The list of the month - April

Here comes my list of the month. The blog post and categories are a challenge by Tant Johanna. Feel free to pick it up if you like. Here we go April!

 

 

Car

 

I was thinking about striking through this category and write b i k e instead (as the weather is so lovely nowadays and we need to breathe fresh air), but then I found this one. So cute. Makes me smile. For warm days!

 

 

Hair

 

On my way to the hairdresser's this Thursday. Cut it long is my device.

 

Shoes

 

I notice that I am very much into platform shoes this spring.

Such a shame that I do not have Zara around the corner.

 

Words

Pinterest is full of those "Great minds think alike"-quotes. I nod and pin.

Cup

The cup of the month is an explosion of colours and blooms. Can you picture this in the garden? A tray with afternoon coffee, sun glasses and t h i s cup! I love it! Summer!

 

Book

 

I need a new book to read. I have started to check the The New York Times' best seller list when in doubt. So many people cannot be wrong. Any tips, though? I already blogged about the book of the month, but this interests me, too. Kinfolk about entrepreneurship. Kinfolk also seems to be a safe card to success when photographing (see all variants and repetitions here). But I am interested anyway. Both in the contents and cover! (The picture above is from an article about scribbling in the book).
 

Food  Recipe

I watched Ernst in Toscana (TV-series) yesterday. He made a fruit pie. Sounded delicious (see the recipe here). And I sighed when he started to paint in that beautiful scenery. Seemed like a marvellous spot for inspiration.

Place to visit

Actually I just want to be at home, so not wishing to travel anywhere right now. It is a beautiful and warm season ahead.

 

 

Sweatshirt  Clothes

 

Beautiful fashion picture.

It is time for mocha, flared jeans and ancient sandals.

Read this hilarious article about the flared jeans.

 

 

Have a good week! Hope the list inspired you!
 

 

Pictures 1-2, 4, 7 Pinterest 3, 8 Zara 6 Kinfolk 5 Marimekko

 

One more cushion...

 I admire these cushions by Afroart.

 

Series 7™ chair in new colours by Tal R

 

A real blog boom right now is the news that Arne Jacobsen's classic 7™ chair comes in nine new colours picked by the Danish artist Tal R. This to celebrate that the chair has sold more than seven million copies this far (wow) and celebrates its 60th anniversary. Isn't it fantastic that this chair is still popular after six decades and despite all remarkable changes in technology, culture and life style? I am so happy that I bought my black ones many years ago! They are still my favourites!

For some chairs Tal R has chosen the same colour for both the base and seat to create a monochrome look. I like especially the black and white ones! How new and fresh they look!  

 

Which is your favourite colour?

 

Pictures Fritz Hansen

 

Morning glory

These lovely Sundays!



New recipes by Leila

This was a nice surprise! A new recipe book by Leila Lindholm! All with healthy and fresh recipes! I will put me on the order list, lean back and wait for the book to be published and to drop down in my letterbox! Success! Easily the book of the month!

Cross-stitch patterns

Cool DIY idea. Embroidery in cross-stitch on a bistro chair.

There are numerous cross-stitch patterns to be found on the Internet.

 

Photo Deko

 

Flared jeans

 

The flared jeans from the 70s are back! I got lost in all the denim pictures from the 70s and today. Here are the icons Jane Birkin and Farrah Fawcett wearing these. What do you think of this spring and summer trend? Will you have a pair in your wardrobe? I think the right model in the right shade could look pretty good with some shoes having the same vibes of the 70s, e.g. shoes with thick soles. Are we ready to let go of the skinny jeans? Are these unflattering or instead making your legs look longer? I have not tried any pair yet. I think the top part must be tucked in, tight or short.

 

So! This was a mental escape from interior once in a while.

Inspired by Joanna | Vogue Netherlands | Pinterest

 

Happy Easter!

Finally Easter! I have waited for you! Started out with breakfast in front of the TV (yes, it is allowed...). Early and slow mornings are my melody for four days ahead. On the agenda are Easter dinners with family and friends and doing whatever I like whenever I like...I have saved my usual winter holiday for May so these four free days are more than welcomed.

I took these pictures last weekend and some more decorations and yellow and flame-coloured flowers have appeared still, but here is anyway a glimpse of some of my Easter decorations. I like the black wooden eggs (brand unknown) that I found recently!

Happy Easter to all of you!

