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

Island Hvar. Once again.  We find ourselves in one village named Gdinj. The setting sun invokes the colours to appear on the sky. As on some cue, the cloudes take on themselves the colours of stones, land, sea and forest. The clouds send light messages for us to intepret with our heart, covering our surroundings with an aura of peace and calm, they put our mind to rest. Where should we set our eyes? Towards which side should we turn? Should we gaze towads east and behold the Dalmatian coast line, the mountain Biokovo rising above beautiful Makarska city? Or should we set our gaze towards west and rest our eyes on magnificent semisland Pelješac and island Korčula? Should we gaze north and south, beholding the island itself, stretching before us like a green river of life, flowing towards some eternal sea? Well, if you want my advice, turn your gaze towards each side. If you're willing to take a stroll in this village as the sun is setting and climb a stonewall or two, you will be a...

Before I continue with posts about Gdinj (located on island Hvar), I'm taking you to banks of magical Neretva river in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. I want to thank my neigbours in Split for picking up a dresslink package from the postman because they saved me the trip to the post office that is at the other end of the town and that I would not have had the time to make yesterday because I was in Split only for a few hours. What was in a package? Two dresses and two bags ). Everything was neatly packed and in good condition. Today I'm showing you how I styled this white dress I have received. I indented to wear it as a tunics, that is over the jeans, but as it is still quite warm here, I opted for a  more summery look.  How do you like it?  Prije nego što nastavim s objavama o Gdinju na Hvaru, vodim vas na obale rijeke Neretve u Mostaru. Hvala mojim susjedima u Splitu što su preuzeli paket od dresslinka  za mene jer je pošta u Splitu na drugom kraju grada...

 We're back in Gdinj. This time in front of my grandmother's house, not on her terrace. The origin of the world Gdinj is, most likely, to be found in an old Slavic word meaning forest. Indeed, this part of the island is very green. In the folllowing days, you will have the chance to learn a bit more about this little village as I plan to write about it in more detail. In the meantime, you can see last years posts here  and  here . Now, about the outfit.  I wore this outfit to church. This white skirt used to belong to my mother and I wore it over a dress. It's something I do often because I don't own enough tops. To make this retro and feminine outfit more interesting, I added a  faux leather and stone necklace I had made myself. You had the chance to read why stones fascinate me so much in my last post. Plus, I sure do love it when a necklace is a statement piece of an outfit Evo nas ponovo u Gdinju. Ovaj put ispred kuće moje bake, ne na njenoj taraci. Pod...

If you spent each day on a different Croatian island, it would take you three years to visit them all, as there are more than a 1, 200 islands in Croatia. I visted only one Croatian island this Summer and I'm currently trying to work out in my head how many of them I have visited in my lifetime. Alas, only a handful of them. So many Croatian islands to visit, so little time!   Standing on my grandmother's terrace, I realize the root of my fascination with rocks. Not the precious or expenssive kind but rocks dig from earth so full of them that farming was almost impossible, rocks that build houses and fences, rocks that are testiment to a remarbakle strenght of people who populated and surrowed on islands lacking natural water resources or fertile land, defying thirst,  hunger, pirates and numerous enemy invasions.  I feel at home in both Split and Mostar but when I get off  the ferry and step onto island Hvar, I step into a magical world. It took me a while ...