Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Cvijet za kosu / Flower

Budući da sam u zadnje vrijeme prilično zauzeta drugim područjima života, nekako i nemam puno toga za podijeliti s vama. Nadam se da vam se sviđa ovaj cvijet koji sam napravila maloj nećakinji. Pokušala sam je uslikati sa cvijetom u kosi, ali njoj nikako nije jesno zašto bih ja htjela sliku na kojoj će se vidjeti samo njena kosa. Tako da mi nije dala snimiti niti jednu pristojnu sliku. Tek sad sam shvatila kolika je umjetnost slikati bebe. 


I've been busy with other things than my hobby, lately. You know... life... That's why I don't have so many things to share here on Tousled day. Hope that you like this flower. I made it for my little niece. And, I couldn't take photo of her wearing it, becouse, taking photos of babies is real art.



Cvijet sam napravila baš kao ovaj:
Here is how I made it:


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Monday, February 13, 2012

Thursday, February 9, 2012

Ledeni vijenac / Frozen Wreath



Prva dva dana je bilo zanimljivo i grudanje i snjegovići i anđeli u snijegu. ALI nakon trećeg dana sveprisutnog leda i općeg kaosa, više nije bilo toooliko zanimljivo. 
Ipak, u svemu moramo pronaći nešto dobro. Ovdje u Dalmaciji su inače zime toliko blage da led nikada ne preživi podne. (Molim lijepo, buru ne računamo, ona užasno štipa svojom hladnoćom, ali samo ljude. Živa na termostatu na buru baš i ne reagira toliko koliko bi trebala) . Zato ovo vrijeme možemo iskoristiti za iskazivanje svoje kreativnosti u ledu!!! Napravila sam ledeni vijenac (modeliran u kalupu za kuglof - da, za kolač kuglof).

Istina, vijenac već dva dana živi u mom zamrzivaču jer se u Split vratilo sunce, ali s obzirom na najave za ovaj vikend... Ledeni vijenac će osvanuti na mojim vratima u svom svojem sjaju. (A budući, da su ovih dana isključene sve posjete i nitko mi na vrata ne kuca, lijepo mu se možete diviti ovdje, na blogu)


First of all, I'm sorry for my "broken" English. It doesn't sound write to me, too. That's why I (usually) try to have more photos and less words. 

As many of you know, I live in Croatia. It is one of Mediterranean countries. I can see sea from my window. We have a lot of sun, hot summers and mild winters. Well, we had mild winters. Last week started snowing. First time after many years. Like I sad, until now, we had mild winters so nobody was prepared. For three days whole town was paralyzed. (Just for the record, there was about 9 inches of snow - it was first time ever). There wasn't any bread, eggs and milk to buy. (At least, in my store). All schools and kindergartens where closed (and still are). Many operations in hospital are canceled. There wasn't any bus driving in the town.  Well, long story short: it is a chaos! 

Point of this story is that we HAVE TO find something good in everything. This is unique chance to make something frozen, which will last longer than a few hours. (to be honest, I'm keeping it in my fridge, but there is a rumor that it will be really cold today. So, I can't wait to display it on my front door.) 
I made few red pompons. I found some olive branches. And I used water (half of it was distilled). I froze all of it and I got a frozen wreath
Hope that you like it.








Inspiration is from here. This one is sooo beautifull.



I'm linking on some of those parties. Well, I preffer to link up tutorials, but I'll probably visit some of the parties with this post, too.
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Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Zaz - Je veux



Kako bi bilo divno znati francuski...

Zaz


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Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Jastučić za pribadače / Pincushion DIY

Od kada sam shvatila da bi mi jastučić za pribadače jako dobro došao, odmah sam znala dvije stvari:
1. Želim da mi stoji na zapešču kada ga koristim.
2. Želim da bude bodljast kao jež.

Nisam imala baš prikladnu boju pa sam malo improvizirala. Predstavljam vam svog prijatelja ježa, čuvara pribadača.


Since I started playing with sewing machine, I knew that pincushion would be useful to me. I really wanted two things:
1. It should be placed on my wrist.
2. It should be hedgehog.

I didn't have more suitable color so I improvised with yellow. I'm presenting my friend, Hedgehog, keeper of the pins.



Izrezala sam tri komada tkanine, kao na dojnjoj slici. Ako je isprintate, imate trag po kojem možete rezati.

I cut three peaces of fabric, like on this picture. I tried to make pattern, so it should be possible to print it out and trace it. 









Napuniti ga pamukom.


Fill it with cotton.



Ispod ježa zašijte elastičnu gumicu koju možete staviti na zapešće (ranije izmjerite da vas ne steže ali i da vam ne spada)

Apply elastic under the hedgehog so you'll be able to put it on your wrist. 




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Sunday, February 5, 2012

Cvijet s laticama / Fabric Flower with Petals



Inspiraciju za ovaj cvijet od tkanine s laticama sam dobila na blogu Krpice i konci. Već sam pokušala napraviti ovakav cvijet ali sam ga potpuno krivo shvatila (iako je objašnjenje sasvim jednostavno) i sada sam samo donekle pratila upute. Uglavnom, sada sam jako sretna sa rezultatom i nadam se da ćete i vi napraviti mnoštvo ovakvih ljepotica. 

Here is where I got inspiration for this fabric flower with petals. Well, I tried to make it earlier but it was... not so good :) Now, I'm satisfied how it turned out. Hope that you'll like it, too :)

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Napravite 5 ovakvih krugova (promjer 10 cm). Svaki krug će biti jedna latica.


Cut 5 circles for petals.



Prošijte koncem uz rub kruga i zatim stegnite konac.


Sew around circle and then tighten tread.



Ovako bi trebalo izgledati stegnuti krug. To je jedna latica.


This is how looks like when we tight tread. This is one petal.



 Spojite svih pet latica.


 Connect all five petals.


U sredinu stavite dugme, perlu ili neki ukrasni kamenčić i imate jako efektan cvijet od tkanine. Guštajte.


All you need is to put some kind of button, pearl or decorative little something in the middle, and you'll get nice flower. Good luck with trying to make just one :)



(Tako mi se sviđa ovaj snijeg u pozadini!!!
I like snow in the background of the finished flower!!!) 


I'm linking up on those great parties. Thank you, girls, for hosting!




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