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

 Almost all black outfit today. I do love colours but sometimes black is the way to go. I haven't had my professional camera with me today, but I just had to take a few photographs of the sea side in my lovely Split. xoxo Danas sam se obukla skoro skroz crno. Inače volim boje, ali ponekad je crna prava stvar. Danas sam nosila običan fotoaparat, ali ipak nisam odolila da uslikam malo šetnjicu na Žnjanu. Ljubim vas!

Ovaj put vila slovinka ima prednost ( aluzija na djelo u stihu Jurja Barakovića, a i Zoranićeve Planine, ali i ako niste čitali,  shvaćate.) Samo ću ukratko reći što je potrebno za oslikati brojeve na tkanini, a to je kist, boja za tkaninu i nešto da stavite ispod da se boja ne preslika na drugu stranu. Mislim da daljnje upute nisu potrebne, ako jesu recite, ali po mome iskustvu naši ljudi ne trebaju preočite upute. Prava svrha ovog današnjeg oslikavanja je bila usrećiti moga nećaka.  Ima dvije i pol godine i ukratko obožava brojeve. Prvo smo oslikali (zajedno smo držali kist većinu vremena) jednu moju staru košulju, a zatim i njegovu majicu.  Today DIY is all about making my two and half nephew happy. He is crazy about numbers so we painted some numbers on his t- shirt and my shirt. So this is basically painting on clothes. What do you need for a project like this one? I've already written about this but I'll repeat. You need special paint and the kind that i...

"But a resolution to avoid an evil is seldom framed till the evil is so far advanced as to make avoidance impossible." As I was reading Far From The Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy (a lovely   novel    albeit 400 pages of small print is  enough  to make your head hurt) I happened to come across this sentence and it struck some cord deep inside me. I haven't been able to get it out of my head, there is such a ring of truth to it. Why is that? Why do we only stop when it is too late? Light and dark always in constant struggle. Night watch. What is your first impression upon hearing these words? Rembrandt perhaps? Yes, I do adore that painting but I have to say it made me think of that Russian film  Night watch  that I have enjoyed so much   and the novels by Russian writer  Серге́й Васи́льевич Лукья́ненк   that the film was based on ( Дневной дозор, Сумеречный дозор,   Последний дозор... )    . Now, the novel...

Heavy is the head that wears the crown. Unless that crown is made of braids. Someone remarked that my hear- do today looks like a crown so that is as a good reason to quote Shakespeare as any. ( In original text it is actually " Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown" but for some reason it is always misquoted)  . Lipi moji, kako ste? Teška je grana pod krunom, ali ne ako je to kruna od pletenica. Netko mi je danas rekao da mi ove pletenice izgledaju kao kruna pa  moram malo citirati Shakespeara, ali neću ulaziti u filozofske rasprave, bez brige.  “I know you all, and will awhile uphold The unyoked humour of your idleness. Yet herein will I imitate the sun, Who doth permit the base contagious clouds To smother up his beauty from the world, That when he please again to be himself, Being wanted, he may be more wondered at By breaking through the foul and ugly mists Of vapours that did seem to strangle him. If all the year were playing holidays, To sport would be a...

Sometimes wearing a puffer can make me feel like a bear. Honestly, I don't mind as long as I'm warm. It sure was cold today, so I'm really happy I opted for this red puffer. To tell you the truth, this puffer is from men's department and hence a size too big. I wore it with a belt to make it a bit more lady like and I paired it with this wonderful new skirt I got. Ponekad se osjećam kao medo kad nosim debelu jaknu, ali iskreno briga me dok mi je toplo. Danas je bilo hladno, tako da je napuhanko bio dobra ideja. Ovoj crvenoj jakni sa muškog odijela dodala sam remen da bi je učinila malo ženstvenijom, a obukla sam i ovu divnu suknju koju sam kupila prije par dana.  DIY About the outfit: puffer: Umbro skirt: Edi niš boots: Borsa bag: Borsa

Ciao cari, come state? Questa è la mia selezione  dei migliori blogger italiani vestiti di questa settimana. The title sums it up nicely I think. This is my pick of the best dressed Italian bloggers this week. Naslov sve kaže. Moj izbor najbolje odjevenih talijanskih blogera ( i blogerica) ovog tjedna. Here they are in no particular order: http://aryannastyle.blogspot.it/ http://www.thethreef.com/ http://www.tpinkcarpet.com/2013/01/voglia-di-cioccolato.html#more http://lostileungioco.blogspot.com http://www.thefashionmamas.com http://www.fashionandcookies.com/ http://itsnotjustanotherfashionblog.blogspot.com/ http://maylovefashion.blogspot.com http://daddysneatness.blogspot.com/ http://www.dontcallmefashionblogger.com http://www.lefamilledelamode.com/ http://www.chocolaterosestyle.com/ http://www.cosamimetto.net http://preziosa.blogspot.com/ http://wildflowergirlstyle.blogspot.it/ http://www.freaky...

Danas me čeka naporan dan, pa malo zafrkavanja nije naodmet. Uvijek su mi se sviđale blesave fotografije. Želim vam svima ugodan vikend:) Today I have a long day ahead of me, so a little bit of goofing around seems appropriate. I always liked silly photos. Have a great weekend!