Hello!
Since the second part of december was a very busy time for me I didn't have the time to edit all the photos I took when David and I went to Österlen for the first week of the month.
It's such a great feeling to be able to spend time in the house and just write, cook tasty food, go for walks, read and just do nothing. This week it was raining every day except the day before we had to go home. It felt weird to not take long walks every day but at the same time it was so nice to just sit inside and drink tea and talk about ideas or just sit quiet and enjoy the stillness. David had been very busy right up until we went to Österlen so he really needed the rest and I sort of saw it as the calm before the storm since I had so much to do when we returned home again.
These are some of the photos I took during our week there. Most of them from our walk the day before we went back home to Gothenburg again.

Reading something intriguing on my phone while trying to keep warm in a house that hadn't been heated for over a month.

It took me three days to turn on my computer and start to write. I had to let the story swirl around in my brain a while before I could try to transform it into words on the screen. Then it was a lot of staring into the computer in frustration between bursts of total writing frenzy. I write a lot when we're at Österlen but I'm having a hard time to get in the writing mood when we're at home. It just isn't the same and it's like I have a different kind of creative flow in our apartment. I don't make any jewelry at Österlen but at home it's so easy to get ideas for new pieces.
I need to come up with something to force my creativity to start wherever I am. Like some kind of triggers. It would be really interesting if I could think of something like that!

And of course we had to have breakfast at Café Kagan in Simrishamn a couple of times during our stay. It's obligatory.

It's been a mild winter so far.

We had to visit our tree. It's four months now since we got married underneath it.

The view was spectacular as always.

It's necessary to stand in complete awe and look out over the hills for a few minutes.

Hello!

Husband being all beautiful.

When we stood under the tree we saw another tree from afar that we had to look closer at so we walked down the hill again.

When we got there the tree was as spooky and beautiful as we thought but what impressed us the most was the sky. Look at those clouds!

Down there is Rörum, the village where my family have the house.

And look! Our tree! It looks so very small and cute from afar.

We found our way down the hill again.

And then we met some sheep!

David made a friend.

This one in particular was very interested in what we were doing there.

And then we got spotted by a cat who came over and climbed up on David's shoulder to cuddle.

Then it wanted to try my shoulders as well.

It wanted to stay there forever!

Haha, look how it twirled it's tail around the bun in my hair!

After a while David had to lift away the cat so we could keep walking. It purred and purred and just didn't want to leave. So cute!

The colours are subtle but not less beautiful.

A new year has started and I feel really hopeful and energetic about it. I have even made a list of New Years Resolutions that I can't wait to get working on. I'm not going to show them to you but I can tell you this much: 2014 is going to be the year of being brave in my creativity. I have a tendency to be very good at coming up with great ideas but I'm too scared to not succeed with them and therefore I just let them stack up in the back of my brain. I want to get my ideas done this year because I know they are good and then I shouldn't be scared of making them a reality!

So let's make 2014 a year of creative bravery, shall we?!

Hej hej!
I'm having a few days of working from home wearing comfy clothes, drinking lots of tea, making jewelry and almost never leaving the couch. I have been dreaming of this the last week or so, just really wanting the calm productiveness that I need to have in my life.
Today David helped me with taking some really cool photos and I hope to be back tomorrow with a big post showing you what I've been up to.
Until then, here's a Two Two Two for you!

Two views from close to my work that made me stop and snap a photo.
The first one was taken one early morning (after a night shift at my job at a group home) when I almost missed my bus because of this photo and the second one just before a work shift in the afternoon when the sun painted Gothenburg in silhouette.

Two photos of a necklace in progress.
The first showing a half finished necklace held over the table filled with tea and stuff that I need to work, and then the second photo is of the almost finished necklace piece.

Two of me wearing the very first of my Tangled Triangle Necklaces.
The first photo was taken the day after I made the necklace and the second one was taken today during the photoshoot I talked about earlier in this post.

I have been editing photos today and I really can't wait to show them to you! But not until tomorrow...
I can tell you this though: it's going to be quite dramatic and Rita Hayworth-y.

Hello hello!
I've got myself a nice addiction. A Flower crown making addiction.
It all started when I made the flower crown for the wedding. I realised that it wouldn't be the end of my crown making days and this week turned out to be proof of that.

I sat down on monday evening with a large cup of tea and lots of fabric flowers and glued away.

And a few hours later I had this in my hands.

Tadaa! Not really suitable for work days but I had a special occasion in the close future in my mind.

The day after though.
That day I made this Frida Kahlo inspired crown. It wasn't really supposed to be this big, it just sort of happened. I have no occasion for this yet. Hm. Might need to plan something...

On thursday it was was my birthday! And the flower crown sat nicely on my head while I peeled apples for an insanely tasty apple pie. Had some friends over in the evening and rocked my flower crown until bed time.

And then yesterday. My birthday present from my parents was a trip to four big fleamarkets to shop away. This is like my dream come true. I found so many great things! Clothes, a teapot and SO MANY FABRIC FLOWERS I CAN MAKE FLOWER CROWNS FOR EVER!
You have NOT seen the end of my flower crown making days yet...

Yesterday I peeled a gazillion apples and the last one I peeled was extra special because I peeled the entire apple in one go.
Here's a little picture series showing the pride and joy of my accomplishment and the complete and utter disappointment when the peel string broke.

Today it's sunday for most people. For me it's more like a monday since I'm off to work soon. Even the weather is grey and monday gloomy. Not that all mondays are rainy, that would just be too sad.