Purple is brand new

Yeap!

I finally got to redesign this blog. I am not a fan of constant changes in the templates of any site, because I normally don't find a new design to my liking. And honestly I suck at coding/html/internet stuff. But the old design was already too boring and... I don't know. Probably missing something.

Some hours later and purple is brand new. Or at least in semi-transitional state until I get the free time to finish it. My bad.

I hope that I will be able to post more often especially when I start to sketch/draw/write again. Until then: here is a white chrysanthemum or mum, as I call it.

Tuesday: Going to Sevilla ~ Отивам в Севиля

It will be for couple of days. Coming back as soon as possible and I promise some photos as a gift. For now here is my last drawing. Some experiment with watercolours. Enjoy! :")

Tuesday: Loving Letterpressed ~ Обичайки Напечатаното

I love books. I love old books. I love newspapers and letters. I love good fonts and nice handwriting. I love how the ink sticks to the paper in such beautiful union. It is like seeing the forever-after for a brief moment. 

The letterpress was invented by Johannes Gutenberg around 1439. And thank God he did it, because the evolution of mankind was going to be so different. Before the invention offset printing all was made by letterpress or by hand. But imagine it how difficult was to hand-paint 300 art posters... or even 100 or 50 of them. 

Now almost in every home we can find a personal printing machine. This is great and I can't imagine my life without one of those but I still love the letterperessed look.One of my wishes is to find one of these press machines, the smaller versions of course and learn to use it. Just for the real fun of making something unique. Sadly they cost a little fortune, they are hard to find, they seem to be even harder to find in Europe, the weight is a real problem and the supplies are difficult to find.

Here I present you some letterpressed goodies from Etsy. I love the designs and the feel they have. Enjoy!

Обичам книги. Обичам стари книги. Обичам вестници и писма. Обичам качествени шрифтове и хубав почерк. Обичам как мастилото залепва за хартията сливайки се красиво с нея. Все едно можеш да погледнеш във вечността за кратък момент.

Печатарската преса е измисляна от Йоханес Гутенберг около 1439 година. И слава на Бога, че е така, инак еволюцията на човечеството щеше да е толкова различна. Преди измислянето на офсетовият печат всичко се е правилона печатарските преси или на ръка. Но представете си колко трудно е било да изрисуваш 300 арт плаката... а дори 100 или 50 от тях.

Сега почти във всеки дом има персонална принтираща машина. Това е страхотно и азне мога да си представя животами без някоя от тях, но все още обичам вида на напечатаното. Едно от моите желания е да намеря една такава преса, някой от по-малките модели и да се науча да я използвам. Само заради удоволствието да направя нещо уникално. За жалост те струват едно малко състояние, трудниса занамиране, а още по-трудно е в Европа, теглото им е голям проблем и материалите също са апокрифни.

Тук ви представям няколко напечатани работки от Etsy. Много ми допада дизайна им и усещането, което носят. Наслаждавайте се! 

Tuesday: Spring! Letters, cards and butterflies! ~ Пролет! Писма, картички и пеперуди!

Happy Spring people!!! 

The mood and aroma is in the air. Although here there is no winter season at all, I mean no cold, no snow and no beautiful white mountains, it is noticeable that the weather is getting warmer. The trees are greener, some of them with first flowers. the sun is really warming and invites to go outside. The birds are going  crazy in the mornings and the first insects are showing. 

Talking about insects...Is there a person in the world who doesn't love butterflies? I surely do. Along with my all time favourite dragonflies. So when I got a wonderful letter with some hand-drawn butterflies I got my muse and created these cards. I hope that you like them.

The letter... :")

...and the cards I made. The figures are cut by hand with normal cutter. It took me quite some time... the cardboard is really thick.

And I am still looking for home for the cards in this post. If somebody wants them they are still free and come with four themed gift tags. 

Photos: me

Tuesday: Las Fallas/ Les Falles Introduction

So... it is the time. The biggest party will be held in Valencia. Today I was going for a walk in the city centre and I saw for the first time some of this year "fallas/falles". I shall say that those are beautiful, hand-crafted to perfection, detailed sculptures from paper and wood that will be burned to ashes in The night of Fire /Nit de foc/ of 19 of March.

For brief description of this Valencian Phenomenon I will cite Wikipedia:

The Falles (in valencian) or Fallas (in Spanish) are a Valencian traditional celebration in praise of Saint Joseph in Valencia, Spain. The term Falles refers to both the celebration and the monuments created during the celebration. A number of towns in the Valencian Community have similar celebrations inspired in the original one from the city of Valencia.

Each neighbourhood of the city has an organized group of people, the Casal faller, that works all year long holding fundraising parties and dinners, usually featuring the famous speciality paella. Each casal faller produces a construction known as a falla which is eventually burnt. A casal faller is also known as a comissió fallera.

