by it:

  As these are totally my colours I decided immediately to join. At the time when I was thinking about what to make a package with some supplies I've ordered before arrived. When I was sorting the materials I was hooked by these marmorine drop perles and the twin beads in a similar colour. I added some of the amethist Miyuki beads and here is the pair of earrings I made:

It's the first time I'm using the twin-beads and the pattern would need some more improvements, but I think the marmorine effect recalls the colours of the sunsets and specially the solar flare quite well.

  Thank you for visiting and please check the creations of the other participants:

Gloria Allen

Shawn Marie Mills
Karin King
Alicia Marinache

Pam "The Crazier Sister"

Kelly Hosford Patterson
Delia Marsellos-Traister
Dana Lang
Mischelle Fanucchi
Jessica Murray
Cynthia Abner
Charlie Jacka
Shannon Hicks
Zoe Marcin
Rebecca Sirevaag
Miranda C. Ackerley
Paula Winchester Hisel
Lynn Jobber/Lo/The Creative Klutz
Alenka Obid  <-- you are here

  Happy hoping!

  Alenka

A Time to Stitch 2 - Reveal

  Okay, it's time for for the reveal of the A TIME TO STITCH 2 challenge, hosted by Therese and Christine.

  I'm a bit nervous as these are my first steps in beadweaving, but I already love it very much. That means this is only the beginning and you will see more from me in the future :-)

  Let's start with the CRAW - the first one I've tried. I made a bracelet

and a pair of earrings.

  The second stich I learned was St. Petersburg and I made a bracelet (with polymer clay buttons), 

a pair of earrings

and two rings.

  My design is quite simple, I'm still learning the basics, but I like it that way. They are all my experiments, I did not use any tutorials (except for learning the stitch itself). I know I havent't invented anything new, but I came to this solutions by myself. I'm kind of proud of it ... and I already have a lot of ideas to realize in the future :-) 

  And now, here's the complete list of participants - I'm sure you will find gorgeous creations on their blogs as they are all much more skilful than me:

Therese Frank and Christine Altmiller
Nikki Byers
Kristen Stevens
Shirley Moore
Cynthia Machata
Lola Surwillo
Maryanne Gross
Alenka  ß you are here!
Karin Slaton
Katherine Gale
Sally Russick
Amy Severino
Alicia Marinache
Sonya Stille
Tanya Goodwin
Lisa Stukel
Marla Gibson
Sarah Sequins
Mandy
Andra Weber
Kim Hora
Karen Williams

  Happy hoping!
  Alenka

Pay it Forward Giveaway / Nagradna igra Podari naprej

  It seems recently I'm quite lucky in winning at giveaways ;-)  After the fiber soup from Lori Anderson, the luck knocked on my door again with a little particular giveaway hosted by Sandra Young of Gypsy Road Beads. I commented in time and won a surprise gift from her.
 Zadnje čase imam kar nekaj sreče pri nagradnih igrah na blogih ;-)  Pred kratkim sem bila izbrana kot dobitnica raznovrstnih trakov na blogu Lori Andersen, sedaj pa sem zadela še skrivnostno nagrado na blogu Sandre Young od Gypsy Road Beads v nekoliko posebni nagradni igri.


  Let me introduce Sandra with one of her creations that I like very much and would be happy to wear. What will I receive from Sandra will be a secret until I receive her package...   
    Naj vam predstavim Sandro s sliko ene od njenih kreacij, ki mi je zelo všeč in bi jo z veseljem nosila. Kaj pa bom jaz dobila za darilo od nje, bo skrivnost vse do takrat, dokler ne dobim njenega paketa ...

Sandra Young's Tribal Conch Shell & Coral necklace

  And now IT'S YOUR TURN - you can WIN A SURPRISE GIFT FROM ME, you just need to agree to the following instructions:
   Zdaj pa JE PRILOŽOST VAŠA, da dobite SKRIVNOSTNO NAGRADO OD MENE - pri tem morate slediti naslednjim navodilom:

  I’ll send a surprise gift to the first three commenters on this blog post. The gift will be a handmade surprise by me and will be sent to you some time in the next 365 days (yep, mystery gift at a mystery time).

  To complete signing up you MUST play along too. To do this you must blog a similar post and pledge to make a surprise gift for the first three people who comment on it. So, are you in? Comment below and make sure you include your email address in the comment if your profile doesn’t include it already. If I cannot contact your easily, unfortunately that will mean you can not win and that would make me sad.

  Skrivnostno darilo bom poslala prvim trem, ki bodo napisali komentar pod to objavo. Darilo bo moje ročno delo in bo poslano na naslov zmagovalcev enkrat v naslednjih 365 dneh (tako je, skrivnostno darilo ob skrivnostnem času).

  Za uspešno sodelovanje MORATE to igro nadaljevati. To pomeni, da morate na svojem blogu objaviti podobno objavo in se zavezati, da boste izdelali skrivnostno darilo za prve tri osebe, ki bodo komentirale vašo objavo. Torej, ste za igro? Če ste, takoj pustite svoj komentar pod to objavo in navedite tudi svoj e-mail naslov, če ga nimate že avtomatično nastavljenega v vašem profilu. Če vas ne bom mogla enostavno kontaktirati, ne boste mogli zmagati v tej igri, kar bi me zelo razžalostilo.

 

  I’ll email the first three commenters for your snail mail address and a ask a few questions (likes/dislikes, favourite colours, sizes general stuff like that). 

  Prvim trem, ki boste pustili komentar, bom poslala e-mail sporočilo z nekaterimi vprašanji (poštni naslov, kaj vam je/ni všeč, priljubljene barve, velikosti in podobno).

 So, go and comment, now!!! It's funny to make a day to somebody with an mystery gift at a mystery time, isn't it? ;-)

  Zdaj pa takoj napišite komentar!!! Kaj ni zabavno polepšati dan nekomu s skrivnostnim darilom ob neznanem času? ;-)

 

  Wishing you a lucky day,

   Želim vam srečen dan,

 

 Alenka