WOYWW, 15th June, 2011

Good afternoon everybody!!

I have been up since 6am, I thought I would blog early but I got caught up in other things and so I am now blogging veeeeeeery late! Well the Pif hasn't arrived yet so no picture of that but I have other stuff to show you... so much I am worried I won't get it all into one post!

First I would like to tell you something about the International Year of Forests

.....hmmmm I know what you are thinking - what do forests have to do with crafting.....A LOT ladies, a LOT.....All the lovely paper you use comes from trees and forests...all sorts of fibers, mash....la, la, la.....that is all FORESTS!!!!!! Actually the air you breathe - forests!  So pay some respect to those big patches of green that surround you! Well I do have something  more deeply crafty in connection forests and this big big event to share with you.... a few months ago our Slovenian Forest Institute started preparing events and other things to celebrate IYF and one of our  co- workers that comes from a little village called Žiri said that their local lace making ladies club was prepared to make something for this event.....sooo I was  asked to look for pictures of trees in old books that were not photos but drawings so that they could make  their sketches for the lace and they made pictures of all the main tree species that grow in our forests - in LACE!!! I have seen a lot of exhibitions over the years but this is just amazing - hours and hours of work! I think they said every picture was 300 hours of work!  I tried to capture what they did on these photos but it is impossible to really show it unless you see it live....

 This is the whole exhibition.....

The bobbins and pillow they use for making the lace - each one of the bobbins is made of different wood - going from left to right pear wood, plum wood, walnut wood, beech wood , cherry and maple wood.....

Here are details..... chestnut leaves and fruit.....

detail.....lace......

Beech trees.......

detail......

maple......

And this is a small lime tree they made.....all the leaves are made of lace.....

detail......

So that is one thing I wanted to show you.....well then there is the messy desk of this week......

The floor.......

Even the ironing board ( he, he don't have to iron now.....)

Then last but not least two cards I have made - two completly different styles.....this one I played with different papers to achieve the look of the beach and the sea - and a very cute Craft Meow stamp.....

And my piece for the Simon Says Stamp and Show challenge where they want a lot of torn stuff....I think there are layers of torn on my card......

and right at the end - if you haven't given up ages ago a roll of lovely Fabriano art paper...... I must cut it but I just love to carress it.......

Thats me for today not sweet and short but definitly sweet and long!

Lots of love and hugs to all my lovely bloggy friends....

Cardarian