My top 10 of 2017 / Mojih top 10 leta 2017

Hello everyone!

Lepo pozdravljeni!

Here are my top ten cards of 2017 (random order).

To je mojih top 10 leta 2017 (v naključnem vrstnem redu).

Thank you for coming over and have agreat day!

Hvala za obisk in želim vam super dan!

New Year, new plans? / Novo leto, novi načrti?

Hello everyone!

Lepo pozdravljeni! 

There is a bunch of New Year's resolutions going around this time of year and I'm no exception. I'm going to write down just a few card making related to keep myself accountable by letting you know the plan. But first I would like to look back on 2017. Since I had our little baby girl a lot has changed. I missed card making a lot and it was the right thing to do getting back into it at the end of year. I felt like that was me time and I needed that. It's not easy getting back after a pause of a few months but by doing more it felt better and enjoyable again. And I don't want to lose that in the following month.

And now my plans (in no particular order):

• Optimize my craft space. 
• Share my new space here. 
• Post three times/week (two times with cards included). 
• Be more active on social media. 
• Participate in more challenges. 
• Keep up with blogs of my fellow crafters. 
• Actually get thrue the card classes I purchased and do the homework. 

V tem času povsod dežujejo novoletne zaobljube in jaz nisem nobena izjema. Zapisala bom le nekaj tistih, ki se nanašajo na moj blog in voščilnice, da bom pod malce pritiska, ker poznate moje načrte. Najprej pa nekaj besed o 2017. Po tistem, ko se nama je pridružila mala princeska,  se je marsikaj spremenilo. Zelo sem pogrešala ustvarjanje in ko sem proti koncu leta ponovno resno zagrabila ustvarjalne pripomočke, je bil občutek fenomenalen. Dejansko je bil to čas zame in čeprav je bil začetek precej naporen, je v ustvarjanju zame spet en kup veselja. In tega v naslednjih mesecih prav gotovo ne želim izgubiti. 

In moji načrti (v naključnem vrstnem redu): 

• Optimizacija ustvarjalnega kotička. 
• Slike kotička deliti tudi tukaj. 
• Objaviti trikrat na teden (od tega dvakrat voščilnico). 
• Večja aktivnost na socialnih omrežjih. 
• Sodelovati v več izzivih. 
• Redno spremljati objave ostalih ustvarjalcev. 
• Dejansko priti skozi card classes, ki sem jih že kupila, in opraviti domačo nalogo. 

I wish you all the best in 2018, stay healthy and do what makes you happy. Thank you for putting up with me for the past year and I hope you join me in 2018.

Želim vam vse najlepše v 2018, ostanite zdravi in počnite tisto, kar vas osrečuje. Hvala, ker ste me prenašali v preteklem letu in upam, da se mi boste občasno pridružili tudi v 2018. 

Long Time No Post

Hello everyone!

Lepo pozdravljeni!

I haven't been a very good blogger lately. There is a very good reason. Or a combination of few reasons that all come back to one. I'm pregnant and we are expecting our little one in February. I'm very happy I had no major morning sickness issues, but I'm tired a lot. No amount of sleep is enough and I have to get up very early so I don't have any extra time in the evening. Also my fiancé started a new job in September and I'm helping him out as much as I can so that means I have even less free time. So combination of pregnancy, getting our home ready of a new little person, two jobs for me and new job for my fiancé and there is very little free time left on my schedule. Truth be told there is no mojo when I'm tired and I also take time to lift my legs up and relax a bit when I can. I have to or I would go bananas :/

Zadnje čase nisem najbolj pridna blogerka. Imam precej dober razlog. Oz. kombinacijo večih razlogov, ki pa se navezujejo na glavnega. Noseča sem in malčka pričakujemo februarja. Na srečo nisem imela večjih težav z jutranjo slabostjo, sem pa zelo utrujena. Nobeno število ur spanja ni dovolj in glede na to, da moram zjutraj vstati precej kmalu, odpade podaljšano ustvarjanje ob večerih. Prav tako je zaročenec septembra začel z novo službo, pri čemer mu pomagam kolikor je le mogoče, kar pomeni da se moj prosti čas še skrajša. Torej kombinacija nosečnosti, pripravljanja stanovanja za novega člana, moji dve službi in nova služba zaročenca pomenijo zelo malo prostega časa. Glede na mojo utrujenost je tudi ustvarjalnost zelo omejena, si pa vzamem tudi nekaj časa, da počivam, ko je le mogoče. To je precej nujno, če ne bi se mi že zmešalo :/

I'm planning my 25 Days of Joy series for this year and it starts next week. I just hope I can do it all :) I have no plans for next year we will have to wait and see, but I don't plan on quit making cards or writing blog  :)

Načrtujem 25 Dni Veselja za letos in serija se bo začela naslednji teden. Upam samo, da mi jo bo uspelo pripeljati do konca :) Za naslednje leto nimam nobenih načrtov, bomo šli s tokom in sproti videli kaj in kako. Prav gotovo pa ne načrtujem prenehanja ustvarjalnega udejstvovanja v živo ali na blogu :)

Thank you for your patience and I wish you a great day!

Hvala za vaše potrpljenje in želim vam super dan!

Mateja

I'm back :) / Nazaj sem! :)

Hello everyone!

Lepo pozdravljeni! 

