tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90039062612367297152024-03-20T09:31:02.038+01:00Mom minimalist fashionI am a mom and a minimalist to be that loves fashion! Jelena Vukovic Marinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03334867748713354380noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9003906261236729715.post-75058411018340386052016-10-28T20:00:00.000+02:002016-10-28T22:03:16.768+02:00malo drugačno ustvarjanje<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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jesen je čas, ko nas narava bogato obdari. otroci to zelo dobro vedo in ni ga dneva, ko se moj sin ne bi vrnil s sprehoda s kakšnim čudovitim storžem, listom ali želodom. ker nisem vedela, kaj bi s vsemi zbranimi zakladi, sem se spontano odločila, da iz njih pripravimo majhne nagrobne aranžmane za nam ljube osebe. edini strošek, je predstavljal nakup gobe za aranžiranje cvetja.</div>
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oblikovanje aranžmana je stvar osebnega okusa, lahko bi dodali tudi rezano cvetje, a mi smo želeli uporabiti le stvari, ki smo jih nabrali v naravi sami.</div>
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najpomembnejši del ustvarjanja, pa je zame predstavljal pogovor z otroci, o izgubljenih osebah, katerih grobove bomo obiskali, saj nekaterih nista nikoli spoznala. na koncu ustvarjanja me sin čisto nepričakovano povprašal o svoji pokojni vzgojiteljici. mama, ona je umrla? ja, mika. kje pa je pokopana? mu odgovorim in vprašam zakaj? in on, s toliko občutka in iskrenosti, kot ga lahko premore samo otrok pove, ker bi ji jaz tako rad šel prižgati svečko. bomo, mika, bomo.</div>
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Jelena Vukovic Marinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03334867748713354380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9003906261236729715.post-53418434645110126912016-02-07T08:38:00.000+01:002016-02-07T08:42:34.101+01:00LAST WEEK<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Last week was ... full of moments I left my comfort zone.<br />
Visiting the school my girl will attend, was like surreal, just yesterday we were strolling her around, changing diapers (thank God thats over) and now school?! 6 years can fly by, believe me. Finally feeling so much better I put a skirt on and then, after therapy feeling so bad, so I couldn't meet up with my ig girlfriends in Ljubljana. Yesterday and today by brand mia & mika is at BazArt at Fürst haus in Ptuj. You can visit us also between the tradicional carnaval that will be today, just come and say hi // I am the swan.<br />
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Jelena Vukovic Marinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03334867748713354380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9003906261236729715.post-66329809594442592712016-01-31T14:19:00.002+01:002016-01-31T14:19:25.829+01:00LAST WEEK<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Last week I was finally, after a very long long time feeling better, feeling a little bit more like myself, again.<br />
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I just love the roses I got for my son's birthday, looking great still after 6 days.<br />
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For spring I started to make some new colorful models, you can see them soon in my store <span style="color: red;"><a href="http://www.miaandmika.tictail.com/">www.miaandmika.tictail.com</a></span> but you can also follow me on <span style="color: red;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/miaandmika.shop">www.facebook.com/miaandmika.shop</a></span> & </div>
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I am still vegan and I will stick to it, because I just feel so much better that it is hard to describe. This is my vegan avocado & sweet pepper sandwich that got me the most likes on instagram last week, funny but really delicious!<br />
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Have a nice Sunday everyone & till my next post I wish you all the best,<br />
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Jelena Vukovic Marinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03334867748713354380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9003906261236729715.post-22384026486246773522015-09-11T08:00:00.000+02:002015-09-11T08:00:02.189+02:00ROUTINE #2<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Jelena Vukovic Marinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03334867748713354380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9003906261236729715.post-12041675927117477042015-09-05T07:00:00.000+02:002015-09-05T07:00:00.728+02:00LAST WEEK<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This week was special, with a lot of firsts. The first visit with the kids to the mountains. I tried a lot of new vegan recipes as you can see and found some vegan ice cream in Maribor, but sadly my homemade ice is still better. I even "by-the-way" found some perfect leather ballerinas and trousers, that never happens.<br />
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Jelena Vukovic Marinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03334867748713354380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9003906261236729715.post-72378289124920765412015-08-24T12:43:00.000+02:002015-08-24T12:43:39.265+02:00What I have learned at 32<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Today is my birthday, 32 to be exact, so I wanted to write a short, honest and say meaningful list of all the things I learned so far <br />
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<li>Health - is more important than you think, do not wait till you lose it, to cherish it. </li>
<li>Time is relative - we can do a lot of things in life, but maybe not all at once.</li>
