I'm lovin' it.

Hanna Lindström is a swedish designer from Gothenburg. She has created these designs. I love them! An dfor my swedish readers, isn't this the line MQ had a while back? Or did they do a rip off? Anyhow, you can find her here.

Regards,

Linn

Helgens blogg. / The Weekend Blog Trophy.

This weekend the winner is.... Strawberry Koi!

You've probably already found your way to her blog, but it is just too lovely not to be mentioned here.

Notes from the jury: This blog is a gem if you like vintage style blogs. She shows off her vintage dresses, and on occations pants/shorts, with such ease and grace one can not do nothing but get enchanted and a snudge jealous. Not to mention the beautiful collages she makes of her photos, which makes it even more of a treat to visit her blog. So, as always, if you haven't already discovered Strawberry Koi, give her a visit. Pronto!

Today has been all about food.

Indeed my day has been all about food. I went to the forest, ended up walking around there for two hours. It was so nice! All alone in the woods, just me and the birds. And ants, mosquitos, flies and.... so on and so forth. But it was really nice! (however I am glad I took my trusted wellies, it's so darn wet in the forest from all this raining!)

I found some chantarells, which actually was why I went up there in the first place, and I also picked blueberries. I must admit I do get slightly panicy when I wander around there, there's just so much blueberries! It's like wading in a blue stream! At one point I looked up and was kind of lost. I had wandered for so long without looking up, so it took me a few minutes before I knew where I was.  (And for the record I didn't find any Karl-Johan mushrooms (don't know the english name) either, so Madeleine, you need to share!) Here's proof I didn't just eat the blueberries, I actually brought some home!

Anyhow when I got home I was really in this harvesting mood, so I picked some black currant in our garden. I ended up making a batch of cordial. Here's what it looks like.

Black currant.

In the pot it goes. Look at that colour!

A new sifting cloth. All white and nice.

Not so white anymore.

Tadaa, the first glass of the finished product.

And a nice evening snack, yoghurt with blueberries.

Have a nice sunday!

/Linn

ps. tomorrow I'll announce this weekends blog trophy.

More morning hair pictures.

No I'm not proud of my morning face, but my best friend had some questions about my braid, so instead of answering I just show some pictures.

In a bit I'll show you what I've done today.

/Linn

Braids / My unglamourous morning look.

Hi, I don't really have anything interesting to blog about this morning. So here's a picture of what I look like this morning, straight out of bed. The braid is from yesterday, I just didn't bother taking it out when I hopped into bed last night. It's my latest braiding look. I tend to get stuck in one type of braiding style at a time, and currently this "fake bang braid" (or whatever you want to call it) has been sticky as H*ll. 

Now I'm off to the enchanted forest, or at least the blueberry bushes. I just hope the mosquitos will give me a break this time. I'm telling you, they are organised this year, like a crazy guerilla squad they attack everything that moves. Or don't move. As long as it has a blood stream, I guess.

Later,

Linn

Flat lined.

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Hi folks. I know I was supposed to post last night. Well, I flat lined so I was a bit unavailable. I was so unbelievably tires, and my feet were so incredably sore. I actually cursed some higher powers this morning when the alarm woke me up and i knew I had to get up and go to work. Again.

Anyhow, today went much better! Time flew (compared to yesterday that is). At one point  it rained cats and dogs and there was a voilent thunder raging outside. I loved every second! I really don't mind working when it's crappy weather. (with that said I could come up with loads of stuff to do when it raining, besides working. Like cuddeling up in a cozy sofa with a good book, tea/hot chocolate and a soft blanket.)

When we got home Mr M went straight to the kitchen to make some dinner. I was accompanied with myself and I, and we went to the rasberry bushes. Yummie, yummie in my tummie!

Anyhow, wanna know what we did more yesterday? Oh, well I'll tell you anyways! Mr M and I bought a new flat! Wihoo! (if you haven't heard me ramblin' about it, we just sold out house.)  Tomorrow we are going to the bank to sign contracts and stuff.

