duminică, 7 septembrie 2008

O zi plina !...de cumparaturi :) - A day full of shopping

As fi vrut sa pot sa pun pe blog poze facute la magazinul JoAnn dar . din pacate, nu am obtinut acordul managerului care mi-a spus ca politica lor nu permite acest lucru, doar daca fac apel la corporatie sa-mi dea aprobare; lucru destul de complicat.
I wanted to be able to put some pictures on the blog taken at the JoAnn store . Unfortunately,I haven't got the agreement of the manager who told me that their policy does not allow to make pictures in their store, only if I will appeal to the corporation to give me the approval; a job quite complicated .

Si chiar daca am fost dezamagita de reactia conducerii la apelul meu am facut totusi cateva cumparaturi , ca sa-mi treaca frustrarea :)
Eeven though I was disappointed by the management's reaction to my call I still made my shopping, to pass my frustration :)

Dupa ce m-am invartit minute bune pe acolo - caci nici pana acum nu am reusit sa-l cuprind in toate plimbarile mele - m-am oprit si am luat cateva materiale ( fat quarter) pentru niste proiecte de viitor , mai mici , ceva etamina si ata de cusut DCM

After I looked arround for some good minutes in there , I stopped and I picked some fabrics (fat quarter) for some future projects, smaller ones, something bolting-cloth and DCM sewing thread




Apoi m-am oprit la raionul de perle, margelute si tot felul de aplicatii - care este imens... si am luat cateva perlute pentru viitoare crazy quilturi sau ce mi-o mai veni in minte. As fi fost in stare sa cumpar cel putin jumatate din produsele de acolo :)) , noroc cu sotul meu care ma mai tempereaza in ideea ca deja am probleme cu spatiul meu de lucru si camera de zi mi-a devenit atelier...
Then I stopped at pearls section, beadies and all sorts of applications - which is huge ... and I also picked some pearls for my future crazy quilts. I wish I would have been able to buy at least half of the products from there:)), luck with my husband who attempered me in the idea that I already have problems to manage the working space because the living room became my workshop ...

Si in drum spre casierie , bineinteles ca m-am oprit sa mai cumpar niste bucati de materiale carora nu le -am putut rezista- spre disperarea sotului meu :))- ..nu ma intrebati la ce le voi folosi ca nu stiu inca ; pur si simplu le-am cumparat si cu siguranta le voi folosi.
And in the way to the cashier register, of course I stopped to buy some more pieces of fabrics which I have not been able to resist despite my husband`s despair :)) - .. dont`t ask me what I'll do with them, I do not know yet; simply I bought them and I will definitely use them. ...


Langa casa de platit se afla raftul cu decoratiuni si bineinteles ca si de aici am luat doua fairies micute, noii mei prieteni bostanosi; sunt tare simpatici si m-am bucurat de ei de cum i-am vazut .

Near the register is the decorations shelves and of course I got two little fairies from there, my new little pumpkin friends; they are likable and they made me fell joyfull as I saw them.



Si o surpriza care mi-a facut sotul meu tot azi, ceva ce asteptam sa vina de fapt de Craciun: un aparat foto digital pentru pozele mele :)
Caci canonul lui profesional e mare si greoi si mereu ma plangeam de asta..
And a surprise that was from my husband today, something I have expected to come, in fact, on the Christmas day: a digital camera for my pictures)
Because his professional Cannon is big and heavy and I always was dissatisfied of it..



Si dupa ce m-am relaxat facand cumparaturi in magazinul meu preferat :) m -am intors acasa unde m-am apucat sa termin modelul unguresc inceput, sub privirile pasnice ale "bostaneilor" , in linistea binecuvantata a unei superbe seri de inceput de toamna ...

And after I relaxed by making shopping in my favorite store:) I returned home where I got to finish the already started Hungarian model under the peaceful look of the little pumpkin, in the blessed silence of a magnifique evening at the beginning of autumn ...


a romanian tale




. My Pipe is with Him!

Once upon a time there was an old gypsy walking along the Olt River together with other people. Then at a certain moment, after climbing into a tree, the gypsy fell into the river and drowned. The people who pulled him out saw that he was dead and met up with the dead gypsy's son and said, "You, Ioane, your father is dead!"


Whereupon son replied, "Oh and my pipe is with him!"

See you next sunday for another story :)

joi, 4 septembrie 2008

Am terminat-o in patru ore!! I finished it in four hours!Crazy Heart

Astazi, dupa o ora de cusut la blocul cu cruciulite , ma cam saturasem de etamina.
Today, after an hour of sewing on the cross stitch block , I got pretty sick of bolting-cloth.

Si tare aveam chef de un quilt...macar unul micut. Cum nu am timp de stat acum pe un quilt mai mare am ales varianta de a face o inimioara crazy.
And I was in a really good mood for a quilt..... even a little one. Not having time to sew a larger quilt I chose to make a crazy heart.

Zis si facut: am luat niste resturi, le-am unit prin paper piecing si a iesit un bloc mai maricel, apoi am luat un tipar de inima , l-am aplicat pe bloc si am taiat blocul dupa forma inimii.
So, I took some scraps, I joined them from the paper piecing and came out a larger block, after that I took a print of a heart, I applied it on the block and I cut the block after heart's shape.

