Summer Holiday

I´m busy at the studio with the last deadlines before our holiday next week. And after 2 weeks of wonderful weather I´m more than ready to kick back and enjoy the summer here in Denmark. I´m leaving you with these interiors from some Swedish summerhouses from Skona Hem and I wish you all a wonderful summer - I´ll be back in August.

Wedding planner

Now that my bachelorette party is over - I´m really looking forward to our big wedding party in August (we got married at Christmas). The party will be held at a restaurant inside the local amusement park - and above you can see my moodboards - and our wedding invitation, which I designed to look like a ticket for the amusement park.

I would have loved a letterpress invitation but it´s hard to find a letterpress in Denmark - so instead I printed it on some lovely thick paper on my inkjet printer - and handpunched the top and bottom circles and created a dotted "tear of effect" with a stich marker/paper perforator. The envelopes were handwritten by me - and stamped at the back with a custom made stamp with our names. Easy - simple and very inexpensive compared to a letterpress invitation.

The top and bottom picture is from the restaurant.

happy happy

This is what our studio looked like this saturday at lunch. My friends had organized a super Bachelorette-party for me - before our weddingparty in August. It was such a treat to spend the whole day and night with 14 of my wonderful girlfriends. On the picture I´m holding my new gymnastic ribbon which was a gift :) - I can´t tell you anymore or show more photos - because the rest is top secret - and my brain is completely blank today anyway. Tak tøser!

Typenuts

I recently got an Iphone - which I heart a lot - so I was happy to find these free type-themed & type-inspired iPhone & desktop wallpapers at Typenuts. via Swissmiss

What applications do you use or recommend for Iphone?

I like

I really really like this new sofa by Moroso, this still life from the lastest issue of Boligliv - and the black lamp by Spanish designer Helena Rohner which is on my wishlist.

Clever

I wish I had seen this beautifull poster by Jason Munn before I designed our wedding invitation - it´s graphic design at it´s best - clever, simple and strong! You can get it as a poster at The Small Stakes poster shop - and make sure to see all the other great posters there.

Little Super Heroes

I just had to share these little super heroes from the lastest issue of Small Magazine. I love the styling and how a few accessories turn these outfits into something special.

I´m also posting them as a reminder to myself that I have to get started soon on my book about Super Sofie.

Summertime

This illustration by Spanish Illustrator/Graphic Designer Blanca Gomez has such great and tactile fell of summertime about it. You can download it as a background image at Kindred or buy a limited edition print in her Etsy shop here. And I almost can´t wait to try my hands on a similar projects this summerholiday.

french eye candy

Let´s start the week with some French eye candy by artist and visionary Carolyn Quartermaine from Vogue Living. I love her mix of flouro colours and lots of white.

invitation with cars

Just made this illustration for an invitation - and plan to make it into a repeat pattern also - maybe with more types of vechicles. We got our sample from Spoonflower - it´s Ok but not great and I wish I knew about other places that print small runs on fabric - do you know any? - then please share.

Adopt an Owl

I´ve just added a White Owl and a Flower Owl to my shop so they are now ready for adoption. And they now come with a brand new logo designed by me - and a small description of their personaleties.

Pillows for my nieces

This weekend we celebrated the christening of my sister´s babygirl Anna. My present was a pillow from Tulipaner & Tomater with Anna´s name on it - and with a piece of fabric from one of Nanna´s old dresses incorporated (the graphic flowers off course). The other pillow on the photo is for her sister (for her birthday). I ordered two matching pillows since the girls will probably end up sharing a room one day. You can see them both here.

And since "I had hired a pro" to do the sewing - I had time to create a little collage owl to match the pillow - so please notice how some fabric from the pillow is repeated on the owl´s wings - clever right!?

I´m glad my sister had reminded me that she would like an owl for the nursery - because I tend to forget that they actually make a great present - and instead I run out and buy some soft baby stuff. Anyway more owls are on their way to my shop soon.

Flower cards

I´ve been working with these wonderful photographs of flowers for a client, and everytime they pop-up on my screen I get so happy! If you like these motives too - you should keep an eye on your local "Søstrene Grene" shop - where you can buy greeting cards with these flowers and many more -real soon.

Copyright by Photographer Hanne Stoyer.

Summerhouse tour

I´ve noticed that I often refer to our weekends in our summerhouse - but forget to explain why I love this spot so much. So here are a few pics from this weekend - just to give you an idea why our little spot is so great.

Fishing for shrimps at the beach, relaxed lunch with lots of fresh fish and new potatoes, surrounded by green, and visits from our family and all their children.

Summerhouse_evening walk

and here´s some more reason why I love our summerhouse.

evening walks, sunsets and wild flowers.

House & studio tour

You can catch a small house & studio tour at Made by Girl with my studio-mate Line Juhl Hansen. - with photos of her cosy apartment and our lovely shared studio.

