An unusual wedding card

Yup, another wedding I've attended this summer! No more for the time being, which is too bad because I'm just getting warmed up for creating wedding cards.
For this occasion, I've already had a design prepared in my head, material close at hand, BUT that day I took some time to read blogs... So, you see, it is all Sanja's and Tea's fault.
Da, da, još jedna svadba ovog leta! Za sada ih u perspektivi nema više, što mi je jako žao pošto sam se taman zagrejala u pravljenju ovih svadbenih čestitki. Za ovu priliku sam dizajn već imala u glavi i sav materijal pri ruci, ALI onda sam krenula da čitam blogove... Tako da bi se moglo reći da su za sve krive Sanja i Tea.

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I was thinking to myself how I have to try something that includes rope (which I have somewhere but never use it), and as I went to pour myself a glass of water I saw an empty bottle of soy sauce waving at me... After that it was a frenzy of ideas and possibilities and finally a solution I was really happy about.
Razmišljala sam kako moram da probam da napravim nešto sa kanapom (kojeg imam negde a nikad ne koristim), i kad sam otišla po čašu vode u kuhinju, videla sam kako mi maše jedna prazna flašica od soja sosa... Posle toga su u glavi krenule da se roje ideje i razne kombinacije i na kraju se pojavilo rešenje kojim sam stvarno bila zadovoljna.

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I've had two great assistants too: my mom ho helped me rolling the card and my Mr. M who was the master of photography and a great helper with dried glue spots that needed to be removed. During our photo session I've noticed that everything around us was in green tones and that the natural surroundings didn't compliment the card properly. An advice I've read on Bilja's blog was most helpful there - hence the white background (it was actually a bed sheet held by me all the time while shooting).
Moram da kažem da sam imala i dva sjajna pomoćnika: moju mamu koja mi je pomogla oko zavijanja čestitke i mog dragog koji je bio glavni za fotografiju ali koji mi je takođe pomogao oko uklanjanja osušenog lepka tu i tamo. Tokom našeg malog foto session-a primetila sam da prirodno okruženje u kom smo slikali nije dopuštalo čestitki da dođe do izražaja. Tu su mi pomogli saveti koje sam pročitala na Biljinom blogu - otud ova bela pozadina (u stvari, čaršav koji sam ja sve vreme držala dok je trajalo fotografisanje).

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Without any furhter ado, here's the last wedding greeting I've made this summer season. M says I've outdone myself. I don't know about that, but I'm really happy how my first try at rope turned out! :)))
Bez dalje priče, evo poslednje svadbene čestitke za ovo leto. Moj dragi kaže da sam prevazišla samu sebe. Ne znam baš... ali sam jako zadovoljna kako je uspeo moj prvi susret sa kanapom! :)))

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Fifth polymer clay workshop

It's been high time to continue our polymer clay workshop series. I think that a whole year has passed since the last one, which means that we were all very busy otherwise but also very excited to get dirty with the clay again!
Bilo je krajnje vreme da nastavimo naš niz radionica polimerske gline. Od poslednje je, mislim, prošla cela godina, što samo pokazuje koliko smo bile zauzete na drugim stranama i koliko smo bile radosne da ponovo prljamo ruke glinom!
The setting for this workshop was the most beautiful so far - a garden on the beautiful green hill od Popovica near Novi Sad. It was a work day so we started working late in the afternoon which slowly grew into a pleasant evening and a work by lamp and candle light which was very nice and we didn't mind much that the amount of light was not adequate.
Imali smo do sada najlepše okruženje za radionicu - jedan lepi vrt na zelenim obroncima Popovice, brda u blizini Novog Sada. Bio je radni dan pa smo sa radionicom počeli kasno popodne koje je polako preraslo u prijatno veče i rad uz lampe i sveće što je bilo toliko prijatno da nam nije smetalo što nismo imale baš dovoljno osvetljenja.
The company was a pleasant too with plenty of our friends, old ones and new, but only three of us actually working. Who can blame the rest of them - it was an evening perfect for relaxing and not doing anything.
Društvo je takođe bilo odlično sa puno starih i novih prijatelja, mada smo samo nas tri zapravo radile, odnosno, učestvovale u radionici. A ko bi mogao da krivi one ostale kada je veče bilo idealno za opuštanje i ne rađenje ničega.

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The guest of honour at this workshop was the mister Extruder (Makin's Professional Ultimate Clay Extruder), who just came from faraway Australia to stay with our Ana. I have an extruder myself, although I haven't been using it much because it requires a lot of strength to push the clay out of it. This new extruder that Ana has acquired is much easier to work with since it has a screw-like mechanism. I have to have one of these ASAP!!!
Počasni gost radionice je bio gospodin Ekstruder, koji je tek nedavno pristigao iz daleke Australije i sada boravi kod naše Ane. I ja takođe imam ekstruder, ali ga nisam mnogo koristila jer je potrebno jako puno snage da bi se glina istisnula iz njega. Ovaj novi ekstruder koji je Ana nabavila je mnooogo lakši za korišćenje jer ima mehanizam sa navojem. Čim pre moram da nabavim jedan takav za sebe!

Ana has led us through a process of making a cool pattern (that's what she told us) but actually it was more that that: it was my favourite of all patterns for polymer clay! I never knew that it was made with an extruder and that I could have been making it for ages now!
Ana nas je vodila kroz proces kojim ćemo, kako je rekla, dobiti jednu super šaru. Ali to je zapravo bila moja najomiljena šara sa polimerskom glinom! Nisam imala pojma da se ta šara pravi sa ekstruderom i da sam mogla odavno da počnem da je pravim!