I-am pus dos, am umplut-o cu vatelina si apoi ..brodatul. Care mi-a luat trei ore pentru ca m-am tot "invartit" in jurul cusaturilor si le tot schimbam.
I'd attached the backside, filled it with wadding-linen and then ... the embroidery.It took me three hours to sew the heart becouse I "turned" myself around stitches and kept changing them all.

Dar in final a iesit si chiar imi place cu toate ca nu sunt adepta crazy quilt decat partial.

But finally it came out and I like it, even though I am not a crazy quilt supporter, maybe only partially.

Iata inimioara mea in faza de crazy fara modele
Here is my crazy heart in without models phase.
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Si in varianta finala langa niste ingerasi :)
And finally next to a couple of little angels:)



miercuri, 3 septembrie 2008

Another day


Another desert morning ... karina sleeps .. and it is quiet.
It is quiet in the forest too... all the creatures are still sleeping...but not me ..
How wonderful is to drink your coffee and make plans for a new day! A new day which may be the same one as yesterday or maybe not ...
This morning has something special, something that turns me back in the past .. maybe because the air is not as damp as always ... maybe
The thoughts start to escape me; they are rolling in my mind like an avalanche and I don't want to stop them because they are beautiful memories.
Memories which transpose me into a world of shadows, of those who are far or are in a better place ...
While the shadows crosses my mind , I look at the forest and my eyes are growing dim . Here, in the presence of the forest I can let the soul to cry.. I know that the forest will not tell anyone ... how many tears, pain and joy saw this forest? I don't know .. probably too many ...
I look up to the trees crown easily softly touched by the autumn`s life breath which is nearing and I am crying from the deep down of my soul: "Where are you my forest from home? Where is that time gone when I was playing and running barefooted on the dusty alleys at my grandparents small village or when I watched, on the night before Christmas , at the snowed up apple tree which was glistening in small shiny stars? Where is my field of wheat poppied ..?


It has been a long time since I've senced the flavour of a quince: its a lost aroma, encountered only in my childhood .. and the fire crackin in the simple stove of my grandparents ..
And where are my mountains and my sea? They are left behind .. in a place that I loved and I still love .. a place who has chased me , a place which I left, going to another destiny... I know is a better destiny with a decent living in a civilized world .... but still, it is so hard to me to be far from home; and nothing could describe how hard it is ... you understand, you forest? "


She slowly moves the crowns of her trees as a response ...she is discreet and a good listener.
She knows to listen to a story of a different destiny ...


And to show me that she is listening,the forest is sending me a sign...slowly, slowly a leaf is faling from a tree and spreads out smoothly at my feet ...
The forest is comming to life:I can hear now thousands of sounds of birds and insects swarming .. Karina slowly yammer .... I get the leaf from my feet and then I wipe off a tear .....
Another day in which life goes ahead with or without my longings and memories.
But tomorrow is another day; the forest will be here and I will too ....



Inca o dimineata pustie...Karina doarme.. si e liniste.
E liniste si in padure ...toate vietatile inca dorm..numai eu nu
Ce minunat sa bei cafeaua si sa faci panuri pentru o noua zi! O noua zi care va fi poate ca cea de ieri sau poate ca nu...
Dimineata asta are ceva deosebit , ceva ce ma intoarce in trecut ..poate ca aerul care nu mai e asa umed cum e mai mereu... poate.
Si gandurile incep sa-mi fuga; se rostogolesc in minte ca o avalansa si nu vreau sa le stopez pentru ca sunt amintiri superbe.
amintiri care ma transpun intr-o lume a umbrelor, a celor care sunt departe sau sunt intr-un loc mai bun...
In timp ce las umbrele sa -mi strabata mintea privesc padurea si ochii mi se impaienjenesc. Aici , in prezenta ei pot sa-mi strig oful; stiu ca nu va spune nimanui...oare cate lacrimi, dureri si bucurii a vazut padurea asta? nu stiu..probabil ca multe...
Imi ridic ochii spre coroana copacilor atinsi usor de suflarea toamnei care se apropie si strig in adancul sufletului:"unde esti padurea mea de acasa? unde s-au dus vremurile cand alergam in picioarele goale prin colbul marunt din satul bunicilor sau cand priveam in prag de Craciun marul inzapezit care stralucea in mici stelute argintii ? unde este campia mea plina de maci crescuti prin lanul de grau..?
Nu am mai simtit aroma de gutuie demult: e o aroma pierduta, intalnita numai in copilaria mea..si focul trosnind in soba simpla a bunicilor meu ..ce s-a intamplat cu ea oare??
Si unde sunt marea si muntii mei? Au ramas in urma ..intr-un loc pe care l-am iubit si il iubesc..un loc care m-a gonit si din care am plecat spre un alt destin..e un destin mai bun, stiu asta, cu o viata decenta intr-o lume civilizata dar.... dar im e greu; si nimic nu poate descrie cat imi este de greu...intelegi tu, padure??

Isi misca incet coroanele copacilor ca un raspuns...e discreta si stie sa asculte. Stie sa asculte o poveste despre un alt destin ...

Si ca sa-mi arate ca ma asculta imi trimite un semn: incet , incet o frunza se desprinde de undeva dintr-un copac si se asterne lin la picioarele mele...
Padurea prinde viata: mii de sunete de pasari si gaze roind se aud de acum..karina scanceste incetisor....ridic frunza de la picioarele mele si imi sterg pe furis o lacrima .....
Inca o zi in care viata merge inainte cu sau fara amintirile si dorurile mele.
Dar si maine e o zi; padurea va fi tot aici ca de altfel si eu....


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