Sunflower dress

I made for Marta this fun, twirly dress a few weeks ago and I took the advantage of the gorgeous sunflower field near our weekend house, at Fruska gora, to take some pics of it. There is another dress I made 3 years ago, also with the sunflower inspiration/surrounding.





The dress is made using different fabrics, but mainly Garden party fabrics by Anna Maria Horner. I love how whimsy it turned out and Marta is delighted with the twirl ability option:). I am planning to add it to my etsy shop, as soon as I will find a free time to do that( there is a lot of things happening here, as one of my friends is getting married on Saturday, so always have a lot of things to do:)




xo, Katarina

La vie en rose

We had a wonderful time last week, at Fruska gora. The weather was great, allowing us to enjoy the pool, and other activities out and inside the house.





I have finally started to draw and I am pretty satisfied with my studio over there, inspiration and among all, the possibility to be able to draw(while my kids are happily playing nearby).



It is incredible how some simple and ordinary things can sometimes fill you with happiness.



Hope you are enjoying the summer,
Katarina

Mini Vacation

Hi friends!!!
We are out of town enjoying a small Vacay.....I have closed my etsy shops till next week:)
See you next week,
Katarina

Like a piece of cake

When your kids don't like eating some lovely seasons fruits when are at home (they like to eat them when picking them up directly from the plants), you do your best to make them eat (because strangely you may feel like committing a crime if eating that precious, organic and full of vitamins fruit yourself).





So, making something yummy and tasty is a good step forward:)
Also, using simple ingredients is also a good way to achieve the goal. So, this is not a proper recipe for the strawberry and yogurt jelly cake, but more a suggestion how to prepare a simple, tasty, light summery cake, that your kids will eventually love:)



Using Dr Oetker gelatine sheets, just like suggested on the package(when dissolved in hot water and then cooled, it forms a jelly) you can obtain a very tasteful yogurt cream(of course with adding some sugar in the yogurt first and than adding the gelatin sheets previously dissolved in the water).
For the base of the cake, I used granulated biscuits mixed with some apricot juice( to obtain a solid mixture that can be used instead of the pastry). And for the top, just dissolve the gelatin into any clear juice(I used apple juice), and wait for about 30 min. (place it in the fridge) until it starts to jelly, so that you can place it on the top of the arranged fruit.



I am sorry if my English is sometimes giving me the hard time in giving you the proper explanations and recipes, even that I am hardly following any recipes and directions when cooking, as well as when sewing...I am always more visual person and like to use imagination, strongly liking to believe that I know what I am doing;)
So, I have tried to search on-line to provide some similar real recipe that can be eventually followed step by step and here are some versions and variations that can be useful:

1. Chilled yogurt cake
2. Mango yogurt pudding cake
3. Berry and banana terrine



Enjoy, 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

Buttons heaven

New buttons are ready to be used...for many crafty projects. I just love fabric buttons, it is always so neat to see how a small detail of fabric is looking good as a button and how different details of the same fabric can be so beautiful and unique. I always love to wear a button used as an whimsy accent in a jewelry piece and weather it is a brooch, earrings, headband, bracelet or necklace it is always great way to keep it in touch with your favorite fabrics and in a way even with favorite designers, people who created those gorgeous designs.



I was truly enjoying doing some pin tucking today for the white beach dress ordered through etsy





It always happens that when I prepare myself for drawing some new drawings (I need to prepare the exhibition next year), that I suddenly get a lot of orders that keep me in stitches.....but anyway, I preferred sewing than drawing during this week and these rainy days, as for drawing and painting I somehow get in better mood when having better light with some sunny days...coming soon......



Have a wonderful, hopefully not rainy weekend,
Katarina

Strawberries and other summer treats

Summer fruit, especially different berries are one of the best things regarding summer diets and also always so inspiring for photographing, provoking with theirs amazing shapes and colours. Forest strawberries, one of my favourite kind of fruit is also always evoking some nice childhood memories like picking the strawberries and flowers on the different country side fields and forests...



And a few of my recent etsy treasuries, counting as a treat or feast for the eyes;)



Etsy FP, 21.06.2010.



LUSH

Enjoy the weekend,
Katarina