Do It Yourself

Not so long ago I made a cleaning in my jewellery box. I found some pices which I like but I don't wear anymore. It was perfect ocassion to experiment and to change some old pieces into a new one:)
I made my own bracelet with a map of Ljubljana. 
It is really easy. All you need is some piece of jewellery you wish to change (I used quite big, wooden bracelet and earrings), a little bit of patience and:

What to do step by step:

• cut map into smaller pieces (I use an old city map of Ljubljana- the one you can get in tourist information). 
• with a brush apply glue on the surface of bracelet/earrings (I used non-toxic, all-purpose glue)
• glue pieces of the map  to the bracelet
• wait for glue to dry (I waited few hours to be sure it was completely dry)
• with your brush apply transparent varnish on the surfece of your new jewellery (I applied 3 layers of the varnish)
• wait that your new jewellery is dry
• enjoy wearing it! :-)

Here is how it looks before:

And here after:

european championship in basketball

Oh, it's almost ten days sice I wrote last time... 

Days are passing by so quickly lately. I have this strange feeing that it is some magical connction this year: December nearer the faster time passes. 

In Slovenija they use to say: happy December.

I have already experieced this special "happines" of slovenian December two years ago while moving to Ljubjana in a winter time. Unfortunately t h a t time it was maybe too hard to believe in happines. Luckily now I can clearly see that this was just a part of my Way to The Real Happines. Now I find this past Decmeber as a real blessing! 

All things are happening with a reason. Even if they are painful or if you are disappointed. But please believe - they have deep sense. 

And a great blessing is when you are able to see that, probably not immediately, but after time.

I was not going to write about past December and unhappines which turn into the bigest happines... I just realised that this year December is coming so fast, and onece again it is bringing big changes, and New Happines in my life. I can not wait. I feel it will be really happy Decemer in Slovenija this year!!!

Ok. Now you will ask: And what to hell has all that unhappines turning into happines with european championship in basketball from the title of this post???

Answer is simple: if "happy December" two year ago wouldn't be unhappy, probably I would not watch this basketball championship in the best company ever*.

*best company ever = my Husband

p.s. 

My Dear Readers with this picture I've started a new series of fast drawings which you will see from time to time on this blog. The series I can titled "around the blue couch". But this is story for next time ;)

coffee time

I've already wrote about mornings I like HERE. I do like mornings (even those raining like today). I so much like this moment when I can sit with a cup of hot coffee in my hands, with my eyes closed for a while, smelling this hot liquid and enjoy the moment... no metter when I am - in my kitchen, on the balcony, in the office... 

Slow down for a second. Just take your time and enjoy a cup of coffee...

Sunny Saturday

It is not a photomontage or photoshoped colours! 

It was really so incredibly beautifully!

Of course we hope that weather forecast is wrong and that summer will not end just like that. Oh, please not here - I am living on the South! (I am Polish so please understand the fact that Slovenija is already South for me:). 

Taking advantage of the sunny and really nice weather we went for a trip into the Unknown. The Unknown means Jezersko, a little village or rather a settlement in the north of Slovenija. None of us had been there before so we didn't know what to expect. 

It appeared that our choice was p e r f e c t!!!

We had amazing walk in nature, mountain air filled the lungs and in the end we found ourselves in the litte hut, a shelter and a home run by Davo Karničar(click)- a very famous Slovenian climber and extreme skier. We met with great hospitality and sense of humor of the owner. 

We ate delicious ajdovi žganci and drank yummy home-made joghurt. 

It was so great Saturday and amazing trip.

 Waiting for ajdovi žganci. Home-made and served by Davo Karničar :)

 Yummy, yummy in my tummy....Siesta after so simple and so delicous meal.

We know one thing for sure - we will go back there soon! 

the mornings I like

I like mornings. 

I like those lazy, Saturday mornings when we are slowly crawling out of the bed. I like those early mornings when alarm-clock is ringing without mercy and we are running around our flat in hurry. I like those summer mornings when the sun is peeking through blinds in our bedroom. I also like those autumn mornings when all world is covered with a sticky fog. I like those mornings when I have a detailed plan of action for all day, and I like those mornings without any particular plan. 

I like all those mornings with a cup of coffee in my hand:)

Saturday in magic garden

So many things is happening lately and so many things I have to share with you my friends, that I don't know where to start, nor when to write...

Those photos I wished to show you more than a week ago but I simply didn't have time to write.

All summer I wished to visit a garage sale organised in Park Tabor in the centre of Ljubljana. All summer I've been planning to go there and check what is going on but it was always Something... But finally the Day has came!

