And how did your workweek begin?

Mine began with this waiting for me on my office desk:
Moj je započeo tako što me je ovo sačekalo na radnom stolu u kancelariji:

Homemade Hello Kitty cookies made by my colleague and her little daughter. Isn't this precious? My heart is so warm that I managed (don't ask how!) not to eat them until I got home and took these pictures! FYI, they taste even better than they look!

Domaći Hello Kitty keksići koje su napravile moja koleginica i njena ćerkica. Zar nije cakano? Toliko sam se raznežila da sam izdržala (ne pitajte kako!) da ih ne pojedem dok nisam došla kući i uslikala ih! Ako se neko pita, ukus im je još bolji od izgleda!

Nena's pressed flowers magic

I begin this post with the biggest THANK YOU, for the biggest HEART - our Nena. Her beautiful works take breath away, her kindness and her love warm this blog-o-sphere far and wide.
 Započinjem ovaj post sa jednim velikim HVALA za jedno veliko SRCE - našu Nenu. Njeni prelepi radovi oduzimaju dah. Njena dobrota i ljubav na daleko oplemenjuju ovu našu bolgosferu.

This is the gift from Nena's giveaway, and I wanted to share both its picture and my gratitude with everyone. Nena, you are one in a million!
Ovo je poklon sa Neninog giveaway-a, čiju sliku želim da podelim sa svima kao i moju zahvalnost. Neno, ti si jedna jedina!

PS. Now I know how difficult is to photograph these laminated beauties!
PS. Sad mi je jasno zašto je tako teško fotografisati ove laminirane lepotane!

Giveaways, giveaways...!

After the first wave of fall giveaways in September, now comes the flood! Dive in!
(and this is in order of me discovering them, no bias at all)
Posle prvog talasa jesenjih giveaway-a u septembru, sada imamo i pravu poplavu! Ulećite!

(pišem po redosledu kojim sam naišla na njih, totalno nepristrasno)

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Giveaway at Todays1Offer blog:

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A... nakit is organizing an international giveaway:

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Maybe's New start is giving some cool stuff for its birthday:

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A sledeća je P.J. Gomez who is celebrating her birthday:

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And last but not least is giveaway at IHeart Organizing for 10.000 (!) Facebook fans:

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Isn't this fantastic? Well, I have one more fantastic piece of information to give: it's been for a while that I've started planning to have my own first giveaway. I'm waiting for the magical number 50 in my followers count, and than the magic will happen! Keep reading!

Nadam se da je dovoljno razumljivo za sve. Ma zar nije fenomenalno? E, pa, imam i ja jednu fenomenalnu informaciju da podelim sa vama: već neko vreme planiram i ja svoj prvi giveaway. Čeka se 50. pratilac mog bloga koji će da pokrene magiju! Čitamo se!

My first real order of polymer clay goodies

I am well aware that I have not written much here in September, but I think that I had good reasons. First there was the chocolate swap, than we had several workshops and, finally, I've had a first real customer and a first real order (I have to brag a little)!
Vrlo sam svesna činjenice da nism mnogo pisala u poslednje vreme, ali barem sam za to imala dobre razloge. Prvo, pravila sam radove za čokoladni swap, imali smo nekoliko naših malih dugarskih radionica, i, vrlo bitno, imala sam svog prvog pravog kupca i prvu pravu porudžbinu (moram malo da se hvalim)! 

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My colleague wanted me to make several polymer clay earrings for his girlfriend's birthday. I had some ideas (I love working with the extruder lately), and he also had some ideas of his own. So we combined it all and ended up with plenty of pieces to choose from. Final choice is on the photograph, and let me just say that the gift was a success! :)

Moj kolega sa posla je želeo da napravim nekoliko komada minđuša od polimerske gline kao rođendanski poklon za njegovu devojku. Ja sam imala neke svoje ideje (u poslednje vreme ekstruder je moj favorit), neke ideje je imao i on, pa smo sve to iskombinovali i na kraju je bilo puno stvarčica od kojih je mogao da bira. Krajnji izbor možete videti na slici, i samo još da dodam da je poklon bio odlično prihvaćen! :) 

