on valentine`s day

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два года назад в предверии дня святого валентина я опубликовала короткий и очень эмоциональный пост, а сегодня хочу поговорить об этом празднике с более прагматичной точки зрения :).

two years ago, i published a short and very emotional post a few days prior to the saint valentine`s day, whereas this time around i would like to discuss it a bit with a more pragmatic approach :).

meet nastia sleptsova

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в августе я провела несколько дней во львове и вернулась в местный магазин "щось цікаве", наполненный маленькими чудесами, которые хочется увезти с собой и раздарить всем самым близким. из него я ушла с открытками и стикерами иллюстратора насти слепцовой, за которой можно следить на instagram и tumblr. три года назад она переехала из крыма во львов, где теперь живет и работает. ее иллюстрации кажутся мне очень теплыми и уютными. мне хочется сохранять их, ставить на рабочий стол и покупать все, что делает настя. с августа я наклеиваю ее стикеры на все используемые мною блокноты и отправляемые мною открытки, а вскоре планирую покупать новую порцию. к счастью, для этого не нужно ехать во львов. у насти есть свой онлайн-магазин на etsy, где можно легко и быстро сделать заказ. я очень рада тому, что настя ответила на мой вопросник, а теперь я могу рассказать тебе о ней и дать возможность узнать ее немного лучше.

in august, i spent a few days in lvov, when i came back to a local store "shchos_cikave", which is full of little wonders that you want to bring with you and give to those whom you appreciate the most. i left that charming place with postcards and stickers created by an illustrator nastia sleptsova. you can follow her on instagram and tumblr. she moved from crimea to lvov three years ago, and that is where she currently lives and works. i find her illustrations to be warm and very cozy. i want to save them all, use them on all of my screens and buy anything nastia creates. i have been using her stickers all over my notebooks and postcards since august. they are almost over, so i am going to order a new portion in the nearest future. luckily, it is possible to do it without going to lvov. nastia has an online-store on etsy, where you can order her creations quickly and easily. i am very glad that nastia agreed to answer my questionnaire, and that i am now able to introduce you to her, as well as enable you to get to know her a bit better.

meet yuliya evseeva

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раз в месяц я публикую опросник с человеком, который вдохновляет меня тем, каким он есть и тем, что он в своей жизни делает. эту серию постов я начала вскоре после того, как завела блог, но регулярной сделала не сразу. были месяцы, когда опросники не выходили вообще, а потом такие, когда их было по три штуки за четыре недели. с две тысячи семнадцатого я определилась с желаемой регулярностью и стараюсь придерживаться этого  плана. сегодня - знакомство с графическим дизайнером, иллюстратором и каллиграфом юлией евсеевой.

meet gloria garcía

i love my "meet" section, but unfortunately it has not been updated for a while. and i am sorry for it! i hope to have regular posts in it in the future, but for now we have what we have. today i would like you to meet a very talented illustrator from spain - gloria garcia. i mentioned her work in my previous post, and i was very lucky, because gloria responded right away! i have already told you that i am a fan of illustrations. from my point of view, they make every article so much more outstanding and special. this is why when i found out about gloria cooperating with us for thefashioncrowd.com, i was extremely happy. to have an illustrator, who is ready to create beautiful works for your texts is a real treasure! anyway, i should stop talking right now and let you meet gloria or gloglo garcia! by the way, you can follow her on instagram and tumblr.

- what being twenty is like for you? 

- for me it is a time to discover oneself, to learn and to have good experiences. 

- what is your biggest inspiration? 

- it is very difficult to name one. i find it in painting, fashion photography and it-girls from the 60-s.

first summer day

well, well, well! summer came the day before yesterday and i did not even notice. it is such an unusual feeling, but i do not care about its arrival anymore. why? because for the first time in many-many years it does not really mean anything. before, summer meant holidays and three months without school, afterwards it was all about having exams in june and then two months without university. however, now there is no change. i will just keep on working, which may sound sad, but i am excited, to be honest!

thirty first of may felt just like the first of june. i had no excitement or anticipation. i did not even think of it. i realized that it was summer already only because i was going to write about it. by the way, i am crazy and i am not only writing about summer here, but also doing a special post for the fashion crowd to follow up (my favourite editor and mentor) bette`s summer plans with my own. this is why i am not going to tell you that much here and i will make you follow the link to read a longer post there next week.