Showing posts with label Other Creations. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Other Creations. Show all posts

Sunday, December 26, 2010

Naša Medena Hiška / Our Gingerbread House

Naša medena hiška je že nekaj časa spečena, postavljena in okrašena. Prav dobro je izpadla, z rezultatom sem zadovoljna, čeprav smo mogoče uporabili premalo različnih sladkarij. Predvsem so mi všeč mali detajli - kupček drv ob hiši in ograje (poseben Borutov projekt), pa drevo in smreka, ledene sveče, dimnik, oblečen v mini koščke čokolade, prav tako cokel ob robu hiške. In še bolj mi je všeč to, kako zavzeto je moj dragi sodeloval pri vsem skupaj - od mesenja testa do izrezovanja, leplenja in dekoriranja. Nina je sicer na začetku še pokazala nekaj interesa za okraševanje, pa jo je hitro minilo. Drugega niti nisem pričakovala od naše trinajstletnice :).
Načrt za hiško in dimnik sem dobila tukaj (Victorian house). Hvala avtorju, kdorkoli že to je!

Kako je hiška nastajala in kako zgleda, pa lahko vidite na slikah spodaj.
Prižgite lučke na smrečici in svečke in v krogu svojih najdražjih preživite lepe trenutke. Lepe praznike vsem skupaj, kolikor jih boste imeli, in čim več prostih dni v prihodnjem tednu!










Sunday, October 31, 2010

Halloween pumpking carving - Rezljanje buč



Včeraj smo celo popoldne izrezovali buče. Danes cel dan kuhamo in pečemo, krasimo stanovanje, si lakiramo nohte na črno in pripravljamo črna oblačila. Že kakšno peto leto zapored se gremo pri nas namreč Halloween oziroma imamo Noč čarovnic - zabava za otroke in odrasle z rdeče-črno-oranžnim pecivom, oranžnimi in črnimi omakicami za čips (pečenka je pa normalne barve :) ), vsi smo oblečeni v črno, stanovanje krasijo duhci in poslikani baloni... Malce sem že utrujena, ampak se vseeno splača. 
Naše letošnje "noččarovniške" buče izgledajo takole - letos so nam prav imenitno uspele! Čarovnico je izrezljal Borut, ki se je tega menda lotil prvič, pa glede na rezultat nisem čisto prepričana, če mu je za verjet :), ostale pa jaz. Komaj čakam, da bo tema in jih spet prižgemo!

Lepo se imejte danes, še posebej pa vse coprnice in coprniki, čarovnice in čarovniki, čarodejke in čarodeji! Buuuuuuuuuuu!



We were carving pumpkings all afternoon yesterday. Today we are cooking and baking, painting nails with black, preparing black clothes... although Halloween is not commonly accepted holiday in our country we will held a Halloween party for a fifth year in a row. It will start in a few hours and almost everything is ready. 

Pumpkins look like this and I just love them! The one with the witch was carved by Borut and it was his first pumpking carving ever - I'm not sure weather I should believe that considering how great it turned out!

Enjoy your day! Boooooo!

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Ko te zadane ljubezen...

... se ustavi čas in vse okoli tebe za nekaj časa izgine. Le tu in tam opaziš kakšen obris, senco iz svoje okolice in veš, da obstaja še drug svet, ki te čaka, da se vrneš vanj. Ni časa misliti na prijatelje, nakit, fimo maso, objavljanje blogov, klepet s soustvarjalkami - že vsakodnevne obveznosti so včasih čisto odveč...

V moje življenje je prišel previdno in odločno. Nisem ga pričakovala, zato se nisem kaj posebno pripravljala na njegov prihod. Začelo se je kot v "You've got mail", z mejlom. No ja, saj pri mejlih pa se podobnost s filmom tudi v glavnem konča :). Najin prvi "zmenek", približno 3 tedne in precej mejlov kasneje, je trajal 25 ur. Že prej se mi je malo zdelo, da to ne bo čisto navaden zmenek, ker sva bila dogovorjena, da greva nakupit stvari za kosilo in da bova kuhala pri meni doma. Prvi zmenki se menda ponavadi dogajajo v kakšnih finih lokalih in restavracijah, ali ne? Po možnosti ob svečah, v najboljših cunjicah in s fino frizuro in mejkapom na obrazu. Pri nama ni bilo nič od tega - zgodilo se je pa sprehajanje psa, preizkušanje in nakup tunike, nakupovanje špecerije, klepet z mojim stricem in teto, kratek obisk njegove hčerke, zamenjava kuhinjske pipe, poslušanje muzike, kuhanje najslabšega kosila vseh časov, popravilo luči, pa še enkrat sprehajanje psa, in iskanje videospotov na netu in nič spanja... vmes pa ves čas veliko veliko pogovarjanja. Pa prvi malce prestrašen poljub ob njegovem odhodu in kasneje občutek, da je vse tako lepo gladko teklo, da sva se tako fino ujela in tako krasno razumela, da je pa nujno treba to čim prej ponoviti...

