Hello dear friends and readers!
It's been a while since I've been this productive in my jewelry making. I think it's because spring is FINALLY here and I get so inspired, and all I want to do is catch bright light and colour combinations and turn them into pretty things. So that's what I've been doing.
And I've been watching the whole first season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer at the same time. I have to confess; I've had a serious gap in my nerddom. It feels like everybody (including myself) has been horrified to hear that I've never really watched Buffy and since I am a proud member of Geek Women Unite on facebook I actually have been feeling really bad about this lack of pop culture knowledge.
Time for that to change!
It turns out that Buffy is the perfect companion to jewelry making and tea drinking so that's what I've been doing lately.
Today I added five new items to my etsy shop. What do you think? Aren't they the perfect accessories for spring!

Hey everybody!
As you probably know I really love to buy old photos and postcards and I found some lovely ones in USA when we were there.
Here's three photographs I found in two different vintage/antique shops.
I'm so curious about these people. I wonder who they were and what kind of things they loved, hated, dreamt of.

This couple is very intersting to me. At first I thought it was two boys but I'm not so sure anymore. They look sort of scared and like they don't know what's happening. They probably weren't too used to having their photo taken but it seems to be something more, don't you think?
I don't think they are related because their faces look so different. Maybe they are friends, but the way they link their arms is so unpersonal and stiff it feels like they've been told to stand like that.
I can't stop looking at them. I wish there was a way to know more but on the other hand that's what makes it such a lovely mystery.
They will be living with me now and I'll make up a story for them, little by little until I have their whole life stories clear in my mind.

Look at this beautiful woman! She's so graceful and pretty. She looks a bit asian, don't you think? I love how she's posing with one hand behind her back, looking so serious. Her face is almost doll like.
I think it's interesting that she's wearing glasses as well. I just realised I don't think I've seen many photos of women with glasses from this time period. By the look of the house I'm guessing she was fairly rich and that might explain the glasses.
She makes me want to write a book based only of this photo.

And the last photo. Such a serious couple. On the back of this photo it says GRANGER AND YOUNG Photographers, 84 Owego street, Ithaca, N.Y.
The dress the woman's wearing looks so heavy! And the man looks really angry and like he's about to say something. His lips are slightly parted and he seems to be looking away, unlike the woman who's looking straight into the camera. See how she's pressing her teeth together. So focused and stiff!
The more I look at them I feel like the woman was a really sweet person but I'm not so sure about the man. Maybe he's just confused about something, haha.

The golden light is filling my apartment right now. Soon the light will be so bright I won't be able to see the computer screen unless I turn the blinds.
I have been cleaning and decluttering these last two days. It must be the spring, making me want to clean so badly. It's still a lot to do because it was so long overdue.
It feels really nice to be able to see the rooms again and not just the clutter.
I long for tulips on the kitchen table, open balcony doors (we have two) and the smells and sounds of spring time.
It won't be long now.

Two of me in my two favourite vintage coats.
I bought the first one a year ago in a thrift store for almost no money at all. The old lady working there told me it was handmade by a tailor. I don't know what decade it might be from (anybody who knows?) but it's amazingly well done and it's so beautiful I just can't seem to stop smiling when I'm wearing it (or staring at it when I'm not wearing it).
The second coat is another gorgeous second hand find. It's so fancy and I love the colours and the collar and you should see the back! Yes, I might have to show you that some day, it's that pretty.

Two glimpses of my home.
The first one is of the living room and my favourite corner. The paintings are made by my grandfather. I love his work so much and think these two ships looks so nice there. And I like how the model ship made by my uncle casts its shadow over the sideboard, like it knows they belong together.

The second glimpse is of my messy desk. Kind of how it always looks. Lots of stuff cluttering the edges of the desk space while I'm working on editing photos of jewelry to be listed in the etsy shop and then, of course, the mandatory large tea cup never leaving my side.

Two Semlor.
A semla is a swedish traditional sweet roll. It's stuffed with almond paste and then under the little hat lots of whipped cream. We eat it every year at this time until easter. It's really tasty and every year swedish cities have competitions deciding where they make the best semla and then everybody goes there and stand in line to eat the best semla the city has to offer. It's all very cute.
The first picture is a miniature semla that I got at work a couple of weeks ago and the second semla is normal size. Semlor can be eaten as the are or in hot milk. Either way is delicious.

Sometimes I find photos in my computer that I've chosen to edit but for some reason haven't put here on the blog. Most times they are just left behind and forgotten but some of them wants to be blogged, and who am I to say no then?
So here are twenty random, pretty, weird, funny and even scary photos from the last four months that were too good to end up unblogged and forgotten.

It was autumn but the moss was green like summer.

Mushrooms were found.

Mushrooms are weird and beautiful.

The bark on the trees looked like landscapes from outer space.

When the trees were fiery orange we started to film a movie at the cemetery.

Hanna could fit in any scary movie. Olle is yet unaware of the evil sitting beside him.

Winter landed on the roofs of Gothenburg.

The city was cold and bright.

One december day I was treated to brunch at Hagabadet with Becka.

I don't think you understand how full I was when we left.

The sunset view from our balcony was nothing short of amazing.

And the one from my job was quite perfect too.

Snuggling feet one lazy sunday morning.

A piece of jewelry in the making.

Meeting with Hanna in her kitchen. We are planning great things together.

Coffee and ideas.

One evening I met up with Becka at a restaurant.

It was a weekday and we were both tired and in some serious need of talking, sipping wine and eating nice food.

Cozy bar lights.

I'll end this post with one hell of a scary photo of Hanna from the first evening of our week of filming at Österlen. Film directors of scary movies: Look! You have your next star!

End of random photo post. For this time.