We had a visit from a photographer and journalist in our homes and studio some time ago - and our spaces will be shown in the Danish magazine Boligliv - we just don´t know when and can´t show you those pictures yet - but let us know if you wish to publish them in a magazine outside Denmark.

Ebon Heath

A friend who went to Typo Berlin this year - introduced me to Ebon Heath´s amazing visual poetry. He has created an art series entitled “Stereo.type” with big laser cut typographic mobiles that take visual poetry to a new level. For more information see this recent interview with him on Yatzer . Wauh!

gademode_street fashion

I heart this picture of two ladies in Copenhagen sooo much - and just thought it would be fun to make a little Get the Look via Polyvore - to honour the 2 stylish ladies. I really wish that I will end up on a bench in the sun with my best friend when I get old - and that we will look as colourfull and fun as they do.
Make sure to click the image for a bigger view.

Seen here

l´affiche moderne

I get so happy when I see clever illustrations for children and the young at heart! - like these above from the French company L´affiche Moderne by illustrator Sigrid Martinez and Marion Billet.

And I´m also happy to welcome new Norwegian readers on my blog - after my blog got mentioned in the Norwegian magazine ROM123 (while I was off-line this weekend in our summerhouse).
I´m half Norwegian and have spent many summer and winter holidays in Norway as a child - so "Hei Norge!"

And if one of my Norwegian readers wish to make a magazine swap with this issue of Rom123 and a Danish magazine - please let me know.

repeat pattern

I made the logo above for a client/crafter with a cute shop named Tulipaner & Tomater, Tulips & tomates. And today I turned the logo into a repeat pattern while I kept saying to myself "the guides and grids are my friends." phew! The design is now uploaded to Spoonflower - and I´m sooo excited to see the pattern printed on fabric - and turned into little projects like the pillow below made for my daughter by Tulipaner & Tomater.

spring ideas

I have saved these images from a house tour on Designsponge by interior designer Jessica Helgersen for some time now - both because I love the interior - but also as a reminder to pick some fresh green branches to use inside the house. Maybe this inspires you too.

open studio

We have spent most of the day getting ready for our Open House this sunday - here are a few glimpses of our studio and work for those of you who can´t come by.

Have a great weekend.

apple blossoms

The appletrees are in full bloom outside the studio now - and we hope the flowers will last untill this sunday - where we have our little hanami event. The studio will be open from 11- 16 - and everyone is welcome to have a look at the flowering appletrees outside and our work inside.

The picture above is from my small photosession the other day - I plan to make some Hanami inspired prints for sunday - and they will also be added to my shop afterwards.

Birgit Bjerre

My friend is a co-owner of Hatch & Bloom - an idea and design agency here in Århus. This friday they are having a reception in their small art gallery. The artist is Birgit Bjerre - and I´m really curious to see her work IRL - you can see more at Birgit Bjerre´s website here - and at Hatch & Blooms gallery blog.

I spot

Back after a great long weekend with some of the animals we often spot at our summerhouse - all real live animals - photographed by Sharon Montrose. You can find your own favorites in her Etsy shop here. - and her blog and website with limited edition prints here.

free Mother´s Day Cards

Mother´s Day is coming up - and if you feel like sending a sweet note to your mum - you can download my free Mother´s Day cards here. There´s both an English version and a danish version of this new design with the bird.

I´ve also uploaded my old design with flowers from last year - also in an English version and a Danish version. Just print on A4 - fold and cut - and you are all set!

And now that you got the card for free - you can make a donation to Maternity Worldwide. I´ve started my own mother´s day tradition - and every year I donate money and save a mother´s life here. It really beats chocolate and flowers!

Please spread the word about my Free Mother´s Day cards.
Spred gerne budskabet om mine gratis Mors dags kort.

alldressedup

I have very few regrets in my life - but one is definetely that I didn´t buy a lot of clothes from Alldressedup when I discovered the brand in Kuala Lumpur this Christmas - it was even on sale! Well here´s some styles from the Singapore based brand from their summer collection - you can also find some styles at net-a-porter.com

Eksempel fashion

Something pretty to start the week - I love the eye makeup above and these outfits from Eksempel - by danish designer Pernille Winther.

positive wall

I´m signing off for the weekend with this wonderful positive wall - as a reminder to myself that it´s a positive thing that I had to cancel my trip to Amsterdam this weekend due to lots of work and deadlines in my designstudio - at least my bank will be happy. It´s designed by a dutch graphic designer Maartje Kuiper for an Dutch interior exhibition, where VT Wonen covered a wall in positive quotes.

I found it on one of my new favorite blogs, By Nelle, by Nelleke Vermeulen a dutch fashion stylist and artist. Pay her a visit and have a great weekend!

rina menardi

Ever since I came back from Ambiente in Frankfurt some months ago - I´ve been dying to share this Italian master with you, Rina Menardi. Her stand at Ambiente was like a little heaven of colors, shapes and craftmanship - and now that her new website is up and running it´s time to share. Go and see her wonderful collections which are a fusion of art, design and craftsmanship. And off course it´s all on my wishlist!