The name of the festival is thus the plural of falla. The word's derivation is as follows: 

falla ← Vulgar Latin *facla ← Latin facula (diminutive) ← Latin fax, "torch".  

And some photos of the marvels! Enjoy!

A small boy with a paper plane...

The joke of marriage. Quite sarcastic. down there was written mortgage...

...check Lady and The Tramp Italian dinner :")

The little helpers.

This one is my favourite... the hair is unbelievable. And the colours...

Scare Crow...

Really cute with those paper cranes

The oficial Falla at the City Hall Square. The theme here is "sports"

Detail of the girl.

And Mascleta: a show for pyromaniacs during the day. Check the multitude.

All photos are mine with no colour correction or effects :")

Tuesday: Happy Day Girls!!!

Happy Day Ladies!!!

I wish you to be charming in every situation, to bewitch the spectators and to feel as womanly and heavenly as possible every single moment. I wish you find the right man who can make your knees weak and knows how to support you!

Have a Wonderful Day!

picture: made by myself...

Tuesday or Day 49: Spam and Poppies

Hello to all of you, my dear readers! I hope that this second day of the week passed well and satisfactory. The thing I want to share today is these wonderful poppies! I love poppies! May be it is fairly easy to see that from my blog design, but hey! The more the better!

Another thing is that due to too much spam about Russian girls, big kitties, nasty mommas and other type of stupid comments I had to set a word verification on my blog. So sorry to do that but I couldn't tolerate it more. I find it disgusting.

Now some interesting facts about them:

• they are cultivated for more than 3000 years
• they are an Asian plant, but nowadays you can find them almost everywhere
• the opium is made out of poppies and it contains codeine and morphine
• in Ancient Greece they considered it the plant of the Greek God Hypnos or Morpheus. the name of the morphine drug comes from here but initially they used it to treat insomnia and nervousness. thinking about that maybe the drug addicts do the same in somehow
• the flavour of the seed is considered "nutty"
• poppy seed oil is used for the soup industry
• they are symbol of hope, fertility, the fallen in combat and generally considered just sweet. I consider them sweet too.

So enjoy my poppies collection for today and have a wonderful Wednesday!

A photo experiment of a fellow blogger. A really nice way to show one more thing I love about poppies- their seeds. Especially in my mothers Poppy Sweet Bread! Yummy!

A painting of a wounded one...:") 

Another painting. I would love to have a print of this one.

You can wish on a poppy, too!

photos: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6

Tuesday: Me

Just a shot of me watching through the window in the dining room. It is made by my cousin Ilina. I really like the result. More portraits of me to come.

Tuesday: Sea...

I was in Greece for a couple of days in the fishermen's village of Nea Iraklitsa. It was a wonderful, nice, calming stay and I enjoyed every single moment of it. Here are they at last, the few promised shots of my vacation.

This is actually the beach and the sea. The colors are wonderful. they have nothing in common with the water of the Black Sea. As for the rocks which are slightly uncomfortable, but you can get used to the feeling in time.

The old Aqueduct in the town of Kavala

Me on the beach!

My beloved little cousin Elena. She is super sweet!

  

The village at night.

I hope that you will enjoy the photos after long waiting. :) 

photos: me!

Tuesday: Alien on my terrace

Hello, people!

Just had to share these photos of my Gloriosa which is glorious indeed. It lives on our southern terrace and I can easily see her from the dining room while I eat. First bloom this year.

photo: me :)

Tuesday: At last I am free again...

Hello there!

So happy to announce my return after three long, sleepless weeks of endless CAD drawings, long queues for  reviewing my projects, some tears, a little anger and Lotta fun in the making...just kidding, it wasn't fun at all! I am so glad that all is over now.

What can I say? The simple pleasures of everyday life are back...I can eat properly more than once a day, sleep for more than 2 hours a day, shower as many times I want :") and go out with my friends...Hurray!

Of course the work didn't came alone. I was bitten by a little bug which can cause many problems- a TICK! It was a nasty experience with some needles and need I to tell how much I hate needles...Ten days later, some antibiotics and more needles I am perfectly OK and here I want to share these nice photos from the last couple of days.

Enjoy!

The beautiful stormy sky from last evening. I wanted to rain so badly, but it only passed with yellow-orange clouds and loud thunders...

They say that the opium is one of the sweetest drugs out there...

This is sort of an onion, can you believe it? I say that is looks more like a purple sphere of fireworks. One of my favorite flowers in my mothers garden. 

photos: me

Tuesday: Re-think and Valencia!

Second day of week Nine passed by. Only 4 weeks to go till the end of the semester. I am not doing my projects but I don't feel guilty this time! Guess what! I am going to Valencia, Spain for my 5th year! I still have to choose the projects which I want to do, but I am so excited!
I love Spain! So It will be wonderful experience for me to live there for nine months...I will be leaving in October 2010, so I have all the summer to enjoy here. And then: Hasta luego, Sofia!

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