Gotta live a cre8ive life

Back to basics...or maybe just danish...

2010-12-13T09:48:00.000+01:00

I have made the switch back to danish - find me here:

Christmas is getting closer - I can feel it

2010-09-26T08:41:00.000+02:00

I know it is really early to talk about christmas, but I just saw this "adventsstage" at Groovybaby and mama it is from Rice - I just thought it is funny how much it looks like the one i made last year. I would still like to have one though...

First iPhone post...

2010-09-18T13:22:00.001+02:00

Had a really nice and relaxing day yesteday. Bought a lot of fabric, had lunch with my sister and Benjamin, bought a birthday gift for a dear friend ( a big pile of scrapbookingsupplies, but don't tell)

Today, we paid for the first half of our new kitchen, can't wait to be done with the house.

- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone

our house

2010-09-04T08:31:00.000+02:00

We have been really busy around here, tearing down most of the inside of our house, and slowly rebuilding it again. The picture below shows where our old bedroom used to be, there was a wall at the corner, where you can see new bricks are being put in. It is hard to imagine but that's also where our new kitchen is going to be. The white wall is coming down as well.

A little peek into our new bedroom (behind the green blanket), which is almost finished ( It still needs a door a new window, wallpaper on one wall, light switches etc.)

...and apparently a dog helped with the renovation back in the early eighties...

Summer lomo shot #3

2010-08-07T08:14:00.000+02:00

I really love the soft look of this photo - in fact almost every single shot of this first roll of film, i put in my new, old Illford sportsman turned out great. I'm half through the second roll, can't wait to see the result.

Opened up shop

2010-08-06T07:36:00.000+02:00

I have opened up my own little shop at Amio.dk, which is the danish version of etsy (without all the vintage stuff). And i sold my first thing yesterday - It feels good :-)

So far I only have a little childrens clothes in the shop, but hopefully it will grow with some photographs, paintings, Gocco printed cards and more sewn goods.

Summer lomo shot #2

2010-07-31T20:54:00.000+02:00

Nyhavn - Diana Mini

Summer lomo shots #1

2010-07-30T09:34:00.000+02:00

I love the sky in this one. It is shot with my orange camera (the fruit, not the color, i'll show you later).

Love Liebe

2010-07-28T13:05:00.001+02:00

I really love the beautiful things made by Susanne Liebe. I got one of her sweet little vases for my birthday, and I also got some birthday money from Brians mom, and i kind of knew right away that I was going to spend it on these sweet little birds.

Just look at the pretty packaging

They come in many different color - I love the light blue ones too, maybe I'll also buy them...

I haven't yet hung them un the wall, since our livingroom is basically torn down to the bare brick walls and concrete flor - not a pretty sight, but hopefully it will be soon.

Happy birthday sis (2 days ago)

2010-07-26T09:51:00.000+02:00

My sister turned 41, saturday.

I made her this scarf, it is not perfect, but she loved it, so who cares?

The only room...

2010-07-19T16:50:00.000+02:00

...in our house which is not in need for a total renovation. Allmost the rest of the house is going to hav all floors and inner walls torn out due to moisture. Hopefully, by the end of the week, we will know how much the insurance will cover.

But we do hope to make this room bigger some how.

Scrap LO's with my farvorite boy

2010-07-16T00:30:00.001+02:00

It has been a while since i last posted some of my LO. Some of these are very new and some a couple of months old. It is easy to see that i'm still in love with all things Cosmo Cricket (and a little Sassafrass...)

Home again

2010-07-15T13:52:00.000+02:00

We had a nice couple of days in my parents caravan. The camping site they chose this year is the same one my grandmother camped at for many years (until she was 86 i think). It was fun to show Benjamin the worlds best tree to climb in. It was know as the "king tree" among us "users". And off course he loved it.

Me, camping - 1980

Going camping

2010-07-12T12:54:00.000+02:00

...unfortunately not like this, but its going to be nice anyway.

Diana Mini roll #1

2010-07-05T19:39:00.001+02:00

These are some of the shots from the first roll of film i put in the Diana Mini.

A little shaken, but still pretty

My birthday cake

This last one is of my dad and Benjamin, I think it is really sweet how much they look a like.

Hello big boy

2010-06-28T16:36:00.000+02:00

Soon

2010-06-25T22:57:00.000+02:00

In an hour or so, it's my babys birthday (hope he is not waking up for the next seven og eight hours though). Can't wait to give him his presents - a new bike and some playmobile. The closest family is coming over for brunch. It's going to be happy day i'm sure

Allmost five year old pictures :-)

I need to win this one

2010-06-22T21:21:00.000+02:00

A really great give-away at Tusindfryd, go take a look.

Birthdays, owls and deers

2010-06-22T15:03:00.003+02:00

Friday we celebrated both mine and Benjamins birthday (mine for the second time). It was a nice evening, great gifts, happy children, a walk to the playground, good food and cake. One of my best friends made me a pretty scarf, and even gave me a shirt to match. I also got at vase i've been wanting for a long time now. It is made by Susan Liebe, for some reason i did'nt take a picture of it, I will soon.

The scarf

Benjamin got a golf set and Lego

and maybe a girlfriend...

Last week i bought these pretty birds, they are from House Doctor. The are made to hold a candle on the top of there heads, but I'm not sure about that.

I also got these from a fleamarket, they were only 50kr (about 9$). The man asked if my husband is a hunter...

Can't wait for these to turn red and sweet.

Saturday is Benjamins actual birthday, and that is going to be the last party at our house this month. I'm not sure when I'm going to find the time to prepare for it. Thing are pretty hectic at work this last week before the school is out.

On a rainy day..