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So far I was only working for pure pleasure and gave all my works as gifts. It was different now: there was someone to be pleased, there were time boundaries, colour and shape suggestions, more responsibility to be flawless. It was a great experience that I've thoroughly enjoyed, and as a bonus, for the first time I'll have a lot of finished pieces that I might consider selling. I must say that I had great use of Marina's (from craftzeeFactory blog) advice on price forming - that you so much on sharing your wisdom!
Do sada sam uvek radila čisto zadovoljstva radi i poklanjala svoje radove. Ovaj put je bilo drugačije: trebalo je ispuniti nečija očekivanja, imala sam vremensko ograničenje, bile su tu preferencije za boje i oblike koje ću koristiti, takođe i veća odgovornost da radovi budu što kvalitetnije urađeni. Bilo je to sjajno iskustvo u kojem sam zaista uživala, a kao bonus iz cele te priče, imam još puno komada gotovog nakita koji će možda jednog dana biti za prodaju. Moram tako]e da dodam da su mi od velike koristi bili Marinini (blog craftzeeFactory) saveti o formiranju cene - puno ti hvala što deliš svoju mudrost!
If anyone wonders what I'll do with the money I've earned, it will all go on new supplies so that I can work and have fun even more! Do you remember what you did with your first earning from this, or what would you do if you still haven't started selling?
Ako se iko pita šta ću uraditi sa novcem koji sam zaradila, planiram da ga potrošim na materijal pa da mogu i dalje da radim i da uživam! Da li se sećate na čega ste vi potrošili svoju prvu zaradu od ovoga, ili, na čega biste je potrošili ako još niste počeli da prodajete?

Chocolat Swap - the gifts

Chocolat swap at Medena Wonderland blog is long over, and it is time to show off the gifts that my swap partner Linaa and I have exchanged. This was and exciting swap with a very tasty theme, a theme that gave all the participants plenty of inspiration: CHOCOLAT!
Čokoladni swap kod Medene na blogu je odavno završen i vreme je da se pohvalim sa poklonima koje smo moja swap partnerka Linaa i ja razmenile. Bio je to uzbudljiv swap sa veoma ukusnom temom koja je svim učesnicima dala puno ionspiracije: ČOKOLADA!
My partner for this swap was Linaaa from Linaaa & Nera blog - one friendly and talented girl who does great crafts. She made for me a perfect shabby chic chocolate and gold coloured wooden box, decorated with gold leaf and transfer on glue. It is fabulous! And even more fabulous is the beautiful broch in form of a mask which face is peeling off. Pictures are here to show just how amazing these item are:
Moj partner na ovom swap-u je bila Linaaa sa bloga Linaaa & Nera - jedna sjajna talentovana devojka koja pravi divne stvari. Njen poklon meni je bila jedna savršena shabby chic drvena kutija, dekorisana zlatnom folijom i sa urađenim transferom na lepak. Fantastična je! A još fantastičniji je broš u obliku maske čije se lice ljušti. Slike su tu da još bolje dočaraju koliko su ove stvarčice lepe:

It seems that we basically had a similar idea for the swap: my gift also contained a box and some jewelry! The box I've made is a makeover of a real chocolate box (Mozarttaler) -  a bit of recycling form my part. The idea was to make a box of chocolates, only the chocolate parts inside of the box were actually parts of a polymer caly jewelry set done in chocolate colours. There is also a litle card for my partner.
U suštini, izgleda da smo obe imale sličnu ideju jer se i moj poklon takođe sastoji od kutije i nakita! Kutija koju sam napravila je makeover prave kutije od čokolade (Mozarttaler) - moj mali doprinos recikliranju. Ideja mi je bila da napravim kutiju sa čokoladom, samo što unutra neće biti prava čokolada nego delovi seta nakita od polimerske gline u čokoladnim bojama. Tu je i mala karta za moju partnerku.

As usual, I'll write more about my works in separate posts. This one is dedicated to jet another successful swap organized by our dear Medena, whom I want to thank on a great job as organizer. I can't wait to see when the next swap will be and what will be its theme!
Kao što je inače moj običaj, malo više o mojim radovima ću pisati u narednim postovima, a ovaj post je posvećen još jednom uspešnom swap-u koji je organizovala naša draga Medena. Njoj tkaođe želim da zahvalim za odličan posao koji je obavila kao organizator. Jedva čekam sledeći swap i da saznam koja će biti njegova tema!