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

Good morning everyone! Today I'll share with you a new painting of mine. I worked on this one for a few days. For a reference, I used one of my old photographs. As you can imagine, I have a lot of photographs of island Hvar, Croatia. If you would like to see photographs of this beautiful island, I can set aside a special post for that. Today I'll share with you my painting. If you scroll down, you'll be able to see the painting process. The medium is acrylic on canvas. I'm not sure what I will do with this canvas, I'm still undecided. I need to sign it as well. The weekend is finally here and that means what?- well, I guess it means different things to different people. Interestingly, even people who work during the weekend often have a special fondness for these two days. Ever wondered why it is so? Maybe because weekend can often feel like a little holiday. Maybe because it gives a feeling of closure to the week. It is an interesting phenomena to observ...

How to style a faux leather coat in a casual way? Here is my suggestion.  I paired this faux leather coat with a pink skirt and biker boots. Obviously, a faux leather coat makes for a good choice during the seasonal transitional period. Faux leather is lighter than leather, but it still provides warmth. Faux leather jackets are a wonderful option for the same reason. If it gets too hot and you want to take your jacket or coat off, it is always easier to carry around an item made of faux leather than real leather. Real leather is usually quite heavy, especially quality leather items.  As long as I'm trying to make a contribution to this topic, I might add that I like both the 'off the shoulder' coat and  'over the shoulder' trend. That is how I wore this faux leather coat, 'over the shoulders. Perhaps this trend doesn't work when it's extremely cold, I think it works best when weather becomes transitional. You can also do it when it's cold but y...

Once again happy International Women's Day! I hope you have had a lovely  so far dear ladies.  Are you looking for a book to read this evening? If you are, you've come to the right place. How do you plan to spend this evening? I plan to spend it reading and if you would like to celebrate the  ending of the International Women's Day in the same way, here is a bit of inspiration. Today  I will share with you 30 book recommendations. All of the books recommended will be by female authors because it's 8th of March and we should celebrate women today. All photographs used for these book reviews are my own. You probably haven't seen some of them before, because I talked about and reviewed many of these books on my other blog. There is a link under every photograph, so you can read the full review (if you want to). 1. Kate Chopin, The Awakening We'll start with a well know classic, a novel I read ages ago but only got to reviewing it last month...