You can guess that for me the workshop was a great success. If you wonder what we have made, you'll have to wait and see when it is all finished and public-ready. We don't pretend to know much (which we don't) and we don't make the coolest stuff (which we will one day, I'm sure), but we are having a lot of fun and that's the greatest thing about these little polymer clay workshops of ours!
I sami možete pretpostaviti da je, ako mene pitate, ovo bila veoma uspešna radionica. A ako se pitate šta smo sve napravile, moraćete da sačekate dok sve ne bude završeno i spremno za javno prikazivanje. Mi se ne pravimo da znamo mnogo o svemu ovome (pošto realno i ne znamo), niti da pravimo fenomenalne stvarčice (što ćemo, nadam se, raditi jednog dana), ali se sigurno odlično zabavljamo i to je zapravo najbolja stvar kada su ove naše male radionice polimerske gline u pitanju!

Elegant wedding card

This year it is wedding, after wedding, after wedding for me. Third friend turned misses and the third opportunity to make a custom wedding card. I enjoy making wedding cards so much, I wish for even more weddings soon!
Ove godine mi se zaređala venčanja. Danas je treća drugarica postala gospođa i imala sam treću priliku da napravim čestitku za venčanje. Toliko uživam u pravljenju ovih svadbenih čestitki da prosto žeim još puno venčanja što pre to bolje!

For my friend who likes things "fancy" - one elegant wedding card. It was very simple to make with this fabulous ribbon. I'm just sad that I don't have a photo of inside - I was in a big rush today and forgot to take it. I'll have to ask my friend to take the photo for me one of these days.
Za moju drugaricu koja voli da sve bude "fensi" napravila sam jednu elegantnu čestitku. Zahvaljujući ovoj fenomenalnoj "trako-čipki" čestitka je bila vrlo jednostavna za pravljenje. Jedino mi je žao što nemam sliku unutrašnjosti - u žurbi sam zaboravila da je fotografišem. Moraću zamoliti drugaricu ovih dana da to uradi umesto mene.

Loredana

Loredana... Have you encountered this name before? - I haven't, at least not until I've started blogging and crafting and meeting other crafts people here on this virtual plane.
Loredana... Da li ste ranije čuli za to ime? - Ja nisam, u stvari, ne dok nisam počela da budem aktivnija na blogu i tako upoznala druge kreativce na ovoj našoj virtuelnoj ravni.

Loredana... It sounded mystical, strange and new, yet melodic and enchanting. I thought it to be a made-up nickname, not more. It mesmerized me so that I had to learn more, and here is what I've found out:
Loredana... Zvučalo je mistično, neobično i novo, a takođe melodično i čarobno. Prvo sam mislila da se radi o izmišljenom nadimku, ništa više od toga. Ali opčinjavalo me je toliko da sam morala da istražim o čemu se radi i evo šta sam saznala:
(http://babynamesworld.parentsconnect.com)

Loredana is a female name of Latin origin, used in Italian and Romanian languages. It means "laurel grove". The name itself is of uncertain origin - the name Loredana seems first invented by the Italian novelist Luciano Zuccoli for his novel 'L'amore de Loredana'. Zuccoli might have based it on the Venetian surname Loredan ("laurel grove"), which was derived from the place name Loreo. It may also be a form of the name Lauretana, title of the Madonna di Loreto, which had its origin in the Latin Lauretum, meaning "small woods of laurel."
Loredana je žensko ime latinskog porekla, a koriste ga Italijani i Rumuni. Njegovo značenje je "lovorov gaj". Poreklo imena nije izvesno - čini se da je ime Loredana prvi put izmislio italijanski romanopisac Luciano Zuccoli za svoj roman "L'amore de Loredana" ("Loredanina ljubav"). Moguće je da ga je Zuccoli zasnovao na venecijanskom prezimenu Loredan (lovorov gaj), koje je izvedeno iz naziva mesta Loreo. Takođe nije isključeno da je ime izvedeno iz imena Lauretana, što je ime za Bogorodicu (Gospu) od Loreta, a koje vodi poreklo od latinske reči Lauretum koja znači "mala lovorova šuma".

Laurel is a symbol for glory, victory, nobility, immortality, intellectual superiority, the gift of prophecy, "big picture" understandings.
Lovor je simbol slave, plemenitosti, besmrtnosti, intelektualne nadmoći, dara proricanja, razumevanja "velike slike".
(http://www.symbolic-meanings.com/2009/11/23/symbolic-laurel-meaning-and-ties-to-name-meaning-of-laura/)

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Curiosity can be a good thing and lead us to knowledge. Thanks to out blogger-fairy Loredana, I've learned a new beautiful name that's now ranked very high on my list of most beautiful female names.
Radoznalost ponekad može biti zaista dobra i dovesti nas do novih saznanja. Zahvaljujući našoj blogovskoj vili Loredani, saznala sam za jedno prelepo ime koje sada zauzima svoje mesto među najlepšim meni poznatim ženskim imenima.

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A package from far away is the culprit that I've finally written this post, although I've had it in my head for a while. For me Loredana is a good kind-hearted fairy and I thank her for her gift!
Jedan paket iz daleka je krivac što sam konačno napisala ovaj post, iako sam već neko vreme htela da ha napišem. Za mene je Loredana vila dobrog srca kojoj zahvaljujem na njenom poklonu!