2010-06-10T16:37:00.001+02:00

...I wish I was here

From last years trip to Greece

B day

2010-06-08T16:26:00.001+02:00

age 2

Today is my birthday. I'm 32. We celebrated last saturday, and i can't even show you any pictures, they were all shot whit my new Diana mini, and the roll of film i loaded it with seems to go on forever, but i guess that's the point of the mini format. The weather was great, and we had a very small garden party, with just my parents, my sister + her family, and my mother-in-law. We made the best pizza on the grill and i made a great bithday cake. Hope to have pictures soon.

age32

bad blogger, i know...

2010-05-12T14:28:00.000+02:00

It is not that nothing is going on in my life, for some reason im' just not blogging about it, I'll try to make amends.

My pretty niece got confirmed (is it really called that in english?). She was really beautifull and didn't look like a little bride, like some of the girls tend to do.

Vi gave her this Margurit (daisy) necklace by George Jensen, and she loved it.

We began to get our house ready for sale, even put up this wallpaper on one of the walls in our livingroom.

This is not our livingroom, though. The weather is so bad, that it is really to dark to take picures in right now. But the wallpaper looks great in our house too. I just love ferm livings products.

But in the process of makeing it all look pretty, we decide (again) not to sell and went back to the plan of making our house bigger and renovating it...

Together with a friend, i bought an I-top-tool, it is fun to use, and truely does make pretty little brads. But the video is just hilarious

Took a suprice mothers-day portrait of that same friends daughters

This is what i got for my mothers-day present (or at least it should arive in the mail on friday...can't wait). Isn't it cute?

And last but not least we are making a dream come true for our son on saturday, by finally taking him to LEGO-land. He letteraly stod on his head in the sofa when we told him.

This photo is four years old - Lego has always been a favorite. (please don't notice the messy bed in the background).

That is it for now - plan to enjoy a long weekend.

What have I been up to?

2010-04-02T00:32:00.001+02:00

On the 20th Nick and Maria got married - and I shot their wedding photos. You can't tell by looking at the picture but she is 8 months pregnant.

The 21st was Benjamins last day at gymnastics - and all the parents was invited to come and watch all the different teams. Before we went, Benjamin asked me in relief, if doing this final show meant that he never had to go back...two days later he told us that when he grows up he wants to live in a cabin in the woods..all alone. I wish i knew how to get him to be more social...

On the 23rd this little girl turned 14 (picture is from 2004)

She is my god daughter - and is all ready turning into a little woman.

We painted eggs a couple of days ago. I ended up sitting on the kitchen flor alone, since Benjamins interest quickly went away. The funny looking poodle is actually a lamb. (if you were wondering about the clothes he is wearing, which he has obviously out grown - it is just for painting in!)

...Benjamin rather wanted to play in his room, which his father and I had spent several hours tidying.

Seven years ago we spent about a year doing this

And know we are actually dreaming about buying this house, which means doing it again in two and a half the amount of space

Today Benjamin got his Easter egg, the chocolate hare is from his grandmother.

Last but not least - take a look at this great giveaway over at sunshine and carousels

Hope you have a happy Easter

I finished this yesterday

2010-03-21T07:22:00.001+01:00

I'm not sure i liked the ending (who wants the hero to die?) - but i liked the fact that that it ended in a way which means that there (hopefully) will not be a season 5. I loved the show, and who wouldn't love looking at this guy for several houers straight....

...right? But I alsow like it when a show ends in proper way, instead of going on (and on and on) forever and then the producers kills all the characters in panic...

Almost a year ago

2010-03-11T20:30:00.001+01:00

...I was getting ready for my exam, doing these paintings, a paraphrase of Jim Housers work (and was looking a little goofy doing it, or maybe just tired).

(pictures are not edited, as you can see, sorry)

From the exam

...and this was growing in our garden

...and he didn't need four layers of clothes to go outside to play... just two

...but this year (almost) everything is still covered in snow.

Really funny song

2010-03-10T21:06:00.000+01:00

Since i can't seem to figure out how to post a video here, I'll just leave you with at link, go watch it.

Shallow Day -TWILIGHT (what have you done to my wife?)

...no the picture has nothing to do with the video!

New additions to my forrest family

2010-03-07T10:05:00.004+01:00

Yesterday I went to a fleemarket with my mother and found a lot of sweet little animals, afterwards I made a cake called hindbærsnitte, for the first time, I baked them a little too long but the tasted ok anyway.

My favorite

This one I think I'll spraypaint, don't know what color

another favorite

there is a little gold left on this one

I'm trying to ignore the fact that this is actually an ashtray

and finally a group photo

My first hindbærsnitte

In the evening I had the biggest fight with my sister ever, over a really, really stupid thing. She started it offcourse, and I still don't think that I'm to blame in any way. We were all invited to eat at my mothers, and my sister made it clear that her and her family (her youngest daughter anyway, because I think her husband really didn't care) wanted to watch a bingoshow on tv (and play along), my boyfriend and I made a little fun about it a couple of times, and suddenly she just blew up, and yelled at us about it, even my mother said some stupid things, about how we (my boyfriend and I) always have the tv on at home, I was surprised angry and yelled back at my sister, but she just kept on going. As allways my father did not say one word. We stayed for an hour more, and after i got home i realized that the saddest thing is that i actually don't care, I'm not angry, I'm not sad, I just couldn't care less about her right now...

Look what the mailman brought me...

2010-03-03T20:13:00.001+01:00

I love it even more in real life, Silje is really an amazing artist, and she was so sweet sending me a gocco print. Makes me want to try out my own gocco printer...

New Holga shots

2010-03-01T19:31:00.003+01:00

Well, not really new. The first two are from last summer, but the last one is only a couple of weeks old. That's how long it has taken me to shoot a roll of film. Luckily the snow is finally melting away, it is not as pretty, but it means that spring is on its way. Can't wait.

I love a blue sky with soft white clouds

Last outdoors bath of the summer

My vintage garden chairs in winter clothes.

