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Jelsa, otok Hvar summer/ ljeto kemijska i vodene boke water colours and pen

Rusalka uljane boje na papiru oil paints on paper

'Angels from the sky with gentle hands,  are lowering frozen starts on the ground, taking great care not to awake my precious.'                                                                line from a poem by Dragutin Tadijanović This angel came to be the same evening (night) when I've painted a blue lady and lots of other portraits. It was a productive evening/night. The lines I have opened this post with are that of a well know  poem  from Croatian literature... Late into the night, into the white winter  night  is a poem that speaks of a mother (perhaps my personal favourite as poems dedicated to mothers go) that weaves late into the winter night...My warm summer nights seem much more pleasant though perhaps they're just as restless and in some ways just as calm. (If yo...

Today I'm joining in Share - in - style and if you want to do join in, go here . Danas se pridružujem blogerskom stilskom usklađivanju, a ako vi to želite otiđite tu . I don't publish my outfits posts that often anymore, but I wanted to join this share in style, so this would be it. Jeans with a bit of DIY (painted abstract pattern) that I've worn many times would be the denim element in this outfit. I actually got them from some kid that grew out of them. Despite being a bit over 5.9 ft tall (5.9 1/2 I think) I sometimes almost feel short for Slavic standards. I actually know a ton of girls and women who are a lot taller than me and I think it's fabulous ( though I'm sure that buying clothes isn't easy for them). Ne objavljujem više često odjevne kombinacije, ali htjela sam se pridružiti ovom stilskom druženju. Traperice sa naslikanim abstraktnim uzorkom (malo uradi sam štiha) ispunjavaju temu koja je denim. Ne znam jesam li to spomenula, ali ove trape...

Happy Sunday! Today's post won't be very long as I'm going to show you one necklace that I've made recently and already gave it away. I took this pics in a hurry (they're not very interesting and arty I'm afraid). Anyway, I'll try to make it a habit to document my creations before they end up as gifts.  If you want to try this DIY yourself, you will need: faux leather, some kind of decoration (I've bought these shiny plastic ones in store where they sell sewing equipment and I'm sure they're not hard to find wherever you may live) and a bit of satin cord.  step no.1 -cut out as much faux leather as you will need step no.2 -sew the decoration of  your choice (beads, stones, crystals- whatever) step no.3  -sew the satin cord making sure it is the right length for your neck....and it's really as easy as that! * I think it's only fair that I warm you that you might experience pain or some kind of discomfort in your arms...

oil paints (unfinished) oil paints unfinished my unkept garden has its perks work in progress roses work in progress beautiful cat from the neighbourhood work in progess this canvas is driving me crazy.... it has been work in progress for months now.... soon it will be finished I hope ( oil paints) cake with apples and strawberries ( It wasn't burned, the top is carmelized sugar) my tools just a skecth I've going trough a rather strange period in my life. On daily basis I struggle with ongoing fever (for weeks now) for which I know neither the cause nor the cure. On other hand, I'm full of ideas and I stay up late working on so many different things and projects.  I've many idea but no naive optimism. More than ever before, time seems relative. Prolazim kroz neko čudno razdoblje. Svakog dana borim se sa povišenom temperaturom koja traje tjednima, a kojoj ne znam ni uzroka ni lijeka. Sa d...

uljane boje na papiru/ oil paints on paper Blue lady/ Plava dama