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!)

Še en delček novoletnih daril

Nič kaj mi ne gre tole izpolnjevanje edine novoletne zaobljube <vzdih>. Naj vam pokažem še kuhalnice, ki so delale družbo ostalim darilom v zabojčku.

One part of the gift was a wooden spoon, embellished with acrylics. This is the whole bunch. I’m thinking about doing this to all the wooden spoons in our kitchen :)

Novoletno mizarjenje [2]

Še eno leseno darilo sem naredil lani, a to sem začel »iz nule«, torej iz neobdelanih vej.

The main wooden gifts started their life as a heap of branches.

Po (kar nekaj) grobega oblanja sem dobil devet kosov. Z leve na desno: 2x akacija, 2x sliva, češnja, 2x oljka, 2x trta. Oljka je prišla od tasta, trto sta prinesla prijatelja, ostalo pa so kosi domačih dreves.

After some planing I had nine planks. From left to right: 2x acacia, 2x prune, cherry, 2x olive, 2x grapevine.

Po še več oblanja in nekaj žaganja sem imel končno na voljo nekaj polizdelkov (več, kot se jih vidi na spodnjih slikah).

More planing and sawing … and I got half-made pieces.

Akacija se mi je zdela malo brez karakterja (levo), pa sem jo obžgal s plinskim gorilnikom (desno).

Acacia was a bit bland (left), so I burned it with a gas burner (right).

Potem sem še malo vrtal in žagal … in končno pridelal 11 svečnikov.

Some drilling and sawing later and I got 11 candleholders.

Še naoljil sem jih. Malo zato, da zaščitim les, malo pa zato, da so lepši :)

At the end I applied oil finish to protect the wood and to bring the texture out.

Vsak svečnik je dobil zraven še zrcalce in dva okraska za na smrečico, tako da se ga da uporabiti na štiri načine.

Each candleholder came with a small mirror and two decorations so it can be used in four different ways.

Ideja letos ni moja, ukradel sem jo pri Studio Thier&vanDaalen.

To give the credit where it is due – I more or less stole the ide at Studio Thier&vanDaalen.

Novoletno mizarjenje [1]

Za novo leto prijateljem in sorodnikom vedno podariva nekaj doma izdelanih stvari. In ker je treba darilca v nekaj zložiti, sem letos v ta namen naredil zabojčke.	We have a tradition of hand-crafting small New year gifts for friends and relatives. We also need some container to put them in and for this purpose I built some small crates.
Začel sem kar s smrekovimi letvami iz trgovine, potem pa meril, žagal in zbijal (kar s pištolo).	I’ve started with some nice laths from the local DIY shop.

Nastalo je osem zabojčkov, ki sem jih še prebarval z lazuro v barvi oreha.

At the end I had eight crates which I painted in walnut.

Ostanek daril pa v naslednji objavi …

More gifts will follow in the next post …

Kvačkan etuijček

Če me v roke zvečer pred televizijo zebe, kvačkam. Perlice je težko natikati z mrzlimi prsti. Trenutno je tako, da mi je pol časa zelo vroče, pol časa me pa zelo zebe. Pa se pač prilagajam. Večine kvačkanja še nimam kaj kazati, delam namreč kvadratke. Računam, da bom ob moji hitrosti in vztrajnosti 1x čez 2 leti imela dovolj kvadratkov za eno odejico, da me bo grela. Da ne bodo vedno “flisdekice”. In ko sem že kvačkala in ker se pač teže pripravim k šivanju, sem malo pogoljufala in nečakinji za RD za njen novi mp4 naredila kvačkan etuijček. Podložen je z džersijem, pri katerem se pač nisem izognila šivanju, ampak sem kar na roke naredila, to je bolj 1,2,3 pri meni, kot če moram stroj ven vleči.