<li>Motherhood - is the hardest and the most important thing I will ever do in my life.</li>
<li>Learn to let go - things and people.</li>
<li>Everything happens for a reason - they say: "God gives his toughest battles to his strongest soldiers".</li>
<li>Nature - enjoy it, there is nothing more to ad. </li>
<li>Read. </li>
<li>Intuition - follow it, as Albert (Einstein) said, the only real valuable thing is intuition. </li>
<li>Simplify - everything and stop with the glorification of busy.</li>
<li>Fashion - if you decide to buy a pair of expensive shoes, buy a pair you will wear everyday. </li>
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Jelena Vukovic Marinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03334867748713354380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9003906261236729715.post-49034748945360240962015-03-17T16:46:00.000+01:002015-03-17T16:46:28.759+01:00How I became a vegan<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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How I became a vegan? Overnight. Yes, simple as that.<br />
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The longer story goes something like this. The last few months I had severe problems with my sensitive skin. I had this all my life, but for the last 10 years, I kept things under control, mostly with homeopathy. This winter I knew it wasn't going to be enough and so in I turned to vaidya Nithi Subramaniam, more about him you can find <a href="http://nova.karantanija.com/ayurveda/ayurveda_about.html" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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Now I am only eating vegan food, he advised me to, for more then one month, and I must say, I just feel great. Really great. Not that my health problems are solved, far from that, but I achieved so much already, just with my simple vegan diet. It's funny how we all eat the industrially processed food we like and we are having "party's in our mouth" but we don't see the big picture. Our health and our wellbeing. Sometime this is hard to acknowledge, but it's never to late to change. So now you know why I wasn't blogging… and what did you eat for lunch? </div>
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Jelena Vukovic Marinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03334867748713354380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9003906261236729715.post-51035048408170057552014-09-03T05:00:00.000+02:002014-09-03T07:17:02.405+02:00LITTLE HOUSE<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This little house is just by my taste, beautifully perfect. Maybe just for me, but anyway I wanted to show you this little treasure, because she is falling apart and the most shocking thing is, she is just used as storage. If I would ever have a tiny house at the sea, it would look something like this... dream on. </div>
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Jelena Vukovic Marinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03334867748713354380noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9003906261236729715.post-69184232314918741732014-07-21T21:24:00.000+02:002014-08-18T14:07:12.993+02:00WORKING MOM #2 OR 15 TIPS FOR A STRESS FREE SCHEDULE <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Good afternoon, I hope you all had a great weekend? Today's post is all about this months topic WORKING MOM and how to manage your WORKING DAYS. It will be posted a little bit later then usual 5 AM CET, because I was and still am sick. Yes, mom's also get sick, but just occasionally, here and there.</div>
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Last week I wrote about, how to reevaluate you time, more you can read <a href="http://momminimalistfashion.blogspot.com/2014/07/working-mom-1.html" target="_blank">here</a> and all about the Working mom topic you can find <a href="http://momminimalistfashion.blogspot.com/2014/07/working-mom.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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Having children is the best thing that can happen, but it also becomes an organisational challenge when the maternity leave is over and especially, if you are a full time working mom or even more, if you are a single parent. My mom was one.<br />
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1. Download a weather app on you phone, so it will take you just seconds in the morning to check the forecast.</div>
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2. Prepare all the children stuff and clothes in the evening, if you have a girl, you can lose a lot of time in the morning finding/feithing about what to wear to kindergarten... she can choose her outfit the night before by herself and then you just check it.</div>
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3. Wake up early, it will save you a lot of stress!!!</div>
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4. If the children are a little bit older, from 2 to 3, they can dress alone.</div>
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5. For the breakfast, you can also prepare the table the night before, my children do it by themselves.</div>
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6. Find a beauty routine that works for you (and it's fast) ...</div>
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7. Organize your closet and shoes, so you will only have things that fit you and you will feel great in them no matter what occasion. You will no longer use time on "What should I wear?", for sure!</div>
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8. Prepare your purse for the next day or if you have many bags, just create a storage section, where you put everything out of your bag and then in the morning, when you decide to take another bag, you just put it all in, and nothing is lost or forgotten.</div>
