Ena buča, trije obrazi

One pumpkin, three faces.

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Današnja objava je namenjena tistim, ki se ukvarjate s scrapbookom, albumi, morda celo ustvarjalnimi dnevniki – jaz še vedno pridno polnim svojega in po kakšnem mesecu predaha tudi zagotovo nastane vsaj stran na teden, če ne dve. Na svojih straneh zapise ali risbice včasih uokvirim. Okvirje narišem, skonstruiram iz papirja, iz lepilnih in washi trakov, včasih pa poiščem kakšen brezplačen okvirček. Na to, da bi take okvirčke lahko naredila tudi sama, me je zadnjič spomnila sestra, ko sem ji kazala, na kako preprost način jih je naredila Julie, ki ima velikokrat odlične ideje. No, jaz sicer njenih printablov ne bom kupovala, tudi zato, ker so napisi v angleščini, še bolj pa zato, ker rada take stvari naredim sama. Želim si, da bi si včasih lahko privoščila kakšen komplet, ampak to se še kar ne bo zgodilo, financ v te namene ni ravno preobilo, res pa je tudi to, da pač delam dnevnik zase, ne delam scrapbookov, tako da v njem pretežno uporabljam res scrap, se pravi ostanke. In ves ta dolgi uvod le zato, da vam povem, da sem tokrat pripravila nekaj za vas: brezplačne polaroidne okvirčke iz mojih slikic. Če so vam všeč, jih lahko natisnete na navaden papir ali na šeleshamer, lahko izrežete okenca in jih uporabite kot paspartuje za otroške fotografije in naredite, kot reče temu moja sestra, “brag book” za stare starše, lahko jih uporabite kot dele kolaža … skratka, lahko jih uporabite, kot želite, prosim vas le, da mi v komentarju poveste, če jih boste prenesli na svoj računalnik. Pod vsako sličico se skriva PDF v katerem sta dva ali več okvirčkov.

Free printables! Todays post is for scrapbookers, album makers and art journalists. My art journals are filling slowly and after a month or so hiatus I’m enjoying the colorful pages again. I make a page or a spread a week and I’m happy with that. Sometimes I use frames on my pages. I draw them, paint them, construct them out of paper scraps, masking or washi tapes, or I search for a free frame. The other day my sister mentioned that I could make frames like that from my art postcards – I was showing her Julie’s, she’s full of great ideas. Well, I must admit I’m not going to buy her printables, mostly because they’re in English, but also because I like to do stuff like that by myself (I hope you don’t mind, Julie). I wish I could afford a kit now and then, but it’s not going to happen anytime soon, I just cannot afford them, but it’s also because I don’t make scrapbooks and I make my art journals for myself and I’m really partial about using scraps in it, or maybe stuff I can print on my home printer. So, why did you have to endure all this ramblings? Well, just to tell you that today I have some free printables for you – some polaroid frames, made from my art. If you like them, you can print them on regular paper or on construction paper, you can cut the windows out, use them to frame children photos and make a “brag book” for grandparents, you can use them as collage fodder … anyway you like, really, I only have one request, please let me know in the comments if you are going to download them. Only this. Every image links to a PDF with two or more “polaroid frames”

Odvečen prvi sneg na nedeljsko jutro

Vem, lani sem ga objavila 20. oktobra, ampak ga je bilo samo za travo pobelit. Letos ga je toliko, da po našem klancu ni bilo varno odpeljati zjutraj proti Ljubljani. Sploh ne v letnih gumah. Je moral lani po enem takem podvigu avto h kleparju … Na ptičnici se lepo vidi, da ga je dobrih 5 cm.

Later than last year, but this winter’s snow really picked a hell of a day to fall in such abundance. Our steep street is not drivable in these conditions, specially not with summer tires.

Poliplatnica za swap

Prijavila sem se na mednarodni swap platnic za ustvarjalni dnevnik iz polimerne mase. Saj ne vem, kaj mi je bilo, želela sem si poskusiti in sem si rekla, zakaj pa ne bi imel ustvarjalni dnevnik take platnice? Potem me je seveda kar nekaj časa mučila izvedba, končno pa sem le dosanjala, kako in kaj hočem narediti. Kar je bilo dobro, ker se je rok pošiljanja (15. oktober) že nezadržno približeval! In ker svoji swapovki Dani nisem hotela poslati kar tako gole platnice, sem si zamislila, da bi jo vkomponirala na layers love platno. Naredila sem kup kalupov in se lotila sestavljanja slike.

