NAKUPOVANJE V STILU / SHOPPING IN STYLE

Se spomnite pikaste nakupovalne torbe? Torba je požela navdušenje pri vseh, ki so jo videli.

Nastala je še manjša različica, ki mi je tudi zelo všeč, vendar je bolj primerna za prenašanje malice ali pa vsakodnevnih malenkosti, kot za nakupe.

Nadvse ponosna pa sem nad torbo, ki sem jo naredila za mojo sestro.

Definitivno najbolj elegantna nakupovalna torba, ker sem jih videla v zadnjem času in sestra bo lahko hodila po nakupih "v stilu".

Vse te torbice pa imajo še eno prednosti, da so obojestransko uporabne in tako dobiš dve torbi za ceno ene.

Do you remember the spotted shopping bag? Everybody who saw it loved it.

I also made a smaller version, which I also love, but it is more suitable for carrying you lunch or other small items than for shopping.

But I am extremely proud of the bag that I made for my sister.

Definitely the most stylish shopping bag I saw lately and my sister will be able to go shopping "in style".

All of these bags have another advantage – you can use them on both sides, so you get two bags for the price of one.

ČEPRAV NE IGRAMO TENISA / ALTHOUGH WE DO NOT PLAY TENNIS

Ali se to dogaja še komu drugemu ali samo meni - vidim kakšen nov recept ali idejo za izdelek in moram to takoj preizkusiti še sama? Še isti ali pa vsaj naslednji dan.

To sem mi je zgodilo s krilom iz kroga, naslednji dan pa še s teniškim krilcem. Pri tem krilu mi je všeč vse - kroj, material, preprostost izvedbe, kako izdelek zgleda na modelu...
Zakopala sem se v svoje zaloge blaga in čez nekaj ur sta imeli moji mali manekenki spet novi krilci. Eno je celo Kenzo by Manuma (ostanke je potrebno tudi porabit).

Do you know the feeling – you came across a new recipe or a tutorial or pattern you have to immediately try to make it yourself? You have to make right this moment or at least the next day.

That's what happened to me with The Circle Skirt and than again the very next day even with The Tennis Skirt by Kitschy Coo. In absolutely love this tutorial and the end result, I love it all - the cut, the material, the simplicity of construction, how it looks on my girls...

I looked through my fabric stash and a few hours later my two little models had new skirts. One is even Kenzo by Manuma (one has to use the leftovers).

KRILO IZ KROGA / THE CIRCLE SKIRT

Zadnje čase je vse v znamenju krogov, ker so na sporedu zimske olimpijske igre - najuspešnejše za samostojno Slovenijo, saj naši športniki nizajo kolajne kot po tekočem traku.

In ko sem pred časom naletela na navodila za krilo sešito iz kroga, sem bila v trenutku navdušena. Še isti dan sem šla v nakupe in ne dolgo za tem sta imeli Manumajčici novi krilci.

Manumajčica št.1 v malo daljši zimski izvedbi, Manumajčica št. 2 pa v dvoplastni poletni različici.

Sama navodila so zelo natančna in izdelava krilca je hitra in nezahtevna, tako da imam občutek, da bom kmalu še šivala v krogih.

(slike so pa "zimsko" slabe)

Lately, everything is revolving around circles, since the Winter Olympics are on. This Olympics are the most successful for Slovenia. Our athletes won seven medals so far.

I came across this tutorial by Dana made it  some time ago for a circle skirt and I was instantly impressed. I went fabric shopping on the same day and not long after that both Manugirls had new skirts.

Manugirl No.1's skirt is a little longer winter version; Manugirl No.2's skirt is a double-layer summer skirt.

The tutorial is great and the construction is quick and easy, so I have a feeling that the girls will be getting more new circle skirts soon.

(The pictures are bad due to winter light)

PREDPASNIKI / APRONS

Pri nas doma radi dobro jemo in dobro kuhamo in pečemo. Manumajčici imata tudi že vsaka svoj predpasnik zato sem bila prikrajšana za užitek ob šivanju predpasnikov.

Izkoristila pa sem dve priložnosti in predpasnike sešila za druge otroke.

Our family loves good food and we enjoy cooking and baking. Manugirls already have aprons so I was deprived of the pleasure of sewing cute aprons for them.

So I was glad when I got opportunities to sew aprons for other children.

V prvem primeru za praznovanje rojstnega dne s kuharsko zabavo.

In the first case it was more then ten aprons for a birthday celebration with cooking party.

V drugem primeru pa za družinico s tremi otroki.

In the second case I made aprons for a family with three children.