In zdaj v malce različnih verzijah to ponavljava vsak vikend, včasih tudi med tednom. S to razliko, da vmes tudi malo spiva. :) Ko ga ni, ga pogrešam, zato se nikakor ne morem spraviti k ustvarjanju. Ko sva skupaj, seveda nimam niti časa niti volje, da bi se lotila dela. Je pa želja, skoraj potreba po tem, da kaj ustvarim, vsak dan močnejša. Še posebej od petka, ko sem se srečala z mojimi prijateljicami soustvarjalkami in si ogledala zame nov postopek za delo s fimo maso, ki nam ga je pokazala Renata. Nekaj barv fima sem že zmešala, zdaj moram le še preizkusiti tehniko.

Dolgo časa nisem nič pisala, ker nisem imela časa in ker nisem nič ustvarila. Sem se pa v tem času pridružila klubu 40+ in eno od boljših daril, ki sem jih dobila, je bil tridnevni "Tečaj izdelave srebrnega nakita s tehniko ulivanja" (lost wax casting) pri oblikovalki modnega nakita Olgi Košica. Enkrat februarja so nastali tile prstani:

Izdelava poteka nekako takole: iz voska (nisem vedela, da obstajajo voščene ploščice, mrežice, trakovi,...) se naredi kompleten prstan, točno tak, kot naj bi izgledal srebrn. To se potem odnese livarju, ki v posebni posodi okrog voščenega izdelka zalije gips. Ko je strjen, se da vse skupaj v tako vročo peč, da se vosek stopi in izhlapi. V gipsu ostane točen kalup izdelka, v katerega se potem vlije srebro ali zlato. Potem pa pride na vrsto najtežji del - rezanje odvečnih delov, brušenje z različnimi granulacijami brusnih papirjev in na koncu poliranje. Kar zakomplicirana stvar, v vsak prstan je bilo vloženega precej dela - ampak zdaj imam tri nove unikatne prstane, kakršnih nima prav nihče drug ;). Naredila sem še en moški prstan, ki je meni osebno najljubši; slika sledi kdaj drugič, ker lastnika prsta, na katerem je ta prstan od dneva, ko je bil dokončan, trenutno ni tukaj. Mimogrede, danes je točno šest mesecev, odkar mi je poslal tisti prvi mejl, ki ga je pripeljal do tega, da med drugim nosi prstan, ki sem ga naredila prav zanj. Zdi se mi, da mu ni niti mal žal, da mi je pisal. Tudi meni ne, da sem mu odgovorila. Srečna sem.




Wednesday, April 01, 2009

Scrap Paper Holder - Tutorial







I made similar scrap paper holder few days ago. I just love it because it's nice and practical and you can put it anywhere you want. When I do cards or scrapbooking, there are always some pieces of paper left... with this holder I can have them all in one place instead of having them all over my working table. Since I promised a friend who visited me the other day that I will put a quick tutorial on my blog, here it is.










You can make it in different sizes - my basic cardboard sizes are:
14 x 10 cm for the back,
14 x 3 cm for the bottom and
14 x 7 cm for the front.
Cut the cardboard pieces and glue them to the back of the desired pattern paper - make sure you leave some space between them. Trim the paper about 2 cm around and trim the corners. Fold the edges and glue them down.























Cut the piece of coordinating paper that is a few millimeters smaller than the "core" you have in front of you and glue it down so you cover the edges. With you scoring tool, gently rub in the space you left between cardboard and try to put it into the final shape.























Now cut the paper for the side parts. I wanted the upper part of the holder to be wider than the bottom, so I first cut 6.5 cm long strip of pattern paper, cut it in half and marked 3 cm for the bottom (as that is the size of my bottom cardboard part as well), and 5 cm for the top. You want to get an isosceles trapezoid. On the sides with equeal lenght (in my case the 6.5 cm side) leave 1 cm for fold which you will glue down. (See the pics bellow, I can't tell that better). I distressed the back side of the trapezoids before I glued them as they were just too white for my quite dark background paper.

































And that's about it. Of course you can embelish it as you want.


















And finally, put some scrap papers in it. I'm going to make a bigger one and fix it on the wall to keep the bills that need to be payed in it. You can use it for other things as well, it's up to you.








Now I dare you to make your own and show it to me! :)














Sunday, March 15, 2009

Stamp Carving Again

I needed a flower stamp and although I have quite a few it came to my mind I could carve one. It has been a while since I carved stamps... after carving the first one, I did the second and the third... After quite few hours I run out of rubber and ended up with a pile of new stamps! :)




Saturday, November 22, 2008

Nuno Felting

For quite some time I have been fascinated by felted scarves and bags. Somehow, I didn't even dare to think I could do something like that. When I did some "research" with Mr. Google's help, I learned how to do it. It was quite a short, but also a messy, bubbly and wet way from learning visually to making my first nuno felt piece.