First of all I have to apologise for my absence. Life happened and I needed some time off. You might have noticed that my term with A Blog Named Hero ended at the end of 2015 and they have a new design team. They also changed the challenges up a bit for this year. Since this was my first design team that I was on, I will be forever grateful to Lisa and Linda for opportunity they gave me. My collaboration with A Blog Named Hero will not end completely. I joined A Blog Named Hero Facebook team this year. It would me awesome if you popped over sometimes and leave a comment or two ;) 

Najprej se vam moram opravičiti za svojo odsotnost. Življenje se pač zgodi in prisiljena sem bila vzeti malo pavze na blogu. Verjetno ste že ugotovili, da se je konec leta 2015 zaključil moj "mandat" v ustvarjalni ekipi A Blog Named Hero. Imajo novo ekipo, prav tako pa tudi drugačen urnik izzivov in objav. Glede na to, da je bila moja prva ustvarjalna ekipa, katere del sem bila, bom vedno hvaležna Lisi in Lindi za priložnost, ki sta mi jo ponudili. Za enkrat ne zaključujem še sodelovanja z A Blog Named Hero ekipo, saj sem se za letos pridružila A Blog Named Hero Facebook ekipi. Upam, da se nam pridružite in pustite kakšen komentar sem in tja.

I think last year's posting schedule worked quite well for me, but I'm still thinking about keeping the same concept (Monday Madness, Work Time Wednesday and Friday Fun) or changing focus for this posts a little bit. I will be back next week with some "real" posts and cards and by then I will decide about details for my blog in 2016. 

Mislim, da mi je lanskoletni urnik objav kar ustrezal, še vedno pa premišljujem o ohranitvi enakega koncepta (Monday Madness, Work Time Wednesday in Friday Fun) oz. malenkostni spremembi vsebine za te objave. Naslednji teden začnemo za res in lahko pričakujete objave ustvarjalnega značaja, do takrat pa se bom tudi že odločila glede specifike objav za leto 2016. 

As always thank you for coming over and your support in 2015. Have a great day!

Kot vedno najlepša hvala za obisk in podporo v letu 2015. Želim vam čudovit dan! 

Mateja

Creative Blog Hop

Hello everyone!

Lepo pozdravljeni! 

I was nominated for Creative Blog Hop by Jessica (All the sparkle), my team mate at A Blog Named Hero Design team. I have to nominate two others and Michelle (Handmade by Michelle) and Linda (Linda Trace designs) agreed to share their answers next week.

1. What are you working on now? 

Last week was a very busy and stressful week and I'm playing catch up this week (that is slightly less busy, but still all over the place). I have not prepared cards for this week's posts and the weather is super gloomy so it's even harder for me to work on something creative. So there are my regular posts and I have some responsibilities for A Blog Named Hero coming up. Can't share any sneak peeks unless you want to see my messy desk :/ 

2. How does your work differ from others in your genre? 

I have no idea :) I go for cute or elegant designs and I love bright colours. I don't really think I have a distinct style jet, but you are free to correct me :) 

3. Why do you create what you do? 

I'm a very creative person, but I lost that during my college years because of all my responsibilities. When I discovered YouTube and card makers over there... it was like heaven opened to me. I love it. I don't love how time flies when I make cards, but I love the end product. And to make someone happy by sending then one of my hand made cards... priceless :) 

4. How does your creative process work? 

I usually decide on type of my card that I need (birthday, thank you...), than person (if there is a specific person that I'm making my card for) and I find a stamp that works for me at that moment. Then I choose colour medium and colour scheme and go from there. If I'm not happy with it I play around with different embellishements until I'm happy :) Some cards just fall together and go exactly like I imagined, some need a bit more time. It's a different process everytime.

Današnja druga objava je del poskakovanja po blogih s štirimi glavnimi vprašanji: 

1. S čim se trenutno ukvarjaš? 

Prejšnji teden je bil malce hektičen, tako da se moram najprej malo dohitet, saj nimam pripravljenih še nobenih stvari za objave v tem tednu, prav tako pa mi vreme trenutno prav nič ne pomaga, saj tudi normalnih fotografij ne morem narediti. Na žalost ne morem delit nobenih drobcev umetnin v nastajanju, razen če želite videti mojo razmetano mizo :/ 

2. Kako se tvoje delo razlikuje od ostalih? 

Pravzaprav ne vem čisto točno. Običajno se nagibam k simpatičnemu ali elegantnemu izgledu, prav tako pa imam zelo rada svetle in živahne barve. Nisem čisto prepričana v katero kategorijo bi moje stvari lahko sodile. 

3. Zakaj delaš to, kar delaš? 

Zato, ker sem želela ponovno obuditi kreativno osebo, ki se je v letih na faksu kar malce potisnila na stran. Preprosto mi je všeč od trenutka, ko sem svet voščilnic (ponovno) odkrila, po drugi strani pa je zelo dober občutek, ko nekdo prejme tvojo, ročno izdelano voščilnico ob prav posebni priložnosti. 

4. Kako deluje tvoj kreativni proces? 

Običajno imam izbrano temo za voščilnico in glede na osebo, ki bo voščilnico prejela (če sem v takšni situaciji), izberem glavno podobo in nato barvni medij, barvno shemo in tako naprej. Če mi nekaj ne deluje povsem v redu, se malce igram z različnimi dodatki, dokler nisem zadovoljna. Nekatere voščilnice mi kar "padejo" skupaj, včasih pa potrebujem dlje časa in več poskusov, da sem zadovoljna. Zelo različno. 

I hope you enjoyed reading some things about me and if you want to, you are more than welcome to answer these questions on your blog and share them with me. 

Upam, da ste z veseljem prebrali moje odgovore in če želite, lahko tudi vi odgovorite na vprašanja in delite svoje odgovore z menoj. 

Have a great day!

Želim vam čudovit dan! 

Mateja