Zdaj pa bo potrebno s predpasnikom opremiti še Manumajčka, ki se bo kuhanja kmalu začel učiti tudi v šoli.

Now I have to make an apron for Manuboy, because soon he will be starting cooking lessons in school.

NAPROTI ZDRAVJU / TOWARDS HEALTH

Za nami je dokaj naporen in napet teden, vključno z dvema obiskoma urgence - mojim in tastovim. Zdaj smo bolje, samo potrebnih bo pa nekaj sprememb in vsi se še učimo. Tastu so namreč ugotovili sladkorno bolezen in zdaj čakamo, če bo uspešna terapija s tabletami in dieto ali pa bodo potrebni še drugi ukrepi.

Tast si večinoma sicer kuha sam ampak tudi midva z možem se bova seznanila s pravili in omejitvami. In tako se že drugi teden oziroma vikend zapored ukvarjamo s hrano.

Prejšnji vikend smo začeli s projektom domačih kosil za Manumajčico št.1, ki se kar ni in ni sprijaznila s šolsko prehrano in smo jo zato odjavili. Zdaj vsak dan dobi malico za v šolo, ko pridemo domov pa naj bi ji čim prej postregla kosilo. In tako sem dva dni pripravljala in kuhala in do zadnjega kotička napolnila skrinjo. Za nami so trije šolski dnevi in minili so brez težav.

Seveda sem veliko razmišljala tudi o malicah za v šolo in poiskala veliko receptov in možnosti kaj bi ji lahko pripravljala.

Zdaj pa poslušam o prehrani pri sladkorni bolezni in povsod vidim samo sladkor in moko in oglijkove hidrate in se mi vsi recepti kar naenkrat zazdijo nezdravi.

Nato si ogledujem slike, ki jih imam pripravljene za objave in spet vidim samo sladkor...

In zdaj se mi po glavi podijo najrazličnejše misli. Kaj je dovoljeno, kaj je pretirano, koliko še vseeno lahko? In ko razmišljam o zaužitih sladkarijah in ogljikovih hidratih v našem gospodinjstvu me kar malo zaskrbi.

Samo, ko so pa tako dobri.

Zato danes ne bom napisala nobenega recepta za novo dobroto (definitivno pa recepti še pridejo, saj se vseeno ne mislim popolnoma odpovedat sladkarijam), ampak vam bom pokazala nakupovalno torbo, ki je dovolj velika, da lahko v njej domov prinesete vse zdrave sestavine za zdrave in polnovredne obroke.

We had quite a stressful and tense week, including two visits to the ER – mine and my father in laws. Now we are better, but we will have to learn some new things and make some changes. Father in law is in fact diagnosed with diabetes and now we're waiting, if the pills and diet will do the trick or some other measures will be needed.

Father in law prepares the majority of meals himself, but also my husband and I must know the rules and restrictions. And so we have another week revolving around food.

Last weekend we started the project of home lunches for Manugirl No.1. She just could not get used to the school meals and was frequently hungry. Now I give her a snack to take to school and try to serve her lunch as soon as possible after coming home. It took me two days last weekend to prepare and cook and my freezer is now packed.

I was also thinking a lot what snacks can I give her to school and found a lot of delicious recipes.

Now, hearing about the diet in diabetes everywhere I look I only see sugar and flour and carbohydrates and all the recipes suddenly seem so unhealthy.

Then I look at the pictures that I have prepared for posting and again all I see is sugar...

Now so many different thoughts are going through my mind. What is allowed, what is too much, how much is still OK? And when I think about all the sweets and carbohydrates that we consume in our household I am quite worried.

But they are so good.

Therefore, today I will not post a recipe for a new goodness (but definitely recipes are still to come, because I am not going to completely give up sweets), but I'll show you a shopping bag. This shopping bag is enough to bring home all the healthy ingredients you will need for a healthy and wholesome meal.

NOVI ZAČETKI / NEW BEGINNINGS

Danes je prvi dan novega leta. Čas za nove začetke, za nove sklepe, za nove načrte...

Jaz se držim načela, da novoletnih sklepov ali zaobljub ne delam, saj so potem samo vzrok za slabo vest ob koncu leta. Vseeno pa se človek ob novi letnici ozre nazaj in malo premisli o starem letu.

Kljub temu, da je nekaj stvari ostalo nerealiziranih oziroma mi niso uspele, pa sem načeloma kar zadovoljna z dosežki leta 2013.
Kot najpomembnejšega lahko izpostavim registracijo in legalizacijo svojega hobija. Zadeva je sicer po treh mesecih še vedno bolj kot ne v povojih, saj mi čas ne dopušča večje aktivnosti, ampak prvi korak je bil narejen.
Zdaj pa sem seveda vedno na lovu za novimi idejami in nastajajo različni prototipi.