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9. Take care of your "transportation" from shoes, bike to a car, it is bad when they leave you half of the way to work...</div>
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10. Eat lunch, so you won't come home hungry as a wolf.</div>
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11. Don't plan to much activity at the second half of the day, you and your children are already a bit tired, so enjoy you time together, play go outside...</div>
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12. Prepare a easy cooked dinner, mostly we cook or make salads for ourselves. </div>
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13. Remember to do the house work with you children, they can help you dust and vacuum clean. Before bed, they should put all the of the toys, that are laying around the house, into their room. </div>
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14. After the little "dragons" are asleep you should take the time for yourself, do or make something that makes you happy, from blogging to reading a book, but don't go to the kitchen and clean!!!</div>
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15. Least but not least, go to bed early there is never enough sleep for us.</div>
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Hope there was a tip for you, that can help you simplify your everyday. If you have some more tips for me, just share them below, I am really interested.</div>
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Jelena Vukovic Marinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03334867748713354380noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9003906261236729715.post-74254466716210594672014-07-16T05:00:00.000+02:002014-08-18T13:47:57.414+02:00YOU MAKE ME SMILE #3<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Darling Husband, you make me smile, you, you... love you to the moon and back! This year, you were finally at home for your B. day, so I made your favorite "cake". The first picture is blurry, because my Iphone was also sleeping/being half awake like I, at 5.30 AM.</div>
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Jelena Vukovic Marinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03334867748713354380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9003906261236729715.post-52601125977337945182014-07-15T05:00:00.000+02:002014-11-13T20:18:46.690+01:00A POST FOR MOMS<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Let's talk a little bit about post - breastfeeding. Yup, the subject doesn't come up very often, but to all the moms to be, you should know, the cup size changes, most of the time. First it is up and then down. Here you have it. It is the truth, isn't it? Like the alphabet I went from the start A, B, C, D almost E and then back to B, but stopped at A. And what I have learned in this time, that big brands like H&M stopped making small bras. Also some shops that are selling just underwear do not have something smaller then B... no comment. So when the sale started this year, I wanted to buy some pritty things for underneath, but everything that I found nice was already sold. I knew we have an Agent Provocateur shop in Ljubljana, so I hoped they have the sale. Boy, I was right! To all of you who know how much AP costs, I got my cheapest bra for 10 euros and the staff was really amazing. They got a new customer and with the next sale, I will go back for sure!</div>
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Jelena Vukovic Marinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03334867748713354380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9003906261236729715.post-53293992596898765722014-07-14T05:00:00.000+02:002014-08-21T13:44:00.991+02:00WORKING MOM #1<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Today, finding the balance as a full time working mom with small children is almost impossible, or you can get the burn-out syndrome. There is a lot of words written about this subject. So this is my view, my words, how I think and see this challenge.</div>
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Jelena Vukovic Marinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03334867748713354380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9003906261236729715.post-16198939365457598022014-07-11T05:00:00.000+02:002014-08-18T13:44:41.323+02:00THE SKY<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I don't know about you, but everytime my mind, thoughts, concentration wanders and I try to refocus, I look up to the sky. So, now you know why so many of my pictures include nature and the sky! I look up. I feel the moment. I am part of it. Some say, you should not look at the sky, because then your are thinking about the future... I do not believe in that. I believe when you lost your focus regardless of what you are doing, you should look around yourself and name the things that surround you. This will get your focus back fast! Do you have any tricks for getting your focus back? Just share them!</div>
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Yes, after a month I can say I am a full time working mom and I love it! The feeling I get after doing a good job and a small pay-check at the end of the month is just amazing. Do not get me wrong, I was at home for almost 4 years, and my kids almost 2,5 and 4 years enjoyed it as I did, but I went for school with and for a reason. I have some goals that I still want to accomplish, so here I am kicking back.</div>
