31 januar 2008

Spominčice in spominčki


Obožujem spominčice. In prav ponosna sem bila nase, ko sem naredila tale albumček. Niti nisem kaj dosti razmišljala ali spreminjala - zadovoljna sem bila v prvem poskusu. In še nekaj me veseli: števec na moji strani je včeraj obrnil prvo tisočico. Hvala za vaše obiske - še naprej ste več kot dobrodošli!

FORGET-ME-NOTS AND MEMORIES
I adore forget-me-nots. And I was quite proud of myself when I made this one. I didn't really plan or alter much - I was happy with it in the first try. And there is one more thing that makes me happy: the number on the counter reached one thousand yesterday. Thank you all for visiting - you're still more than welcome!


mravljica

30 januar 2008

Še dva



En s srčki in en z metuljčki (modri izgleda v živo dosti bolje, še posebej pentlja). Oba sta zaenkrat še brez napisov; to je ena od idej, ki sem jih omenila v prešnji objavi - da bi pripravila nekaj različnih napisov za različne namene, ki bi se jih dalo potem naknadno pritrditi na naslovnico.
Druga ideja: črna podlaga za fotografije. Nisem sicer še poskusila, ampak mogoče pa bo kakšni umetniški duši všeč.

TWO MORE

One with hearts and one with butterflies (the blue one looks better live, especially the bow). They are both without sayings for now; this is one of ideas I mentioned in my previous post - to prepare some tags with words for different purposes, that can be glued onto the cover later.
Idea number two: black background for the photos. I haven't tried it yet, but some artistic soul might actually like it.

mravljica

28 januar 2008

En sončen


Prvi album mi je bil tako všeč, da sem kar nadaljevala. Všeč mi je, da mi ni več treba misliti na mere in izračune in pravilno nameščanje, in se lahko posvetim samo izgledu naslovnice. Tokratna je precej sončna - rumene gerbere, rumeni trakci, romantičen vzorček in napis "moje najljubše" (slike, rože, punce...? - Po želji.)


Imam še kar nekaj idej o teh albumčkih - več o tem pa jutri, pa kakšen nov bo tudi že pripravljen za objavo.

A SUNNY ONE
I liked the first album so much I just stayed on the project. I like the fact I don't have to worry about the measures and calculations and correct positioning any more, and I can concentrate on designing of the cover. This time it is quite sunny - yellow gerbera daisies, yellow ribbons, a romantic pattern and words "my favourite ones" (photos, flowers, girls...? - As you wish.)
I've got quite some more ideas for these albums - I'll tell you more tomorrow, and I'll have another one ready for posting.

mravljica

26 januar 2008

Včerajšnja obljuba


Tole sem omenila včeraj: albumček za deset najljubših.
Nekje sem videla ponudbo takšnih albumov - samo "harmonika" in platnice, brez okraskov. Pa sem rekla, saj to lahko naredim tudi sama. In sem.


Bel karton za podlago fotografijam je odrezan in prepognjen tako, da se nanj lahko nalepi deset fotografij velikosti 10 x 15 cm, in še ostane pol centimetra belega roba (nisem še določila fotografij, zato jih nisem lepila noter).


Platnice so iz precej trdega kartona; najprej sem se nekaj trudila in jih poskušala oviti, pa nekako ni bilo ta pravo, potem pa sem jih pustila in nanje samo prilepila nekoliko manjši okrasni papir, na hrbtni strani so dodani trije trakci, ki lahko držijo album skupaj, če pa se postavi na razstavo, se trakce pač razveže.



YESTERDAY'S PROMISE
This is what I mentioned yesterday: a small album for ten favourite ones.
I saw such albums somewhere - "raw" ones, just a leporello and covers, with no embellishments. And I said, I can do that. And I did.

I took some white stock and I cut and folded it in such a way that ten 10x15 cm photos can be glued to it and there is 0.5 cm white border left (I haven't decided n my ten photos, so I haven't put them in yet).

The covers are made of quite hard cardboard; first I tried to wrap them in some paper somehow, but it just didn't work, so I left them unwrapped and glued some patterned paper and three ribbons - the ribbons can hold the album together or can be untied if the photos are put on display.


mravljica

25 januar 2008

Dvaaaa teeeednaaaa


nisem nič objavila!!! Sram me je! Kaj vse je bil razlog? Delo, potepanje, spet delo, pa tudi pomanjkanje inspiracije. Poleg tele voščilnice, ki sem jo naredila za mojo teto, sem se ukvarjala še z eno zadevo (pokažem jutri), drugače pa ideje pretežno vrejo v moji glavi.

No, deset objav v tem mesecu bom morda uspela spraviti skupaj...

TWOOOOO WEEEEEKS
have passed since I posted my last entry. Shame on me! And what was the reason? Work, trips, work again, and even some lack of inspiration. Beside this card I made for my aunt, I also worked on something else (I'll show you more tomorrow), but otherwise, the ideas are mostly still "cooking" in my head.

Well, maybe I'll manage ten posts in this month...

mravljica

10 januar 2008

Lovimo zimsko sonce...


... s temi majhnimi lovilci sonca iz drobnih steklenih perlic in tanke žice.


Idejo zanje sem našla tukaj, in jih nato naredila po sliki.

CATCHING THE WINTER SUN...
... with these little sun catchers made of seed beads and thin wire.
I found the idea for them here, and then made some according to the picture.


mravljica

07 januar 2008

Spet rdeča


Ne vem, kaj je s to rdečo - pa sem rekla, da do Valentinovega ne pogledam rdečega papirja; no, tu sta prva dva od obljubljenih lončkov. Rdeča!