Later folks,

Linn 

The fun is over.

The fun is over. It sure is. For this year. I'm talking about my vaccation. My four week long time off from work. Yesterday was my last day, so right now I'm having breakfast before going to my first day... It's mixed emotions, I must say..... Well, I'll let you know how it was, when I get back tonight.

Have a lovely day!

Linn Ekholm

Minimarket.

Oh, I just wandered into Minimarkets website and checked out their fall/winter collection 09. I've got to say, they do have some really nice pieces! I do love how the fall lines always seem to have dusty/ mustardy/ rich colours. Minimarket seem to have taken a deep plunge into the mustard and plum pool, and I totally love it! 

I love how it inspires to more well dressed, an almost british aristocratic, style. Can you guess which one is my favourite? The vest, the hat... Oh my.

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However it might be just out of my price range, it does give me tons of inspiration, and it feels good after a spring and summer filled with flowery patterns, bright colours and thin fabrics. 

Give me a cold breeze, cardigans and heavy fabrics, please. Early autumn, around school start, really is my favourite time of the year. The trees turn bright yellow and read, the air is high and clear and the atmosphere is just filled with a laid back and dozy feeling....

Regards,

Linn

Helgens blogg. / The Weekend Blog Trophy.

This weekend the trophy goes to...... Blooming Leopold!

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Note from the Jury: She has the most lovely style! A vintage inspired style, with her own special twist to it! It's girlie, sweet with a bit of an edge. She posts the cutest pictures and every post manages to inspire us. She also have an Etsy shop filled with goodies, so check that out too!

She reminds us about old pictures of the slow and sleepy life by the Mississippi river. Calm, bright and simply happy. Wonderful! 

Silence.

Hi folks! I know it's been quiet here the past few days. It's a combination of factors that is to blame... We've had some stuff to go through concerning the sale of our house and I've just not looked to fashionable when doing it. Today I spent the afternoon by the sewingmashine, I'll continue that little blouse project tomorrow. 

However, in my mind I'm already working on my next project. I think it'll be a two piece thing... A little inspired by this dress from Betty Page Clothing. It's stunning!

Have a nice evening!

Linn Ekholm

Trolls and princesses.

Yesterday I went to Mariebergsskogen in Karlstad. I met up my friend Emma and her mother Eva there. We bought tickets for the "Troll walk" which is  an interactive childrens theater. You walk around a small forest with guides looking for trolls. The kids get so involved, it's hilarious just to listen to their comments!

We did meet a troll. Isn't she good looking?

Then we met a prince, he felt slightly out of focus, hence the blurry picture. (It has nothing to do with the photographer, I swear!) He also happens to be my bonus little brother. Aka Emmas little brother and Evas son. (He is my bonus brother because Emma and I are so close, we could just aswell be sisters!) He is so terribly talented! (And good looking... just like the rest of the family. Now thats a good gene pool right there for ya.) 

Then we met a princess who had the cutest hair ever. True princess hair, a mile long and naturally super blond. Supposedly she is also very talented and nice. And good looking. Wow-ee, if only I was gay and single.... Anyhow, however....

Then we met the evil sorcerer. He put a spell on the prince, luckily the children, the troll and the ever so pretty princess together managed to get him free again. Phew!

After the theater we went to an ice cream bar, holy smokes, I get blown away every time at how delicious their ice cream is! An old classmate of ours also came along! I hadn't seen her for five years! She was just in sweden for vaccation, she lives in London nowadays. It was super fun to see her again, she really is the cutest!

Here's the ever so pretty mother and daughter, Eva on the left and Emma on the right.

Over and out,

Linn Ekholm

ps. thanks again folks for a very lovely day! ds.

pps. I know how much you all enjoy seeing what I eat for breakfast, so here's yesterdays breakfast, yoghurt with home grown rasberries and a cup of tea. There you go. dds.

