Saturday 29 January 2011

Лијепе ствари у животу/Life is Sweet Blog Hop

Добродошли у мој скромни дом! Јесте ли свратили код Филипе? Надам се да долазите од ње. Прије него наставимо даље, хајде да направимо малу паузу.

Welcome to my little house! Are you coming from Philippa's blog? I hope you've been there and now let's take a little break before we move on.
Изволите сјести ( сад ће кафа! ).
Make
yourself comfortable ( cookies are in the oven! ).
Дозволите ми да бас упознам са својом породицом: мој велики брат, ја ( Јуху! ), мој мали брат, моји мама и тата.
May I introduce you to my family. My big brother,
myself ( Hi! ), my little brother, my Mom and my Dad.
We're glad you're here!
Ја сам се већ спаковала и спремна сам да кренемо даље.
Well, I've already packed and I'm ready for our journey. 
Пријало би ми мало сунца!
I have an idea! Let's go somewhere where the sun shines.
That would make my life sweeter right now.
Пошто сам вам показала неке од ствари које ми чине живот љепшим: кров над главом, породица на окупу, путовања...хајде да бидимо шта ради Лин.

Now when I showed you things that make my life sweeter: a place you can call home, family get together, travelings...let's go and see what's Lin been doing.

Да, за сваки случај само да провјеримо да ли смо на правом путу:

And just to make sure you're following our route, check this out:



                 Срећан пут!
                 Bon voyage!

Friday 28 January 2011

С quilling-ом кроз свијет/Sweet Spot Quilling Blog Hop

Позвана сан на свјетско путовање и то све захваљујући quilling-у. Турнеја почиње из Америке у 14.00h по нашем времену, са Сендиног блога. Пратите путоказе, тј. линкове које ће Вам Сенди дати. Идемо мало кроз Сјеверну Америку, Канаду, Јужну Америку преко Европе, скрећемо у Азију, обавезно у Африку и онда право до Аустралије ( хммм, можда мало на финале Аустралиан Опен-а?! ).
I've been invited ( and accepted with joy ) in a worldwide blog hop, organized by Sandy, who gathered  quillers from all around the world. Join us on Saturday, January 29th at 08:00:00 EST or at 14.00h in Serbia. We start from the USA, Sandy's blog, and that follow the links to the next blogs through Canada, South America, turn right to Europe, than go to Asia, Africa, of course, and straight to Australia ). I can already see it's going to be fun.
Лијепо. Видимо се, онда, сутра и срећан пут!
OK. Have a nice trip!

Wednesday 26 January 2011

Part III

 
Ево је овдје!
Here she is.
 Хемичар.
My mother graduated.
 Диплома.
Diploma
Пви дан на послу. 
A chemist, first day at
work in laboratory.
What's wrong with
this test tube?!
Мало хемије...
Little bit of chemistry.
Овако изгледа...
Like this...
 Вјенчање. Мислим да је већ јасно да је мама представљена у црвеној хаљиници. Мој тата носи плаве панталоне. За ову прилику, ставио је цилиндар и лептир машницу.
Getting married. I think it's obvious that my mother is represented in red dress.
My father wears blue pants. He dressed up for his wedding; hat top and red bow tie.
 ДА!
YES!
На осталим сликама се не биде боје сасвим јасно. Овдје, под јаким свјетлом се види које боје сам користила. Свиђа ми се фотографија. 
I love the way light showed all the colors. It's not so clearly on the other pictures.
Ово је нешто као: прије!
This is something like: Before!
И: послије!
And: After! 

Monday 24 January 2011

Part II

Башта моје баке са најљућим
папричицама и најслађим чери парадајзом
My grandmother's garden with
the hottest peppers and with
sweet cherry tomatoes 
Моја мама као дјевојчица. Полазак у школу.
My mother as a little girl. School time.
Лета Господњег и мамин датум рођења.
AD with the date of my mother's birth
Преко цијеле слике ће бити откуцаји срца, као ECG, да означи битне догађаје када је сваки пут срце поскочило. Од среће.
At the bottom I added ECG. A whole picture is supposed to be marked with the happy moments in my mother's life, every time her hart jumped out of happiness! 
Као дјевојчица, напушта своје село и одлази на школовање у Београд. На овај догађај упућује и знак а и престанак зеленог папира, на који се надовезује сиви, као асфалт.
My mother leaving her village and going to school in Belgrade. These two events are separated with road sign, green strip, for village, and gray one as pavement in the city. At this road sign are words from our well known poem. 
Завршен је други дио слике.
Now I have completed the second part of my picture. My family is gathered in our traditional dance, led by my grand-uncle, the First flag-bearer and also our national hero in WWII. From the left to the right, next to him, are: my uncles, my aunt, my grandfather and my dear grandmother. That little, cute, red, tiny shape in her arms that looks like a ladybug is my mother.
Another view of this part II

