Izziv / A Challenge

Pravzaprav je vse skupaj zelo preprosto: celo leto ne bom kupila nobene nove reči... ahem, razen rabljenih in ročno narejenih. Odločitev ni bila sprejeta v trenutku, rojevala in preoblikovala se je kar nekaj časa. Lansko leto sem razmišljala, kako fino bi bilo, če bi celo leto podarjala ra najrazličnejše priložnosti, ob katerih se pač podarja darila, ročno izdelane reči. Izpod mojih rok. A sem bila reva in nisem znala cenit svojega dela, zato tega nisem uresničila. Sedaj še vedno ne znam cenit svojega dela, ampak mi je vseeno, saj mislim, da ga znate vi in me boste naučili, da ga bom znala tudi jaz :o) Poleg tega pa se ne bom omejila le na darila. Letos bo moje handmade leto. Nobenega novega kosa oblačila ne bom kupila in sploh nobene nove reči. Le staro, rabljeno ali ročno narejeno.
Vse skupaj pa ima tudi tradicijo, saj sem se s svojo odločitvijo pridružila izzivu Dottie Angel challenge of the utmost kind. Več si lahko preberete na njenem blogu. Sicer imam malo težavico, da v Sloveniji nimamo tako razširjene mreže dobrodelnih trgovin z rabljenim blagom, a sem si materiala z leti toliko nabrala, da mi bo uspelo.
To je to. Mislim, da bo kar zanimivo.

It's all very simple: for the whole year I'm going to buy only handmade and used stuff for my home and myself. And I'm going to sew clothes for myself... ahem, this should be fun :o)
This was not a quick decision. I'm thinking about this for a year now: first I wanted to have a handmade gifts year - I wanted to give only gifts made by me... but that did't work out very well, because I don't believe my things are any good. But I know they are made with love and that's enough for now. Slowly I'll learn to treasure my 'so called creations' more... I hope. 
And then Dottie Angel blog came along... it was one of the best blog finds of this Winter. She is amazing and I love her photos. On her blog I have found a challenge of the utmost kind. I was thrilled and it was like the last push I needed. So here I am, at the beginning of my handmade year.  I'm sure it will be fun and challenging :o)