Rerun from yesterday.

Well, it was perfect yesterday, so we decided to make a rerun of yesterday, today. So we packed ourselves into the car and headed up to Mr M's father's new house. Mr M got to practice a little, he is just like Robin Hood, an archer. I ate. And ate. And ate.... Lots and lots of cherries, a little black currant and some blueberries. 

I have been cold all day, so before going there I threw on a nice wool blend cardigan, navy blue with pink (nearly white) hearts, white wool socks and my wellies. The red shirt is really a shirt dress, however to short for me to feel comfortable, so I wore it with cut off jeans shorts. And as always, black tights. Wonderfully un-matching.

Tomorrow I'm finally meeting my best friend, since we don't live in the same town anymore we don't ge to see each other as ofter nowadays. 

Regards,

Linn Ekholm

aka Miss Match 

ps. wow-ee, I sure haven't spent much time in the sun this summer. Can you tell? Haha!

The Happiness.

Mr M and I spent the afternoon at his fathers and K's new (old) house. Mr M helped with putting up a new roof and I just wandered around with my camera. I must say I was in heaven. They have loads of cherry trees filled with lovely red cherries. It seems this day has been just about berries, haven't it?

It's not toally true I was in heaven though, actually the name of the place is Lyckan, which is Swedish for happiness. true to the name I was happy with my camera there. It's an old farm and it's so charming! And just like us they have plenty of apple trees in their garden too.

Tomorrow I'm going back to pick more cherries, because today I just ate everything I picked....

Regards,

Linn

Berrylicious!

I Love love love love berries! Today I've picked the first ripe rasberries in our back yard. It's so delicious! Every year I kind of rediscover how much I like rasberries. You really can't compare store bought berries to home grown ones. 

We're also enjoying the last of the strawberry season here, and just to make the most of it, we buy strawberries every morning, so that we can have strawberries with yoghurt. It's like eating dessert for breakfast!

Soon, any day now, our red currant will also be ripe and the forest is already full of blueberries! Life really is berrylicious at the moment! (maybe I'll make som home made cordial of it all...)

Regards,

Linn

Helgens blogg. / The Weekend Blog Trophy.

This weekend's winner is....

Green Wedding Shoes!

This is a blog written by Jen in L.A. It's all about weddings. Shoes, flowers, style ideas and so on and so forth.

The jury's motivation: This blog is so full of inspiation it's bursting at it's seams! Even if you're not planning on getting married anytime soon, you should give this blog a visit! The photographes are stunning, the style is impeccable and it's well written. Maybe you're going to have a birthday party soon? You can certainly get loads of inspiration here! It is simply adorable and cute and wonderful. Go visit. Allow yourself to daydream for a moment. 

This 'n that.

I just wanted to show you some stuff I've made lately but haven't photographed until today. First off are my new pants, I swear to God these are so comfy I might even consider acknowleding that there is a slight possibility that there are pants out there that are just as nice to wear as a skirt or a dress. (Just maybe, but that's still huge coming from me!)

You like? They're so wide and have the perfect length to be super comfortable! They're made from an old pattern, I would guess 70's, so I had to remodel them quite a bit. For instance I cut of about 20 cm from the top! From the beginning it had pockets, but they kind of vanished when I cut them down, and I was to lazy to make new ones, hehe.

This is a project I started and finished this morning. Let's call it the "Linn is sick and tired of plastic shopping bags"-project.  It's a shopping bag from some left over fabric I had. And it turns inside out if you get sick of pattern on the outside. Two in one, so to speak. The darker fabric is actually leftovers from the pillowcases I made yesterday and the white fabric I bought with the intention to nail to a wooden frame and hang on the wall. Well, I think it was put to better use here, don't you?

Now I really need to take a shower and shape up. Then Mr M is making me dinner, and just to finish the day off we're going to see the new Harry Potter at the movie theater. I'm so excited!

regards,

Linn