When I’m a bit cold in the evenings (not because the house wouldn’t be warm, but because my internal heating is a bit wonky these days), I crochet. I have tons of little amounts of wools that are perfect for granny squares. Those are easy and don’t require a great amount of thinking, so perfect for our evenings in front of the TV-set. I figure with my speed and endurance I should have enough of them for a blanky in just a couple of years. Maybe 3. Years, of course. Since I had my crochet at hand I made this little pouch for my niece’s new mp4 player. It’s lined with jersey, which I’ve sewn on by hand. I really didn’t want to bring my sewing machine out, who’d know why …

Ob koncu šole

Sonča je za svoje poskrbela sama za razredničarko in za nadomestno razredničarko. Pri tamalem to še ne gre vedno, pa spet sva se lotila zadnji hip, pa toplo je bilo, pa … v glavnem, razredničarka, učiteljica podaljšanega in učiteljica kitare so dobile vsaka po en oblečen kemični svinčnik. “Šolskih” toliko da nisem še po poti brusila, zato nista utegnila pred objektiv, za glasbeno smo ga pa le ujeli. Okoli se ovija še notno črtovje … Voščilnico mi je pajsnil iz zalog.

My teen took care of the end-of-school gifts by herself for the homeroom teacher and for her temporary replacement. The little one came to me for help and I made 3 polymer-clay pens. The first two were done with millefiori canes he chose and they didn’t make it in front of the camera, the last one has sheet music and the G-clef. He took the card from my stash.

Ne lenarimo!

Ne lenarimo, res ne, pa čeprav je vroče in poletno in bi šla glava na off! Služba ne oprošča, šola tudi ni, vmes so bili še rojstni dnevi … pa naša pridnica je nagradno v Londonu. Saj se že vrača, no. Tamalček je šel na 2 rojstna dneva k 2 sošolkama. Rožice sem prispevala jaz, je pa zelo veliko sam naredil. Voščilnice sploh, tudi pri prvem špegelčku je bila, pa se je izmaknila fotografiji. V piramidi pa je zapestnica, ki jo je tudi sam nasnul na memorywire. Taka mešana.

We are not being lazy, even if it is hot outside. The little one went to 2 birthdays and he did most of the work on the mirrors by himself. The millefiori flowers are mine, of course. He made the card himself and in the box there’s a small bracelet.

Urškin prvi prenosnik

Po vzoru v četrtek objavljenega prenosnika je dan kasneje nastalo rojstnodnevno darilo za hčerko dobrih prijateljev. Les je iz kleti (malo sem moral štukat, ker nisem imel primerno debelih in velikih kosov vezane plošče), »tabla« je samolepilna folija za risanje s kredami iz Hoferja (odlično deluje), hruško (v tisti družini so precej »jabolčni«) je narisala K.

I built this gift for our friends’ daughter last Friday (yes, it is a copy of an item published the day before). Wood came from my basement, “blackboard” is a self-adhesive foil that K bought some time ago and pear was drawn by K.

Uhančki

Pred slabima dvema tednoma v Svetu, danes na ušesu moje drage.

Spotted two weeks ago, now owned by K.

Česenček naš ljubi

Dobremu prijatelju sem za rojstni dan pripravil česnov namaz. Po tem receptu.

I made baked garlic paste for a friend who celebrated birthday few days ago.

Štiri glavice česna (več nisem imel) sem prelil z oljem – pa ne navadnim olivcem, ampak tistim, ki je ostal od peke purana – zraven pa sem dodal še malo rožmarina in lovorja. Pa en zmlet česen, ki je poskušal malo pred tem postati arabski česnov namaz, pa mu ni uspelo.

Four garlic heads, some olive oil (remains of turkey roast), rosemary and laurel. Plus one blended garlic head that tried to become Arabic garlic sauce but failed.

Po uri v pečici je šel česen v mikser, zraven pa še malo precejenega olja (ostanek olja smo pospravili v hladilnik).

After an hour in the oven I’ve put the garlic into a blender and added some oil.

Nastale so tri majčkene vazice namaza. Pa še nekaj malega ga je ostalo v posodi – tega smo namazali na kruh in pojedli. Vsi štirje :)

At the end there was only enough paste for three small jars and  a little extra that we (all four of as) ate on a bread.

Slavljencu smo priložili še tri trgovinske česne – s paradižnikom, s črnimi olivami in s curryjem.

Birthday boy also got three jars of preserved garlic – one with tomato, one with black olives and one with curry.

Kozarce smo zložili na večnamenski zavijalni papir, ki ga je v slovenščino prestavila mravljica (hvala!).

We wrapped the base into universal wrapping paper, translated into Slovenian by mravljica (many thanks!).

Vse najboljše!

Happy birthday!