We are back!!!

As soon as I find some time to choose and upload some pics, I will make a post:)
It was great, but a bit exhausting, taking the fact that we were 4 adults with 5 small kids, but I think that it was worth in all the ways;)

As I took over 2000 pictures (yes, I must be insane) I realized that I will need to make 5 different posts in way to be able to show just a smaller part of them in some organized way. So my Vacation pics will be divided into 5 posts: Pula, Premantura, Rovinj, Brioni and Aquarium.
xo, Katarina

Vacation time

So, finally it's that time of the year...summer vacation:) We are leaving tomorrow morning for Pula (Istria, Croatia) for 2 weeks.




Even, that since being born, we(me, my sister with our parents) were spending almost all summer days in Croatia(as that time, Croatia was only one of the Republics, just like Serbia within one former country- Yugoslavia). So, we had the house there and for me Croatia, with all the memories from the childhood is just like the second home. Unfortunately, due to the political situation, it is not like that for many people that had homes there and were forced to leave due to the war etc. But, I think that there is no other place/ country in the Europe that has such a beautiful cost as Croatia has.



I'm looking forward going there, meeting some of my old friends and getting to know one of the most beautiful, ancient cities of the Mediterranean cost, as I have never visited Pula before.....
Talk to you after 25 August, I'll take lots of pics to share:))))
xo, Katarina

PS the pics are the taken from the web, doing the Google search within images for Pula

Dinosaur exhibition

Five years after its first outing, the Dinosaurs of Argentina exhibition has reached Serbia, at the Continental Hotel in New Belgrade.




We have visited the exhibition yesterday and the kids were thrilled.







Among the most attractive exhibits are the complete skeletons of seven dinosaurs, including a 14-meter-long gigantosaurus from the Cretaceous period and a 17-meter long rebbachisaurus, a herbivore from the same period. The Belgrade exhibition also featured a premiere: a nine-meter megaraptor, with 50cm-claws.









Besides complete skeletons, there are exhibited various skeleton parts, dinosaur eggs, nests, and footprint replicas, and kids could take part in various workshops.



Of course, Marta was thrilled to take part in the drawing workshop....they had to draw a dinosaur or anything else that they saw/learned here.





If you live in Serbia, you should definitely go for a visit, the kids will enjoy:)



xoxo, Katarina

Pants for kids

After getting some awesome fabrics by Lecien from the Fat quarter shop , I decided to sew some simple pants for the kids, 3 mine and my sister's tweens.



I know, one of the tweens (Filip) is missing from the photo, because he didn't wanted to wear the pants and sit on the rocker bench(is that the name???) with the rest of the kids.



When I have tried to make a few pics of the kids together, I realized how difficult it must be for the photographers to capture the "family moments" in plural...especially with the little ones. In my case, it was going this way....( Pablo occasionally had the "I'm a dinosaur" moments...




LOL....but, at least we had a lot of fun and they do love the pants, they will be great for the vacation:)



xo, Katarina

Illustrations

I have been doing some house cleaning and found my illustrations, made when being a student and attending the Faculty...a bit more than 10 years ago.



So, before replacing them in the closet, I made some pics of them and uploaded them to my Flickr . This children book was part of my diploma work, as I got my master degree in graphics(printing) and illustration.



I don't have the originals anymore, as it is the property of the faculty, but I have kept one sample/model of how it would be, when/if printed and published....The poem was written by one old friend of my father and it talks about the fire fly who lost its lantern. I wanted it to be a 3D book, partly pop-up book, partly something that could be a space(making the borders, when totally open) for kids to play within. I also had the idea to make the puppets, like the main characters from the book. It was made in 1998. It was supposed to be published and I made a few conversations with some publishers, but than, due to the Nato aggression, it all remained uncompleted and therefore, unpublished:(



The other illustrations, those to follow, were created in 1996., they are also collages, inspired by the Never ending story , my favourite childhood book.





If you haven't read the book yet, you just have to, the kids will also love it. So great as the summer reading with kids:)
Have a lovely weekend, Katarina

Kiddy things

Body painting



In the bliss , moment of my computer addiction , they made some tattoos all over...body, face and clothes included;)



They were pretty silent, they grabbed the moment that Marta was absent and I was on the computer, they took red felt tip from "Marta's stash", one of those yummy, bold and inviting ones and they really enjoyed the moment of creativity and freedom.



Playing and laughing



I love these moments, when they can actually play together...


...even that those moments pretty soon goes from laughing to crying , because they always want to play with the same thing...



Drawing and furniture re-styling



While my sister repainted some old, wood chairs, Marta repainted one as well.



I absolutely think that she did a brilliant job, from selecting the colours till designing the "pattern"



She even started doing one table, painting it first in white and than drawing on the top, but it's still unfinished, so she didn't allow me taking the picture:)



Have a great, creative week, Katarina

ROYAL costume

A few weeks ago, I set up this listing on eBay. So for the winner, I had to create totally custom 4pc Royalty outfit.



I was so lucky and happy to work with my sweet repeat customer(she won the Elphaba costume as well, last year) Mary, who gave me the hands free to do something stylish, royalish, but also something smart, eloquent, and totally outrageous like Marie Antoinette would have worn. She said:"It could be like going to a fancy, yet somewhat demure, executive meeting, and then taking off the serious layers to reveal a party animal after hours"...

Originally uploaded by aerynsun4ever

She found a great sites with many fantastic gowns from different films, this one , and this one and she told me that her FAV is the Breathe gown from the Ever After film.



So, I was in awe...that dress was the pure perfection, simple but yet so rich....and the colour was just perfect!!!So, I took that as a starting point in my search for the fabric and idea to create the total look and entire outfit, or better say collection of outfits and I made a few sketches

After buying some sumptuous fabrics, I completed the buy with some gorgeous trims, which actually inspired the entire collection:)

I wanted to give to the outfit that touch of old, vintage, brass coloured fabrics and on the other hand, as it was the childish outfit, a touch of pink, in this case in my preferable shade of the dusky pink.





So, I started creating the
1. gown, party one
2. the jacket-inspired by the Breathe dress
3. the tiered tulle skirt/dress
4. over skirt
5. organza cape
and
6. accessories: socks spats, clippies and neck choker


I was also very lucky b/c her daughter, Bella is just 4-5" smaller and a bit larger in chest, so the outfit will fit her much better than to Marta, but yet I was able to take pictures of this One Of A Kind set for the memory.







I just love the Marie Antoinette inspired party mini-gown with its over skirt or without it.





Oh, and the fun lacy socks spats?



Hope that Bella will enjoy her outfit:)
xoxo, katarina



PS I have just made the listing on etsy, offering OOAK 4pc couture set, you can check it out HERE and it is featured here and here