Mala črna...

... je obvezen kos vsake garderobe, vsaj tako pravijo.

Obleka? Za mene mogoče v katerem drugem življenju. In če bodo kozmične sile naklonjene, morda celo v tistem z vrtom in vrtnarjem :)

Verižica? Se absolutno strinjam. Pa še kakšno bom naredila. Glede na prvi stavek je lahko tudi za darilo, s katerim res že zelo težko zgrešiš.

SMALL BLACK ONE...

... is a must-have of every wardrobe, so they say.

A dress? For me, perhaps in some other life. And if the cosmic forces are merciful, maybe even in the one with the garden and the gardener :)

A necklace? I absolutely agree. And I'll make some more of these. Considering the first sentence, they can also be given away as presents with which you simply can't miss.

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Bela in rdeča

Toliko, da malo pokažem moje kvačkane "kačice"...

Včasih sem pred televizijo in med vožnjo pletla, zdaj kvačkam perlice. Ko človek dobro "zakapira" sistem, je opravilo prav pomirjujoče.

Tokrat rdeča verižica in nekoliko tanjša zapestnica, pa še ena bela, malo daljša "kravatka" - brez zapirala.



WHITE AND RED

Just to show you some of my crocheted "snakies"...

Before, I used to knit while watching TV or travelling in the car. Now I crochet beads. Once you get the hang of it, it can be quite soothing.

Today a red necklace and a bit thinner bracelet, and a white - a little longer - "neck tie" - without a fastener.

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Ne bi moglo biti lažje

Perlice, kristalčki in kamenčki. Memory žica. Malo poskušanja in kombiniranja. Nekaj domišljije in nekaj potrpežljivosti. Hiter rezultat, dober učinek.

Te so mi ostale potem, ko smo jih nekaj izbrale za darilca za naše letošnje učiteljice.




COULDN'T BE EASIER

Beads, crystals and pebbles. Memory wire. A little trying and combining. Some imagination and some patience. A quick result, a good effect.

I was left with these after we chose some for presents for our this year's teachers.

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Kam je šel?

Moj mesec, moj junij?

Bi pričakovali, da bom zagnano nizala objavo za objavo in se važila z vsem po vrsti, pa nič.

Vzrok št. 1: Delo. Je pač tako.

Vzrok št. 2: Narava izdelkov, ki pa sem jih vseeno uspela narediti. Scrapbook albumi. Natančneje dva. Prvi za mravljinčkove starše ob obletnici poroke - z družinskimi fotkami v glavni vlogi. Drugi za razredničarko od moje mlajše mravljičice, ki se po dveh letih poslavlja od svojih sončkov in ki je res bila učiteljica, ki si jo vsak starš želi za svojega prvčka. Z zbranimi fotkami vseh sošolcev, risbicami in posvetili. Mi je rekla, da je to najlepše darilo, kar ga je kadarkoli dobila. Iz osebnih razlogov objavljam samo naslovnico.

Za ostale učiteljice sta deklici izbrali zapestnice iz memory žice (iz zaloge, ki je nastala kar tako, mimogrede), priložile pa smo tudi šopke sivke. Popoln zadetek!

Vzrok št. 3: Kvačkane verižice tudi zahtevajo svoj čas, tako da sicer izdelek nastaja, ampak kar ni vsak dan česa novega za pokazat.

Tolažim se s tem, da se bliža dopust...


WHERE HAS IT GONE?

My month, my June?

One would expect that I was going to zealously write posts one after another, showing off with all possible things, but no.

Reason No. 1: Work. That's the way it is.

Reason No. 2: The nature of the things I managed to do anyway. Scrapbook albums. Two, to be exact. The first one for my hubby's parents for their wedding anniversary - with family photos in the main role. The second one for my younger daughter's teacher who is leaving her little sunshines after two years and who really was a teacher that every parent wants for their first-graders. With collected photos, drawings and sentiments. She said to me that this was the most beautiful present she has ever got. I'm only showing the front page - for my personal reasons.

For all other teacher, the girls chose memory wire bracelets from my stash (that I've made just so, by the way) and we added small lavender bundles. A total hit!

Reason No. 3: Crocheted necklaces take time. So they are constantly growing, but not really a very interesting issue for daily posts.

My consolation: the holidays are approaching...

