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Pip Studio Design

Pip Studio Design

Do you know the company Pip Studio? They make all kinds of super cute items, liked bed covers and porcelain, and are based in the Netherlands. I have been eying their stationary and notebook designs online for a while, but never got around to buying anything. I just couldn’t choose. Now they have arrived to […]

The book caf we always wanted to have

The book caf we always wanted to have

Where and how to have a excellent caf experience. It is a relatively new caf in my old hometown Umeå, with a hand carved wood sign above the door. It is called Caf Pilgatan as it is situated on the road with the same name. It’s one of those dream coffee shops that we’ve talked […]

I love a bit of craziness around the neck

I love a bit of craziness around the neck

Behold the turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out. James Bryant Conant When I was visiting the city library I had a very nice time in the craft section. Perfectly placed in front of the knitting books I found a little stool that I sat on as I was browsing through […]

A notebook collectors wet dream

A notebook collectors wet dream

My friend Ellinor in one of our favorite paper shops. It’s small but has a very nice selection of beautiful papers, pens, notebooks, albums, stamps and stuff. When I visited last they had hang these very beautiful Japanese papers in the window, folded like cranes. I just had to take a photo of them, because […]

Greetings from Knit Cafe in Stockholm

Greetings from Knit Cafe in Stockholm

Yesterday my friend Inger finally lured me out of my secret cave into the big world outside. It was just what I needed. I went to a knit cafe in Stockholm for the first time! It is open every Sunday and was located in a big yarn store called Knit Lab, close to Södra station, […]

Taxinge garden

Taxinge garden

There was a garden exhibition at Taxinge Castle this weekend. We made it into a day trip and brought my 89 year old grandmother too. She is very fragile but wanted to come. I brought my camera. Gran and me walked slowly slowly through everything and finished at the caf, famous for its beautiful and […]

Planning a Dream Studio

Planning a Dream Studio

I was reading Claire’s blog Loobylu this morning. It was one of the first blogs I found on the Internet, and it inspired me to start a blog of my own. In Australia where she lives they have hot summer with bush fires and extreme heat. Here, in the northern part of Sweden, on the […]

Visit to the artist shop

Visit to the artist shop

I got a great big check to go to the Artist Shop in town (Konstnärsshopen) for my birthday, and I’ve been saving it for a special day when I needed a shop kick – and feeling so happy about having it. So this week the time came when I put the big sturdy check into […]