What a wonderful day! :)

What a fantastic, happy day it was today! Not only it's my son's birthday, but I have found out that I have passed the doctoral preliminary examination!! The prelims were on Tuesday and I was so nervous to hear the results. The competition level was very high and I had some problems explaining to the jury members why I want to do the PhD in painting and not in graphic design (after studying printing and graphic design) or textile design (as my thesis concept was much closer to the textile design field). But, well I suppose that I convinced them and I am so happy that I will be back to the Faculty from the next week. And I will totally take some classes from the field of textile design as well (yay for the possibility to combine different art fields) and looking forward to it!
It will be a great mix and match of painting, graphic and textile design!

And of course, we had so much fun with the kids and celebrating all the good news!!!
And I am so happy and proud and so blessed to call this adorable boy - son!
He is the most wonderful son mom can ever ask for.
Have  a wonderful weekend and kiss your kids,
Katarina :)

BTS

Officially the school started yesterday, but today is Pablo's first school day, after the yesterday's "welcome aboard" party. It is so difficult for me to comprehend that he is not a baby anymore and that now he will have to focus on some other activities, except playing around, which I think will be very hard thing. But, will see. Luckily, his big sister is so patient with him and always glad to help. I am so happy to have my kids and watching them grow in such a wonderful people is giving me so much joy:)





On the other, creative side, I have an event tomorrow to announce where I will be exhibiting some accessories. If you live in the area, please stop by, I hope it will be good.








Have a wonderful weekend ahead and all the best wishes to all mamas in the world having kids BTS again,
Katarina

An apple for the teacher

Today we took Marta's report card. She is excellent and she is really doing wonderful at school and she is so fond of her school, teachers and friends, which makes me very happy and proud of her:)



So, instead of bringing flowers to the teachers(she has 2 of them), we did some homemade stuff....of course with fabrics: Anna Maria's "Drawing Room" fabrics.
After doing brainstorming for the past few weeks about what to sew as appropriate present for them, I decided to go with the document duvets. And Marta really wanted to make a drawing for each of them. I was inspired with one of the Amy Butler's project from THIS BOOK (that happens to be one of my first craft/sewing books I bought... 2, 3 years ago) and I just had to add a few things, to make it be more practical, usable...in a multipurpose sort of way....(I don't know why, but I always strive to reach another purpose when designing something...or to add more, so that it could be used in other ways too...which sometimes, even that I really LOVE simplicity and simple things, leads me in overloading things....oh details...I also love sweet details:)



Anyway, I hope that they will love theirs duvets and will find a perfect way to use them:)
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