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But with all that said, I realized it can be really hard to manage it all in the 24 hours we have. So my plan is, for me and also for you, to write about how to simplify our daily life to get everything done, from a daily routine, house cleaning, cooking, having the time for yourself, what's this? I will make a combination of what I have learned, read and what I found is working for me. Of course all of you are very welcomed to comment and give your tips and strategies of juggling your daily lives on. I will post every monday, so let see how you will like it and find it helpful. Remember, any tip or advice is very welcomed, so just comment below. </div>
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I link up with the wonderful Sonja from Wert-voll, <a href="http://www.wertvoll-blog.de/" target="_blank">here</a>. </div>
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From the last to this post, more then half of my balcony flowers were destroyed because of the weather (a lot of rain first and then to much sun) + kids. I couldn't stand looking at them, so I bought new, more whether/sun resistant plants, the very popular succulents. Wish me luck with this ones...</div>
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Jelena Vukovic Marinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03334867748713354380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9003906261236729715.post-56769493372548527022014-06-26T06:13:00.000+02:002014-11-13T20:17:05.261+01:00a happiness review, NOT<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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It was time to write this post, a happiness review, not! More a reality review. Our lives are full with happy and not so happy memories. We remember the good and suppress the bad, so I wanted to write down the other half, that I normally do not mention. </div>
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I am not so happy about to carry my heavy bike two times a day up and down a rail underpass because the contractor did not do his job properly! So now I have severe pain in my back, carrying that bike up and down in my bobby's.</div>
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I am not so happy about that I finally found the perfect photo book, made already two beautiful albums just to find out the shipping is 53$, more then the books together... </div>
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I am not so happy about the lack of time to edit all the old posts, because they do not look good in the new layout, to get the girl who did the layout, help me to finish the details, but she takes her time..., to take the time to blog and not to fall asleep at 9.00PM, to add new content I am not too comfortable about.</div>
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Just you know, I believe that we should not emphasise the word happy, everyone is talking about this days. I personally just try to think, that things are things, not good or bad, they happen for and with a reason. We should just take them, as they come and carry our head up high with glory, no matter what! </div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> EVERYTHING.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">GONE, BEFORE YOUR OWN EYES.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">THINK WHAT HAD TO FEEL PEOPLE,</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> AFFECTED BY THE CATASTROPHIC FLOODS IN BALKAN...</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">SO IF YOU FEEL SOMETHING, GO AND <b>DO SOMETHING</b>!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">YOU CAN DONATE MONEY OR THINGS YOU DO NOT NEED, </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">BECAUSE THEY NEED EVERYTHING AND <b>NOW</b>! </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">ASK AT YOUR RED CROSS & KARITAS AND THINK,</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">HOW WOULD YOU FEEL IF YOU GOT SOMETHING AFTER YOU LOST EVERYTHING.</span></div>
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Jelena Vukovic Marinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03334867748713354380noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9003906261236729715.post-40429742151359527842014-05-19T22:43:00.000+02:002014-11-13T20:08:11.603+01:00balcony love the dutch way #1<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="text-align: justify;">Almost 7 weeks ago I written the first balcony love post, </span><a href="http://momminimalistfashion.blogspot.com/2014/04/balcony-love-dutch-way.html" style="text-align: justify;" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">here</span></a><span style="text-align: justify;">. Most of the flowers are growing fast, but my bonsai died, he was eaten up by caterpillars... I decided it was time, he should be replaced with something less costly. So I put the gladioli from the wooden crate into the big crockery and that was it. The other flowers will go into the garden. Cheap, fast and I think now they have a better potential for growth. Can't wait to see them bloom! As you can see, the Queen found her spot in the sun.</span></div>
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Jelena Vukovic Marinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03334867748713354380noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9003906261236729715.post-67085523873173674342014-05-02T12:05:00.003+02:002014-11-13T19:59:39.159+01:00no spending/buying challenge #5 or the end<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="text-align: justify;">I can't believe it... 4 weeks of my no spending/buying challenge are over!</span><br />
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This went fast. I had some moments in the drugstore, were I just wanted to buy something from my list, but I didn't. In the end I did 3 non-essential purchases: the beautiful illustrations you saw, an umbrella and a pair of shoes for my girl. The second day she tells me, they are to small... no comment...</div>