Za levega sem za ozadje vzela rdeč karton in iz malo temnejšega kartona s štanco izrezala srčke. Na sredini sem jim z iglo naredila štiri luknjice. Nekatere sem z belo nitko prišila na bel trak in jih prilepila po sredini lončka. Na preostale srčke sem z belim gel pisalom narisala križni šiv in robne šive, srčke pa sem samo prilepila na lonček. Nato sem dodala še srebrne nalepke - pikice.


Lonček na desni ima za podlago srebrn vlaknast papir. Rdeč motiv metulja (Karen Marie) sem nalepila na zelo svetlo rumen krog, tega pa na temno rdeč papirnat prtiček za skodelice. Na levi in desni sem z luknjačem naredila manjši okrogli luknjici in skozi napeljala trakec enake barve, kot je papirnat prtiček. Po robu rdečega prtička sem nalepila srebrne pikice, rumen krog pa sem obrobila z vzorcem šiva z rdečim svetlečim pisalom. Po sredini lončka sem nalepila roza satenast trakec, malo širši od rdečega. Nato sem prilepila metulja in pritrdila ožji trakec na širšega, konce pa zavezala v pentljo. Srebrne pikice sem nalepila tudi po navpični črti, kjer se stikata konca srebrnega papirja. Dodatek, ki se ga od spredaj ne vidi, so majhni svetli Karen Marie metuljčki, nalepljeni na trakec.



RED AGAIN
I just don't know what's with this red - I said I won't even look at the red paper until St Valentine's Day; well, here I have first two of the promised cans. And they are red!

For the can on the left, I took some red cardboard for the background and I punched out some hearts from a little bit darker cardboard. Using a needle, I made four holes in the centre of each heart. I took some of them and sewed them with white thread on a white ribbon, and then glued everything along the centre line of the can. I used a white gel pen and drew a cross stitch and border stitches on the remaining hearts, then I just glued them on the can. I added some silver stickers - little dots.

The background for the can on the right is silver fibre paper. I glued a red butterfly (Karen Marie) on a very light yellow circle, and both of them on a dark red paper napkin. I punched out two small round holes on either side and: I took a ribbon of the same colour as the napkin and put it through the holes. I added silver dots on the border of the red napkin and I drew a stitch border on the yellow circle, using a red metallic pen. I glued a pink satin ribbon (a little wider then the dark red ribbon) along the centre line of the can. Then I glued the butterfly and the red ribbon, and I tied the ends into a bow. I glued some silver dots along the vertical line where the ends of the silver paper come together. One thing that cannot be seen from the front, are small white Karen Marie butterflies glued on the ribbon.


mravljica

04 januar 2008

Nekoč sva bila lončka za kapučino



Ko sem pregledovala slike, da bi našla še kaj za objavit, sem ugotovila, da se bo treba spet resno spraviti na delo. In ena od prvih stvari bodo takšni lončki za pisala ali kakšen drug domiseln namen.


Ta dva na sliki sem lani naredila za moji sestrični, na polici pa me čaka še nekaj lončkov od Nescafe kapučina - mami, hvala za lončke in se še priporočam :) Nekatere sem že oblepila z osnovno podlago, zdaj pa moram samo še odpreti vse škatle in predale s trakci, nalepkami in drugimi drobnarijami, potem pa ... "Ni me doma!"


WE USED TO BE CAPPUCCINO CANS ONCE
When I was going through the photos to find something to post, I found out that some serious work will have to be done again. And one of the first things will be such
pencil holders (of course they can be used for other purposes as well).
I made these two for my two cousins last year, and I still have some of Nescafe Cappuccino cans waiting on the shelf - mummy, thanks for providing them, and please keep them coming :) I've already put the basic background layer on some of them, I just need to open my boxes and drawers with ribbons, stickers and other little things, and then ... "I'm not home!"

mravljica

03 januar 2008

Malo spremembe

Tole sem sicer načrtovala že prej, a mi nekako ni uspelo, da bi se zgodila na Silvestrovo točno opolnoči.
Malo spremembe vsake toliko časa ne more škoditi, kajne? Tokrat v roza smer, naslednjič ... kdo ve?

A BIT OF CHANGE
I planned to do this before, but I somehow didn't manage to make it happen on the New Year's Eve at midnight.
A bit of change every once a while can't hurt, right? This time in the pink direction, next time ... who knows?

mravljica

02 januar 2008

Ursus arctos - zimska izdaja


Tale rjavi medved (velikost 2 cm) je iz zadnje runde - decembra sem jih naredila štirideset ali petdeset, zimsko piko na i pa sem jim poskusila dati s šalom - poskušala sem s širšimi trakci, pa ni bilo dobro, tako da sem na koncu pristala pri takšnem puhastem belem šalu. Fotograf je bil tokrat drug, zato je osvetlitev bolj dramatična...

URSUS ARCTOS - WINTER EDITION
This brown bear (size 2 cm) is from my last batch - I made forty or fifty of them in December, and I tried to give them the final winter touch by tying little scarves around their necks - I tried some wider ribbons, but it didn't work out, so I ended up with such fluffy white ones. The photo was taken by another photographer this time, the lighting is therefore more dramatic...

mravljica

01 januar 2008

Srečno novo leto


Naj se vam izpolnijo vse velike in majhne želje, in naj vam vsak dan polepša kakšna malenkost, pa četudi bo to le nekaj takega, kot so tile mali zaspančki.

HAPPY NEW YEAR
May all your big and small wishes come true, and may your days be enriched by little things, even if it is something like these little sleepy heads here.

mravljica