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Dvajset

Dvajset let sva že skupaj. Moj dragi Mravljinček in jaz. V tem času sva "pridelala" dva faksa in dve zlati deklici. V tem času sva zamenjala tri stanovanja, tri avtomobile in eno službo. In ves čas se imava fajn. In po vsem tem času se še vedno skupaj smejeva in drživa za roke.

Velike besede niso potrebne...

TWENTY

We've been together for twenty years now. My dear hubby and me. In these years, we "made" two university diplomas and two sweet girls. In these years, we changed three apartments, three cars and one job. And all this time, we've been having great time. And after all this time, we still laugh together and hold hands.

Big words are not necessary...

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Pipi in Melkijad

Mali in veliki pujs


Pipi je hotel vedeti, kaj je to pacientka.

"Melkijad, pokaži mi, kaj je pacientka."

"Nič lažjega," je odvrnil Melkijad. "Pojdi z mano."


Odpravila sta se na pot in prišla do moje hiše.

"A si ti pacientka?" je vprašal Pipi.
"Ja, tako pravijo," sem rekla.

"Zakaj pa?"

"Zato."


"In zato."


"Aha," je rekel Pipi (stoječ na Italiji).
Melkijad je modro molčal (stoječ na Španiji).


In odpujsala sta domov.



Obvestilo:
Pri ustvarjanju te zgodbe ni bil poškodovan noben pujs.
Avtor slovenskih likov je Jurij Souček.
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PIGGELDY AND FREDERICK
- LITTLE AND BIG PIG


Piggeldy wanted to know what a certifiable person is.

"Frederick, show me someone who is certifiable."

"Nothing's easier," replied Frederick. "Come with me."


They set out on a journey and arrived at my house.

"Are you certifiable?" asked Piggledy.
"Yes, so they say," I said.

"Why?"

"That's why."


"And this."


"I see," said Pipi (standing on Italy).
Frederick said nothing (standing on Spain).


And they went back home.



Note:
No pigs were harmed during creation if this story.
The authors of the original characters are Elke and Dieter Loewe.
little ant was asked to verify in the historical notes as to whether she has in her family (somewhere back to the times of Columbus) any Chinese ancestors...




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Ko si majcen

Ime: Iiiiiikajetoapuuuujsek
Priimek: Padejnopatajeparespacientka
Datum roj... nastanka: 30.5.2009
Kraj roj... nastanka: nekje v bližini Movraža, Smokvice in Rakitovca...
Ma... stvariteljica: mravljica72
Novi lastnik: Dvorni gospodar S.

Velikost: se vidi na fotkah
Teža: čist mal
Čas nastajanja: preden našteješ pet jedi iz svinjine
Po kitajskem horoskopu: svinja
Hobiji: biti lupkan
Življenjski moto: če si tako majhen, se te za šunko ne splača dat

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A če bi znala manjše tudi naredit? A moram odgovorit ali naj jih potem kar pokažem ;)


WHEN YOU'RE TINY

Name: Iiiiiiwhatsthisitsapiiiiglet
Family name: Ohcomeonshesreallycertifiable
Date of bir... creation: 30th May 2009
Place of bir... creation: somewhere near Movraž, Smokvica and Rakitovec...
Mot... creator: mravljica72
New owner: landlord S.

Size: see the photos
Weight: a teeny weeny little
Time of making: before you can think of five dishes involving pork
Chinese star sign: pig
Hobbies: being cute
Life motto: if you're that small they won't bother to give you away for ham

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Could I make smaller too? Do I need to answer or should I just show them when they're done ;)

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Ovčka

"... nariši mi backa ... prosim prosim..." je rekel mali princ.

"... naredi mi ovčko ... prosim prosim..." je rekla Urša.

Pa sem malo poguglala, skombinirala videno, vzela fimo (bel in kožni), naredila glavo in obrazek, telo, ušeska in noge, potem pa sem si nastavila peti del Harryja Potterja in ko je bilo pol filma mimo, sem imela vse bele kroglice narejene in jih je bilo treba samo še namestiti.

Ovčko sem spekla, potem pa se je že tako mudilo na kavo, da sem jo še vročo odnesla s seboj in jo je pozneje pofotkala Urša. Še dobro, ker je njej fotka dosti bolj uspela kot bi meni :)

A če bi jih še delala? Seveda! Še posebej, če mi v ozadju teče katerokoli nadaljevanje HP... saj gledat mi jih več ni treba, ker sem jih že tolikokrat, ampak poslušat jih pa ne morem nehat - potem pa v vzgoji lastnih otrok apliciram čarovniške izreke in moj dragi Mravljinček reče, da spet recitiram svoje sure.