In tako je na deževen dan med prazniki nastal nov šal, ki je premiero doživel na včerajšnjem izletu, čeprav je glede na osnovni material (tkanina iz mešanice bombaža in lanu) bolj poletni modni dodatek.

Če bodo odzivi pozitivni, jih bo nastalo še več, v različnih barvnih odtenkih, mogoče pa še v kakšnem drugem materialu.

Today is the first day of the New Year. Time for new beginnings, for new resolutions, new plans...

I tend not to make New Year's resolutions, because they only cause bad conscience at the end of the year. However, it is time to look back and reflect on the old year.

Despite the fact that some things remain unrealized or I have failed at some things, but in general I am quite satisfied with the achievements of 2013.

The most important is probably the registration and legalization of my hobby. I am moving at a very slow pace, but at least I am moving.

Now I am constantly on the hunt for new ideas and making prototypes.

And so I made a new scarf on a rainy day during the holidays. I wore it yesterday for the first time, even though it is more a summer accessory, because it is made of a cotton – flax blend.

If I get positive feedback, I will make more, in a variety of colors, maybe even in another material.

NOVI ZAČETKI / NEW BEGINNINGS

Kot sem omenila v starejši objavi se trenutno ukvarjam z oviro na moji poti.

Imela sem izdelano celotno strategijo, ki se je potem sesula zaradi dodatnih okoliščin. Kljub vsemu pa je prišlo do preboja - sicer na popolnoma drugačen način kot se mi kdaj koli predstavljala, ampak nekaj pa se je le premaknilo.
Za oceno posledic je še dosti prezgodaj, ampak resnično pričakujem, da ne bo negativnih in da so lahko spremembe samo na bolje. Očitno je nekaj optimizma še ostalo v meni.


Sem se pa istočasno lotila še nečesa novega. Nečesa, ki tudi zahteva veliko dela in energije, ampak mi daje zadovoljstvo.

Pridobila sem uradni papir, da lahko svoje izdelke tudi prodam.

In tako zadnje čase pridno šivam, fotografiram, razmišljam....
Vse je seveda še v povojih, ampak začetek pa je.

Tukaj pa malo za prvi vtis:
Torbice za robčke
Kozmetične torbice
Vrečke za malico
Ovitki za sendviče
Vrečke za prigrizke

As I mentioned in an earlier post I am currently dealing with an obstacle in my life.

I had a strategy all planed out but it all collapsed with additional circumstances. Nevertheless, there has been a breakthrough - in a completely different way than I ever imagined but it happened.

It is too early to make in assessment, but I really expect the consequences won't be negative and that the changes will be for the better. Obviously some optimism is left in me.

In the mean time I started something new. Something that also requires a lot of work and energy, but it gives me satisfaction.

I have gained an official paper that I can legally sell my products.

And so I am eagerly sewing, taking pictures, thinking…

I am only at the beginning, but things are moving in the right direction.

Here you can take a sneak preview:

Tissue bags

Cosmeticbags

Lunch bags

Sandwich wraps

Snack bags

NEW GIRL IN TOWN

Tema moje današnje objave me navdaja hkrati z navdušenjem in rahlim razočaranjem, ampak na koncu prevlada navdušenje.
V torek sem šla po dolgem času v službo s kolesom in se domov vračala po Trubarjevi ulici in popolnoma presenečena zagledala trgovino Šivilja in the House - trgovinica namenjena šivanju krpank, da se izrazim po slovensko (oziroma patchworkov ali quiltov mednarodno). Danes pa sem si vzela deset minut časa, da sem si ta mali raj tudi ogledala. Ponujajo različno blago, dodatke, opremo in celo tečaje ob zelo prijazni postrežbi.
Nekaj takega sem močno pogrešala v naši mali, ljubi Sloveniji, občudovala v različnih internetnih trgovinah in vzdihovala zaradi ogromnih poštnin.
Skratka veliko razlogov za navdušenje.

Zakaj sem pa razočarana?
Ker se je na dnu moje duše, nekje potlačena skrivala idejica, da bi "ko bi bila velika" imela neko tako trgovinico. Z dodatkom aparata za kavo in čajnika in dnevno svežega peciva, da bi lahko združila dva svoja hobija oziroma veselji.

Ker pa seveda nisem tako podjeten in avanturističen tip človeka, da bi pustila trenutno službo in se podala v samostojne vode in ker so moje šiviljske sposobnosti pravzaprav ljubiteljske in daleč od profesionalnih, sem izredno vesela, da je nekdo prišel na podobno idejo in bil tako pogumen, da jo je uresničil in da zdaj obstaja kraj kamor grem lahko po material in nasvete.

