DIY caffeine mug

It's nice to have someone saying "Hi!" early in the morning:)
More detailed instructions you can find in this post.

The smell of rain

Na miris koji se javlja pre i posle kiše utiče nekoliko stvari. Miris koji se oseća pre kiše uglavnom potiče od ozona ( gasovitog molekula koji se sastoji od tri atoma kiseonika), koji nastaje od kiseonika iz vazduha pod uticajem električnog pražnjenja, tj. munja. Ime ozon zapravo potiče od grčke reči ozein, što znači mirisati.

To je vrlo specifičan i oštar miris koji bez greške znači da nailazi oluja sa grmljavinom.

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Before the rain begins, one of the first smells you will notice comes from ozone. Ozone is a gas, and its mollecule is composed of three oxygen atoms. It has really strong and sharp specific smell, and when you smell it, there is no doubt thunder storm is coming. The name comes from Greek word ozein, which means to smell.

Na početku i za vreme kiše javlja se još jedan karakterističan miris, koji nije tako oštar, već je prijatan i zemljast. U urbanim sredinama može biti neprijatan, zbog zagađenosti donjih slojeva atmosfere, dok je u prirodnom okruženju mnogo lepši, čak slatkast. 

Taj zemljani miris zapravo potiče od bakterija roda Actinomycetes ,tj. od njihovih spora. Te bakterije su aktivne u vlažnim uslovima, i kada su duži periodi suše, one se zatvore u spore. Kada počne da pada kiša, zbog jačine udara te spore se dižu u vazduh i mi ih udišemo i osećamo njihov zemljast miris koji nazivamo mirisom kiše (eng. petrichor) . S obzirom da ove bakterije žive u širokom opsegu uslova i da su prisutne na skoro svim mestima na zemlji, miris kiše je svuda manje- više isti.

Slatkast i jak miris kiše u prirodi potiče od raznih mirišljavih molekula, koji potiču od biljaka, a za vreme sušnih perioda se talože na kamenju i zemlji i bivaju podignuti u vazduh silinom kiše.

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When the rain starts falling, there is another very specific soft and earthy smell. In urban environments this smell is sometimes not very pleasent due to air pollution, and in forests this smell is very sweet.

Earthy smell comes from bacteria Actinomycetes which live in soil. When the soil dries out, bacteria produces spores.The wetness and force of rainfall kick these spores up in the air and we breathe them in, which causes this very specific earthy smell. The bacteria is extremly common and can be found in areas all over the world, which accounts for the universality of thiss sweet smell.

Plants often produce volatile oils, which tend to collect on rocks and soil, and are kicked up in the air and into our respiratory system by the force of rainfall, so the smell of rain in forests is much sweeter.

Što se tiče nakita na slikama, napravljen je od efaplasta, i ofarban akrilnim bojama i dostupan za prodaju. Više mog nakita možete naći na mojoj FB stranici(klik).

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Jewelry in this post is made out of efaplast and painted with acrylic color and is available for sale.

You can see more my jewelry on my FB page (click!).

DIY oxford sneakers

Za ovaj projekat potrebne su vam obične platnene patike, akrilna boja i četkica. Da bi crtanje po tekstilu bilo što preciznije i izvlačenje linija lakše, poželjno je da pored ovoga imate još jednu tanju četkicu ili nekoliko čačkalica ili marker za tekstil iste boje kao ona kojom oslikavate patike.

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For this project you will need plain fabric sneakers, brush and acrylic paint. It would make things much easier and drawing lines more precise if you would have another thin brush, toothpicks or fabric marker same color as acrylic color you are using to paint those sneakers.

Prva stvar koju morate da uradite je da iscrtate običnom olovkom linije do kojih nanosite boju. Ne bih preporučila da koristite trajni marker ili marker za tekstil u ovom koraku jer je onda mnogo teže ispraviti eventualnu grešku prilikom crtanja kontura.

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First you need to draw outlines. I used 2B pencil , because it is easy to erase if I make any mistakes. I wouldn't recommend using permanent or fabric marker for this step, because then it's not easy to fix any mistakes.

Nakon toga sve što treba da radite je da popunite konture. Najzahtevniji deo je iscrtavanje oko ovih kružića, trebalo mi je oko sat vremena po patici da to uradim. Ali nakon toga je vrlo lako i brzo ide.

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After drawing outlines you start painting. The hardest part is painting around those little circles, it took me about an hour per shoe to do that! But after that, it is very quick and easy.

Hope you like this project!

Solar system / Solarni sistem

Kao i svaki štreber na planeti, fascinirana sam univerzumom, nebeskim telima, galaksijama i astronomijom uopšte, i ta fascinacija me je inspirisala da napravim jednu interesantnu ogrlicu.

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Like every other nerd on this planet, I'm fascinated with outer space, so I made one pretty necklace inspired by that fascination of mine.

Kao što vidite, ogrlica se sastoji od sličica 8 planeta, s obzirom na to da se od 2005. Pluton ne smatra planetom solarnog sistema. Razlozi za to suvrlo lepo objašnjeni u ovom simpatičnom videu.

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As you can see, there are 8 planets, because since 2005. Pluto is no longer considered planet. I found this educative and funny video where it's very clearly explained why and who dared to do such thing to poor Pluto.

Since I feel very sory for that poor dwarf planet , I decided to add it to my necklace.

Hope you like it ;)

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S obzirom na to da je Pluton bio planeta solarnog sistema dok sam ja učila o tome i da mi ga je nekako žao. odlučila sam da ga ipak uključim u ogrlicu, doduše malo dalje od ostalih planeta (što i jeste) i manjeg od njih (što takođe jeste:).

Nadam se da vam se sviđa ;)

Mixtape no. 2

Red Hot Chili Peppers // Road Trippin'

Farin Urlaub // Sumisu

Alanis Morissette // Ironic

Katie Herzig & Matthew Perryman Jones // Where the Road Meets the Sun

Roy Orbison // I Drove All Night

A Fine Frenzy // You Picked Me

Norah Jones // Come Away With Me