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

Hiding from the sun a bit with my hat, sunnies and a maxi dress. As much as I love the sun, sometimes there is such a thing as too much, don't you agree?  Sometimes the sun is simply too strong and we need to rely on clothes to provide us with additional protection. Maxi dresses are very popular during the summer months- and with a good reason, I might add. Dresses and sneakers, that's been my fashion mantra lately. My summer style tips often revolves around comfort. It doesn't get much comfortable than wearing a cotton dress and converse style sneakers, does it? A black dress is always a neutral choice, and if you want a bit of colour, you can always accessorize, like I did here by opting for a striped hat and a printed tote bag.   My sneakers are not actually converse, in fact I don't even own a pair of converse sneakers, because there is only as much as I'm willing to pay for a pair of sneakers made of rubber and textile. Their price these day seems a bit...

PROM DRESS SHOPPING GUIDE: 6 DRESS STYLES YOU CAN'T GO WRONG WITH!  Looking for a prom dress?  Here are prom dress styles that you can't go wrong with. I do love checking out prom dresses. It must be my love for special occasion and formal dresses. The fact that I've been making formal wear fashion illustration since I can remember also might have something to do with that. Princess vibes and all that. I'm sure you get the appeal of browsing through pretty dresses. Today I'm talking prom styles with a selection of prom dresses from  online store  Angrila . Scroll down to see some eye candy in the form of fabulous dresses. 1. TWO COLOUR COCKTAIL DRESS WITH LACE DETAILS Can't decide on the colour of your prom dress? That's not a problem as you can always choose a multi or two coloured dress. My first suggestion is this white and fuchsia cocktail dress with lace details. A combination of white and fuchsia is both romantic and eye- catching. Cute and g...

What a delirious but also somewhat sweet start to Monday I have had! But first things first. These photographs were taken at the Zagreb international bus terminal. It's a well organized terminal, I have to say.  I can't say the same for the various bus companies I have had the (mis)fortune of riding with in the last two weeks, but that's another subject. Travelling by bus is not exactly my first choice, I have to be honest, it's more a case of not being able to find a plane ticket that doesn't cost a small fortune. Still, to be fair travelling by bus  has its perks. Sometimes you get to see an awful lot when you travel by bus, so in that sense travelling by bus isn't that bad, especially if you, like myself, like to look around. I just get annoyed when buses are constantly late. Do you? Anyway, you'll just have to take my word for it when I tell you that the capital of Croatia is absolutely gorgeous, because this time I don't have any photographs to sho...

Before I focus on fashion aspect of this post and start to talk volumes about this gorgeous coral red dress, I'm going to give you a little health update and explain my absence. Unfortunately, recovering from a  failed thyroplasty implant surgery is taking longer than I expected. To add insult to injury, I was feverish for the last few days. It seems that I have also caught a bad cold, and that is probably why I was feeling so dreadful last week. It's just my luck, to catch a cold during my first postoperative week. This morning I have finally felt a bit better (yessss!), and I went to see another doctor who told me that I was not a good candidate for this surgery but what is done is done. No point in crying over spoiled milk. Now I should really focus on recovering and getting better. Even if I decide on it, another operation will have to wait a few months. It might all sound like a complete catastrophe, but I'm a firm believer that we can and should learn from every expe...

Today I'm back with another outfit proposal. Wearing dresses over jeans is something that I've enjoyed doing since high school. Lately, I've been more drawn to this look because I feel it is such a great summer outfit. The last few outfits  I shared featuring dresses and jeans combos were predominately white, so today I'm going to share an all blue look. In this outfit I pared a blue navy dress with classical cut blue jeans and brown sandals. I think this outfit looks pretty cute. What do you think? It is certainly a very comfy summer styling. The location for the photographs is, as most of the time, lovely Mostar city. Now that we got that covered, I want to apologise for my absence, I stayed in hospital a bit longer that I originally thought I will. I was only discharged from hospital yesterday. If you remember, I went there for an operation of my paralysed vocal cord, a procedure called tyhroplasty.  I was admitted to hospital this Monday, but as there were...

There is one trend that I'm absolutely crazy about this year and that is: matching outfits! What is more cute than matching outfits for mothers and daughters, or for even for other family members ( I see no reason why trendy grandmothers should try it as well)? Fashion is here to be enjoyed by all of us, no matter our age, gender or social group. That's the wonderfully democratic aspect of modern fashion, practically anyone can wear whatever they like! Matching trend is actually not that new, I'm sure you'll all seen parents dressing their twins in identical outfits. Moreover, this matching trend has had its revival under a new name this season: twinning! From fashion week streetstyle to every day wear, more people are embracing twinning i.e. wearing matching outfits with their friends or family members.     I saw some bloggers twinning with their daughters and/or mothers and I must say they rocked this trend so well. I felt inspired to try it myself. I've ...