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A few weeks ago I met my mum in Paris for the weekend. The main goal of our little trip was to go and see the Ron Mueck exhibition (which was amazing!) but we also did a bit of shopping and of sight seeing; it was lovely! Also, we stayed in this little studio just steps away from Sacré Coeur which was great.
I've just noticed that two of my current favourites feature adorable little bees...
On the left is the March screen saver I downloaded from the oh-so-talented Rebekka from Dear Friend (you can get your own here if you also want your computer to feel fresh and happy). And on the right is the amazing baby oil from Burt's Bees. 100% natural and absolute goodness for my itchy dry legs.I can't wait to see little bees buzzing around again. And flowers. And sun.
Ah Spring, please come soon!
Photo from here.Remember Claire, my wonderfully talented friend from this neck of the woods?
She recently moved to Singapore and just opened a new online shop where she sells the most beautiful screen-printed paper goods. I couldn't resist ordering a few things (amongst which the fabulous feathers you can see above) and can't wait to see them all in real life soon.
When we saw these pillow covers in a shop in Stockholm, they immediately reminded me of a sleeping bag my parents had made me when I was a little kid... the fabric had the same feel, with a light blue background, clouds and trees... And when I shared this with Mart, he said he had pillow slips pretty much exactly the same when he was little!
We just had to buy them to sleep on these soft blue landscapes again... ah, memories...
We quickly went to Ikea today and were delighted to see they had 'kanelbullar' in the restaurant section. We ate some almost every day when we were in Stockholm in May - we absolutely loved them. Today, the taste of cinnamon and cardamon brought back great memories of this beautiful city and the wonderful time we spent there.
We came back with a new wrap for our couch and most importantly, a new stock of the best biscuits in the world! :-)
Photos from here.
I wouldn't mind adding these two to our 'collection' (I know, one piece is not a collection yet, but it would be if these two came along...).
Here is their official website. Such a great project, and such pretty animals!
Lesley, Mart's mum, gave us this beautiful antelope when we were in Sydney. She's made of recycled flip-flops, and comes from Africa.
I'm not sure if she comes from this specific workshop, but here is a video which explains how and why they make these delightful colourful sculptures.
Here are more animals made in the same way.
I just couldn't resist a pair of these colourful gumboots for autumn... lucky there weren't' that many choices in my size anymore, otherwise I think I would never have managed to settle for one single pair - they are all so delicious! (I went for celadon).
Wow, how amazing is this list of colour names!?
Photos from here.
As you might have noticed, Mart and I like climbing towers. We actually have a 'tower book', which I might show you another time, and in which we keep memories of all the towers we have climbed together.
So you can imagine that when we saw the amazing Vor Frelsers Kirke from our boat tour the day before, and heard that it was possible to climb it, we just had to go! That's what we did on our second day in Copenhagen, after some more shopping and strolling through side streets filled with fantastic little boutiques (such as this one and this one).
Climbing the church tower was really a great experience; it was so different than any other tower we had climbed so far. There are 400 steps to the top, weaving through small dark passages and steep ladders, and the last 150 are actually outdoors on beautiful golden stairs! No need to say the view from the top was great, especially with the beautiful weather we had that day. The inside of the church was very nice as well; we especially liked the huge organ, held by two impressive elephants.
In the afternoon we took the train back to Nyborg, which prompted a little detour to the west coast, in Esbjerg, where we saw the Mennesket ved Havet before driving off to Århus to stay with Janni and Daniel.
I only just took off my bright coral nail polish a few minutes ago but I miss it already... I'm definitely in love with this color this summer, and cannot seem to get over it.
Here are a few of my latest etsy favourites... it speaks for itself, right?
(1) Paper pompoms from PomLove
(2) Gold dipped bracelet by ayofemijewelry
(3) Flower necklace by mojospastyle
(4) Set of pins by StudioFludd
