Hello hello!
Yesterday I went into the bathroom as regular Lotta and came out a while later as some kind of Rita Hayworth-y type movie star from the 50's.
David was going to help me take photos of my new Tangled Triangle Necklaces and I had a clear picture in my head of what I wanted it to look like. One of the things I love with this necklace is how it's both asymmetric and sort of fancy looking. I wanted to make that clash the focus in these photos. Glamorous events meets abstract sculptures meets wild and uncontrolled parties. Bring on the make up, the red lips, the black velvet and the wavey hair. The photos were to show just enough of me to create a feeling for the photo but mostly focus on the jewelry pieces in all their glory.
I really like how these turned out and I hope you like them too.

You can arrange the necklace differently by attaching the chain anywhere you want to on the necklace piece.

All of these necklaces and a few more will be listed in my etsy shop over the days. The first one is already there if you want to look closer at it.

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...

Hej hej!

So I'm back with the promised Entire Day iPhone post.
I love to take photos with both my Nikon and my iPhone and the biggest difference (besides photo quality and options) is how I edit them afterwards. All photos taken with my Nikon is edited in Adobe Lightroom but my Iphone photos never leave my phone for editing. I'm using the app VSCOCam for all my photos because I think it's the best photo app there is. I actually take my photos with VSCOCam too becuase it has the ability to separate exposure and focus, making it possible to have more control of the light and the focus in the pictures. By the way, I'm not sponsored by VSCOCam, I'm just a little bit in love.
After the photo has been taken I edit it in the app. Sometimes I use the great premade filters but I can also change the light, contrast, and play with the tints of the shadows and highlights and so much more if I want to do that. It is a terrific app!

The cold i had a few weeks ago came back with a vengeance during last weekend and yesterday was a particularly bad day so I didn't have much energy and I slept a lot in between our little adventures. But here is my day anyway!

Woke up around 8 in the morning because I couldnt breathe through my nose. Lay in bed looking at the light coming through the shade. I love the light in this room in the mornings. It makes such a lazy and cozy feeling.

We decided to go in to Simrishamn for breakfast. This is how I looked. Tired and under the weather but quite happy anyway.

Simrishamn in morning light. Love to see the market people getting everything ready for the day.

We always go to a place called Café Kagan, they have a great breakfast buffet!

Breakfast! That bread is to die for.

When we came home I ended up infront of the jigsaw puzzle again.

It actually went quite well this time.

But after a while I fell asleep in the sofa for two hours. I was so tired!

Afternoon snacks! Persimon and plum. And a large cup of tea.
Sat infront of the computer for a while editing the photos that I blogged yesterday.

Time for some fresh air! I decided to leave my Nikon at home and took the analog camera we bought on a fleamarket this summer. And my iPhone, of course!

We went to Vik! This is the fishing village where I spent every summer as a child and up until three years ago. Love this place so much. The house prices there are insane and my family used to rent a house there for a couple of weeks every summer before they got the house we're in now.
David and I try to squeeze in a little trip to Vik everytime we are here becuase it's just so beautiful.

The cliffs have perfect natural steps making it easy to get in and out of the water. If you know where to find them...

The Rose! A famous rock formation that people come from afar to see. Isn't it amazing!?!

It always interests me how some things end up on cliffs and beaches. This large rusty circle thing for an example. Looks kind of nice there anyway.

When we came home we made a very tasty fish soup with canned cocktail tomatoes, celery, potatoes, carrots, three different types of onions, lots of garlic, salmon and cod and a dollop of aioli on top. I just improvised the recipe and it turned out amazing!

You can see for yourself how excited I was.

David was not too keen on being photographed while eating. But I don't care, because I'm mean like that.

After dinner I edited the last bunch of photos and blogged. With the super speedy internet connection here it took a couple of hours. So now you know how much work goes into these posts!

Today has been a slow day. I've been writing a bit, we went on a walk over the hills but otherwise not much happening. Kind of nice, actually. We're going to a restaurant in the evening though so that should be fun.
Hope your weekend will be everything you want it to be.

Tjingeling!
/Lotta