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

Last August, we visited nature park Blidinje. That is what I will be talking about, not just today but for the next few days. You'll get to know a bit about this nature park, that covers 364 km2.  If you can't wait for my next post, you can read more about it on this page , or you can visit this old post of mine . That fist visit was during Winter and this one was obviously during Summer. I can't wait to experience this amazing place in Spring and Autumn as well. Anyhow, we drove there by car, passing through one of the most beautiful canyons in the world, the canyon of river Neretva. I always love driving through this canyon.  Prošloga kolovoza posjetili smo park prirode Blidinje. O tome ću pričati, ne samo danas već nekoliko idućih dana. Saznat ćete ponešto o ovome parku prirode koju pokriva površinu od 364 km2. Ukoliko ste nestrpljivi, možete o Blidinju pročitati više na ovoj stranici ili možete posjetiti ovaj moj stari post . Moj prvi posjet bio je zimi, a ovaj...

Last book I reviewed I described as a journey into a women's soul, a psychological novel with fantasy elements. I could describe this novel in the same way, the only difference would be that here mythological elements are Asian and not Slavic in origin. What book will I be reviewing today? One very special novel! My first book by Larissa Lai!  When Fox is A Thousand happens to be her very first novel, published back in 1995. I was too young to read it back then (this novel isn't suitable for children and it is not exactly YA/ teenager appropriate either) but I'm not too young to read it now.  Who is Larissa Lai? She is a Canadian writer and University professor. She was born in USA but grew up in Canada, where she still lives and works, so she is a contemporary Canadian author. Speaking of Canada, there is another contemporary Canadian author that I love dearly.  I think I mentioned Margaret Atwood a number of times on this blog. She is not only an incredibly gifted...

Are you reading Milana again? Always. All it took for me to become a fan of her writing was one visit to the library. Not so long ago, I reviewed a book of hers here on my blog. Today it is time for another recommendation. This time I'm not reviewing a collection of stories but I'm recommending a novel. What a novel it is! The Street of Unfaithful women would be the translation of this novel’s title. This time it is all about infidelity. Well, not really. In reality, it is about women. You see, there is this street. What makes it peculiar is that all women in this street are unfaithful....or so it seems. Nothing is really as it ought to be in this enchanted little street situated on outskirts of the town. In this street, so close to nature, magic still exists and history has a way of getting mixed up with present. Here the myth can still come to life and the forest still holds many secrets. Sounds interesting? It is. Often called a modern fairy tale, the novel erases boundarie...

Today I'm sharing with you an drawing, only a sketch really, inspired by Capitoline Venus. This statue has an interesting history, but isn't that true of all great art works? I wondered what she might look like today, you know,  if she came to life and we saw her on a street. So, it ended up inspiring me to make a fashion illustration. The medium is coloured pencils on paper. Danas dijelim sa vama crtež, zapravo više skicu, nadahnutu Kapitolinskom Venerom. Ovaj kip ima zanimljivu povijest, ali zar to nije slučaj sa svim umjetničkim remekdjelima? Zapitala sam se kako bi izgledala danas, znate da oživi i da je slučajno sretnemo na ulici. Tako da sam dobila nadahnuće za modnu ilustraciju. Medij su bojice na papiru.

Hi there! How are all of you doing? Why do we like to war jewellery? I happen to think there are many good reasons. Today we'll talk a bit about jewellery (or jewerly if you prefer American English spelling to British English one). From as long as I can remember, I’ve always been fascinated with jewellery. I supposed that is the case with most women. Our tastes may differ but we most of us like jewellery. My tastes haven’t always been the same either. There were times when I preferred minimalistic jewellery and there were times when I preferred elaborative jewellery items. In fact, I’m still often like that. So, I would have to say this may be the case even today. Sometimes I change my mind every day.  Do you? Or do you have your favourite jewellery items that you wear every day? Jewellery is a fascinating subject. Besides, talking about it, today I'll also be introducing   Tiny sand   site to you. This site specializes in selling jewellery items. I will sh...