That present

So here's what I gave to 2-month-old Alicia, daughter of a fav couple of mine and J's. I designed and made it myself (pretty basic stuff) and I'm really happy with the outcome! So glad I went to have it done at a proper print shop! I'm starting to think graphic design really is for me :) Imagine working with something one really loves and maybe even turn it into a business... :)

text says: most beautiful

names

birth info

loved♥

the sneak peek

Now it's just the other fun part left, wrapping! :) Wish me luuuck!

bathroom adjustments

Ha, lots of baby posts now. Getting ready is all! :) Here's how we managed to fit a changing table in our tiny bathroom. The window recess was deep but not deep enough to fit a babycare pad on so J built a kind of fitted shelf to put in front of the window and voila! :) With it comes a lot of well-needed storage space!

i'm going to do this

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Heaps of pretty postcards, cutouts, photos and what not! Love it! Perfect for any white doorway with white walls around = just about any doorway in our apartment :) And oh-so-easy! Note to self: do this!

for the kitchen table

I'm so definitely doing this! But I want my kitchen table pendant to be a light, soft, matte grey colour :) Well done IKEA!

such a productive day yesterday

My last endeavour yesterday was to save some frozen strawberries from last summer. Strawberry jam. Let me put it this way: Had I known it was this simple to make my own jam... well, then I would never have bought a single jar, ever. So much better + without the weird additives. And I love the jars! The two in the first picture are new additions to my collection and from my local grocery store. The others are old jars that I bought with jam and that are now filled with something much better :) Beautiful recycling.

Can't WAIT! :)

I ordered this book today and I just can't wait for it to arrive! Now I know what to spend this summer doing! :) It's a cookbook about edible goodies that are perfect as gifts. And I would expect amazing pictures and wrapping ideas, based on how absolutely gorgeous the writer's original blog is :) Linnéas Skafferi - the place to be. (Translates "Linnéa's Pantry")

Cut-out from image by Linnéas Skafferi ©

For all my list-making needs

A board painted with magnetic paint and chalkboard paint. And then maybe a nice frame around. White of course. Just perfect and precisely what I need! :) Oh, and: note to self!

via

Btw, I wouldn't mind the Kitchen Aid either... :)

Some more S'more

Did you ever try a s'more? One of my fabulous friends who's american made me my first one and... yeah, "can I have some more?" :) This s'mores kit is just lovely! Plus they should be quite easy to make yourself.

Picture is from Twig & Thistle.

Wooden Type Letters

Pictures are from ebay [link]

How gorgeous are these?? :) Makes me want to make myself something like this.

Coffee Stencils

Pictures from Coffeestencil in collage by me.

Such a fun idea and no, I would not use them for coffee but for hot chocolate. Only. I kinda wish that I could learn to appreciate coffee because I really like the idea. But then I try and... I just don't like the taste. At all. So I think they should make a stencil that says Hot Chocolate. And then, I think... is it really all that hard to make one myself? It says on the webshop that all stencils are handmade. I'll have to think about this one and hopefully I'll get back (soonish) with my own creation. However, do check out all of the fun stencils @ www.coffeestencil.com.

Gamla Linköping

(Old part of the town Linköping, Sweden)

This page is fun! You can make images look really really old in an instant.

Coffee Sack Notice Board

Note to self: Make one of these :)

Maybe with something that's magnetic inside? Probably.

Click here for full post on original website Maya*Made, and also while you're there, check out the rest of her amazing blog.

Like... wow.

This is perfection. Images like these should be allowed to speak for themselves.

Click here for full post and instructions (how do you instruct people on how to do this? Isn't it more about having the stuff or not having the stuff?) on Design*Sponge.

Give us a kiss!

Such a fun idea to make something ordinary a little bit extraordinary! I'll be off to a shop to get me some clips to work with as soon as I have time... Imagine, it would be such a cute detail on a birthday card, or any card for that matter. A definite Note to self!

Click here for full post and instructions on Design*Sponge.

Lovely candles

Tin candles, tea cup candles... diy and improvise. Fun! Note to self: Make personalized candles. Perfect for a cozy home or as presents. Or for travelling (the tin one). This is precisely my cup of... candle?

Click here & here for full post and instructions on Design*Sponge.

DIY jar lights

Genie in a bottle... Lamp in a jar... same same different. This is, however, the masterstroke of a genius. Really nice! It is a lamp made out of old jars. Here, specific "mason jars" but I should think the kind of jars matters less. Presumably. Except for the aesthetical point of view, of course. Another DIY project.

Click here for full post and instructions on Design*Sponge.

<3 on wall

This is an idea that I will copy as soon as I have pictures (and a wall...).

I love how it is all symmetrical, the pictures on the wall, the bedside lamps, the books... Maybe because I haven't really had it like that, yet. But it is coming! Maybe I would frame it nicely? A frame like this brown one right here, around the picture. It could look like this:

Note to self: Take loads of nice, artistic, beautiful, romantic photos... yay!

Recycled Cake Stands

I see now that I am almost doing a Do It Yourself series, based on my favourites from Design*Sponge. I can not stay off of that website for one day, I just love it! Here, however, is a new diy design, once again for putting cakes on. This is simply old candle holders and nice platters.

Click here for full post and instructions on Design*Sponge.

Twig Platter

I absolutely love this diy cake platter! Such a cool idea and I would love to have something similar in my own kitchen! All I need to find is the time to actually do it myself. Note to self: Find more time to do it yourself!

Click here for full post and instructions on Desing*Sponge.