Skratka na koncu dejansko prevlada navdušenje!

P.S. Naj povem, da se s šivanjem krpank še nisem prav veliko ukvarjala. Pravzaprav imam samo nekaj začetkov, ki sem se jih naučila po brezplačnem internetnem tečaju , ampak blago je uporabno za veliko različnih projektov.

MATERINSKI DAN / MOTHER'S DAY

Včeraj smo v Sloveniji praznovali materinski dan.

Saj ne, da ga prav aktivno praznujem, se pa vsako leto razveselim kakšnega izdelka, ki ga otroci prinesejo iz vrtca ali šole. Sreča je v malenkostih, pozornostih in zavedanju, da nekdo pomisli nate.

Tako se je moj materinski dan začel že krepko pred sedmo uro zjutraj, ko sem na poti v službo prejela nasmeh in pozdrav neznanca. Nadaljeval se je z objemom sodelavca vsem mamam.
Vrhunec pa dosegel, ko mi je preponosna Manumajčica št. 2 izročila darilce, ki ga je v vrtcu izdelala zame.

It was Mother's Day in Slovenia yesterday.

Not that I actively celebrate this holiday, but each year I am happy and proud when my children hand me the presents they made in kindergarten or school. Joy is the little things, attention you get from another person and knowing that someone thinks of you.

This year’s mother's day began well before seven o'clock in the morning when I received a smile and greeting from a complete stranger on my way to work.

Later a got an embrace form a colleague (he was giving them to all the mothers at work).

The highlight was, when my proud Manugirl No.2 handed me her gift.

Zdaj imam vsaj mavrico, če že sonca noče biti.

At least I have a rainbow now, if the sun refuses to shine.



Dan se sicer ni končal tako lepo kot začel, saj je Manumajčica št. 1  v nedeljo, po dveh tednih zdravja, ponovno zbolela in sem zaradi nje bedela do skoraj ene ure ponoči (med drugim sem študirala znake akutnega vnetja slepiča). Ampak to paše k materinstvu, je tako?
Če hočeš praznovati materinski dan, moraš biti mama in se spopasti z vsem kar spada k tej vlogi.

Danes se seveda ne počutim ravno blažene v svoji materinski vlogi, ampak bi jo raje zamenjala za vlogo medveda med zimskim spancem.

Me pa pokonci drži misel, da sem pretekli vikend izdelala torbico, ki bo darilo za neko mamo.

Te mame sicer osebno ne poznam, poznam pa njeno hči, ki je izbrala obliko torbice in imela glede blaga samo eno željo - da so na torbici mačke. Ostalo pa je bilo prepuščeno moji umetniški svobodi.











In torbica je polna mačk, krasnih mačk.

Ob pogledu na torbico je še kar nekaj mam (in hčera) izrazilo željo, da bi imele kakšno mojo torbico. Vključno z mojo mamo!

The day did not end as well as it started because Manugirl No.1 fell ill on Sunday, just two weeks after previous illness and I was awake almost until one o’clock in the morning because of her (among others I studied signs of acute appendicitis). But it is a part of motherhood, right?

If you want to celebrate Mother's Day, you have to be a mom and that means you have to deal with all that comes with this role.

Today, of course, I do not feel really blessed in this role of being a mother and I would prefer to switch roles with a bear during hibernation.

But I have one thing that keeps me happy. I made a bag last weekend, which will be a gift for a mom.

I do not know this mom personally, but I know her daughter. The daughter chose the pattern for the bag and had one wish regarding fabric – there should be cats on the bag. The rest was left to my artistic freedom.

And the bag is full of cats, wonderful cats.

Seeing this bag, quite a few mothers (and daughters) want a bag made by me.

Including my own mother!

TORBICA ZA LIČILA / MAKE-UP BAG

Zadnje čase stalno nekaj ustvarjam, kuham in pečem. Za objave na blogu pa mi zmanjka časa in zagona. Sem pa resnično vesela koliko mi je že uspelo ustvariti v letošnjem letu.

Začelo se je z januarskim obiskom pri moževi teti. Takoj sem dobila idejo, da bi ji sešila torbico za kozmetične pripomočke - podobno kot sem jo sešila za srečelov.

Vse potrebno je bilo doma, tako da smo bili hitro pripravljeni za obisk.

Lately I am constantly creating, cooking or baking something. But when it comes to posting on my blog I don’t have any energy or time left. But I'm really happy how much I already created this year.

