Showing posts with label handmade. Show all posts
Showing posts with label handmade. Show all posts

Friday, 1 February 2013

beautiful bags and pretty purses from Etsy

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Found a whole bunch of pretty purses, clutches and whatnot to carry around necessities in at Etsy. One can never get enough of those, or can you?

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Wednesday, 16 January 2013

ten things for 2013


I don’t do New Year’s resolutions, but of course there are things I would like to accomplish this new year of 2013, and other things I am particularly looking forward to. So without further ado I would like to present a selection of that, in no particular order.

1. I plan to sort out the hopeless wardrobe situation in our small flat, where I literally have clothes in every room except the kitchen. This neat organisation is very inspirational, and seems perfectly possible to accomplish, with some help.


2. I so wanna watch this movie as soon as possible, it opened here in Sweden on Friday and got raving reviews. I don’t really think movies are better in the cinema, but this one I wanna see on the big screen, sooner rather than later.


3. Shamefully I still haven’t read the first book Wildwood, but I shall, SOON, as I have now also got the equally beautiful sequel as seen above just waiting to be read.


4. I bought a perfect piece of fabric the other week, and I think it’s just enough to make a simple 1940’s summer dress. If only I could sew ... But I have some plans on how to make this happen anyway!


5. I definitely want to eat more Korean food, and plan to get a good cook book and some basic supplies and just get started! I love kimchi so much, and after having tasted Korean soy sauce I don’t want to have anything else with my tofu.


6. Very much looking forward to the release of Swedish Hasbeens new collection, even though I don’t buy that much because of the prices, I still love looking at them and dreaming of owning them.


7. This summer I would really like to rent a little cottage in the countryside, or preferably close to the sea, even if just for a short week. Sometime in the future the dream is to have our own place like this, but meanwhile renting would be just as nice just to get out of the city a bit more.


8. I have just watched the first 4 episodes of the absolutely AMAZING French tv series Les Revenants, and I can’t wait to see the rest of the first season, and just hope there will be many, many more to come in the future. This is one of the best things I have seen; beautiful and haunting and scary and heart breaking and interesting and disturbing and addictive and with a perfect soundtrack by Mogwai. Don’t miss it!


9. I have decided to attempt to make a tiny quilt, just to try it out, and because I had such lovely small pieces of different fabrics just lying around. Not at all sure how I am gonna do it, but will try it none the less, and won’t expect any miracles. If I just manage to pull it off at all I will be content, no matter how it looks!


10. I have also watched the first 8 episodes of The Walking Dead, season 3, and it is still awesome! It picks up again in February, and there are so many things going on I am kind of glad there’s a break now, it almost got too intense.

All in all I am pretty sure 2013 is gonna be a great year!

Thursday, 10 January 2013

Karin Holmberg’s amazing embroideries


And I’m back! Didn’t really mean to stay silent this long, but sometimes breaks are needed for all sorts of reasons. I hope everyone’s holidays were wonderful! I had a great time with family and friends, with lots of rest and good food and movies, among other things.

I wanted to start this year with some lovely book covers, very much inspired by Jillian Tamaki’s covers for Penguin Classics of course, but this time made in Sweden by the very talented Karin Holmberg. I think they are simply brilliant, and if you happen to understand Swedish there’s a nice little film where Karin talks about how the covers were made.




Tuesday, 11 December 2012

Etsy inspiration: lamp shades

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Am still on the look out for a few new lamp shades to replace old ones, and found these nice samples on Etsy. Apart from the first one they are all rather colourful and boldly printed though, and would probably look best in a less eclectic interior than our home. But I like them just the same!

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Friday, 9 November 2012

Knit Knit’s cute embroidered accessories from Etsy

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The Etsy shop Knit Knit is run by Brooklyn based knitter and crafter Nguyen Le, and I really love these adorable embroidered animals as necklaces and brooches. I wish I had the energy and patience to take up crafting for real (but as a hobby, not as a job), whenever I do take the time to make some simple things I really like doing it. Well, maybe in the future, some day, when I’m retired or something ...

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Thursday, 15 March 2012

Robin’s Egg Blues

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A Robin’s Egg blue themed post with Etsy inspiration for you. Very pretty ceramic bowls from Hope Johnson.

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 Pretty lace earrings from Vintage Girl at Heart Decor.

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Adorable vintage dress from Savanteer.

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 Beautiful chrysantemum pendant from My Cellar Door.

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 Ceramic pendant also from Hope Johnson.

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Supercute 60’s vintage dress from Vera Vague. This store has so many fantastic things, you have to check it out!

Wednesday, 25 May 2011

edible typography


There are so many things you can do with typography, and I just got inspired to try something as awesome as this one day. They are made by a rather brilliant artist called Anna Garforth and you can find more of her breathtaking work right here.












I need I need I need to learn paper cutting. Who will teach me? And who will make the paper cutting tattoo I will get some day in the future?

All pictures belong to Anna Garforth.