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Happy Friday & enjoy your weekend! I can't wait to go shopping, again!</div>
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Jelena Vukovic Marinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03334867748713354380noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9003906261236729715.post-81238765831903132892014-04-25T12:41:00.001+02:002014-08-18T11:54:26.709+02:00no spending/buying challenge #4<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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It 's already week 3 of my no spending/buying challenge, but I have bought this beautiful illustration, as mentioned, <a href="http://momminimalistfashion.blogspot.com/2014/04/no-spendingbuying-challenge-3.html" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">here</span></a>. Something for myself, because I normally buy things for others. And it's Gita's fault. On her blog ODDS & ENDS, <a href="http://gita-oddsandends.blogspot.com/2014/04/anja-slibar-illustration-blacknwhite_10.html" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">here</span></a>, I read the interview with Anja Slibar, a young and very talented illustrator, her site <a href="http://www.anjaslibar.com/" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">here</span></a>. So, that was it! I looked up her site, wrote an email to see, if I could afford her work, because a lot of empty frames were waiting to go in action... </div>
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To be short, my girl had a medical check up in another city, luckily, we parked in a shopping center and she started to vomit... so we had to go and buy a new jacket, t-shirt, trousers... then I saw I forgot my credit card, but I just had enough cash to get what she needed and we were off, running to the Hospital. In the end she was so happy about the new jacket & I was happy everything went well.</div>
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Jelena Vukovic Marinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03334867748713354380noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9003906261236729715.post-65300324689477764422014-04-11T11:45:00.000+02:002014-08-18T11:31:22.117+02:00no spending/buying challenge #2<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Hey, officially I am already one week into the no spending/buying challenge. It all started <a href="http://momminimalistfashion.blogspot.com/2014/04/my-100post-new-challenge.html" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">here</span></a>. And guess what? <b>I didn't buy anything</b>, yet! I am constantly writing down things what I would like to get, right after the challenge or in the near future. About my shopping list, you can read <a href="http://momminimalistfashion.blogspot.com/2014/04/no-spendingbuying-challenge-1.html" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">here</span></a>. Then I cross over things, that I see that are not needed, then things shift from one column to the other. Right now, I have 7 thing that I will buy/do right away, like change my Iphone glass, it broke yesterday for the second time... or buy the Kiehl's Avocado eye cream and in the second column I am still thinking about this leather jacket, <a href="http://momminimalistfashion.blogspot.com/2014/01/shopping-list-1.html" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">here</span></a>.</div>
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Hey everyone! <b>I am so happy and proud that this is already my 100. post! </b>Yeah!</div>
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My new challenge I wanted to write about. <b>I decided that in the next 30 days I won't spend/buy anything, </b><b>except food & other necessities </b>like medicine. So I won't buy nothing new for myself, kids or the home, no new makeup, clothes, accessories, magazines, toys, frames, books ... nothing. I already started on Friday 4.4.2014.</div>
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I hope I will inspire someone, to join me in this personal challenge, to get a new perspective on our spending habits and more... So you know, I was thinking about this for a longer time, but then I read a post on The Dwelling tree, <a href="http://www.bloglovin.com/frame?post=2609386575&group=0&frame_type=a&blog=8171461&link=aHR0cDovL3d3dy50aGVkd2VsbGluZ3RyZWUuY29tLzIwMTQvMDQvaS1hbS1kb2luZy13aGF0LWktc3dvcmUtaS13b3VsZC1uZXZlci5odG1s&frame=1&click=0&user=0" target="_blank">here</a>. </div>
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When I mentioned it to my husband he said, but you are not buying anything... Ok, then it won't be hard ;) Let's see. <b>Dare and try something new, join me!</b></div>
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Have you ever been in Amsterdam? In the heart of the city you can find flowers, bushes and trees planted in all sorts of products, from real pots to oil containers. This is real recycling, all in the purpose of having your home or outside of your home greener almost for free. So this year I decided, I would do the same thing, but suitable for my small/french balcony. I used some old wooden crates from the market. Put in a durable big black plastic bag & soil. In all the discount stores you could find different cheap seeds, so I got a mix of 5 difrent flowers all together 40 seeds for just 2,3 €. I used just a few for the balcony, the rest is in my garden. Now I just have to wait to see the final results.</div>
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It is so affordable and if you love flowers and don't want to waste a lot of money or time, just do it the dutch way!</div>
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