We spend early afternoon walking in the shady park and exploring colourfull stands. It was a lot of intresting people and a lot of crazy stuff:) It was really nice. So nice that I decided to join next month and to make my own stand to sell out my wardrobe!

So if anybody wish to visit me and my stand, I invite you all to Park Tabor on garage sale in September.

I find a lot of nice things like this flower-printed bag. But in the end I decided for old-school adidas jumper (very orange and very optimistic) and cute ceramic earrings. 

Late afternoon and evening we spent with our good friend Jure. Jure is living in the cutest house you could imagine and he has a great garden full of surprises. I love to walk between bushes to find out some new things like wooden swing, little ceramic houses, wooden or stone sculptures, paintings, new spider's web, animals or raspberries. But that day I was too exhaused for exploring the garden so I found my place in hammock hanging between apple-tree and chestnut tree...

Of course evening won't be perfect without good food...

Great company of my Husband, exploring Park Tabor, new "trophies" - adidas jumper and earrings (hurray!), then evening spent in a company of very good friend in beaitful place and with good food (and music).

Nothing more is needed:)

I was perfect day!

shells

If your husband dives, you get a lot of shells:)

Every day at our "honey-week" I got some beutiful shells - trophies from my husband's underwater trips. 

Everyday I was amazed by the beauty of the nature. All those shapes! All those colours!

I decided to bring all of them home and keep those little memories of the wonderful moments we had on our holidays.

After thoroughly cleaning I put all shells to the big, glass jar. 

Now every look at the glass filled with the treasures of the sea takes us back to the Hvar Island.

Hvar memories closed in a jar have found their place on a shelf together with two starfish and a photo of little me and my brother.

a week with my mum

After our wedding we spent some time with a very special guest. It was my Mum who stay with us for whole week. We had a very nice time. As it was the first time she was in Slovenija for longer than just one night, we use that week to introduced her beauty of this small country. And of course do appetite to visit us more often. Almost every day we spent on some trips, long walks, sitting and drinking coffee or eating ice-creams, talking and enjoying being together. 

We try to avoid hot- wave in beautiful Vintgar near Bled.

We spend great day at seaside (of course in our favourite Piran:).

and a long hours on walking by Ljublana's cute streets

I already miss you mum!!!

potos by my Husband (who can see him on the last photo?:)

postcards from holidays

It was so great time we had on our honey-days! We decided to share our happines with our dearest by sending them postcards with our greetings and hugs. I decided to paint postcards by myself. Unfortuntely we didn't have enough time to send our greetings to everyone we wished to (or rather I didn't have enough time to paint so many pictures:). So we wish to share our beautiful time on Hvar with you now, dear friends. Here are our postcards with big sunny hugs from Hvar - our greetings from us to you! enjoy!

Maybe some of you got the one from this postcards by mail?  :-)

While I was painting and writting postcards on a beach in Zavala, my Husband was enjoying coffee and a daily newspaper (and of course taking some nice pictures of me:)

Hvar

Probably I should start a little bit ealier- with our wedding day, or maybe with a week with my Mum being here in Slovenija... Probably...But who says we should always start from the begining?

Today I want to share with you a picture I painted in our days spent on Hvar island in Croatia. 

It was a very hot week (or even 10 days) which we spent on exploring the island, swimming, diving (hmmmm...ok... let's be honest- the diving one was my Husband, not me...;), eating good food (cuttlefish risotto- yummmmy!), frying in the sun (more me then my Husband), reading books, collecting shells and enjoying, enjoying, enjoying...

What to say more- although you need a little bit of more patience then usually, camping is the best way to spend your holidays :)

Beautiful, precious time.

It is a view from our campsite. Believe me or not, but for the first time in my life I've ssen and touched a starfish! alife starfish! :)

One more thing...

I have to say "sorry" for my english. Unfortunately my head is created only for two languages and from the time I started speak fluent slovene my english and spanish have just magicaly disapeared.

In spite of that I hope you will understand me:)

If you  have big wish to correct me and help me to improve my english, you can do that in a commentar below :)

Kisses!

changes

Some changes are coming...
I decided to change a little bit a profile of my blog. I will write you more and not necessarily only about my art. Life-style blog it is maybe to much to say, but some more bits and pieces from my inspirations, ideas, project, beautiful things around me or simply- from life.
So welcome in my little world, in Marysiowo.
Feel like home.

We've just came back from our "honey week" in Croatia. Beautiful time with a beautiful Person.
Some memories I've painted, some photos were taken. Coming soon.