Paper love

 

I have got a crush on these paper bags that I found in the flower shop yesterday. Perfect for some spring flowers. The bags are not waterproof, though, so you need to have a pot and plate inside as well. I will have to go and buy a few more tomorrow. Would look good with daffodils inside, too! Or why not for herbs in the kitchen?

Esteri Tomula | Pastoraali pattern

I bought some white porcelain plates in different shapes some time ago. Still wondering what do with them and what to paint. Lately I have tried to learn from the best by doodling details and imitating illustrations from the 50s and 60s. I know that I will not be able to do anything advanced first time on porcelain but at least it is fun to play with the ideas. Above are some drawings by the pottery artist Esteri Tomula for Arabia (1965-69). Love them! Would definitely by any pieces on the flea market if I would come across.

Well, I probably end up doing some dots instead. But at least I have imitated all single details above on paper. Maybe I am able to turn it into something new and own later.

Would like to do so much more creative stuff, but you know. Then you have to sleep, eat and work, too! :)

 

The power of flowers

 

A small collage with small vases I spotted lately.

 

porcelain cup

pink glass vase

black vase with structure

blue glass vase

 

Flower picture | Ouur

 

 

The list of the month - February

Not at all late. Just on the very last day of the month I pick up Tant Johanna's challenge with The list of the month. Here it comes, my February list! Yay!

Car

Mostly foam cars on my mind, but if I have to choose or dream, I choose Audi. Always Audi.

Shoes

I heart Vagabond. Maybe these ones this spring?

Hair

 

Messy braids.

 

Words

This must be the most pinned word on my Pinterest. This came to my mind when thinking of a new camera. So true. In the end, it all depends on the one standing behind the camera. The camera is just an inevitable tool. Nikon or Canon? Do you have any advice?

 

 

Cup

The cup of the month is of course KoKo by Arabia, as I spent a Saturday photographing it this month. You can still win a set of own chosen KoKo products in any wished colour (white is also a colour!) to 150 € on my blog here in this post. Please join!

 

Books

I am still reading this, by Gillian Flynn, (my twenty-four hours are too short) and it is so good. But next, I want the running book by Jessica Almenäs, one of my favourite TV comperes. I also want to read more of Gillian Flynn, have the Josef Frank book on my coffee table (love the pattern), and buy Maria Lang just because of the illustrations on the cover. In fact I want to read a lot more!

Food

 

I am deeply fascinated by Hanna's beautiful pictures of food. So colourful and sharp photos. I like that it is all in with colours!

Music

 

"If music be the food of love, play on". I agree Shakespeare. I want this loudspeaker.

 

Place to visit

 

Copenhagen. Or any city with much hidden design treasures and illustrations. I would also love to go somewhere with a lot of beautiful architecture or nature to photograph a lot of visual details!

 

Sweatshirt

This for lazy Saturdays.

 

Hope it all inspired you! Have a nice weekend!
 

Johanna, more | new lists for March?

 

Pictures 1 Audi | 2 Vagabond + Pinterest  | 3 Pinterest | 4 Wisuella | 5 Adlibris | 6  Hanna Göransson, collage by Wisuella | 7 Marshall | 8 Pinterest | 9 Vila

Arabia giveaway | KoKo series 10 years

 

 

Welcome spring!

 

I recently got the opportunity to do a table setting with the newcomers in Arabia's KoKo series. The new colours of the cups, bowls and plates this spring are beautifully yellow and green and are suitably called Sahrami (saffron) and Niitty (meadow). I immediately came to think of spring and nature and wanted to bring this feeling inside, as we still have to wait a while for the real spring.

I mixed Arabia's KoKo series with a collection of Iittala products and also my own tableware by Iittala. The good thing with these brands is that everything matches! KoKo is plain and of one single colour, which makes it easy to mix with other series. Just according to your mood.

After using these I was at least very willing to adopt some more accent colours after this black, dark and semi-cold winter. And do you see? The sun beams are finally finding their way inside my home again!

  

KoKo is turning 10 this year. Happy birthday KoKo!

 

And now, wow, to the best...!

  

Arabia is giving you the possibility to win KoKo products of your own choice, in any wished colour (including white), to a total value of 150 €!

All you have to do is to check the products behind this link and tell which is (are) your favourite colour(s) in the KoKo series? Please add your answer in the comment field below!

The competition ends on Sunday 8th March 11.59 p.m EET. The winner will be annonunced on the blog.

 

Good luck!

 

 

 

The competition has ended. Congratulations Mari V! You are the lucky winner of an own set of KoKo products! Please email me your contact details.