My first quilt is finished

2010-02-28T20:01:00.003+01:00

...and I'm really satisfied with it. I began the project in Juli, so it was about time to finish it up, it only needed the binding, but I know that I'm not very good at that, so I wasn't looking forward to that part. But it turned out OK. I Used a tutorial from the talented Rachel Denbow, which was very usefull.

The front

The back

It measures approximately 47x36 inches /115x90 cm, and is made out of vintage sheets, a vintage dress, and a couple of new fabrics.

Do try this at home

2010-02-25T21:44:00.000+01:00

Source

I think i like the wooden one the most!

Cowboy cuteness

2010-02-22T22:55:00.002+01:00

Inspired by yesterdays great purchase.

I would love to do a cowboy-themed boysroom one day.

Source

My favourite piece of art

2010-02-21T10:31:00.005+01:00

Look what the very talented Silje Røe Hagland made for me this very night (well it was night here in Denmark). I absolutely love it. And I also love the fact that it was a picture of mine (of my son) that changed her mind about doing a people-portrait. And she is really good at it, right?

Mommas little cowboy

2010-02-19T21:23:00.005+01:00

Benjamin was dressed up as a cowboy for Fastelavn

Looks like a pro

Frame from Kitschy Digitals

Lately I have been feeling like spending some time with my Holga, which made me look through last years Holga-shots, here are some of my favorites. In fact I had a film in the camera, can't remember when it was put in or what is on it. Turned it in for developing today, get it back on Tuesday, can't wait.

a long visit from new friends....

2010-01-22T17:28:00.006+01:00

....came to an end today.

I got the first Twilight book at christmas, and just now finished the fourth one. And i really don't care what everybody else thinks, i love this story. There, i said it!

Hopefully i now means that i am back in the world of sleeping, photography, scrapbooking and so on.

Speaking of scrapbooking...a lot of new "must haves" from my two favorite brands in the scrapbooking world Sassafras Lass and Cosmo Cricket

Lovet it, Love it, love it

busy days

2009-12-17T21:59:00.006+01:00

We met this jolly guy at the kindergarten christmasparty...

...we open several of these every morning...

...and some of these...

...we visited Tivoli...

...had fun...

...and we had to buy Brian a new wintercoat, because he forgot his at home, an hours drive away...!!!...

...we have made a lot of these (mazipan balls covered with dark rich chocolate)...

...the very first snow of the season, had to be tested...

...lucky for me my Christmas holiday begins tomorrow after work...

B is for Benjamin

2009-12-07T22:12:00.002+01:00

Can't belive that this handsome little guy, is the same as the cute baby i held in my arms almost 4 1/2 years ago. Times goes by so fast.

We shot these pics last weekend, the one below with the timer on. I'm looking a bit odd, but it is so rarely that have my picture taken together with Benjamin, so i have to do it myself, and this is actually one of the better ones.

Here Benjamin is trying to show Anton( my godson) how to look/smile/pose while getting your picture taken. He is not quite believing him, i think...

Christmas time is here

2009-12-03T08:15:00.007+01:00

December mornings spend playing with the gifts from the advent calender

Dreaming of a white Christmas...

The adventskrans- for lighting a candel the 4 last sundays before Chrsitmas.

I think a was a little inspired from the work and art of Shane Brox

My three first advent calender gifts, from my "advent-calender-group" over at Scrapsisters.

...and even with all that going on, I can't seem to find my Chrsitmas spirit.

Wow look at my friend Anna...

2009-11-21T07:38:00.003+01:00

...a picture of her and her sister (the bride) was chosen "bridal look of the month" at Nicole Millers.

Pretty pots

2009-11-11T23:16:00.002+01:00

Look what i bought, aren't they pretty? I think it is the beginning of a collection...

...also found a cute cowboy for Benjamin

Our first Halloween

2009-11-02T18:38:00.006+01:00

We decorated muffins...

...and cake...

...after dinner, the children decorated halloweencookies...

...and we played fun games in the dark...

...trick or treated a little bit

...and ate a lot of candy just before bedtime...

...it was a really nice and fun evening, and think we are going to do it again next year!

Little green bug

2009-10-20T22:30:00.002+02:00

Benjamin made a new friend yesterday

I took some selfportraits this morning. My blog/e-mail photos are over a year old, so i figured it was time for some new ones. Now i just have to chose one. I rarely like to look at pictures of myself, who does? But i think these are ok, i look a little tired, even though it's 8.30...

My blog-nap is over...i hope

2009-10-19T14:03:00.006+02:00

Two months is way too long not to be blogging, it feels like starting over again. Not much has been going on, besides work, work and work, and some scrapbooking. Scrapbooking has kept me sane, kept me from thinking of work all of the time!

We have also had a week of the chikenpox.

But made it through with big smiles.

A new blue baby

2009-08-25T09:11:00.009+02:00

It has been over a month, so i thought i would share a little about what i have been up to, which is not very much.

I started on my new job, which is hard - teaching 4th grade!

But it is getting better and easier, along whith the kids getting to know me and I them.

The school where i work, is a small school in the coun

tryside, so i had to get a car...and how lucky am I, my very (own) first car is also one my absolute dreamcars.

A Fiat 500

Here is my little blue baby, isn't it just the cutest little thing? I would love to get fluffy white clouds on the sides of it...

The inside - also blue :-)

I would love to get family portraits taken - whit a 50's-style picnic theme, like these. Of course with the Fiat in the background.

I just love these photos from LIFE, shot by Leonard Mccombe, se more here.

This picture is from my sisters wedding in 2007, (shot by me). I would like to get one of the old ones, one day, maybe a pretty pink one...

Last but not least, the first thing on my christmas list a Dianamini, also small, cute and blue, would be perfekt for the new car.

To many projects!

