October 31, 2012

Gift receiving Thursday / Obdarovani četrtek


  Last Thursday was a gift-receiving day for me, even if it wasn't my birthday. Coming home from work I've opended the mail-box and there were two envelopes from United States waiting for me!!! Can you imagine - two in the same day. I'm not getting packages from US very often, so this was a great surprise (even if I was expecting both of them)!
  Prejšnji četrtek je bil dan za prejemanje daril zame, čeprav ni bil moj rojstni dan. Ko sem se vrnila iz službe, sem v poštnem nabiralniku našla dve kuverti iz ZDA. Dve kuverti na isti dan!! Glede na to, da ne prejemam ravno pogosto pošte iz Amerike, je bilo to veliko presenečenje (čeprav sem obe pričakovala).

  The first one was a yellow envelope with a nice handwritting from Lori Anderson - and I knew exactly what was inside: do you remember, some time ago I won a giveaway as part of her Bead Soup Book Tour. And this was the content of the envelope:
  Prva pošiljka je bila rumena kuverta z lepo pisavo od Lori Anderson, za katero sem točno vedela, kaj vsebuje. Se spomnite - pred nekaj tedni sem bila srečna dobitnica nagradne igre na Lorinem blogu v okviru njene Bead Soup Book turneje. To pa je bila vsebina kuverte:


different threads I will certainly use for jewelry making. Lori, thank you very much!
 različni trakovi, ki jih bom, seveda, uporabila pri izdelavi nakita. Lori, najlepša hvala!


  The second envelope was from my journal cover swap partner Byrd Tetzlaff - I've blogged about her here. And the content of this package was a total enigma for me - well, not really, I knew it was a journal cover ... but had no clue about how it looks.
  Drugo pošiljko je poslala moja partnerica v izmenjavi naslovnic dnevnika Byrd Tetzlaff, o kateri sem že napisala par besed tukaj. Vsebina te pošiljke pa je bila velika uganka zame - no, ne ravno neznanka, ker sem vedela, da vsebuje naslovnico dnevnika ... vendar pa nisem imela pojma, kakšno.

  My heart almost stopped when I saw the package was weirdly flattened and there was a label "item from abroad arrived damaged" on it. I was so afraid to open it and find a broken cover ... As the curiosity was stronger than fear I opened it immediately and a sigh of relief was the next thing everybody heard.
  Kar zmanjkalo mi je sape, ko sem opazila, da je škatla čudno sploščena in da je na njej nalepka z napisom "pošiljka iz tujine je prispela: v poškodovanem stanju". Kar strah me je bilo, da bom notri našla polompleno ploščico ... Vendar pa je bila moja radovednost veliko večja od strahu in naslednji glas, ki ga je bilo slišati, je bil vzdih olajšanja.


  This is the journal cover Byrd made for me. I like all the bright colours and and the mandala like pattern very much. Thank you, Byrd!
  To je torej naslovnica za (umetniški) dnevnik, ki ga je Byrd izdelala zame. Zelo so mi všeč svetle, živahne barve in vzorec, podoben mandali. Najlepša hvala, Byrd!

  I've sent my cover for Byrd the same day as she did, but she still hasn't received it :-(  I'm getting a little worried about this delay ... hope it will arrive safe to her. Of course, I can not show it yet .... you will have to come back again.
  Naslovnico, ki sem jo izdelala za Byrd sem poslala isti dan kot ona, vendar še vedno ni prispela do nje :-(  Počasi me že skrbi, da se je pošijlka kje izgubila ... res upam, da bo kmalu prispela na cilj. Ravno zaradi tega pa vam je še ne morem pokazati, zato se boste morali vrniti še kdaj na moj blog.


  By the way, tomorrow I'll be hosting a giveaway on this blog, so you're welcome to join me.
  Mimogrede, jutri bom objavila nagradno igro na tem blogu in vas vse vabim, da se mi pri tem pridružite.


  Be happy,
  Bodite srečni!
 
  Alenka
  

October 28, 2012

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:

Shawn Marie Mills
Karin King
Alicia Marinache
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

October 25, 2012

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