2010 m. vasario 25 d., ketvirtadienis

Second Look / Antras Žvilsnis

Here are two more photos from weekend:
I found this pink dress that I made more then two years ago. I wore it only once and then put it away as I thought it makes my bust look huge. Maybe not so bad after seeing it now? And besides it’s really comfortable.
I don’t even remember where I got the idea for the dress, but it’s my own design. And again no patterns were made. It’s a pity that none of my boots suits here. One more dress will have to wait for the spring.

Dar vienas savaitgalio spintos atradimas – prieš gerus porą metų siūta rausva suknelė, kurią po vieno užsidėjimo numečiau į šoną su mintimi, jog mano krutinė atrodo milžiniška. Na, gal visgi ir ne taip blogai?
Suknelė labai patogi (medžiaga su elastanu). Net nebepamenu, kur sėmiausi idėjų, bet tai absoliučiai mano kūryba. Kaip visada - jokių iškarpų nedariau. Deje, kiek bederinau, nei vieni turimi rudeniniai batai prie suknelės netinka, tad ji stoja į pavasario laukiančiųjų eilę.
Rūta

2010 m. vasario 22 d., pirmadienis

Color Crisis/ Spalvų Krizė

I have a little crisis at the moment – I feel I started dressing boring, almost the same everyday – black and black. So I made closet revision yesterday looking for the „background“ for the new handbag that I made this weekend, and found some great things there. I also threw away a lot of old clothes.
Ok, so here is the black leather shopper bag – “Lina”:



Pastaruoju metu jaučiuosi tarsi mano spintą būtų aplankiusi krizė - vis ta pati tamsi, nuobodi apranga. Tad savaitgalį, beieškodama, kaip pateikti naujai pasiūtą rankinę, atlikau generalinę spintos reviziją ir atradau kelis šaunius rūbus. Bei atsikračiau nemažai nebeatgaivinamų senienų.

Rūta

2010 m. vasario 17 d., trečiadienis

Almost Wedding/ Beveik vestuvės

I’ve been very busy for the past two week: a lot of work at my job; helping my cousin with ideas for her wedding in May (I will probably be making 4 bridesmaid dresses); and sketching – hope to make some real things from there. We had a four day weekend that ended today – Lithuania’s Independence Day – so I finally found some time to sleep, didn’t miss news from fashion week and completed some of my works. Here is one of it – a long white floral dress.
I wanted to make something like that for a very long time. I chose this sophisticated fabric and made a really beautiful dress. But… It’s so obvious that I spend a lot of time browsing for wedding photos! I could wear this one to my own wedding! As I’m definitely not planning to have them anytime soon, I will probably chop the dress. Probably. Should I?


Pastarosios savaitės buvo tiesiog pragariškos: įtampa darbe, pagalba puseserei ieškant idėjų jos vestuvėms (gegužės pabaigoje), daugybė tikrai neblogų minčių siuvimui (kurias stengiausi „užrašyti“eskizuose) kasdieniniai darbeliai ir laiko nebeliko! Tad šios keturios laisvos dienos buvo tarsi išganymas - pagaliau išsimiegojau, nepraleidau prasidėjusio rudens mados maratono naujienų, ir pagaliau pabaigiau kelis darbelius. Vienas iš jų – ilga gėlėta suknelė.
Suknelei pasirinkau gana „rafinuotą“ medžiagą, ir, turiu pripažinti, jog galutinis rezultatas man be galo patinka. Bet kaip gi be to „bet“? Akivaizdu, jog tikrai rimtai domėtasi vestuvių idėjomis, nes šią suknelę praktiškai galėčiau vestuvėse ir dėvėti. Savo. Kurių tikrai neplanuoju! Turbūt reikėtų ją patrumpinti, bet dar leisiu sau pasidžiaugsiu šiuo ilguoju variantu: o gal sumastysiu kaip kitaip ją pritaikyti kasdienai. Kirpti ar nekirpti?

Rūta

2010 m. vasario 10 d., trečiadienis

October Dress

Rudenį pristatytos kolekcijos pavasariui įkvėpė daug minimalistinių minčių, ir darbų ..
Pagauta tų nuotaikų, dar spalį pradėjau siūti šią suknelę. Eskizas greitas. Ant medžiagos tiesiog permodeliavau kitos suknelės iškarpą, medžiaga turėta nuo labai senai. Deja, susiuvus „korpusą“, numečiau ją į šalį, ir tik sausio pabaigoje apmėčiau siūles ir užlenkiau kraštus.
Kokybės prasme rezultatu esu pilnai patenkinta - krenta ji tikrai puikiai, patogi ir, kaip minėjau, netgi tinka mano figūrai. Tik kažkaip prie raštų ir spalvų margumyno pripratusiai akiai per pilka viskas. Derinti kitaip nei pagal pirminį sumanymą dar nebandžiau, bet visgi manau, jog reikia atrasti šį rūbą šviesesniame fone. Lauksime vasaros!
Rankoje mano pati mylimiausia rankinė, aišku pačios pagaminta.

