Danas ću da vam pričam o dekupažu. I to ne o bilo kakvom, već o Carskom dekupažu, koji radi moja dobra prijateljica Jelena Car. Zgodnog li prezimena! Jelena je multitalentovana žena, za koju ne znam da li lepše šije ili oslikava kutijice, nameštaj, aksesoar i raznorazne džidža-bidže koje joj dođu pod ruku.
Upoznale smo se prošle godine, nakon intenzivne prepiske preko Fejsbuka, tokom koje smo otkrile da delimo istu strast ka šivenju. Naš prvi susret bio je ljubav na prvi pogled, sedele smo sigurno 5-6 sati i čavrljale o svemu i svačemu, a da nismo ni osetile koliko je vremena proteklo.
Od onda se redovno družimo, razmenjujemo savete, ideje i tehnike i uživamo u prijateljstvu. Pre koji dan smo se našle na još jednom od maratonskih kafenisanja, i zamislite moje iznenađenje kada sam od Jelene dobila na poklon ove dve fenomenalne stvarčice, ručno ukrašene dekupaž tehnikom.
Today I'll talk about decoupage. Not about some decoupage, but about the Royal decoupage by Jelena Car, a good friend of mine (originally Carski decoupage, a pun in Serbian, since "carski" in Serbian is royal, and "car" is an emperor). Jelena is a woman of several talents, who sews and decorates boxes, furniture, accessories and various stuff which she gets her hands on.
We met last year, after an interesting and inspiring chat via Facebook, during which we discovered we shared the same passion towards sewing. Out first meet up was a love at first sight, we chatted for 5-6 hours about this and that, without noticing the time went by.
We've been friends from that point on, exchanging advice, ideas and techniques, and enjoying our friendship. A couple of days ago we met for another marathon coffee, and imagine my surprise when I got from her these two gorgeous items, decorated using the decoupage technique.
Ovo je jastuče za špenadle, zamišljeno da stoji okačeno na zidu. Jelena se vodila idejom da svaka šnajderka ima problem sa špenadlama rasutim svuda po kući, čak i kada je šivenje gotovo, a mašina i pribor već spakovani na svoje mesto. Ovo prelepo jastuče je praktično, jer je pravo mesto za svaku zalutalu čiodu dok se šivaći pribor ponovo ne raspakuje.
I eto, slučaj je hteo da mi ovo jastuče zapadne za oko i pre nego što sam saznala da je baš za mene pravljeno, čim je Jelena postavila njegovu sliku na Fejsbuk :-).
This is a pin cushion, designed to be hanged on a wall. Jelena's idea was that every dressmaker has a problem with pins scattered around the house, even when the sewing is completed and sewing tools packed away. This gorgeous pin cushion is very practical, as it is a right place for all the strayed pins, until the sewing tolls are unpacked again an ready to be used.
More interesting, the case was I spotted the cushion the moment Jelena put it's picture to Facebook, and before I knew it was made specially for me :-).
Kutijica sa motivom Singerice je pravi poklon za šnajderku. Zamišljeno je kao ostava za špulne, igle i konce, koji se kriju ispod kliznog poklopca. Apsolutno predivno!
A box with a painted motif of the Singer sewing machine is a gift for any seamstress. It should store bobbins, needles and threads under the sliding lid. Absolutely gorgeous!
Veliko hvala Jeleni na divnim poklonima i na sjajnom prijateljstvu!
I owe a big thank you to Jelena for the lovely gifts and our great friendship!