2009-07-23T20:34:00.004+02:00

I bought a quilt tutorial from Rachel, and i started last night, cutting all the little squares. Allready I'm straying....hers is 6x6 squares, mine is 8x8...

I'm still not sure this is how I want the pattern...what do you think?

I do love all the vintage fabric, and it has been hidden away in a box for too long.
Brian made dinner (again), and it was just yummy, even thoug I'm not a real cheese-lover. He even baked the bread. The dark one has sun-dried tomatoes in it. Yum again.This fantastic machine came in the mail today, my very own Gocco printer. Really can't wait to get started. But i feel like i have to have just the RIGHT piece to print, so i won't waste any supplies. It's going to be so much fun.
Tomorrow my big sister is turning 40, and we are going to surprice her with not one, but two little surprice parties. We are coming for breakfast, which she doesn't know, of course. Then when she thinks it's all over, we are all coming again for dinner. All credit must be given to her husband, he is the mastermind behind all this. He even bought the present from all of us, a new bike.

Just a little scrap

2009-07-20T20:40:00.006+02:00

Some new LO. No doubt about it, Cosmo Cricket and Sassafras Lass is my favorites. See more of my LO here.

The baby is me!

Benjamin is playing "camp".

That's me again.

Two year old pictures of Benjamins daycare coming for a B-day visit

Me once again - turning 31 this summer

Here is the new wallpaper

2009-07-20T18:36:00.005+02:00

I really love it, i would just wish that his room was twice as big.

A little bird told me - challenge -home made paper!

2009-07-08T16:13:00.006+02:00

On the "a little bird told me" blog they have a monthly challenge, this month you have to make your own paper. This is my little project, i used colored pens and glimmermist to decorate my paper. This is also one of my favorite photos from springtime this year.

I also used, thickers, Love, Elsie stickers, vintage childrensbook page, colored tape, paper lace, Hambly rub-on and Dymo tape.

My "baby" is four

2009-07-06T22:17:00.006+02:00

Benjamin turned 4, at the end of last month, we had a great day in the garden with a lot of great food and a lot of chocolate(-pirate-)cake.

"maybe it is a little bit dangerous?"

The closest thing to a smile

The cake - Ahoy Matey

A post from the birthday boy (if he could write):

Turning four changes a lot, it definitely makes you feel a lot bigger. You only wants to take showers, sitting down in the tub is for babys. You will no longer have the use for a smaller fork og spoon, the grown up kind is much better, even if you spill a little. If you feet is in the way, it is because the have grown over night. You will say, to you grandmother, something (that will probably come back and bite you later on) like that you will never misbehave again, because big boys don't do that.

You WILL remember that your mother told you 6 month ago that you had to be four to play at IKEAs "Småland" (supervised playground - while parents are shopping) and you WILL know that she is lying when she now tells you that you have to be five, and therefor you WILL make the rest of the trip through IKEA a living hell for your parents.

But you won't be to big a boy to tell your mommy that you love her almost everyday and you will always know that she loves you too!

We put up wallpaper on one of Benjamins walls today, it looks really cute, no photos yet, coming soon.

This picture (from his birthday) is a good before-shot, please don't notice all the mess, the room is actually not much bigger than what you see, the picture is shot from the door, so a little toys look like a lot. I have been trying to convince him to put away the big Pooh and Tigger, but he is not liking the idea.

This is the wallpaper we put up.

...now we just have to get rid of the Mickey lamp... (I think he is ok with that...)

Got my licens...

2009-06-23T12:43:00.000+02:00

...I'm driving now!! :-)

I am officially a teacher now

2009-06-16T07:28:00.007+02:00

I had my final exam yesterday, religion. I passed with a fairly good grade, so I am happy.

Happy to be done. My boys gave me these flowers.

They also wanted to give me a new chair for my desk

(maybe just a chair - since i dont have one know)

But they were unsure which one i wanted

- I am too, what do think?

I'm leaning towards the Tolix chair - but i'm unsure about the color. I really want to put a lot of colors into our living room, but i don't know which!

This is actually the Eames chair I really (really really) want - maybe this color, maybe pink!!

The other day i had a photoshoot with this little angel - Elias

He was really easy to work with and so cute!

My birthday came and went...

2009-06-09T17:19:00.003+02:00

I'm 31! My birthday was yesterday. Saturday we had some family over for coffee and cupcakes (and appelpie and rhubarbpie also) - It was my first try decorating cupcakes like this, I think they turned out really sweet (tasted sweet too). I bought the roses here.

I'v been gone for too long

2009-06-04T07:14:00.009+02:00

It has been allmost 3 weeks since my last post so a lot has been going on.

The 21st of may i went to "Livsstilsmesse på Ledreborg".

It is a really beautiful place, filled with lots of beautifull things (very overpriced things). The weather was ok, but not great, so i didn't take that many pictures.

The carnival came to town, and Benjamin had his very first ride in the bumper cars.

...and his very first ride down the big slide - the girl next to him is my best friends daughter, Kamille.

In-between all this i had to prepare for my art exam. Which meant making two Red ridinghood collages. In the process i learned (my self) how to embroider, I'm not sure I'm doing it right, but I am pretty satisfied with the result - see pictures below.

Yesterday was exam day, so i put up all the art work i have made in class for the past two years.

...and the exam project.

This is my Jim Houser paraphrase (yes also Red ridinghood)

The whole thing!

I past the exam, not greatly, but I'm ok with the grade.

Today we are going to a summer-party at the kindergarden! So i have just baked 40 pigs in a blanket...

Scrap-a-mania - Here I come

2009-05-16T07:28:00.004+02:00

I'm going to SAM today with two friends, I'm actually looking forward to spend a lot of money on a lot of scrap-goodies (though i don't think a actually spend a lot compared to some of the scrappping women outthere, I read on scrapsisters that some of them in the past has spent 2500-3000kr every month on scrap-stuff....!!!!).