In short, nuno felting is a way of wet felting where wool roving is felted into silk or some other sheer fabric. In wet felting, soapy water is used to bind the wool fibers together - you put down layers of wool, dump them with soapy water and then roll and/or rub until wool fibers lock together and make a soft cloth. Nuno felting is the same thing, except that you use a silk or some other sheer fabric as a base on which you put wool. After fiber are locked together, you start throwing your piece (to the floor, sink is even better), which causes wool fibers to shrink for about 1/3, while the size of your base fabric remains the same - hence the wrinkles on the silk parts.

I bought merino wool and used silk... since it was just a try, I didn't buy whole rainbow of colors (yet!), just a few. Here are the results (on the last pic are needle felted embelishments):
























































Sunday, May 13, 2007

Magic Wand Swap

That's my entry for our last swap - Magic Wand. It's polymer clay with glass ball bead at the end and it's about 32cm long.

Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Sofa Pin Cushion

I've made this one for the Pin-Cushion-Swap. Since I don't really sew, I was kidding that I am going to make my pin cushion of polymer clay and of course the girls were laughing. When I was trying to find an idea for what to really make, I remembered what I've said and had to try it. Of course now I have quite a few other ideas for such cushion, but I guess I will forget about that before I find time to realize them. I am too busy with stamping, scrapbooking and card making lately. You'll see some of the things soon.

Polymer clay, stamped with rubber stamp; cushion is filled with fiberfill and glued to baked polymer clay.

Monday, March 12, 2007

Swaps

Now and then I participate in swaps - which is a good thing, as this way I do things I would probably not do. And it forces me to create something even in my lazy and no-real-inspiration times. Here are the last two things I've made for swaps: jewellry hanger and scrapbooking page for the outside page of recipe file. This altered way of scrapbooking is something I am still learning and something I really really love!

Wednesday, February 07, 2007

Something To Hug














I made these a month or so ago when I was staying home and I had to rest because of my sore back (again!!!). It was sooooo boring and I just had to do something. Since making huggies is quite popular here lately, I had to try to make one myself, too. It was quite fun and I was rather surprised that I was able to put it together, because I am not really sewing much (in fact, I don't sew at all). I ended up with two finished and another 2 half done... and a month later they are still just half done. That is so typical for me, starting something and never finish it. I have quite some half made "projects" waiting for my attention; not to mentionl the things I got all the material for and have never even started. No wonder my flat sometimes looks like a warehouse! :)

Thursday, February 01, 2007

Quilling

Until two days ago I have never heard of quilling. I don't even remember seeing anything like that before. Then I heard about it from my fellow craft girls and since I didn't want to be completely ignorant I surfed the web to find some pics and possibly some instructions. I didn't find much, but just enough to get general idea about what quilling is and how to do it.

This was my first try and I am quite pleased with it. If by any chance someone who knows about quilling reads this post, I have a question: When you glue pieces together, how do you glue the composition to surface? Do you glue complete surface and put it on or put glue just on paper parts? Maybe with some more practice and different glues I will find that out by myself, but asking doesn't hurt, does it? :)

Friday, November 24, 2006

Winter Flower


I made this one for the "clay-pot swap". I was not really sure what to do with my pot, so I decided for a safe version of polymer clay and napkin technique. I got some other ideas while I was making this, but it was too late to change my mind. And then I saw all other things, made of clay pots... and like every time, I was amazed at so many different ideas and techniques used on the same object.

Sunday, May 28, 2006

Few New Things

I'm not doing much lately... I simply can't find time for my crafts. I made a tray for swap and I had quite some troubles. I made one first but I used wrong paint which was too concentrated and I made total mess on the wood. I left it like that, maybe I will fix it somehow when I have time. Or maybe it will stay in my storage room for some time, like so many other unfinished things, until I run out of space and throw it away.
The second one was better luckily (in the middle). And this swap was a good trade for me - I got beautiful tray, made in mosaic from polymer clay tiles. Thanks again Irena, it's really wonderful!















And here's a new tile I like very much... made mostly of polymer clay with few findings, stones and pieces of really old book. It's a small piece which is now part of bigger "painting"... and the complete painting, made from tiles by different authors, looks really amazing. And two pendants, made just like that - trying new techniques.











That's it for now. There are few more things I made but gave them away before even taking pics.

P.S. I'm having troubles with arranging pics in blogger today. Don't really know why. My computer acts weird, Mozilla Firefox is not running, cam is not working, spekaers are dead. Crap! It's about time I fix all that somehow. I need some music!