I took part in an international swap of polymer clay art journal covers. I loved the idea and I thought, why wouldn’t an AJ have a polymer clay cover? Why wouldn’t I be able to make one? So ideas started swirling around my head and didn’t want to settle down for a while, and then the mailing deadline (15. Oct) was approaching and I finally my ideas merged into one and my cover came to be. It seemed a bit plain, so I decided to incorporate it in a layers love image, I cut a piece of unmounted canvas and painted away. I hope Dana likes it as much as I do.

Druga slika je zato, da približno vidite, kako naj bi bil dnevnik videti, ko ga bo Dana obrezala na želeno velikost in sešila ovitek. Ker je podlaga nenapeto platno, je mogoče z njim delati karkoli. Ker sem uporabila kolaž z akrili in štampiljkami, je mogoče platnico še poljubno dodelati in popisati. Po želji ustvarjalke dnevnika pač. Dana je neki bolna, tako da moje platnice še ni naredila in poslala. Bom pač še malo počakala, glavno, da se Dana čimprej pozdravi!

The 2nd picture is here so you can get an idea about how the final AJ is going to look when Dana cuts the canvas down to the wanted size and sews it together. Since it’s collage and acrylics (and some stamping), she can alter the cover in any way she likes. Dana’s been poorly lately, so she didn’t finish my cover yet. I’ll wait for her to get well!

Šiviljska obljuba

Tisto copatarsko šiviljsko nedeljo (saj se spomnite, par nedelj nazaj, grozno, kako hitro beži čas) sem zaključila z zame velikim podvigom – prvič sem vstavljala zadrgo. Ker sem za obrobo toaletke uporabila svilen trak namesto poševnega, je malo pomečkan, ampak … je prva, pa se mi oprosti. Sem pa okužila našo mamo, bojda jih šiva kot po tekočem traku. Hvalabogu ima materiala še za nekaj let dovolj ;) Na moji seveda brez fimo dodatka in obeska na zadrgi ne gre …

This is the 1st pouch I made on that sewing Sunday, when I sew slipper. After the well known Finnish tutorial. It would be nicer if I used the bias tape for the border, but I wanted to use a silk ribbon. No biggie, it was my first, I learned a lot and it’s my first sewing with a zipper. Of course I HAD to use a couple of polymer clay beads on it, right?

Svet se pa vrti [233]

Najboljše fotografije narave leta 2012. www / vir
Kuhalnici. www / vir
Obcestni strebriček. www / vir
»3D« risbe. www / vir
Lučke. www / vir
IKEA + LEGO www
Papir. www / vir
Stolčka. www / vir
Narava iz studia, skupaj z navodili za izdelavo in »how-to« posnetki. www / vir: @JMBucknall
Fotošopi (odlični). Tole klopco/tobogan bi z veseljem postavil ob hišo. www / vir
360-stopinjska knjiga. www / vir

Lepotica z vrta

One of dahlias from our garden.

Nedeljski utrinek z domačega travnika

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Felix Baumgartner v LEGO izvedbi. www / video
Straniščna umetnost. vir
Senčne slike. www / vir
Dabest slušalkice. www / vir
Tardis, R2D2, Darth Vader itd oblekice. www / vir
3D-natisnjeno. www / vir
Luči iz steklenic. www / vir
Lego Batmanova votlina. Klik za več slik. www / vir
Zelo stabilna šalčka. »Za dedija ki ima parkinsonovo in očija, ki je štor.« vir
Guganje skozi slap. www / video
Tako se leti s Southwest Airlines. www / vir
Lesene torte … www / vir
… in lesene lučke. www / vir
Ukrivljena hiša. www / vir
Narisano s svičnikom. www / vir
Tipografske ptičje hiške. vir

Poletno-jesenska prenova [9]

No, pa smo zaključili! Otrok je dobil še delovno mizo.