Afterwards we are going out to dinner and then here to scrap, scrap, scrap. It's going to be so much fun and relaxing instead of doing schoolwork aaaaaallllll of the time.

I finished my scanography project, these are some of the best pictures and the finished collage:

This was just for fun - but turned out sweet

If only i had the skills...

2009-05-13T20:24:00.003+02:00

I would make these!

Home again and a new job

2009-05-12T12:24:00.005+02:00

We are home again, after a really nice week on Rhodes in Greece, though we had a couple of days with at bit of wind and rain. The water was very cold but we went in anyway...

I absolutely love the old town in Rhodes-city, i have been there once before and was really looking forward to show Benjamin the castle, he loved it...

...and came to love knights even more

The view from our room

...and the cutest ice-cream ever!

I went to my very first jobinterview yesterday...and i got the job. I'm going to be a teacher on a small school (120 students from grade 0 til 7th.) and the best part is that i'm also going to be the school-librarian. I don't know many details yet, waiting for them to call me. I start the first of august.

Today i'm working on one of the last project for my artclass, it has to be something which is made on the computer. A couple of weeks ago i stumbled upon scannography which is basically making pictures/collage directly on your scanner. It can produce som really beautiful images (i haven't made these)

I will show you mine when I'm done with them.

I'm here

2009-05-07T09:38:00.004+02:00

...coming home on saturday.

Great blogcandy

2009-04-27T00:02:00.001+02:00

Take at look at this blog for som great blogcandy!

A little break!

2009-04-26T22:09:00.003+02:00

Benjamin and I went to the playground for a little picnic, together with my oldest and best friend Signe and her son Anton (my godson :-)) It was really nice to get away from the school work, (which is driving me crazy, I have given my self until friday to get i done, it is due monday the 4th, so..). But it was a fun hour, and just relaxing. At the moment we are having really warm and sunny weather, allmost summer-like. Benjamin is spending all the time he can outside with his dad.

By the way, i failed my drivers-test...oh well I'll pass some day :-)

To much on my mind!

2009-04-17T13:24:00.005+02:00

The look on his face, really shows how i feel inside right now. I'm trying to get my exampapers done in time, and i'm facing a drivers test, really really soon, and honestly i don't expect to pass it. And with a little boy looking like this a lot of the time, because he misses his mother attention, it makes it all a bit worse...

Really random old pictures

2009-03-22T08:03:00.003+01:00

His name was Tjavs - my dad brought him home the same day my mom came home from the hospital with me

- love the authentic Lomo-look in this picture

Look at my outfit - maybe not pretty, but colorfull

- and my mothers politically incorrect cig

(she quit smoking a year ago - go mom!!)

We were picking strawberries in the rain - I remember that clearly!

Spring time and a new Nikon

2009-03-16T20:33:00.004+01:00

I have a new friend, this baby below (just the house though) .

Love the sound it makes and the big screen on the back. I know we are going to get along very well. Brian just brought it home one day. Looove him

Ever since i got it, it has been cloudy and raining outside, so i haven't really been shooting alot. But i can't wait to really test it.

Spring is here. It is very few springflowers we have in our garden, so i had to take a couple of pics of them.

New pages

2009-03-07T08:38:00.004+01:00

Glimpse of December

New found use of thickers

At grandma's and grandpa's

Summer fun

Is it possible...

2009-02-26T15:50:00.004+01:00

...that nothing is happening in my life?

I feel this month has gone by really fast, but this past week...not so much. Benjamin has been home all week. He threw up twice the night between friday and saturday, and again saturday morning. Then he was fine until sunday afternoon (lucky for us. Because my parents had to watch him from Saturday until sunday). Sick again monday morning,Tuesday he was ok, Wednesday he had an eye infection, tomorrow he is definitely going back to kindergarten.

Tomorrow I'm going with my sweetheart to Aarhus, he has a businessmeeting, so I'll have to spend a couple of hours alone. I've only been there once before...I think i need a map!

Don't know what more to tell, will be back soon with some new scrappages!

A total random picture - taken in the fall, with a 100 year old Kodak camera!

(I actually don't know if i've posted it before)

More Candy

2009-02-23T09:41:00.005+01:00

A really nice blog-candy at Bev's!

Sweets at Jennies

2009-02-22T22:34:00.005+01:00

Take a look at Jennies blog for a great opportunity for some blog candy, but hurry up, it runs out on the 28th.

Van Gogh meets Central Park

2009-02-15T23:33:00.004+01:00

Inspired by these...

...I made this, for a school project!

Treasures

2009-02-09T10:58:00.002+01:00

Little things from my grandmother.

Time flies, when you don't hold on tight.

2009-01-29T09:18:00.006+01:00

We cleaned out my grandmothers little house, and i got some nice things to remember her by. Some jewlry, old photos and a lot of embroidery threat among other things. I'll post som pictures another day.

For now i'll show you some of my latest scrappages:

My very young but very cool dad!

A brand new me.

25th of dec. (1. juledag = first christmasday)

"one more time" (most of it made from "the Dozen" kit from January)

The old childrensbook is my own.

I love Cosmo Cricket!!

"lovely" (more cosmo love)

You will be remembered Farmor!

2009-01-13T21:53:00.003+01:00

My grandmother died yesterday night. She was 91.

Awards

2008-12-27T16:36:00.003+01:00

I've been honored with two awards from Julie.

the Superior scribbler award

and Love your blog award

Still don't know who to pass them on to, but i will figure it out.

Thank you Julie

A little project for a grey day

2008-12-27T16:02:00.006+01:00

I love white tea - especially this kind, in the pyramid-shaped teabags...AND the boxes it comes in. I while back i decided to decorate one. This is not a step-by-step tutorial ( you don't even need one, it is really easy), just some photos i shot along the way.

