Christmas in the middle of August

Nah, not really. ;) However, it would feel like it if you saw my working table - it's covered with Christmas themed papers, stickers ... You should know one thing - Christmas is my favourite holiday. All that yummy food, decorations, snow (hopefully) ... Love it! I have been making my own Christmas cards for a while now, but I always started making them pretty late and then I was always in a hurry. But not this year. Oh, no. This year I've decided to start early. So far I've only made 5, but since I'm not in a hurry at all I'm taking my time for each card, lots of time if I may add. ;)
Anyways, here are the cards I've made so far:

 

For this card I used a dark green card stock, on which I first glued Christmas themed "orangish" paper. That I covered with light green paper. On the left side I put yellow ribbon bow and on the right side I glued a piece of creamy white paper on which I stamped a Christmas tree and coloured it.

 

For this card I used red card stock. On a plain white sheet or paper I stamped a lot of images of holly and then cut out the right size to fit on my card. Then I cut another sheet of white paper which was just a bit smaller than the one I stamped. I inked the edges on that one. From the red card stock I cut a circle, inked it and placed it to the center of my card. Then I cut a smaller circle from the white card stock, inked that one as well, and stamped the image of Santa in the middle. With pop-up foam I glued it to the red circle.With a puncher I made small snowflakes, which I glued to the card. In the center of each snowflake I placed a small round crystal. I added ribbon and voila. :)

 

This card is really simple to make. I used dark blue card stock, on which I glued patterned light blue paper. On the left side I glued a smaller piece of dark blue paper and decorated it with a light blue see-through ribbon bow. With pop-up foam I glued the penguin and merry Christmas sign to the card.

 

This one is my favourite. I just love light blue colour and in combination with brown looks just awesome. In my opinion anyways. ;) What I did was, that I glued a piece of patterned brown paper to the light blue card stock. On the left side and on the bottom I glued white ribbon on which I glued blue bow. On a smaller piece of light blue paper I placed a piece of "handmade" creamy white paper (looks handmade, but I bought it) on which I placed a wooden painted star. To each corner of light blue card stock I added a big golden brad. I inked the edges too. :)

 

On dark red card stock I glued a piece of golden paper. In the middle of the golden paper I glued a small piece of red paper which I decorated with golden thread. I made a bow using dark red ribbon and gold thread. On the left side I glued shiny white plastic stars.

I haven't done almost anything crafty for the whole month. Wow, that's new! But to my "defense", summer is here, which to me means summer holidays, lazy days, reading ... Now I decided that it's time for me to start doing some crafty things again. Today I made this memo pad for a friend of mine ...

This is the front page. On the yellow part I'll also write the name of the person for who I made this pad.

And this is the inside of the pad. I used the post-it memo pad and just glued it to the card stock I previously measured and cut to the right side with double sided sticky tape.

Human cruelty

Yesterday I came around this site: http://thecovemovie.com/ You really should have a look at it. It's about human cruelty against animals, well, against dolphins to be exact. All around the world animals are dying (and not just dolphins, but all animals) - often because of us, humans. We should stop being so egoistic, stop acting as if we were the center of the universe and as if nothing else mattered but us. We should start caring about the planet Earth and animals more. The very least one can do is to spread the word. It doesn't cost a penny and it doesn't take much time. So please, if nothing else, please take a look at this video and help in any way you can, even if it is "just" by spreading the word.

The Cove PSA - My friend is ...

About my new job

On Tuesday I started a new job - I work at primary school. My job is to help children who have learning difficulties. I help them with their homework, explain them things they don't understand etc. I also go on school trips with them. I really like my job; it's never boring and it's challenging, but it's also pretty demanding and tiring. This week I often worked til late evenings to get ready for the next day's lessons and/or to prepare exercises for the next day. Still, I'm really happy with this job. I met some new people and most of all, it keeps me occupied and it gives me the feeling that I'm doing something good, which is great. :)

Time for something new

So far I've only been showing you my jewellery projects. But making jewellery is not the only thing I like to do. Another think that I absolutely love is scrapbooking. I haven't done all that many things yet, but I am sure planning to make more. ;) The other day I made this cute little album. I made the whole thing myself (yay for me :P). On each page there's a different quote about dreams/dreaming. Quotes are written in Slovenian language (I translated them).

cover of the mini album

mini album page 1

mini album pages 2 and 3

mini album pages 4 and 5

mini album pages 6 and 7

mini album page 8

*click on the pictures for larger view*

A few words about music

I love music. I like to listen to it all the time, except when I'm reading or studying. But any other time, I say a big YES to music. Especially if it's rock or pop. Those are my favourite genres. But you could serve me pretty much everything. I'm not THAT picky. The only genres I really can't listen to (at least not more than a minute or two) are rave (it gives me headache) and jazz (it's just too depressing). But as said, my favourite is rock music (and pop). But metal, country ... is great too. ;)

Every once in a while I have this one song that I just can't get it out of my head and I want to listen to it all the time. Right now that's Michael Buble's "Everything". With such beautiful lyrics this song is perfect for daydreaming (something I really like to do :P). If you don't know it, you really should listen to it (and while you're at it, I suggest you check out his other songs too ;)). Here's the video:

After one month ...

Oh my, I just realized it's been exactly one month since I wrote anything. Yikes! I should try to post more regularly. :$ Well, at least I'm not sick anymore. lol And there's another good thing that happened ... I got a job!!! :D I'm starting at the beginning of May (yup, just a couple of days to go ;P) and I'm already so excited! Can't wait! I'll be working in school; I'll be helping children with their homework, help those who have problems at specific subjects etc. I'll get more info on Monday.

A short while ago I was invited to someone's 50th birthday party. I knew what I was going to wear, but I didn't have any jewelry (except earrings) that would go with my outfit. So it was time to finally get all those boxes with beads out again and make something. And here's what I made ...

a ring

a necklace

I know this necklace looks very simple (and it actually is lol), but it was perfect for that outfit. I was wearing a very dark brown top and this necklace brought some life into it because of the colour of the beads. This was exactly the "effect" I was going for so I'm pleased with the result. :)