seasonals

Did I ever mention I love strawberries?? Boy, do I! I wonder though, how, when I hulled 4 liters of them, there's only 3 liters left when I'm done? Well, now I just need to figure out what to do with them. Cordial, compote, pie, cake... so many options. Already made jam. Maybe we'll just have them as they are, with milk+cream. So yummy! :)

Ideas? What do you make with strawberries?

Rhubarb+vanilla parfait

And here it is! The second time I've made this parfait ice cream, and it's just the best recipe. I'll make sure to post it for you. It's a recipe I made out of two other ones, so I kinda guess one would say it's mine :) Oh, and don't you just looove the pink colour?? I dooo!

L O V E

Something I threw together in PS... :) Maybe something for our empty white walls. What do you think? Love colours!

.flowers flowers

I have totally forgotten about showing you my new favourite pair of leggings. :) They are flowered :) Love love love 'em! People tell me that they are so me. :) Appreciate it! Haha!

Now: Definitely time for sleep! See yous! ;)

Another absolutely gorgeous picture of lupines

♥, now on my desktop :)

Midsummer's coming up!

And with it all these gorgeous flowers! :) I absolutely love them! Especially the pink ones.

lupine love

I was brought up to believe these flowers are weeds... not to bring into the garden because they spread so easily. Nowadays, I know better. :) They are gorgeous! :) These + more that I got the other day, will be just perfect on our balcony! They are so full of colour and shape!

And I did get on with those dishes and carrot bread! I love an effecient day! ;) (and a lazy one, too. Like today.)

.in my kitchen cabinet

Well, here's the cabinet in my kitchen that I open the most. I love the colour scale! From clear blue to deep + bright turquoise, to cream and white, to clear glass, and, naturally, pink. :) Click to enlarge!

Items are (from top to bottom, left to right):

Vintage tea cups by Finish Arabia | deep turquoise Collection Mugs by Höganäs.

White side plates, Dinera by IKEA + second hand bowls | Mugs M by Cult Design | cream + bright turquoise Club Mugs by Höganäs

White plates, Dinera by IKEA + pink bowl/pitcher by IB Laursen | White bowls, Dinera by IKEA | deep turquoise bowls by Höganäs | clear glasses + pitcher by Eva Solo.

Oh and by the way, I love Höganäs' new spring/summer shade Syren (Lilac)! Will have to get myself a bunch of lilac bowls + a few white ones. Sometime... :) Did you know that the tiles that cover the shells of the Sydney Opera House were made by Swedish Höganäs? :)

Love it all! ♥

ice cream / parfait

Whoa! I'm back (again). Work+nice sunny weather=not so much time for blogging. I've got some things to blog about though! Just got back from a swim with J at one of our favourite spots, this one.

Yesterday (on my day off) I made 4 kinds of parfait. It's really just a double batch but 4 different flavourings. Above is: Strawberry, raspberry (to the top) and blueberry. The fourth kind was simply a mix of the three (not in the picture). Of these three that I have tried, I liked all, I loved the strawberry one. The mixed berry parfait has still to be tested. It's really not so hard and now that I've got the hang of it, I'll be sure to make more. But first - eat the ones that are in the freezer. Carolina, you are most welcome on friday if you can make it! ;)

Oh, and don't you just love my vintage tea cups?? :) I got them from my auntie Barbro and I really really love them! I've got a peak into one of my most frequestly used kitchen cabinets prepared. It kind of represents my style in a good way. :)

Wonderful Carrot Bread

Yesterday I tried out a new bread recipe, carrot bread. Delicious, as it turnes out. I will definitely make this again. The recipe is available in Swedish at Underbara Clara [Wonderful Clara], which is, by the way, a wonderful, wonderful blog!

Picture: Me, click to enlarge!

Kind of looks like saffron but it's only carrot... maybe the camera made the colour slightly stronger. I don't know.

Sister's Graduation Party!

That's what the gorgeous invitation was for! :) Yay! Well done, sis! ♥

Golden

Here's the first thing I saw when I got home from work today. A golden envelope. Must be some kind of invitation to something important... :)

Birthday Flowers

A quick collage to show you the beautiful flowers that I got on my birthday :) They really went well with the other decorations and colours = American 50's/romantic/pink/white.

Click image to enlarge!

My 24th Birthday, Present #02

These are many smaller gifts, all of which are themed pink/white/polka dots. So cute! A tablecloth, a couple of pot holders, a microfibre cloth, a microfibre mitt, paper napkins, a gift box and an interior design magazine :) (I'll be spending a few nights ahead with my new magazine... I love a new magazine!)

S/S10 - The Inspiration 02 (Mood Board #08)

Pictures from we♥it.com in collage by me. Click to enlarge

I want leggings with bright colours and bold patterns for summer 2010! :) Especially with flowers.

Blue Skies

Otherwise, this is today's sky. Clear blue and absolutely cloudless.

Amazing amazing amazing colours! :)

I totally am amazed (in case you missed the title...) at the gorgeousness of this table runner. It really is a funny thing to be amazed by... None the less. Table runner is now on my most wanted list. Not that I really have a piece of furniture to put it on... But that's a small problem, right? :)

Runner is from Danish Green Gate and picture from a Swedish webshop (here).

Apology in advance :)

I'm sorry for skipping spring for a bit, but for a second I craved summer:

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Now I'm back to spring mode again. After all, spring is gorgeous. :) But when summer comes, I, for one, am going to enjoy it to the fullest :)

Love the look #13 Shelley Mulshine

Love. This. Look. Totally. In case you didn't know, denim = summer.

Picture from Shelley Mulshine.

Spring Blossom by DNKY

DKNY Be Delicious Spring Blossom. I really want to try this one. :)