Saturday 22 January 2011

Part I

Овако, прича је сљедећа: инспирисана ликом Чича Глише, цртежима моје ћерке и најбољом игрицом икада The Fancy Pants, одлучила сам да обрадујем моју маму за 8.март. Али, како ствари стоје, изгледа да ће ово бити велики ,,пројекат'' па су мале шансе да га завршим на вријеме...Надам се да ће бити готов макар до маминог рођендана, у децембру :)
Постављаћу слике онолико често колико ми вријеме буде дозволило, касније, само ако буде неопходно, написати пар ријечи. 
А сада, дозволите ми да вам представим моју пордицу, односно један њен дио.
OK. This is the story: I got inspired by my favorite character Cica Glisa, my daughter's drawings and, the best game ever, The Fancy Pants by Bred Borne. I'm quilling this for my mother, it's supposed to be a gift for the Mother's Day. We have a plenty of time till 8th March, but this framed work is intended to be a big one, so...
I'll be posting as often as time allows me, later write about it ( if necessary ). And, now, let me introduce you to my family ( or part of it ).

Friday 14 January 2011

Parking Place;)

На почетку, свима који славе Божић и Нову годину по јулијанском календару, желим све најбоље. Христос Боскресе!
Занемарила сам квилинг ових дана. Заправо, узела сам невјероватно лијеп и танак ланени конац, пронашла шему за џемперчић и бацила се на посао. Плашим се да ће ми бити потребно много времена.
First of all, I congratulate to all of you who celebrate Christmas and New Year by Julian calendar.
I don't quill these days. Actually, I started to knit a sweater out of extremely fine linen thread...I'm afraid it will take some time... 
Ову честитку сам направила прошле године у марту, након положеног возачког истита. Вријеме је за опрез! Било је забавно и једно и друго ;) 
I made this "Parking Card" last year in March, just a few days after I've passed my driving test. It was fun, both ;)

Saturday 8 January 2011

Орхидеја/Orchid

Већ би требало озбиљно да се припремам за 8.март. Ово је мали подсјетник на мој, скоро годину дана стар, рад. Орхидеја је сва од папира осим постоља које је, због стабилности, морало да буде шперплоча. Висина је приближно 35cm.
I should start preparing for the Mother's Day. This is my old work, the biggest one ( approx 14 inches high ). I made it almost a year ago. It's all made of paper except the base. I had to put plywood, just to be sure not to turn over.
Thanks for stopping by!

Tuesday 4 January 2011

all things paper: CardMaker Magazine + Card Giveaway!

all things paper: CardMaker Magazine + Card Giveaway!: "Now that the holidays are over, it's practically time to move on to spring, isn't it? (correct answer is yes!) This card makes me think of w..."
Ann Martin's giveaway: this lovely sunny card and a new issue of "CardMaker" magazine. Great. Take a look and take a chance! I did:)

Sunday 2 January 2011

Исток и запад/East and West

I made this card last spring when I heard the news about spectacular cherry blossom in our small village. Our farmers invited former Ambassador of Japan in Serbia to be their guest and to visit this village when cherries were blooming. I was really touched with this story, realizing how our people were considerate and how generous the Ambassador was when he accepted an invitation. And ever since then I plan to make some special gift card with cherry and plum branches putted together as two symbols of our countries. I'll show it when it's done.
This year, 39 hospitals in Serbia will receive medical equipment for breast cancer screening as a donation of Government of Japan. In past few years, I lost three of my family members out of this disease so I give all my hope that their precious gift will serve us well. 


When I wrote first version of this post few days ago, it was supposed to be one cheerful post, but yesterday I got some really disturbing news, and, unfortunately, I need to make some big changes.
This "Paradise Bird" Card was my favorite one; I didn't plan to sell it or give it away. I just wanted to keep it for myself. But, last summer, I gave it to one special person, Mr. Dejan U., the owner of "deta" markets in my town. Like our people in BC Vancouver in Canada,  he accepted to take a part in humanitarian activity. We all wanted to collect contributions for Slobodan's transplants who needed new heart and lungs, but the amount was too high. Unfortunately, we and Slobodan couldn't make it.
I tagged Slobodan at my 2011 card on Facebook, and he liked it, but, unfortunately, he passed away 20minutes before midnight on New Year's Eve.
Here were sentences where I wanted to ask you to join our cause and while I was deleting them I heard a young girl at "News" ( who shared the same hospital room with Slobodan last summer ) and who also needed a new heart . I'm happy to hear that she is feeling fine, now.
And then, there was our Minister of Health who promised, again, that this January he'll sign some sort of contract which would provide much easier and faster transplantations for all those people who need them.