It started with the visit to my husband's aunt in January. As soon as we got the invitation I decided to sew a make-up bag - like the one I sewed for the raffle.

I had all I needed at home, so we were soon ready to go for a visit.

Le kaj se skriva notri?

I wonder what is hiding inside.

OBLEKICE ZA KINDL-A / KINDLE COVER

Naša družina je znana po tem, da vsi radi beremo. Še posebno Manumajček.
In da na dopust tovorimo nenormalno velike kupe knjig.

Rešitev bi bila Kindle, težava je samo v tem, da zanj ne obstajajo knjige v slovenščini oz. da Manumajček zaenkrat še ne bere knjig v tujih jezikih.
Dokler se eno ali drugo ne spremeni smo obsojeni na cele potovalke knjig.

Ne glede na to, da v našem gospodinjstvu še ne premoremo Kindla, pa sta pod mojimi prsti nastali že dve oblekici zanj po navodilih najdenih na internetu. Za mojo prijateljico in njeno taščo.

Popolnoma zadovoljna sicer nisem, sta pa v bistvu prototipa in sta bila narejena ob odsotnosti samega objekta.

Our family is known for the fact that we all like to read, especially Manuboy.

And that we carry enormous amounts of books when we go on holiday.

A solution would be a Kindle. But there is a problem – there aren't books in Slovenian and Manuboy doesn't read books in foreign languages yet.

As long as one or the other does not change we are doomed to a whole suitcase of books.

Even thou we do not own a Kindle in our house, two Kindle-covers already came »from my hands«. The instructions were found on the Internet. They were for my friend end her mother in law.

I'm not completely satisfied, but those are basically the prototypes and were made in the absence of the actual objects.

NOVE VREČKE ZA MALICO / LUNCH BAGS UPDATE

Odkar sem pokazala prve in druge vrečke za malico je minilo že kar nekaj časa. Seveda pa med tem časom nisem počivala in jih je nastalo še kar nekaj. In vse imajo že zadovoljne in nikoli lačne lastnike.


Skrajni čas, da se lotim nove serije.

It's been quite some time since I showed you the first and second batch of lunch bags. I didn't rest during this time and I have some more bags to show you. They all have happy and never hungry owners.

It is time for me to start a new series.

PREDNOVOLETNI SKLEPI / PRE-NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS

Še dobro, da nisem delala novoletnih sklepov, ker bi enega potencialnega že prekršila - sama pri sebi sem si obljubila, da bom bolj pridna z objavami, pa je prvega meseca že konec, jaz pa sem uspela objaviti samo eno objavo.

K sreči pa sem bila bolj dosledna s prednovoletnimi sklepi, saj sem si zadala, da vsak otrok med božičnimi darili dobi med drugim tudi en kos oblačil izpod mojih rok. In uspelo mi je. In to pravočasno.

Zdaj obleke že dolgo niso več skrivnost in jih lahko pokažem.
Otroci so bili navdušeni.

Good thing I didn't make any New Year's resolutions, because I would already break one. I promised myself I would try to post more posts (preferably one a week), but January is over and I managed to post only one post.

Thankfully, I was more consistent with the Pre - New Year's resolutions. I set myself a goal to sew a piece of clothing for every child for Christmas gifts. And I did it. And even on time.

Now that the clothes are no longer a secret I can show them to you.

The kids were very excited.

Manumajčkove hlače / Manuboy's pants

Obleka za Manumajčico št.1 / Dress for Manugirl No.1

Obleka za Manumajčico št.2 / Dress for Manugirl No.2

KENZO BY MANUMA No.2

Po uspešnem izdelku iz prvega blaga nisem čakala in sem se takoj lotila še drugega iz istega paketa.

Barva je tokrat drugačna, težava pa enaka - trije različni, vzporedni potiski na eni širini blaga. Po dobrem ogledu blaga, se je na njem "pokazala" majica.

Že ko sem jo izrezala, sem bila navdušena, saj so se vzorci izšli tako popolno, kot bi bilo blago narejeno prav za to majico.
Ko sem jo naslednje jutro sešila, pa je bilo navdušenje še večje, saj je perfektno uspela in mi dala polet za nove izdelke.

After a success with the first fabric I could not wait and I immediately got to work on the second piece of fabric.

The color is different this time, but it has the same problem - three different parallel prints across the width of the fabric. After a good look at it, it screamed T-shirt.

When I cut the pieces out, I was excited because it seemed like the fabric was made especially for this shirt.

When I sewed the shirt next morning, the excitement was even greater. The shirt turned out perfectly and gave me the boost for making new products.