I was fool of ideas for sewing after seeing spring minimalism tendencies. Caught by these moods, I made a simple sketch and started this dress back in October. The dress was remodeled from pattern of other dress straight on the fabric. But I didn’t finish it then, and made last hems only few weeks ago.
I‘m really satisfied with the dress’s quality, comfort and the way it lays on my body. But my eyes are so used to lot’s of colors and prints that this looks too grey. I haven’t tried any other combinations yet. But I feel the dress needs lighter “background”. So let’s wait for summer.
Worn with my favorite bag, made by myself of course.

Rūta

2010 m. vasario 8 d., pirmadienis

Happy Blogger

I feel new to this blogging world and it’s so nice to read every comment someone leaves or says. I‘ve got some unexpected nominations by other bloggers and it was even bigger honor to me. I wanted to make some personal post to tell more about myself for quite a long time, so it’s a good time for this.
Thank you Carolyn from Handmade by Carolyn – a restless crafter and blogger from Australia - for nominating me for Creative Blogger Award. The rules are that when you get a nomination, you have to make a post naming 7 interesting things about yourself, thank the person who nominated you, nominee 7 other creative bloggers and inform them about nomination.

So let’s start with 7 interesting things about me:
  • I’m a huge fan of Formula-1 racing for my whole life, and Michael Schumacher is my God here.
  • I don’t have driving license as I managed to fail my driving exam 6 times. I gave up after that. I don’t think I’m a bad driver, but I’m good when you just have to make something stupid to fail serious things. 
  •  The most exciting trip during my life was summer spent in Alaska. I fell in love with this place and would love to go back here someday.
  • I have a bachelor degree in physic science and I actually had been doing real science in lab during my studies. I was working with organic semiconductors, basically exploring fluorescence properties of newly synthesized organic derivatives to find good quantum emitters for OLED. It was interesting, but it was hard. You have to study a lot and give all yourself to achieve something here. I wasn’t feeling strong enough and well that’s not were my heart was at.
  • I’m working in a big logistic company with administrational and environmental programs at the moment .That’s not were my heart is at too, but that’s were the money are =)
  • I’m allergic to tomatoes as well as pepper, eggplant and many other red/violet vegetables. I get a lot of red spots on my face when I eat more of them. Which I do sometimes as I love tomatoes…
  • My other “big” hobby is cooking. I already have a good bunch of my own original receipts (half of them with tomatoes). Dreaming to write my cook-book someday.
Happy 101 blogger award

And thanks to Renne - designer of incredibly beautiful bags and some other things – for happy blogger nomination. "The rules of the award are simple: list 10 things that make you happy and then pass along the award to 10 wonderful bloggers."

So 10 things that make me happy ( it was hard to choose only 10)
  • Sewing
  • Jumping around on 80-90’s music with my best friend
  • Playing crisscross – my friends hate it, but it’s the best game in the world!
  • Unexpected compliments
  • Making breakfast on weekend – I know, I’m a dream wife!
  • Christmas – my favorite holiday
  • Persuading people to recycle things
  • Buying shoes – it always works…
  • When my boyfriend talks nonsense’s while sleeping
  • Watching good movie at home
There are a lot of bloggers that I would like to nominate. Talents of some people are so big that somehow my Lithuanian modesty makes me feel uncomfortable with evaluating them even in a good way. As there a lot of people who already made Happy 101 post, I won’t nominate 7+10, just name 8 crafters and 2 more other bloggers- people who’s diaries I really love to read.

Gintarė - Lithuanian blogger, accesory designer and woman who has unique style;
Lisa,  who designs very interesting clothes, especially the dresses;
Little cotton dresses, who‘s sewing always looks easily feminine;
Two handbag makers: Jill  and Jenny for their beautiful handbags;
Very Praire for her ability to give edgy look;
Tallented sewers Cecili  and Meli88a;
Jurga from Lengvi Daktai, who writes about almost everything; the best Lithuanian inspirational blog in my (and not only) opinion;
Eglė from Zaidmu aikstele – food blog master, who always gives me a lot of cooking ideas and makes the most tasteful looking photos.

Rūta