Fall magazines features

Since opening another, local shop related BLOG , written in Serbian, I am not blogging very often about clothes and accessories created over here and as many of those clothes ended featured in the local magazines, maybe I can share some of those....so here we go:

"Roditelj i dete" magazine: ("Parent and kid" magazine)





"Best shop" magazine:









And something not quite mine, but created with my cherry fabric. Love them!!!:) You can check other Eva's adorable baby stuff on her blog.





xo,
Katarina

Journal feature and a blog award:)

Stephanie of the Pocket full of buttons passed this sweet bloggy award to me. Thank you so much Stephanie!!!

The Rules are as follows:

Include the award logo in your blog or post.
Nominate as many blogs which you like.
Be sure to link to your nominees within your post.
Let them know that they have received this award by commenting on their blog.
Share the love and link to this post and to the person from whom you received your award.

So, I'm passing it to all wonderful bloggers from my blog list, but just to name a few:

1. Nicole Owens of 60 piggies
2. Anne Julie
3. Cree of Bowznstuff
4. Meg of Boutique Nutmeg designs
5. Kristen of Gocksfrocks
6. Tab of Kayden's Grace designs
7. Shawnta of Mamigirlboutique
8. Sharon of Mimisgirls couture
9. Melissa of Yummygoods
10. Laurie of the Wooden spool
11. Richelle Leanne
12. Ravenhill

Also, last week I was featured in one Serbian magazine, Blic zena and they were so sweet to share my designs and talk about me.



I got so many e-mails with compliments and some orders too. It made me wonder if I should consider making a smaller Like flowers and butterflies collection to show in some of the fashion weeks...but will see....





For now, I'm doing slower way, enjoying my free time in testing new styles, being able to play with some favourite fabrics, trying to create some fresh Like flowers and butterflies designs:)











xo, Katarina

Take away Fashion

Last Saturday of the last Year, I had the pleasure to participate into New Year's edition of Take away Fashion.





The pleasure wouldn't be so overwhelming if it wasn't for my first meeting with such a sweetheart Zorica "filzlaus" . She lives in Austria, but she is born and grew up here, so we had our little 4 hours chit-chat in our language, which was great. You can see all the beautiful things she make and sells in her blog, flickr, da wanda and etsy shop.





The event lasted from 12-22 h so I must say that after 10 hours in pretty low outside temperature( -3 C that is 27 Fahrenheit ), that caused also low traffic inside, I just couldn't wait to pack and go to the warm place called home.

I have prepared so many things to show (and sell:), but unfortunately the space we had in disposal wasn't very handy for all that, so many lovely things remained just "unseen", which sort of gave me the lesson to maybe try to organize my own personal exhibition in the future......which will be one of the early goals for the 2009.;)





I uploaded the bracelets here and the tulle skirts here at the bottom of the page, and have edited the pics for some clippies and headbands yesterday and wanted to upload them today, but my hubby had the thrilling news for me this morning-our major computer disc carrying so many pics regarding all my work-even the graphics, sketches etc(which is the most important) had gone literally to fire(even having the best cooler) yesterday evening, so I will have to strongly hope that it is only the cable thing and not something to do with all the data etc:(





The skirt you can find for sale here and it is available in adult size as well;)

Have a wonderful and creative 2009. Year!!!!!
Katarina

Art from the top of Europe

Yesterday night, I went to see very interesting exhibition featuring 2 young fashion designers, RICKARD LINDQVIST (Sweden) and DANIEL PALILLO (Finland).
I love theirs work and I'm so happy that this week is full of interesting events here in Belgrade, always associated with the work of this 2 artists and you can read more about that here.




What is very interesting and so exciting for me is, that all the events will finish with the exhibition of our designers, and I'm taking place at the exhibition;)YAY!!!
As the theme is ECO fashion, I will try to make some cute zipper pouch bags with linen and some other cotton fabrics...can't wait to start( it 's been almost a week that I'm trying to find some time to start,LOL).
If you have any other idea that is not requiring a lot of time, I would like to hear;)

.......an update..............

Yesterday, on November 20, there was the big opening of the ECO CHIC - towards Sustainable Swedish Fashion , fashion design exhibition.
Eco Chic exhibition that is made by Swedish Institute starts its journey throughout the world in Belgrade and it is a perfect combination of art, design, ecology and social responsibility. If you haven’t asked yourself by now what is the link between your intention to purchase new clothing to replace the old and global pollution, then this is the right opportunity to broaden your horizons and at the same time be up to date with the fashion scene on “the top of Europe”.
This event is a good opportunity to become aware of the real meanings and connections between more and more popular (but also necessary in the present vocabulary) terms like eco design, sustainable development, green design, recycling, global warming, etc.



The event was held in best part of the Belgrade's center of the city, at Knez Mihailova street.
The windows of one of the biggest central city Malls(under interior reconstruction)were turned into a small fashion scene where some beautiful eco creations could/can be admired.



I mean how incredibly perfect is this jacket??????



I loved all the models and autors!!!!!



And how about these vintage style shoes????





Also the idea of placing the newspapers as a background is just awesome!!!There was a small speach at the opening of the exhibition about the textile indusrty and how it really ruins our environment, employ small children as a cheap labour etc, and there was one fact that really made me wonder....to produce one pair of the blue jeans, there are about 1200 litters of water required in the process......wow, how terrible is that???




I'm so anciosly waiting the next Saturday, to be able to dispaly some of the things I'm working on now.....thinking the ECO way.....




Fortunately, Eco fashion, besides engadging the natural fibres and materials in process of creating, can also mean produce small, original and handmade pieces, where no indusrty is empoyeed, and therefore can't harm the environment......this was such a relief for me, as besides preparing some linen pieces, I cut some very colourfull pieces of fabric, always cotton fabrics, of course, like the Melissa Averinos 's Sugar snap debut line



or Tanya Whelan 's Ava Rose line.....






making some of these;)



xo, Katarina

Like flowers and butterflies wedding :)

Seen by my 7 year old DD;)...Just LOVE this drawing...she named it Butterflies wedding-which is written in our language on the drawing....
She is starting the elementary school on Monday, first grade. We have 8 years of elementary school and than 4 year of high school and after that master degrees at Faculties etc.



This is hers last day in the kindergarten....I will take some pics in front of the school on Monday(oh I'm so excited and sort of frightened-it is such a change-is she ready????)



I'm very busy trying to finish some customs and prepare myself and the stuff----for my first show here, in Belgrade.
It is the great event, handmade exhibition show "Take away Fashion".
You can see some more interesting pics, names and work of some of the participants, here or here it is in Serbian thought.



I'm planning to make and exhibit many things, only that I hardly started,LOL, so will see, but hope to make it;)
That picture above is the gallery picure for my custom necklace on eBay and I just hope to make some more of those cuties to show (and hopefully sell) them here too!!!

Have a great weekend!!!!
Katarina