Last blog post on Strömsö, I promise! …but for those of you who still want to see more pictures from that lovely, lovely house, today I’ll show you the last pictures we took. Most shot by my daughter, who is turning into quite the photographer. My daughter got to stroll around taking pictures while Elin …
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Part 1 Part 2 The day of, we were greeted by sunshine and lovely winter weather. The Strömsö-house is to die for, inside and out! And I love that they have this saying on the wall. It was so exciting to get to be on a TV-show! We had butterflies all morning.We changed into our …
Part 1 So this is going to be another picture heavy blog post, but I figure – so many people are home now quarantining or just trying to stay away from huge crowds, and we need nice, fun things to think about. So I’m really going crazy with my pictures from Strömsö! (also: it was …
My daughter and I had such an amazing time at Strömsö! We arrived the day before the shooting and went out to Strömsö to unload all my DIY jewelry, and to have a talk with Elin, the host of the show. The Strömsö-house is amazing! It’s filled with so many lovely little details, like these …
Katarina frågade hur jag gjort för att göra lampor av mina vikta blommor, dvs själva upphängningen. Jag gjorde såhär: Jag klippte ut avlånga rektanglar av tjock kartong. Limmade dem som ett öppet U på övre sidan av blomman, och som en fyrkant på undre sidan. Lätt som en plätt, och det syns inte när lamporna …
The living room needed sprucing up. I always feel like that this time of year, when Christmas is long gone and spring isn’t really here. We spend so much time indoors, whether we like to or not, and when we do that I need colors! These blue flowers were just simple ones, only in a …
When we came back from Vasa and our trip to the TV-show Strömsö, I didn’t completely unpack everything. Instead I arranged some of my DIY-jewelry around the room! This collar gets to hang on a candle stick and look pretty. And the old clock got a temporary makeover involving lots of lots of pearls and …
We needed more spring, so I made some for our kitchen. Boom! Instant spring! We can all feel how much more energized we become, just because the kitchen looks more cheerful. I made the garland out of two different tones yellow – I only had two packages of the more orange one, so I only …
I just start beading and beading and beading… And one day all of a sudden a necklace is done! This butterfly necklace is made out of an old bracelet, old glass beads that I’ve kept since I was little, and odd beads that I found rummaging around my drawers. I started by drawing the shape …
Welcome new readers! Since many probably are here to take a closer look at my DIY jewelry, I thought I’d take some new pictures of them and present them here on the blog. Featured above is the first necklace I made using upcycled materials and lots and lots of beading. I needed a necklace for …