I imagine if I had a studio (or just a little tiny room - which was all mine) i would make more of these for scrap supplies and such. I would also make a really cute giftbox.

The papers are all from Graphic 45.

Have fun!

Christmas 2008

2008-12-26T07:36:00.010+01:00

This years christmas cookies

Vaniliekranse - Jødekager

Kamille and Signe came by

Christmaseve at Farmors

25th of dec.

Playing with daddy

Going to the playground

Today we are going to vist my parents and have "julefrokost" (Christmas lunch). My old (91 years) grandmother was suposed to be there to, but she broke four toes yesterday, so they drove her home. I don't think she will be here next christmas...so i'm a little bit sad that i didn't get to spend any time with her.

New scrappages

2008-12-22T09:05:00.007+01:00

Fall 08

Signe and me (10 years ago)

Selfportrait

Benjamin fall 08

"Me and mommy"

"little"-Christmaseve 07 (23/12)

"morning-playtime" 24/12-07

Christmaseve 07

Halloween

A trip to the farm with Benjamins daycare -summer 08

Benjamins 1st birthday (2006)

Benjamins four christmases

2008-12-22T08:03:00.006+01:00

I got this idea from from Rachel

December 05

December 06

December 07

December 08

I looove my christmas tree...

2008-12-18T22:30:00.004+01:00

Just a quick picture of my tree (our tree, i know..) I think it is just beautiful, and just the way i like it. (pictures are really bad - took them just a little while ago - with no light or flash)

My pretty vintage santas - Benjamin hung them all close together - i like it!

And a little peek at Benjamins kindergarden photos. He is just so cute in these.

It all looks like we are still spending chirstmas eve at Brians moms house, they will both (his mother and sister) wear a nicotine patch...

I'm done

2008-12-16T23:00:00.004+01:00

I have finally finished my project (and turned it in).

Christmas here I come.

We bought our christmas tree today, and decorated it too. Hopefully i can take som pictures of it tomorrow.

I have to go buy the last presents tomorrow (still don't know what to buy for Brian), I also

promised my mother to go with her for a mammogram call-back....(they say it is just because the first pictures isn't good enough.) Then when i pick up Benjamin, him and I are going to visit

his old day-care. That's wednesday!

...also we have to deside where to spend christmas eve. The plan was to visit Brians mother (his sister and her to kids were coming too). Both Brians mother and sister, smoke very heavily.

Benjamin suffer from astmathic bronchitis and really can't tolerate any smoke, not even if they go outside. We asked them not to smoke the whole day (yes even before we arrive, which is necessary, because all the poison gets into the clothes and hair)....they refused to do so!!!! Apparently they rather want to spend christmas with their cigarets than their grandson /nephew. Brian spend over an hour on the phone with his mother, in the end she said she wouldn't smoke (i don't belive her!) But his sister wont pick up the phone.

Now i really just don't feel like going, but i will leave it up to Brian, I know if his sister refuse not to smoke, we wont go (we went to a chek-up with Benjamin today and they increased his doze of medicin...which should be reason enough, i think.)

Is it ever possible to have a problem-free christmas???? (and I haven't even told you about an argument I have had with my sister)

If you love pretty things, take a look at this blog "everyday beauty", it might just change my mind about using pastel colour at christmas (i'm a red-white-gold-silver-kind-a-girl, as most danes i think ( i know we are not all girls...) - unless the want their home to look like a catalog and go all black and purple this year)

Light at the end of the tunnel

2008-12-12T07:58:00.003+01:00

I can finnaly see the end of my Bachelor-project, I'm going to turn it in on Tuesday. Deadline is Friday but I'm going til Holbæk anyway on Tuesday, because benjamin is going to a check-up at the hospital, because of his astma. He was home sick Wednesday, so i did not get so much work done.

So sweet

I'm really looking forward to relaxing and thinking about christmas-stuff, and just having fun with my family. I did actually take photos of my scrapbook pages, but the turned out really bad, so i'll try again later. Now i'll concentrate on my school work, and just get it done, I actually really don't care anymore how it's going to turn out, I just want to finish...

Where did the weekend go??

2008-12-08T22:06:00.004+01:00

This weekend really went by fast. Saturday morning the three of us went to Stor Bøgeskov (a really pretty forrest with a natural spring). I had to shoot a familyportrait for a friend, but it was really foggy and I'm sorry to say that the pictures are not my best. She is comming tomorrow to take a look at them...

The spring

Their dog - not mine

Later saturday we went to that christmas-circus for two loooong hours. Benjamin just didn't have the patience for that. Later Anna picked me up for a fun night of scrapping. I made 4 pages, but never used my new Dozen kit - I think i'll save it for this years christmas photos. Anna drowe me back home at 2 in the morning....

I have about 7 scrap pages i haven't posted yet - i'll do it tomorrow, can't take pictures in the dark.

Sunday i made appelpie, muffins and buns for our guest and we all had a really nice couple of hours. Hope they feel the same way

And spite all the activity, the picture above is all i can show.

Not getting anywhere

2008-12-05T07:24:00.005+01:00

Yesterday we went to a funeral. My mothers brother diede last thursday. He was very sick so nobody was surprised when he went away. I wasn't close to him and niether was my mother, in fact non of us had talked to him in a very long time.(that another story) But it is still sad for his wife and children (both grown-ups). Benjamin was at my mothers house afterwards, so Brian and I had the day to our selves. I know I should have been working om my schoolwork, but I am just getting nowhere - today I really have to put an effort into it...I promise.

I have a really busy weekend planed. Tomorrow at 10 I have a photoshoot - a family portrait. They want the pictures taken in the woods, so Brian and Benjamin is tacking along and going for a walk while I'm working. At 2 Benjamin and I are getting picked up by my best friend, her mother and her daughter (who is also three years old) and then we are all of for a christmas-circus-show. When we get home at about 6, another very good friend of mine, Anna - the sweetest swed i know, is picking me up. Then we are going to scrap all evening at her place (really looking forward to this - just got my kit from The Dozen )- then I hope she will drive me back home for a bit of sleep.

