Decoupage box and coasters for a special friend

The good old previous post showed us at work and having fun in the process, but now let me introduce the focus of all that work (two girls and two afternoons, which might seem too long to some, but count in our perfectionism and some chit-chat over a cup of coffee, and you'll get the calculation straight).
U dobrom starom prethodnom postu videli ste nas na delu i kako uživamo u procesu, a sada evo da predstavim ono čime smo se bavile (dve ženske u dva popodneva, što nekom može delovati previše za ovaj posao ako nema u vidu koliki smo obe perfekcionisti i povremene pauze za kafu i blebetanje).

Marina and I have had the pleasure of meeting many wonderful fellow creatives online, on Facebook especially, and one of them is our dear Vlasta form Croatia. After receiving beautiful necklace pieces she made to surprise us, it was our turn to surprise her (for Valentines day) with something we made. We debated and deliberated and brainstormed and finally found our inspiration in her profile picture: a beautiful clown. Then we researched the web far and wide and found our that the clown was drawn by Mira Fujita. We were awed by the author's works and pictures and we decided to use them to make one very special decoupaged box and a matching set of coasters.
I Marina i ja smo do sada imale čast da upoznamo puno divnih kreativaca putem interneta, a naročito na Fejsbuku. Jedna od njih je i naša draga Vlasta iz Hrvatske. Ona nam je priredila predivno iznenađenje poslavši nam ogrlice koje je napravila za svaku od nas, i sada je bio naš red da uzvratimo iznenađenjem (za dan zaljubljenih). Puno smo se razmišljale, dogovarale, razmatrale i konačno našle svoju inspiraciju u njenoj profilnoj slici: jendom preslatkom klovnu. Onda smo pretražile internet uzduž i popreko dok nismo saznale da je autor te slike Mira Fujita čije su nas slike potpuno oduševile pa smo odlučile da na tu temu u dekupaž tehnici (a šta drugo?!) uradimo jednu sasvim posebnu kutiju i komplet podmetača uz nju.

What followed were two great creative afternoons in which we learned more about collaboration on a creative projects, how to blend two visions into a single one and make it that much better than we imagined in the beginning. This was the best possible opportunity to try out my new color printer at rice paper printing task. It proved somewhat tricky, but it was worth the effort in the end. We also remembered how difficult it is to catch the elusive silvery shimmer of pearly paints, but I hope these photos do the justice to the beautiful end product of our endeavour. Made with love, for someone who touched us with her kindness and good heart.

Ono što je usledilo su dva fenomenalna kreativna popodneva koja su nas naučila ponešto o zajedničkom radu na jednom kreativnom projektu, i o tome kako od dve vizije stvoriti jednu zajedničku koja prevazilazi sva očekivanja. Bila je to i savršena prilika da isprobam svoj novi kolorac i štampu na rižinom papiru. Iako nije bilo najjednostavnije, definitivno je vredelo truda. A takođe smo se potsetile i koliko je teško na fotografiji uhvatiti onaj fini meki preliv i sjaj sedefnih boja, s tim da se najiskrenije nadam da su uspele dočarati lepi rezultat našeg rada. Napravljeno sa ljubavlju, za nekog ko nas je dirnuo svojom ljubaznošću i dobrotom.