The New Year lies just ahead, inviting and insidious.
It will bring us an assortment of joys or sorrows punctuating a sequence of blessedly uneventful days, which we will fill with the wonder of being alive.
L'anno nuovo si avvicina rapidamente, invitante ed insidioso.
Ci porterà un assortimento di gioie e dolori che punteggeranno una serie di giorni benedettamente ordinari, che riempiremo del nostro stupore per la vita.
On a recent afternoon, I went for a walk on a favorite beach and collected polished stones and shells.
Un pomeriggio di recente sono andata a camminare su una spiaggia del cuore e ho raccolto ciottoli levigati e conchiglie.
I stayed until it was time to wish the sun Good night. I saw it slowly glide below the liquid horizon, leaving behind a joyous explosion of orange light.
At home, I painted the new year's name on stones and shells and filled the zero with color.
Then, I chose suitable paper from my stash of hand-decorated sheets, cut it into strips and folded them into square pockets.
Sono rimasta fino al momento di augurare la buona notte al sole. L'ho visto scivolare al di sotto dell'orizzonte liquido, lasciandosi dietro un'allegra esplosione di luce arancione.
A casa, ho dipinto il nome del nuovo anno su ciottoli e conchiglie e ho riempito lo zero di colore.
Poi ho scelto della carta adatta dalla mia riserva di fogli decorati a mano, l'ho tagliata a strisce e le ho piegate a formare delle taschine quadrate.
I made the paste paper above during a workshop with artist Ellen Golla...
Ho decorato la carta qui sopra durante un workshop con l'artista Ellen Golla...
and the textured paper above during a workshop with artist Randi Parkhurst.
e quella qui sopra durante un workshop con l'artista Randi Parkhurst.
Finally, I stamped my wish on the front of the pocket: "May all your wishes come true" is my wish for all of you.
Per finire, ho stampato il mio augurio sulla taschina: "Che tutti i vostri desideri si realizzino" è il mio augurio per tutti voi.
The short video below shows my hands folding a strip of paper to make a pocket.
Nel breve video qui sotto le mie mani piegano una striscia di carta e formano una taschina.
I contribute my handmade Holiday cards to the Handmade Holiday event I launched for the Holidays 2014.
You have until December 24 at midnight Pacific Time to share images and words.
Contribuisco i miei biglietti di auguri all'evento Feste fatte a mano che ho lanciato per le Feste del 2014.
La scadenza per partecipare è il 25 Dicembre alle 9 del mattino.
FTC disclosure: I have received the linens free of charge from the manufacturer (la FABBRICA del LINO). I have not and will not receive any monetary compensation for presenting them on my blog. The experience shared and the opinions expressed in this post are entirely my own.
FTC disclosure: Ho ricevuto le tovagliette gratuitamente dall'azienda produttrice (la FABBRICA del LINO). Non ho ricevuto e non riceverò alcun compenso per presentarli sul mio blog. Le opinioni espresse nel post sono interamente personali.
Handmade gifts are the best. What an amazing beach you have!
Posted by: Ivy | December 09, 2014 at 12:18 PM
I agree, Ivy. That's one of my favorite beaches in the world.
Posted by: Simona Carini | December 09, 2014 at 01:02 PM
How beautiful! What a wonderful idea!
Posted by: Alicia (foodycat) | December 10, 2014 at 03:17 AM
Oh, what a beautiful beach and gorgeous cards.
Posted by: Rachel (Rachel's Kitchen NZ) | December 10, 2014 at 10:52 AM
Thank you, Alicia. Glad you like my creations :)
Thank you, Rachel.
Posted by: Simona Carini | December 10, 2014 at 02:14 PM
Simona -- I love the idea of looking ahead and offering wishes for the new year - fun!
Posted by: Delaware Girl Eats | December 19, 2014 at 11:39 AM
Hi Simona -- what a lovely idea to send forward looking greetings! I tried to comment under my typepad account, but once I hit "post" it just disappeared. Hope this one gets through using Michael's email..... cathy
Posted by: Cathy B | December 19, 2014 at 11:46 AM
Glad you like my idea, Cathy.
P.S. Your original comment was quarantined and I published it. Sorry about that: I do not control which comments are quarantined, but fortunately I can free them.
Posted by: Simona Carini | December 19, 2014 at 10:28 PM