moonofpaula

You may or may not have noticed that there is a special bond between me and Saturdays. I am still not sure what it is that makes us so close, the feeling of calmness, enthusiasm and pure happiness I guess. Well, this Saturday was an amazing Saturday. 

First, Nika and I went shopping at Arena, where she bought two new mobile cases and I bought a pretty white dress, and of course, got Bubble Tea. When we were done with shopping, we went to the city centre and had a shoot at the Upper Town and by then, we were both quite hungry and decided to go eat at Pani, a super cute small restaurrant near Maksimir. That decision turned out great as the food was delicious and not even that expensive. Being a person that has a sweet tooth, I need to eat something sweet after lunch, and so we went to Zagreb, a cake shop where they sell macaroons and icecream, which is super tasty. Nika soon had to be at a movie premiere and I had arranged with my friend Petra to see a play at Exit. All in all, this Saturday was lovely and I just wish I could do this every weekend.

What I'm wearing is my grandma's old Marks & Spencer polka dot shirt, which is a couple sizes too big, but way too comfortable not to be worn. As it still is quite cold outside, I wore my leather jacket from Mango and ankle boots from Bata. The boyfriend jeans and the cute half velvet, half leather bag are both from H&M, as well as rings. 

blouse // marks & spencer, jacket // mango, jeans // h&m, bag // h&m, shoes // bata

photos by: nika v

love,

paula avalon xx

The reflection on the buildings is such a fun thing to take a picture of, and I just adore the last picture in this post. The sun was just about the set at the time we had this photoshoot so everything is kinda dim and man, doesn't it look amazing.

Not that many people would say yes when your friend tells you to go shoot at a parking lot that she was too scared to enter on her own, guess I'm not one of those people. Yesterday I went to a concert and managed to get only 4 and a half hours of sleep, oh well, I guess that's what you get when you go out during the week.

What I'm wearing is my plain white blouse from H&M, over which is a handmade sweater and a golden necklace with a mini skull. I am finally wearing my new Nike Roshe Run black sneakers! They are the most comfortable shoes that I've ever worn and they are as light as a feather, I am so glad I bought them. 

The moment you join the Internet as a kid, all you hear are scary stories about pedophiles and stealings of personal information, but rarely anyone tells you about the friendships you are going to make. I joined Instagram, Tumblr and Facebook years ago and I've never had a negative experince, I've found out about so many amazing artists, places, new songs and I've met so many people that have changed my life in ways I never even thought they would. 

A couple of weeks ago as I was stalking random people on Instagram, when I was supposed to be studying, I ran across a girl whose username is croadi and whose pictures are heavenly. I liked a couple, of course, but never in a million years did I think that only a few days later would I get a DM from her asking me (yes, me!) to model for her. How could a girl say no to that?

When I asked her if she wanted me to wear anything specific, all she said was black.. and space buns! And so I did, I wore my black lace cardigan from H&M, my two fav choker necklaces, a black t-shirt from Stradivarius, my petite black jeans from Forever 21 and my Vans with a platform. I somehow managed to make space buns but the wind was blowing and they got messy, so later i just took them off. 

Pink has almost completely washed off from my hair and that makes me kinda sad, but I have to admit that I love the lenght of it right now. Exam season is starting again, and is there a better way of making yourself feel better than dressing up and working on yourself? A couple of days ago I started going to the gym near where I live and I just feel so good about that, feels like I finally got the grip of what it means to take care of myself.

What I'm wearing today is the basic red plaid shirt from H&M and on top of it an asymetrical cardigan which my mum got as a present. The shoes are the fake leather ones from H&M and the jeans are from Forever 21. The cute small smaragd ring is from H&M, as well as the necklace.