A če bi znala manjše tudi naredit? A moram odgovorit ali naj jih potem kar pokažem ;)


LITTLE SHEEP

"... draw me a lamb ... please please..." said the Little Prince.

"... make a little sheep for me ... please please..." said Urša.

So I googled a bit, combined what I saw, took FIMO (white and flesh), made the head and the little face, the body, ears and legs, and then I played the fifth part of Harry Potter and in the middle of the film, all little white balls were finished so I just had to put them on.

I baked it and then I was in such a hurry for coffee that I took the hot sheep with me and didn't even get to take a photo of it. Lucky for me, because Urša did much better job taking the photo :)

Would I make some more? Of course! Especially if there was any of the HP sequels running in the background... not that I would have to watch it, because I've seen them so many times, but I just can't get enough of them speaking - and then I apply magic spells when raising my own children and my dear hubby always says, you're reciting your surah again.

Could I make smaller too? Do I need to answer or should I just show them when they're done ;)

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Volare

Naslov je italijanska beseda za "leteti".

Tako se namreč počuti človek, ko odda 100+ strani prevoda.

In potem si najprej za relaksacijo vzame en dan in pospravi vse, preko česa je prej nekaj časa samo stopal(a), in počisti, kar se je trudil(a) ne gledat.

Potem se (še po inerciji) vsede k računalniku in miška kar sama klika... samo da so linki drugi in se mimogrede pride na FIMO strani (kriza, kaj vse znajo ljudje iz tega ustvarit!!!).

Potem se spomni, da je v soboto spet srečanje Otoka zakladov in da je treba pripravit darilca za organizatorke in voščilnico za swap (ki ga, mimogrede, organiziram jaz - sliko pa, kot vedno, lahko pokažem v nedeljo).

In do takrat, ko je voščilnica narejena, se v vrsti že prerivajo novi prevodi, ampak za uro ali dve še zmagajo perlice.

Iz škatle, na kateri piše "Za predelat", sem izbrskala eno prekratko ogrlico s steklenimi kamenčki, jo razdrla in kamenčke (s perlicami vmes) prenizala na memory žico.

V škatli so bile tudi rožice in listki, ki sem jih nekoč po precej neumno nizki ceni kupila na neki obmorski stojnici v obliki mini zapestnic za mini turistke. Vmes sem dodala bele perlice, pa je nastala ogrlica, ki bo za na plažo ali večerni sprehod čisto OK.

Drugo polovico zvitka memory žice sem spremenila v še eno poletno zapestnico.

Ja, saj vem, spet sem sedela, namesto da bi šla ven, na sonce in zrak, na sprehod. Ampak duša je pa letela...


VOLARE

It is the Italian word for "to fly".

Namely, this is how it feels when you finish 100+ pages of translation.

And then, first of all, you take one day to relax, i.e. to put away everything that you had been just stepping over for quite some time and to clean what you had been trying not to look at.

And then you (still in the working mode) sit down to the computer and the mouse keeps on clicking for itself... but the links are in a different bookmark folder and you and up on websites about FIMO (oh my word, the things people can create using it!!!).

And then you remember that the next meeting of the Treasure Island is on Saturday and you have to prepare presents for the hosts and a card for the swap (which, by the way, I'm organising and I can show you the photo if the card on Sunday, as always).

And by the time the card is ready, there are new translations waiting eagerly, but for an hour or two, the beads win.

I took my box with the label "To be remodelled" and I fished out a too short necklace with glass beads that was too short. I took it apart and strung the beads (together woth seed beads) to memory wire.

There were also some flowers and leaves in the box - I bought them once for some hillarious price at one of the stalls by the sea, in the form of mini bracelets for mini tourist girls. I added white seed beads and ended up with a necklace that will do just fine on the beach or an evening stroll.

I took the other half of the memory wire coil and made another summer bracelet.

Yeah, I know, I was sitting down again, instead of going out, getting some sun and fresh air, taking a walk. But the soul was flying...

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Faze

Od zadnjega srečanja Otoka zakladov, ko so mi stvari postale kristalno jasne, je moja nova obsesija kvačkanje perlic. To sicer ne pomeni, da mi je uspelo že ne vem koliko narediti, ker enostavno ne utegnem (kot ne utegnem ustvarjati tudi česa drugega - saj je že cel teden od moje zadnje objave!), ampak izkoristim pa vsako prosto minutko, da nakvačkam vsaj centimeter ali nanizam deset ali dvajset centimetrov za naslednji "projekt".

