lørdag 11. juli 2009

A Little of This And A Little of That

I feel like days just arent long enough, and that weeks fly by without me noticing. It is crazy at work these days, and I have been so busy! It's been raining the past week, which makes summer kind of feeling a bit like autumn allready, so I sure hope it's gonna dry up soon. We needed the wet, but not for this long... Hopefully the sun will peep out again soon-ish.

I spent this saturday waking up gently and went out to get breakfast. Had a great breakfast with my best friend Ole and then I decided to do some housework, so I washed the bathroom, and the bedroom! It felt great getting it all clean :) so of course I had to take my camera out for a shoot.

I love my bedroom, it is painted in a calm, light ocean green blue. Ha ha... Not quite duck-egg, it is too green for that. But maybe some kind of egg blue. Everything else is white. I have sheepskins on both sides of the bed, and one wall with amazing shimmering wallpaper. It reflects the light in amazing ways.For some reason the colour just never turns out right in photos though. The bed and bedside tables were bought by my mum at a thrift shop. It was a dark dark brown, and we painted it white. It took forever, but man was it worth it. There is a distinct theme in my bedroom, dragonflies & seashells. Why? Well I love dragonflies and you can find dragonfly detail all around my house. But it was decided by the artwork I bought online. It had seashells and dragonflies on them, and I fell in love. I didnt paint the frames, because I thought the dark brown broke the white and blue perfectly. So does the old suitcases on top of my wardrobes. I couldnt afford new ones, so I panted the two old ones that were left in the house when I took over. The outcome, I think, is brilliant. And it suits my style to a tee! This is my side of the bed. That dragonfly was a gift from Ole, by best friend. He found it one day at his job and I framed it. The rock and the shells are from Bournemouth Beach in England, where my sister studies. That was alittle tour of my bedroom. I feel so lucky to wake up there every day. It's like it's always smiling at me, like a little piece of heaven! I used to think it didnt really matter what a bedroom looked like, now I know I was wrong... It makes you start your day with a smile! And by the way, this is the view from my bedroom window. My bathroom isnt the best, it is still "in the making" so to say. I am not doing much to it, but I am building some more shelving and some more surfaces. So seeing as that is still in the production state of matter, I am not prepared to show you the mess! Ha ha... But while I am waiting for some more shelves, I decided to do something about all the things that lie around every day. I had this old spice drawer in plastic. From sometime in the 50's :) I love it, but couldnt fit it into my kitchen. So I have been playing with the idea of using it in the bathroom for all the little tibbits. Finally I did. I lined the seethrough fronts with scrapbook paper so that it looked alittle tider. Not too happy with the colour choice, but its all I had at the moment. Last I just want to show off my bell-jar again. I love this thing, and I keep chaing the setting underneath. Right now it's alittle fogged up and I like the "forgotten laboratory" look. The moss had to go unfortunatly, it was moulding. Ha ha... There we are... a few tibbits from me. Tomorrow I will have to wash down the livingrooms and kitchen as well... so I better get to bed, and sleep in fresh bedsheets. Isnt that just the best?!??

lørdag 27. juni 2009

What I won!

I still cant believe that I won the contest at Siv's Hus, and a few days ago this beautiful birdcage came in the mail! I love it!!! I couldn't wait to do something with it, and ended up decorating it with wildflowers and old bottles. It now brightens up my livingroom :)Thank you SO much Siv!!!! It's fantastic!!!

Summer has really arrived now, and it is hot hot hot. At work it is nearly impossibly hot, but thank goodness for weekends. I have 2 birthday parties this saturday, so I am sure I will overdose on cake! Ha ha....

Later I have big plans to take a nice, long swim in the river. Maybe even search for some lost treasure :) I have waited all winter for this!The cats think its alittle too hot as well, and I find them sprawled on the floor quite often, nearly panting. But all in all I do belive they are enjoying summer too...
Right, I shall be back soon with more tibits from my life. I know I havent been around much, but I hope that will change. The past couple of weeks have just been alittle crazy!!!
Untill then, have a great weekend!

fredag 12. juni 2009

Finally home

After a great trip trough part of Europe to pick up my sister in Bornemouth, England, by car... I am finally home. We arrived back on monday, but due to different reasons I haven't really been up to go online to blog. However, I am back now... I will certainly show some pics from our trip, but not today...

Hexa & Huldra was over the moon when I came home, allthough Hexa was in a bit of a huff right away... Refusing to be cuddely... How DARE I stay away for a week... and when Ole came over after work (he was the one that took care of my cats when I was away) she jumped right up on his lap and sat there staring at me with "I'm-gonna-cuddle-with-Ole-instead-of-you" eyes... Ha ha... of course she caved in after a while!

I also found a winderful comment on my blog letting me know I WON the contest at Siv's Hus, so a birdcage is comming my way! I cant belive I won! Once it arrives I will have a mad photo session!!! :) :) :)

It is cold here, and rainy. I am actually having the fire going, in JUNE!!! Sigh... Where did the summer heat go?!??? I sure hope it picks up... I dont mind the rain, but the cold isn't too much fun... THAT can wait untill autumn...
Before I went to England I made some jewelry. It's been a while, but this idea had been surfing in my head for some while, and it just forced its way through, finally.If you click on the underneath picture you can check out what I used... Aparently its too small to read when it is on here....I am really liking it, and I am allready conjuring up more ideas to try out... Just need to get my hand on some more pearls ect ect... And if anyone has old, used out, fake jewelry they dont need? Send it my way, I will recycle them... Hopefully one day I will have made a few I can sell...

I've gotten my hands on some of the prettiest pelargonias I know... "Apple Blossom"... White and pink filled flowers! ah! Lovely to look at!
Lewisia in a zinc tub... I love these fragile flowers in intense colours... And finally a picture of Ole's new baby filly. He's gotten two of his own this year. Here is Jahrs Independent Diva, with her mother Sandra. They are Welsh Mountain ponies. Diva is a hearbreaker... she's cheeky and fun, and loves to cuddle! She has the cutest neighing, and a mind of her own. Hence the name... She's allready done very well for herself in a show. Won Best Foal, and her mother won Best in Show. Congrats to Ole!!!! Isn't she too adorable?And she wasnt easy to photograph either, because she kept on comming too close, and demanded cuddles! I will try and take some more pictures of the horses in my life... I tried to photograph "Barbie's" filly foal, but they didnt turn out very well... so I'll have to try that again soon...

Well untill next time.... chio!