Sunday morning I have to bake a cake or something, because a school friend and her boyfriend is visiting us for the first time (very first time for the boyfriend - first time for her as a real guest and not as a co-student - working on a project). It is going to be a great weekend....

Here is a few pictures of some of my favorite christmas decor, most of it from my childhood:

Happy birthday grandma!

2008-12-03T23:20:00.007+01:00

This is Erna Marie Johansen

- my fathers mother

- my grandmother

- picture must be from 1969

Love the fact that she is holding her own camera.

And she is smiling - that dosen't happen very often.

Today my grandmother turns 91, she is becomming a bit senil and she lives far away, so i have'nt talked to her. But we will hopefully see her at christmas. I spend my summers with her every year from the age of 4 to 14. Nice memories of the beach, climbing trees, eating ice-cream and drinking orange soda.

I decorated the house today - I will show you tomorrow.

Long day

2008-12-02T21:45:00.004+01:00

Today i had a meeting with my teacher and talked to him about my projekt. I think it is coming along ok. i would like to finish soon, the deadline is dec. 19th. I really hope to finish before that though.

This afternoon i went to Benjamins kindergarden to make christmas decorations, it was fun, though it was mostly me cutting and gluing and him eating cookies.

And for the last hour i've been reading the same page over and over agin (or maybe even the same five lines) in my book by Thomas Ziehe....

Hope to have something more interesting for tomorrow.

Another old picture of me and my sister, i think it is form 1984. She bought me my first LEGO house and our parents gave us these matching outfits...

This day went by so fast

2008-12-01T19:28:00.004+01:00

I've been busy all day and now it's allmost 11 and i've have only deleted one line on my to-do-list...laundry! I just wanted to share some pics from saturday. My sister and niece came over and we alle made christmascandledekorations. I dont know if it is only a danish tradition, but this is the way me and my sister starts chistmas. I think we have done this for the last 7 or 8 years. We always do it the fourth sunday before christmas or earlier, because we have to have the "adventskrans" ready (4 candles in a cirkel...well not always in a cirkel, this year mine is in a wooden box. You ligth one candle each sunday in december before christmas.) Then I always make one with a "kalenderlys" (a candle with the numbers from one to 24, then we light it every morning) and then at least one with just a ordinary large candle.

Benjamin even made two - let me put it this way - he wasn't afraid to try a lot of different decorationspieces, as you can see in the pictures below, and it only took him a fraction of the time it took us to be done.

Benjamins decoration, pretty good for a three year old.

This morning Ben thought the kitchen was a bit to cold, so he looked like this while opening the first present from "nissen"

Welcome December

2008-12-01T06:59:00.005+01:00

It has been to long, I know, but since it still have no readers, it really dosen't matter much. But i have made a promise to my self. I will post something everyday for the rest of the year. Hopefully somthing about danish christmastraditions and i will start later today. I have never been so busy on a december before - It's schoolwork. So I hope that this will force me not to forget about christmas - which used to be me favorite time of the year - but ironicly after i became a mother it has only been hard work trying to please eveybody...but that ends...next year.

This is me and my sister Heidi

- from my very first christmas in 1978.

Looking at the bright side...

2008-10-15T09:17:00.002+02:00

I need to be happy, I need to se the positive side of things. I get jealous when i read about people who get all excited about a rainy day, a bag of red apples or a pretty second-hand fork. I can se why they are excited but i can't get that same feeling about those little things- but i wish I could. I think I will try to deside that those little every day things will absolutely make me happy, instead of seeing all the obstacles. I will look forward to getting a real job (teaching-job or something else) instead of being really tired of my current student-situation an enjoy all the days at home i have right now. I will try to embrace alle of the challenges my education is giving me. I will be a happy mom!

How lucky am I?

2008-10-12T17:16:00.006+02:00

I was given a really great gift today from an old lady who is a friend of the family - my father has known her all of his life and I think care for her as much as for his own mother. She is one of those people who is always satisfied and happy about her life. She has a great memory and loves to tell stories about her life. Infact she is writing her life story in little notebooks and the Danish national Museum has actually borrowed one of the books to copy. My parents visited her today and when she heard how much I love to take pictures and about my Holga camera, she went into the attic and found these beauties :-). And now they are mine to keep.

The oldest one is a Kodak 120film camera - I have already loaded it with film - and i don't even know if it really works - but i think it does - so much fun.... (my dad think this camera must be at least 80 years old)

The other one is an Canon, my guess is that it is from the fifties. I think it work as well, haven't tried it yet. It is a pretty heavy camera - must be a good quality. The both have really nice leather cases/bags. Well that's it- just had to brag.

Brain melt down

2008-10-10T16:35:00.004+02:00

I have been so busy lately, there has been no time og energy to blog at all. A lot is going on, though nothing to write about. It's all about school work - even thoug i actually no schooldays left this year. Next week we have a fall-break and after that it's 4 weeks of work at a privat-school in Tølløse (together with to other girls from my class) above all that we all have to write our Bachelor. So Benjamin is not one of the lucky kids who is going to stay home with mom and dad all next week. He is getting only thursday and friday off. Thursday he is going to the zoo with my parents and my sisters youngst daughter, Mie (if it is not raining - let's hope not). And friday it is just me and him. Any fun suggestions?

Brian shot these pix about a week ago. Great fall weather. (and a smiling cow)

Two new pages

2008-10-03T11:05:00.006+02:00

Just wanted to share to new pages, actually they are about a month old, but I paticipated in the september challenge at Dreampapers.dk. I did not win anything, but i am happy with them anyway.

