“Get close to grass and you’ll see a star.”
― Dejan Stojanovic, The Sun Watches the Sun

Hello, and welcome to my… Starry Steps blog! 🙂 
I am the same Nicole as here!
Passionate nature lover, verse writer, photography enthusiast… and all things cute, colorful and bright!

So l am always ready and about to snap a photo of lovely things around, catch their mysterious shine, while I am also  extremely fond of working with and creating lovely colorful things, playful or elegant.

All in all, taking photos, writing on my blogs, designing digital cards, stationery and not only… are all things I am fondly in love with and enjoy sharing, and I look forward to you discovering them all on StarryStepsShop și StarryStepsStudio, my two shops on Etsy! 

My photos are organized in colorful collections on Fine Art America, feel invited to browse! 😍

Please see below (underneath the paragraph in Romanian) for more details and
a formal Author Bio.
Thank you!

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Bine ați venit… și mă bucur să vă revăd! 🙂 
Sunt… aceeași Nicole ca aici!
Mare iubitoare de natură, fotografie, poezie… și toate cele drăguțe, colorate și luminoase!

Așadar, da, sunt mereu gata să fac o poză… sau chiar mai multe, să scriu un gând sau să creez ceva jucăuș și elegant,  în format digital sau fizic, din fetru, hârtie colorată sau alte materiale… toate, lucruri pe care iubesc să vi le arăt și aici.

Vă invit să vizitați și magazinele mele virtuale de pe Etsy, StarryStepsShop și StarryStepsStudio, sper mult să vă placă ce veți găsi pe acolo. Anunțați-mă dacă vă place ceva, vă rog! 

Fotografiile mele sunt organizate în colecții colorate pe Fine Art America, vă invit într-un tur! 😍

În cele din urmă, dar nu în ultimul rând, mă puteți vizita în continuare și pe primul meu blog, unde scriu din 2015 , la https://doarnicol.wordpress.com/,  unde a și început toată această aventură înflorată și colorată, de printre multe poze și rime fel de fel… de fel.

Numai bine și… sper să vă placă! 

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My favorites and the things that I love are many… starting with the sweet savory strawberries in June, then the soft warm midsummer air, the salty sea breeze and waves… going on with the crisp autumn mornings and auburn afternoons, not to mention the gorgeous garden and field flowers all spring and summer through, with the cute tiny bugs and small birds… the cozy holiday time along the year, all of which I try to capture with my cameras time and again… and which I love to share!💖

I think I should also add to the mix a little drop of pure pink, warm yellow and luminous orange that I adore, a little bit more love of travelling and lots of love for writing rhyming verse. Not to mention the journey backwards and forwards in time which I engage on dreamily with each and every line I write or photo I take.

Here, the picture is almost done. The rest is for you to discover and read between the lines and photos on my posts and pages… together with me, of course!

See you around, warm wishes… and enjoy!

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Nicole Sara – BIO

Nicole Sara is a bilingual poet from Romania, with a Master’s Degree in Philology and American Studies from the “Al.I.Cuza” University in Iași, Romania, which she graduated in 1997. She loves languages and performing magic with words in both playful and dreamy, insightful ways. Writing verse feels otherworldly to her, a portal towards infinite possibilities, always unexpected and liberating.

Nicole began by writing poems in Romanian in 2015, and in 2016 she also started pairing the originals with their translation into English on her blog. She finds inspiration in the beauty and intelligence of everything around.

“Rhyming Dreams”, Nicole’s debut collection of poems in English was self-published on Amazon in 2024, inspirational verse deeply rooted in personal moments and experiences but still wonderfully universal, so that one may feel taken by the hand and shown the beauty and brightness of it all within or without.

Nicole’s work in English has also appeared in the literature magazine Spillwords Press and “Tranquility: An Anthology of Haiku” published by Literary Revelations. Her poems are shared monthly on the online literary sites, Chewers & Gobblers by Masticadores and MasticadoresRumania. She is currently completing her second poetry collection, which she hopes to release later this year.

Aside from writing, photography is Nicole’s other great love and source of inspiration. A nature enthusiast, when she is not writing, she can be found clicking away, exploring the outdoors and capturing images which she shares on her blogs and photography sites.

Connect with Nicole on her blogs at
https://starrysteps.wordpress.com/ and https://doarnicol.wordpress.com/ ,
as well as on instagram @nicoles.steps, @starrystepsdesigns & @norisor_the.cat

– Last Updated on September 27, 2025 –