Finally, the table is ready and the room is complete!

Miza ima doma izumljen sistem, ki jo ohranja v vodoravnem položaju med spuščanjem postelje. (AKi, najlepša hvala za sestavne dele!)

I have invented a mechanism that automatically keeps the table level when the bed is lowered.

Da se jo tudi fiksirati v navpičen položaj, da je v sobi več prostora.

Table can also be fixed in the vertical position.

Pritrdil sem nočno lučko (Ikein Jansjö v samostoječi izvedbi, pritrjen neposredno na steno.) Za položaj budilke se pa še dogovarjamo.

For the night light we have used Ikea’s Jansjö, mounted directly to the wall.

Septembrsko branje

	Ernest Cline, Ready Player One »Maybe it isn’t a good idea to tell a newly arrived human being that he’s been born into a world of chaos, pain, and poverty just in time to watch everything fall to pieces. I discovered all of that gradually over several years, and it still made me feel like jumping off a bridge.« Delno futuristična in socialno kritična knjiga, ki pa je predvsem v žanr računalniških igric preoblečena »space opera« z vsemi tipičnimi elementi od divjanja s planeta na planet dalje. Je pa odlično napisano in priporočam vsem, ki imajo radi takšno literaturo. wiki
	Joe Haldeman, Forever Free »Sara brought home the Tauran writing at noon. 'The librarian said it was a ritual statement, like the end of a prayer: "Inside the foreign, the unknown; inside that, the unknowable." She said that was only close. There aren't exact human translations for the concepts.'« Joe Haldeman je davno nazaj napisal močna protivojna romana Forever War in Forever Peace, ki sem ju tudi prebral že davno nazaj, še v hrvaškem prevodu. Nisem pa vedel, da je Forever War (tudi že davno nazaj) dobil nadaljevanje – Forever Free. Malce slabše od Vojne in Miru, a še vedno dobro. wiki
	Ian Tregillis, The Coldest War »Roughly a dozen children of both sexes sat at tables or sprawled on cushions or stood off by themselves in ones, twos, and threes. The older ones read. The younger ones played with dolls, wooden blocks, toy trucks, stuffed animals. They ranged in age from perhaps five or six years all the way to their late teens. And they were silent. Each and every one of them. “These,” said Pembroke, “are our warlocks.”« Ian Tregillis me je očaral že s prvim delom triptiha – Bitter Seeds – drugi del pa je še boljši. Komaj čakam tretjega! opic
	John Scalzi, Old Man’s War, The Ghost Brigades, The Last Colony, Zoe’s Tale »After watching Star Wars everyone wanted a lightsaber and was irritated that the technology for them didn’t really exist. Everyone also agreed the Ewoks should all die.« Scalzijeva vojno/protivojna zbirka štirih romanov spada med klasike, odkril sem jo pa šele sedaj. Ni mi žal. wiki
	Sašo Dolenc, The Man Who Counted Infinity »Despite the fact that the intersection also includes a driveway to a shopping mall, the traffic is completely fluent, and even more so than it was before, when traffic lights ruled the intersection.« Zbirka esejčkov o pomembnih znanstvenikih in z njimi povezanih odkritjih, ki pokriva vse živo – od atomske fizike do psihologije. Priporočam!
	J. K. Rowling, The Casual Vacancy »Andrew Price took the handlebars of his father’s racing bicycle and walked it carefully out of the garage, making sure that he did not scrape the car. Down the stone steps and through the metal gate he carried it; then, in the lane, he put his foot on one pedal, scooted a few yards and swung his other leg over the saddle. He soared left onto the vertiginously sloping hillside road and sped, without touching his brakes, down towards Pagford.« Dolgčas. wiki
	Agatha Christie, Gospa McGinty je mrtva »Hercule Poirot se je z velikim odporom ozrl po sobi, v kateri je stal. Pohištvo je bilo sicer simetrično razporejeno, a to je bilo tudi vse, kar je bilo lepega v njej.« Hercule Poirot bolj dolgočasne sorte. wiki

Berem: The Hydrogen Sonata