PHASES

Since our last meeting of the Treasure Island when the things became crystal clear, my new obsession has been bead crocheting. Well, it doesn't mean that I've managed to do a lot of it, because I simply don't have time (as I don't have time for any other crafting - it's been a whole week since my last post!), but I use every free minute to crochet at least one centimeter or string on ten or twenty centimeters for the new "project".

Naj pokažem, kaj imam:
/ Let me show you what I have:

Zaključena - v "mehiških" tonih (ta je bila moja čisto prva)
/ The finished one - in "Mexican" tones (my very first one)

Še malo, pa bo tudi tale sončna oranžna gotova
/ A few more and this summer orange necklace will be done too


Nanizane perlice - tiste vijolične in roza zadaj že čakajo na kvačko, za črne in rdeče bo pa treba najti še kakšno uro
/ Strung beads - the purple and pink ones in the back are already waiting for the crochet hook, and for the black and red ones, I'll have to find another hour


Da ne omenjam vseh pisanih lepotičk, ki so v svojih škatlicah in vrečkah na poti k meni in me bodo zaposlovale celo poletje...
/ Not to mention little beauties of all colours that are still travelling in their little boxes and bags to keep me busy all summer long...

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Nazaj

iz najstniških eskapad...

BACK
from teenager's escapades...


Sem rekla, da bo tale objava spet ustvarjalna - v duhu tega mojega b(r)loga.
/ I promised that this post will go back to creative - in the spirit of this blog of mine.

V zadnjih dneh se kakšnih večjih ustvarjalnih projektov nisem lotevala (ves čas po delčkih poteka nizanje perlic in kvačkanje verižic), tu in tam pa sem uspela v pol ure ali malo več kaj narediti, preizkusiti, uresničiti kakšno zamisel.
/ I haven't been starting any larger crafting projects lately (stringing seed beads and crocheting necklaces is an ongoing, bit-by-bit process), but here and there, I spent half an hour or so to make something, try things out, bring some ideas to life.

Pokažem kar vse po vrsti - da se malo odkupim tistim, ki so se zgražali nad tem, da sem zapravljala čas s sanjarjenji, namesto da bi ustvarjala :)
/I'll show you all of them - to make it up to all of you who were appalled by me spending my time daydreaming instead of crafting :)


Izdelavo rožic iz trakov s stransko žičko sem že pokazala. Tukaj sem eno pritrdila na malo večjo sponko za papir - za majhno knjižno kazalo ali okrasek.
/I've already shown you how to make flowers using ribbons with wire. Here I attached one of them to a little larger paper clip - for a little bookmark or decoration.


S teh štirih plastičnih škatlic od zdravil nikakor nisem mogla odstraniti nalepk, pa sem jih prelepila z vzorčastim papirjem in zdaj imam v njih shranjene obročke za knjige, obročke za ključe, velike sponke in kovinske okraske.
/ I just couldn't remove the labels from these four plastic boxes for medications, so I wrapped them in patterned paper and now I keep my book rings, key rings, large paper clips and metal embellishments in them.


A niso luškane? Za celo polico bi jih imela...
/ Aren't they cute? I could cover an entire shelf with them...


Nekaj perlic se je preselilo na memory žico in nastala je vesela poletna zapestnica.
/ Some beads moved to the memory wire to make a merry summer bracelet.


In nobenega razloga ni, da bi morala motive na skrčljivo folijo odtisniti, kajne? Folijo sem položila na odtis (tale Tilda je ena od mojih najljubših), pa sem najprej poskusila celo sliko prerisati s svinčnikom in pobarvati, pa ni bilo v redu. Zato sem v drugem poskusu črte narisala s temnejšimi odtenki in pobarvala s svetlimi.
/ And there is no reason why the motives should be stamped on the shrink plastic, right? I put the plastic sheet on the stamped motive (this one is one of my favourite Tildas), and I tried to trace the entire motive withe pencil and colour it in, but it didn't work out right. So I tried again, used darker shades to draw the lines and coloured everything with slightly lighter colours.


Pa še cvetlična korita za eno hiško v Celju. Urška, a bodo v redu?
/ And some flower pots for a little house in Celje. Urška, will they do?




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