From our Open Studio
Here´s a little glimpse from the studio this weekend, with my easter decorations in front – and Lines paintings in the background. We had so many sweet guest from near and far – and really enjoyed opening our doors to the public – and to our small front garden.
Tak til alle de søde gæster som kiggede forbi Kærlighedsstien i weekenden – det var skønt at have jer i baghuset!
29 mar 2010
Åbne Døre i weekenden
Denne weekend 27 – 28 marts, åbner vi dørene til vores atelier og design|studio på Kærlighedsstien 7 i Århus. Der er åbent lørdag og søndag fra kl 11 – 17 begge dage – Der vil være kaffe, kunst, postkort, grafik og lidt påskepynt. Vi håber på sol og forår – og på at se en masse nye og gamle venner af vores baghus. Se her hvor der også er Åbne Døre i weekenden. Tilmeld dig vores nyhedsbreve hvis du vil vide mere om vores arrangementer – eller vores fællesblog eller facebook side.
Our studio will be open to the public this weekend, as part of the event Åbne Døre – we hope to see a lot of new and old friends for coffe, art & design.
A new Must-read blog!
It seems like the the Danes have FINALLY discovered the joy of blogs of blogging – and the number of new danish blogs have exploded over the last months. The new blog by Claus Dalby is one of the best news! – especially if you love flowers and gardening like me. When I grew up Claus Dalby was the local magican in my home town – and since then he has used his magic powers to create this garden & home above here in Århus. I love to walk past his place as often as possible because it´s so spetacular and beautiful. And the fact that the house above is also the home of his publishing house Klematis, which publish numerous books about gardening, crafts & childrens books – makes it all truely magical – and it´s all on my wishlist! Enjoy! Photo by Claus Dalby
Happy Hours
Our home has been full of guest, presents, flowers, food and joy over the weekend – and I´m just sitting here feeling so thankful. THANK YOU!
And my upgrade to version 4.0 feels so good!
Free DIY Easter Eggs
I´ll be really busy for the next couple of days celebrating my 40th B-day and my daughters 6th B-day. So while I´m busy and having a small blog-break I think it´s time to share my little DIY Easter Eggs & Rabbits. They are made with some of my repeat patterns and are super simple to make.
Print them out on thick A4 paper – cut them out and mix & match. Glue 2 eggs together with a piece of sewing tread in the middle – or make a string of eggs – et voila! The rabbits are a bit more tricky – so I´ve made a front and back version of them. Cut the front first – glue it to the back of the rabbit and cut the back afterwards.
You can download the front here and the back here. Have fun!
For private use only. Please spread the word, respect my copyright and share your result on Flickr or your blog!
Spring greeting
Just a little spring greeting from me to you – because it seems like spring has finally sprung!
Så blev det alligevel sæson for gækkebreve i år! klip klip!
Book Cover Inspiration #1
I recently discovered The Book Cover Archive which is an archive of book cover design and designers. It´s a place where you can easily spend way to much time browsing books - like in a real bookstore – the only thing missing is the lovely smell of books and paper. This time I picked these very graphic covers with lots of contrasts, hand lettering and simple yet strong looks. Don´t they look tempting? And yes I really think you can judge a book by it´s cover!
Impatient Paper Flowers
To celebrate the 2010 International Women´s Day I would like to share this simple DIY-idea with you. I came up with this idea when I looked at my cherry blossom branches which I´m impatiently waiting for to bloom. I cut some simple paper flowers which are both quick and easy to make. See the drawing above for the size, and start by cutting a hole in the size of the branch – then cut 5 petals around the hole – and wrap the flower around the branch – you might have to vary the size of the hole from branch to branch. I used plain white paper – and painted a yellow circle around the hole on some of the flowers – I think thick paper will work great too. Happy Womens day and have fun cutting – and if you have any questions please let me know.
P.s After I posted this I suddenly realized where my inspiration also came from. Last month at Formland I saw these flowers by PFISK, and loved the idea – so if you don´t enjoy cutting – you can buy these - which are a bit more sturdy than paperflowers. Inspiration is everywhere – sometimes I don´t know where it came from – but when I do remember - I want to give credits.
Graphic girl Wishlist
Here´s my graphic girl wishlist, with lots of stuff from the In Good Company Collection by Marimekko, ceramics by Louise Langgaard from here - and beautiful products & packaging from MOR cosmetics from here.
Gadget girl Wishlist
My birthday is coming up and friends and family have started to ask for my wishlist. So here´s my Gadget girl Wishlist and just to make things clear – I´m not sponsored by Apple – eventhough you can find all the above items in their Apple Store – apart from the Fuji instax mini Polaroid camera.
