Novoletna darila

Končno sem našel nekaj časa za pospravljanje in obdelavo slik (še od poletnega dopusta so se mi nabrale!), zato bo objav v naslednjem tednu spet malo več. Začnimo pri najnovejših dogodkih … Kot vsako novo leto sva tudi letos pripravila kar nekaj doma narejenih daril. Lepo, uporabno in narejeno s srcem – to nama je všeč. Tako je K (popravek, T je bila!) sešila majhno torbico za robčke …

Hello, dear readers. I’ve finally found some time to catalogue and postprocess my photos so you can expect few more posts in the next week. Let’s start with the latest events first … We have – as every year – created quite some New Year gifts in the home workshop (that is, in the kitchen, mostly :) ). K (correction, it was T!) has sewn a nice little package for tissues …

… skupaj pa sva sestavila šest mini japonskih vrtov. K je naredila skale in kamenje, jaz pa grabljice.

… while both of us have created six miniature Japanese gardens. K did the rocks and stones and I made small rakes.

V družinske pakete sva dodala še (skoraj domače) olivno olje z domačim čilijem, sušeno zeleno z našega vrta in kremo s čilijem (za športnike). Japonski vrt so obdarjenci dobili v »kit kompletu«, vse skupaj pa je bilo pospravljeno v žepek, narejen iz starih kavbojk.

Families got flasks of virgin olive oil with home-grown chilly, dried celery from our garden and body lotion with chilly (for tired muscles). We delivered Japanese gardnes in a “kit” form so people could enjoy putting it together. Old jeans was used as a bag.

K je naredila tudi balzam za ustnice, jaz pa tridelni svečnik iz domače akacije.

K also made some lip balm and I made a three-part candle holder.

Največ zabave pa sem imel z darili za otroke. Pripravil sem šest kompletov malih lesenih koščkov z vdelanimi magnetki, ki se jih da sestaviti na najrazličnejše načine. (Idejo sem ukradel na Kickstarter projektu Cosmos. Fina stvar – če rabite kaj podobnega, kupite tam.)

This year I had a great fun building toys for children. I’ve created six sets of small wooden pieces with built-in magents which can be put together in various configurations. (Idea was shamelessly stolen from Kickstarter. If you want to own something similar, check out the Cosmos project.)

Prazniki ne bi bili popolni in obdarovanci zadovoljni, če S ne bi spekla piškotov. (Super so bili!)

And, traditionally, S baked lots and lots of cookies. (And they were great!)

Na mizi v sredo (On my desk on Wednesday) 21

Še vedno tipkam kot nora, za hrbtom pa imam na mizi odprt art dnevnik:

I’m still working as a madwoman, but behind me there’s my opened art journal on the table behind me:

Na drugih koncih hiše so se pojavile novoletne štampiljke. Barva jih pa tavelka, je neki bolna, pa leži v postelji ali na kavču in ko ne spi, barva.

In other parts of the house stamps that will be used on New year’s cards are emerging. I’m not the one that is doing the coloring, yet. This is my daughter’s handiwork, she’s been feeling poorly and between naps, she takes her Copics with her on the couch.