a little place to call my own (art and fashion blog)

Looks like this is going to be a DIY week because it seems to be all I'm writing about (and I'm breaking my rule of not posting more than once a day). Firstly, I want to share with you this collar necklace...that thing around my neck, I've made it---and collar inspired necklace I chose to call it.( I plan to do a DIY post about it pretty soon.) Secondly, this is my new painting of the island Korčula in Croatia. What do you think? I hope that I have done justice to this amazing place. Izgleda da će ovo biti tjedan posvećen "uradi sam" projektima. Prvo želim sa vama podijeliti ovu ovratnik (kragna) ogrlicu koju sam izradila, da ta stvar oko moga vrata, ne znam kako bi je drukčije nazvala nego ogrlica kragnica. Druge, pokazujem vam napredak i završetak moje nove slike Korčule. Nadam se da uspjela uhvatiti barem mali dio ljepote ovog mjesta.

    First, I'll just say thank you for your sweet comments. As promised there will be some DIY post. This first one is not really related with fashion, but with decorating. I think it is pretty neat and environmentally friendly.  I've been obsessed with recycling from as along as I remember. I hate when things go to waste and I love a good challenge...and that is all you really need if you want to connect art and recycling. For this  DIY project you will need:  1. an empty shampoo bottle 2. acrylic paint (in this case you only need the brown one) 3. a bit of paper and paper towel 4. some kind of cereal (I have used barley but you can use rice or whatever) 5. a bit of nail-polish to add a finishing touch 6.  a bit of something (anything decorative or shiny might do the trick) to tie a bow. The procedure:  - First paint the bottle with thick layers of paint and immediately apply a bit of  paper towel to get a nice texture. After it is dried apply another