Florence illustration

 

Last year, when we had the chance to visit the beautiful city of Florence, I felt so inspired with everything we saw, that I had to draw/paint the city landscape.

I used the combination of watercolor and gouache and I truly enjoyed creating this city landscape and also using it for variety of products: prints, home decor and wallpaper too.

You can find the prints& home decor-stationary products in my Redbubble shop:

The wallpaper is coming in two variations:

In earthy colours and

Original, watercolor   

Spoonflower is offering also a variety of living & decor + bedding products that are great even because the repeat scale can be easily adjusted, upon needs.

So many possibilities to choose from;)

Don't hesitate to contact me with any questions,

xx

Katarina

Puglia - Ostuni, Alberobello, Locorotondo and Polignano a Mare

 

At least once a year, we go to Bari, my husband's birth city, and also the city where we were married.

It's located in one of the most beautiful Italian regions-Puglia.

This year, as the weather was a bit tricky and traveling to bitches wasn't a great idea due to crowds and traffic, we decided to visit a few nearby cities: Ostuni, Alberobello, Polignano a Mare and Locorotondo. These are just a few, but really, all small cities are so beautiful, with characteristical architecture and old, pebbled streets.

It's really incredible how popular these cities have become, so many of the typical apartments and houses have become places to rent and stay in vacation.

xx, K.

Toscana vacation

It's been a while since I took some time to post about travel, but this summer we had such an amazing time in Italy, and posting about some great places to visit is always good, even as a reminder to myself;)

Tuscany is always a dream to visit and this time we took some time to explore few cities. We were staying at the Ligurian coast, at the small city called Castiglioncello.

We enjoyed the beach, especially the Quercetano Bay with it's rocky coast and transparent, clean water. 

Italian cities are greatly connected with railway and train can be a great transportation for reaching nearby cities. City of Pisa is only one hour away and Florence one and a half. 

The only thing that I wouldn't recommend if visiting amenities and cities is to choose a calmer period of the year, like spring or fall, as summer crowds and temperatures can really took you to desperation sometimes. Especially if traveling with smaller kids.

Of course, non of these crazy circumstances couldn't spoil our determination to enjoy some amazing sights and treasures, and I will just post pictures now and hopefully, when having more time, I will put more captions.

Italian kitchen is famous by it's delicious meals, and fresh produce is what is a guarantee for successful and amazing food creations.  There are many cities around immersed in beautiful Tuscan mountains and countryside, with beautiful vineyards and great restaurants, so it's very hard to make the wrong decision.

More coming soon,

K.