Join me on my journey through the worlds of perfumes and books
In no particular order:
Lisi-M
Kafka – your name came out so chocolate it is 🙂
And Undina
Since Kafka skipped the perfumed part of the draw, a bonus name name came out – Tara!
Congratulations everyone and please send your addresses, I promise to get the packages out as soon as I can. 🙂
I only learned about them today (this morning actually) and I love the idea, especially as I love walking in sensible footwear (if I’m going to be walking for more than 20 minutes which is basically every day).
Turns out they are really popular for weddings (brides wear them so they can dance the night away).
It’s great that it all started as a hobby and now, well, it’s a business. 🙂 I’m always glad to hear of a story like that in Croatia because life is not easy here and finding work that fulfills you is even harder.
I’m going to give you links where you can learn more about the collection and follow their lovely work (not much can be found online about the originators, but if I got it correctly, two girls are behind these).
Their site Shuz design. And they are both on Facebook and Instagram.
And here are some of my favorites, they come from Lavish Lace, Cruz Shuz and Stripey Stripes categories:
Pics taken from their site.
P.S. The blog birthday give-away closes tomorrow 5 P.M. Croatian time. 🙂
Told you I would talk about bags again. Well, this time it’s not only bags. 😉 I love these bracelets/watches as well.
I follow Herman site on Facebook and these are just a little  of the amazingly wonderful and creative things you can find there. (so go check it out, the designs are really cool)
Now that holidays are over, I can try and get back with some kind of regular posts. 😉
As I decided on spotlighting some Croatian designers, I actually found many more with interesting ideas and products that are both wearable and look great.
Today I want to feature Borboleta friendship bracelets (they have necklaces as well). Borboleta is Portuguese for butterfly (that’s what they say on their site) and the butterfly is the signature symbol of the brand. The bracelets come in a variety of colors and are internationally available through their site.
I think they really look lovely and plan on getting one (or possibly two, they look good when combined).
This week we’re back to bags. 🙂 What can I say, I didn’t realize I was such a fan until I started checking out different designers on facebook. 🙂
So this week it’s Nohaa, the bags that really fit my style of look and of life.
The duo behind this line are two friends Ivica Nola i Rijana Hadžić and from experience, they seem to be doing some good business as the waiting ling for a bag is several weeks. 🙂 It makes me happy to know that someone is succeeding in Croatia doing what they love, even though I end up waiting too.
I am now the proud owner of two of them. 🙂
This is my latest acquisition
This one I wore all throughout summer (without the studs)
I love the box design 🙂
This year, they designed some clothing items as well
This week I decided to show you my favorite Croatian leggings. I own 4 pairs. 😀
That said, until I actually bought some, I never realized how hard it was to actually fit them into a wardrobe. 🙂
Still, I love wearing them and I love that the new collection features a new warm material (thermo) for these cold days.
Here are some photos of the type of leggings Tamara Ivić creates (and mine are shown as well).
My favorite pair
Second favorite pair 🙂
And the middle ones are great too
For more information and pictures, you can follow Zoe leggings on Facebook. They also have bathing suits during summer and some other clothing items in interesting designs.
All pics taken from Zoe leggings facebook site with their permission.
I know it’s been long since I wrote a post and I am really working on getting my schedule in order so I can write (and smell) more often.
In the meantime, I want to share with you some of the Croatian designers I discovered in the last months (some even years) that I think do a wonderful job with addition that their stuff is actually affordable to most people.
I also admire them for the fact that they decided to follow their passion. I sometimes wonder if something is wrong with me that I have general interests but don’t feel so passionate about any of them (I’m blaming it all on being an Aquarius).
So today, my first choice is Danijela Bilic who creates absolutely wonderful bags. Her designs can be found on Facebook and I am posting some of my favorite designs here (those among which I cannot decide). 🙂
The idea behind the bags is to wear a little piece of art and well, I can completely see that. The size of most of the bags is around 30 cm in diameter and they are made of artificial leather. The size seems perfect and all bags are handmade by Danijela herself.
The whole idea started with Danijela making a bag for her sister (that’s what she wrote in one of the posts on Facebook) and after receiving great feedback, a collection started to form. All this happened some 4 years ago and I’m ashamed to admit that I only found out about the bags a month ago. 🙂
Well, better late than never. 😉
So, go check out her whole collection and see if you could decide which one you like the best.
P.S.I love the look of Twilight but for a change, I’d like a bag that isn’t black so now I’m having a hard time deciding which color to choose.
There is time until my birthday yet… 😉
Pictures used with permission from Danijela (all hers).
The last installment of my vacation series.
You might wonder how I ended up there having said what I did before going on my vacation. But I was there with my ex’s sister (who is a really good friend of mine) and her two girls (and he’s not officially my ex either – what a strange life I lead…).
After the walking I did in Copenhagen and the partying I did on Vis, spending some calm time (as calm as it can be with two young girls) was just the thing.
Smokvica is actually the perfect place if you’re looking for a peaceful, family time without many amenities or tourists.
I guess the photos are always the same from there. 😉 (except for the alcohol part)
First part of a new Kir Royal recipe (rose liqueur)
The finished Kir Royal (a tried recipe, Asali and I discovered in Copenhagen)
View from the beach
Other side view
Sunset
Walk along the shore
God I wish I was there now!
As I already mentioned, I absolutely loved my summer vacation. I was lucky that after Vis I got to spend some time in Smokvica again, so I could recuperate from Vis.
You will not be able to tell that from the pictures here, but I spent most of my nights awake having fun with a little group I met my first evening there and with friends who were there already. We basically drank and danced the nights away and I ended up getting home later and later as the nights progressed.
So I spent my nights out having fun and days sunbathing on the beach and enjoying the company of my friends. 🙂 Which is how I ended up seeing several sunsets and sunrises (actually it was the sunrises that I was most surprised to experience – I’m usually never awake at that time). 😉
On the ferry
View of Kut (other side of the Vis village)
Walk to a special beach
Still walking to the beach
Not there yet (it was a bit far)
Close… 😉
The beach
Small harbor
Komiža (another town on the island of Vis)
The special sunset when you need to wish for what you want in the next year (and be very careful as those wishes tend to come true)
Leaving Vis at 5:30 in the morning
Sunrise from the ferry
P.S. I  got warned on facebook that Komiža is not a village, so I fixed that now. 🙂
From my vacation and basically all I can say is – it’s been amazing! 🙂
I’ve had the best vacation ever (at least that I can remember at the moment).
Copenhagen was amazing, the Danes are really such nice, warm, smiling people even though their country is very expensive. But I loved every second of it, especially the time I got to spend with wonderfully nice Asali (chatting about life, perfumes and everything we could think of).
The island of Vis is really the place where unexpected happens in the best of ways. I’ll be seeing that island again.
Also, very little sleep happens there. 😉
And last but not least, the place where you go to rest, Smokvica with friends one considers family.
My mind is relaxed, I am happy and life has been good to me.
To be continued with a short travelogue of all these places…
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