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!

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!

Concrete

Hello again :) Pause over? Play pressed? Maybe, and maybe not. Anyways, I just really wanted to show you a recent project of ours. As well as save it for myself. A concrete top for our tv bench. I love the way it turned out so great! :)

More of this definitely coming up in the future! I've been browsing google image search for a while [read: hours] and now I'm bursting with new inspiration!

the wedding gift

Guess who saved the present? (The shop assistant was clearly a fill-in during vacation times and the gift wrapping looked just like it...) I salvaged the beautiful paper and the string, re-wrapped it (in a correct manner), then added another string (pink lace-like one) and the white wooden heart on which I wrote the couple's intials and our names on the back. Turned out perfect, despite it all... :)

I made a cake stand!

As I posted earlier, today is my amazing mother's birthday! This is what J and I made for her, a customized cake stand. My mum is a collector of vintage Swedish crockery. The cake stand is made of such. :) I still haven't decided what cup to use at the top, I guess I'll just leave that choice to mum. Which one would you choose? (Not that they're all that different, the one to the right has a blue line which connects to the rest of the piece. The left is of more similar in shape.)

Inspiration: crème de la crème via Ellas Inspiration.

I made this one in mum-colours but I will make one or two for myself, for sure. Turquoise, pink, blue, gold, silver, flowers, retro + awesome = what I set out for.

Note to self: Send out invitations

So now I have two beautiful invitations to decorate my fridge :) The other is to a friend's wedding! Superfun!

My most recent note to self is: Send out pretty invitations to big and small occasions. Usually I go for sending out text messages (quick and for free) or create an event on facebook. But seriously, paper invitation vs. text message/facebook? Are they even on the same spectrum?

Sister's Graduation Party!

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

A Birthday Present

These really are birthday times! My sis-in-law's birthday was this past Thurday, exactly one week after my birthday. This is the present that we gave her on the Friday on her party. Inside is a pink (no kidding) tea towel from Bruka Design and a zinc cake plate. I should have taken som photos but well... the day was stressful to the limit already. I'll see what I can do about pictures.

Picture: Me, click to enlarge slightly.

And for once, I actually enjoy wrapping presents. I bought nice gift wrapping pappers and strings that make it so much more fun!

My result

I figured sooner rather than later, and so here it is :)

Gift Wrapping Papers

Here are four gift wrapping papers that I bought from Swedish shop Lagerhaus today, in preparation for a combined birthday and graduation party. I'll post the result of my gift wrapping later tonight or tomorrow.

Cute stuff for all of you who though gerbera was a flower

How cute are these? "Beautiful ceramics designed in Provence/France and produced by hand in Portugal." Um, yes please! :)

Pitures from Gerbera in collage by me.

Can I have anyone of those, please?

Beautiful bookbinding by Zoopress Studio.

I'd really like to have one of these.

Check out Klara Eriksson's blog, there's loads of nice stuff there!