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.

5 years of joy

5 years ago today I became the mother of the most wonderful daughter in the world.

Nanna is a goddess in Norse mythology, the daughter of Nepr and wife of Baldr (Balder). She and Baldr are both Æsir and live together in the hall of Breidablik in Asgard. According to Gylfaginning, when Baldr was unintentionally slain by the blind god Höðr through the treachery of Loki, she was overcome with grief and died. She was placed on the funeral pyre alongside her husband on his ship Hringhorni which was then launched out to sea.

In Sumerian it means " The one that lights up"

Nanna var sumerernes månegud, og Enlils og Ninlils førstefødte søn. Han var gud for vækst og frugtbarhed, og bestemte over kalenderen og årstiderne. Nanna betyder på sumerisk "Den der lyser op".

Proud

Can you tell how proud she was of her first handwritten birthday note -

for her cousins birthday. Just had to share - being a proud mother myself.

It´s a girl!

Ohhh! I had the best news today - and even cried with joy. My older sister who is expecting her third child in January was scanned today and told me they will be having a baby-girl. It will be wonderful to have a baby in the family again and I just had to look at Etsy for baby-stuff - and here are some things that would be perfect for a little Baby-girl right now. Wool Bird, Bunny Onies , Brown fawn, Acorn Babyhat and a Collage Owl by me.

January 09 will be the big baby-boom month - my sister, my half-sister, a friend in Milan and a friend in Århus will all be giving birth in January.

Summer in Denmark

Maybe I should show you a few glimpses from our lovely holiday in our summerhouse here in Denmark. It was the first time we spent a holiday there and we loved it! p.s the black and white house is a restaurant - not our house.

Bambi-drama

I´m a citygirl - but for the last 3 weeks now we have been staying in our summerhouse due to the water leak in our apartment - and 2 nights ago we experienced some full-on-countryside -action! The area around the summerhouse is full of deer - and right now they have little Bambi-fawns. I have always wanted to see a fawn - so when we suddenly saw 2 deers and a tiny fawn outside the house I couldn´t believe my luck - I lifted my daughter up to show her the bambi - a true Kodak-moment! - and then seconds after the deers went nuts and started screaming/barking and tried to attack a huge fox that came out of nowhere and grabbed the fawn, standing between it´s mothers legs - and ran of with it - OMG!!!! - it was like something from National Geographics and the screams from the mother and the other deer was just so heartbreaking! We could hear them calling/barking for hours afterwards and so for the last 2 evenings I´ve been sneaking around the area like some kind of Pochahontas in search of the fawn! I haven´t found it yet - but saw a huge badger while searching - and I think our trip to Copenhagen this weekend will do me good - since Country living is too action packed right now!

To get the experience out of my system I created this collage yesterday - using images from Etsy - I hope the sellers don´t mind and their products are great so have a look here.
Fox by John W Golden, Fawn by Anomaly Jewelry, Victorian deer lady by therunnybunny.

the colour yellow

2 weeks ago we had a big water damage in our apartment - and relocated to our summerhouse right away - due to a foul smell and all the repairs going on. Luckily we rent the apartment and the weather has been perfect for some countryside living. Each day we pass these yellow rapeseed fields - and I believe you can't find a more pure yellow than this - the photos don´t do the colour or the smell justice - nor the sound of the tree cousins playing in the bunk beds.

Happy 40th sister!

It´s my older sisters 40th birthday today. In many ways we are complete opposites - she is a left brained person and has a phd. in molecular biology - and does RNA and DNA research in various projects - and can memorise all phone-numbers, birthdays, postcodes and pincodes. She is also the queen of desserts and cakes - and has left some of my boyfriends wondering if they picked the right sister after they had tasted her cakes... But most of all she is a great sister and a great friend. Tillykke søde Mette.

Oldies but goodies

It´s been a quiet week at my blog - because I can´t find the wire that connects my camera with my computer - guess that´s what happens when you are moving to a new studio. So instead of sharing new stuff I´ll share some old stuff - from before I got my digital camera. I like the stillness and colours in these shots and they match my mood pretty well too - since my dear aunt is hospitalized due to a small blood clot this week - she´s fine now - but things like this put me in a reflective mood. Now I´m looking forward to spend the weekend in our summerhouse in front of the fire with a good cup of tea - have a nice weekend everyone.

2 x princess

Just had to share these darlings with you - Fastelavn/Carneval was 2 weeks ago and unlike last year, this year nothing could stop Nanna from dressing up as a princess - off course... Here she is with cousin Olivia, and a cheeky birthday boy in the background...

I´m always a little paranoid about posting pictures of my daugther - but since friends and family are regular readers here too - I have chosen to do it anyway. What´s your opinion? What would you do?

DIY - Typecase

I´m still here and here´s the result of my lastest DIY-project - a modern take on a typecase - a tray or box for storing printer's type. In this case it´s for storing my 6-year-old nephew´s collection of cars and Lego-men and it´s inspired by these made with vintage wallpaper. I don´t have a huge collection of vintage wallpaper so instead I used a mix of wallpaper, wrapping paper, magazine clippings and some of my own prints - and I had a lot of fun putting it together. I´m making 4 typecases all in all - the next 2 are for girls and I´ll post some pictures later. It´s a fun and simple project to do - and all you need is a little patience, a typecase, some paper and Decoupage glue.

Last Day of Summer?

I think yesterday was the last summerday here in DK - but it was a good one - I even got a sunburn!

2 x 3 years old

Happiness is having a cousin at the same age - and this weekend Nanna´s cousin Olivia turned 3 years old. So here they are showing of their age, their summerdresses and their new bike and scooter. Just had to share them with you :)

Norvegian Mini Break

My grandmother on my fathers side is the only grandparent I have left - and she will be 90 years old on Friday. So we are flying to Norway tomorrow to celebrate her. I haven´t seen her for 5 years - and in that period of time she has lost both a daughter and a husband - while I´ve been blessed with both a daughter and a "husband" - so it´s about time we get to sit down and talk - and to introduce her to Mr.K and Nanna. She loves flowers and lilac and this photo is to celebrate her good spirit and love. I hope that my grandchildern will live close to me when I grow old!

I´ll be back on monday! take care.