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

Yes, it is time for my new 'Inspired by'...feature. This is one of my favourite features on my blog. If you haven't seen it before but you would like to know more, you can check out my 2015 recap for here . Basically, it is a feature where I post my own illustrations of fashion bloggers. This month, I illustrated 3 outfits, worn by +Tijana J. Dominguez  , +Shannon Everleigh  and  and Lenya . Stop by their blogs if you already haven't. Da, vrijeme je za još jednu "Nadahnuta s.." .rubriku na mome blogu. To mi je jedna od najdražih rubrika na blogu. Ako je niste prije vidjeli i htjeli biste pogledati neke ranije radove, možete pogledati ovaj moj sažetak za 2015 ovdje . Ovo je jednostavno rubrika u kojoj objavljujem svoje vlastite ilustracije modnih blogerica. Ovog mjeseca illustrirala sam 2 odjevne kombinacije, koje su nosile Tijana , Shannon i Lenya . Svratite do njihovih blogova ako već niste. Inspired by....... .http://fashionabejita.blogspot.b...

You know it is cold when you wear a sweater over a turtleneck (and on top of that a coat, a scarf, a pair of gloves and a cap). This is what I would call 'full winter gear'. This is what I wore a few days ago when the weather was quite cold and windy. Today it is supposed to be sunny and warm. I'm not complaining about the sudden rise of temperature, but these extreme weather changes aren't exactly healthy. Well, onto brighter subjects. If you look at these photographs, you will notice there is a book in my hand, one that I had for a long time but I haven't finished it yet. It is a collection of poems, fairy tales and plays by Pushkin. I already had some of his works, but when I saw this book I simply couldn't resist. When I bought it, I already read most of his poems, but it is nice to have them all in one place. I'm glad I bought this book because the selection is excellent and even the foreword is well written. You know that feeling when you're so ha...

Who was Saint Valentine's? Why do we celebrate his day?  Saint Valentine  ( Italian :  San Valentino ;  Latin :  Valentinus ) was a 3rd-century Roman  saint , commemorated in Western  Christianity  on February 14 and in  Eastern Orthodoxy  on July 6. From the  High Middle Ages ,  his feast day  has been associated with a tradition of  courtly love . He is also a  patron saint  of  Terni ,  epilepsy  and  beekeepers . [2] [3]  Saint Valentine was a clergyman – either a priest or a  bishop  – in the  Roman Empire  who ministered to  persecuted Christians . [4]  He was  martyred  and his body buried on the  Via Flaminia  on February 14, which has been observed as the  Feast of Saint Valentine  (Saint Valentine's Day) since at least the eighth century. [5] Relics of him were kept in the  Church and Catacombs of San Val...