Saturday, December 22, 2012

Merry Christmas!/Wesolych Swiat!


 I wish everyone a wonderful Christmas and holiday season filled with love, peace and happiness. May the new year 2013 bring you the best of everything, lots of good health, wonderful friends, family love, plenty of good weather and success in everything you do.

* The photo above is of a figurine I have at home. It is: Canada, Jim Shore, Heartwood Creek by Jim Shore Designs, Inc., 2011.


Zycze Wam cudownych swiat Bozego Narodzenia, przepelnionych miloscia, pokojem i szczesciem. Niech rok 2013 przyniesie Wam wszystko, co najlepsze, duzo dobrego zdrowia, wspanialych przyjaciol, milosc rodzinna, same sloneczne dni i sukcesy we wszystkich przedsiewzieciach.

*Figurka na powyzszym zdjeciu to "Canada, Jim Shore, Heartwood Creek" autorstwa Jim Shore Designs, Inc., 2011.

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Misie baletnice/Ballerina Bears



 Nooooooo... na froncie robotkowym to u mnie jest bardzo mizernie. Ewidentnie. Od sierpnia probuje wyszyc cos dla dwoch dobrych kolezanek. Chcialam skonczyc na Swieta i... nic z tego! Klapa! Nie zdazylam. Jak tylko zdalam sobie sprawe, ze nie dam rady z haftem, zabralam sie dla odpoczynku za cos innego, a mianowicie za uszycie szesciu filcowych misiow-zawieszek na choinke. Rok temu, na wyprzedazy poswiatecznej kupilam sobie zestaw firmy Bucilla wlasnie z tymi misiami, i dopiero niedawno sie do tego zabralam. Misie zabraly ok. 3-4 tygodni, i ogolem byly bardzo latwe do wykonania. Jedyne co mi zalazlo troche za skore, to wycinanie mnostwa czesci z filcu, szczegolnie tych malutkich. A teraz, wracam grzecznie do wyszywania. Zycze wszystkim dobrego dnia.

Well, I've been evidently slacking off in the crafts department. Since August, I've been trying to cross stitch a gift for very dear friends. I figured that I'd finish it for Christmas, but nooooooo..., no such luck. I'm nowhere near the finish line. As soon, as I realized that I won't make the embroidery deadline, I started another project - just to change gears a little bit - a set of felt Ballet Bear ornaments. I got this Bucilla kit last year (Boxing Day sale) from Herrschners. The bears were very easy to make and  took about 3-4 weeks to complete. The only thing that seriously tested my patience was having to cut out "millions" of felt pieces, some of them very small. And that's about it, for today. I'm going back to cross stitching now. Have a wonderful day.