This is Ingeborg - she was my grandmothers sister -

she looked after me when i was little, when my parents was working

This is my father - I think the picture was shot in 1979 og 1980

- just love the colours in this one.

(the paper is from Basic Grey - Offbeat collection)

Yeahh I won!

2008-10-01T21:08:00.002+02:00

I actually won a scrap challenge! Don't know yet what I won - but does it really matter much. I won!!!! It was at Scrapsisters.dk

This was my LO

All the things i should be doing...

2008-09-18T12:59:00.008+02:00

I'm sitting here eating springrolls and drinking coke, relaxing, browsing the net. Before that I organized all my scrap papers by colour. Before that i scrapped a little, (can't show you yet, it was another one for Dreampapers ) And before that i send of my son to kindergarden, and my Brian for work...and look at the time! In an hour and a half i have to go pick up Benjamin and have i done any of the things i had planned? No - not even close. So this is my to do list for the rest of the week:

1. Homework: Make sketches for a painting, actually a paraphrase - im not sure if it is called that in english, but what it means for me is that i have to take a well known painting and then either use the same motif, expression og method and create a new picture.

like this:

This is the picture i chose:

I'm still not sure what to do with it.

2. Study for the my written drivers test, which is just around the corner (and I am sorry to say, I really suck at i)

3. Find a subject for my bachelorpaper - I am think digitally photography - but i do not know what to do with it. - And I'm meeting my teacher tuesday to talk about it...

4. Saturday I have yet another weeding assignment - which will take most of that day.

5. Sunday - my mother-in-law is comming for a visit! (!!!)

And i had actually hoped that i would have gotten some cleaning done, and maybe baked a cake or bread for when my best friend and her children a visiting this afternoon...but i guess not!

I will finish this post of with a really sweet picture of Benjamin playing in his (tiny) room:

Scrapping

2008-09-13T08:51:00.004+02:00

I've actually been scrapping a little, i've made three new LO, one I've allready told you about and this one

And one i can't show you yet, because I made it for the september-challenge at Dreampapers.

It is so much easier (for me) to scrap when I got a sketch. The one above is never the less made without a sketch.

My new desk and tasty muffins

2008-09-11T14:50:00.007+02:00

My pretty new desk, made from an old dinnertable

Apples are being cut out for apple and cinnamon muffins

A proud little baker

The finished product, and the are really tasty.

I found the recipe here. (it is in danish)

Scrap-a-mania - where my money went..

2008-09-10T08:13:00.009+02:00

Dream street papers

Basic Grey - Offbeat

Basic grey - Dasher

I also bought some ribbons and paperflowers and some great retro christmas papers. And i think i spend about 300kr. Which is ok. We also saw this scrapbox,I have to say it got american written all over it. With the small houses we got in Denmark you have to have a very understanding husband to get one of these. And i also think that my supplies would only fill up 4 drawers.

I have actually allready begun using the BG Offbeat papers. I took on the september challenge at Scrapsisters.dk . So i can't show my LO here yet, but you can see it here remember to vote for me :-)

And a sad story (for me). I have to go to the dentist today i broke a tooth yesterday, and luckily for me it its a tooth which i, a couple a years ago, got a root canal in (isn't that what it is called when they kill the root?), because of that i'm not in that much pain. All though my pocket is going to hurt when i have to pay for the crown the have to put on it (5000-7000kr) I could go on a two weeks vacation for the money or pay half on the camera a really want to buy, but no it all goes to one little tooth in the far back of my mouth (do i really need it?)

It's been way to long...

2008-09-06T08:15:00.006+02:00

OMG, it feels like months since i last posted something. My picture of the day project...what can i say, for the last month or so, i haven't really felt that inspired. So there will be a lot of blank post if I am going to follow through with it. I actually think that it will be as much of a challenge for me not to. I am the kind of person who hate blank spaces in a collection, I have to have it all...

Right now I dont know, what i want to do, I am not going to force my self to post bad pictures (which has happened), just so i can post something. I must be better with just one great photo than five bad ones.

What have i been up to:

I have started school again.

I been on a day-long wedding photoshoot ( A nice couple - Ulrikke and Søren)

Yesterday we had some friends over for dinner

And today i am going to Scrap-a-mania right here in my home town. Its a big gathering of scrappers and scrapbooking supplies sellers. I haven't been to Scrap-a-mania before, but i hope to get som great inspiration and to meet my E-mail friend Annika!

Tonight we are going to dinner at some friends house.

I allmost forgot to to tell you about the greatest thing, i finally got a desk in the living room and my sweet boyfriend made it for me out of an old dinner table, it looks beautiful and perfect for our living room. Going to take som pictures soon for you to see.

A new pic of Benjamin

That must be it for now. Will be back soon with some new pix and maybe more from Egypt!

Dagens fotos: nr 60, 7. august

2008-08-21T23:07:00.006+02:00

A sunrise balloonride over Luxor

Dagens foto: nr 59, 6. august

2008-08-20T10:27:00.011+02:00

The streets of Luxor

The photo of the day is actually a serie of pictures taken mostly from a horse carriage. We felt a bit like intruders when he drove us through the local market and the people there had to move their items away from the street. Egypt is a colourfull place but also very dirty and poor.

Dagens foto: nr 58, 5. august

2008-08-20T10:22:00.003+02:00

I'm sorry to say that this is actually not my picture, Brian took this one. I was back at the hotel keeping close to the toilet....

Dagens foto: nr 57, 4. august

2008-08-20T10:14:00.003+02:00

Why not dance on the bed, when you can't sleep anyway!

Dagens foto: nr 56, 3. august

2008-08-20T09:59:00.003+02:00

The amazing columns at the Temple of Karnak

Dagens foto: nr 55, 2. august

2008-08-20T09:44:00.002+02:00

Early morning in Luxor.