Travel Views

Yesterday I received a newsletter with some wonderful views on travel and vacation – so I decided to combine some of them with my photos from our recent trip to Thailand. So here´s some pure & sunny eyecandy for you. Have a happy weekend!

Autumn Colours

I´m a little short for words these days – nothing´s wrong – I´m just rethinking my little space here on the Internet – so just enjoy the autumn colours while I´m quiet.

Back from Berlin

I´m back from a warm and sunny weekend in Berlin – such a treat! This time around I did a lot of seightseeing – and very little shopping. Berlin is such a great place to visit with kids with all the sights, museums, playgrounds and cafees around. MUST GO BACK SOON!

A Casa Franciotto

Just went through my photos from our holiday in Italy – almost self torture – since I´m back to work again. But the place we stayed is too good not to share so here we go. We spent a week at Agriturismo a Franciotto, located 9 km outside Lucca. Surrounded by olive- and grape fields and with the most wonderful view of Tuscan hills & houses and Lucca in the distance… The owner Laura was so sweet and helpful and her daughter Silvia cooked us some tasty traditional Tuscan meals  some nights… My mum had invited us all – and the place was perfect for 2 families with kids and a seperate house for an extra family or grandparents. I miss that view, the silence and the sun!

My Italian Summer Colour Week

Here´s a glimpse of my lovely & lazy Italian holiday – which I´ve just returned from. I decided to take the photos for The Summer Colour Week with my Iphone and Instagram app.  1. YELLOW – fresh figs served on our terrace. 2 PINK – old signs in Lucca. 3. BLUE – our private pool and wonderful view at Casa Franciotto – a place I can highly recommend! 4. RAINBOW – street in the old center of Lucca. 5. RED – Italian graffiti. And now back to work!

Have a fun weekend

Wishing you a weekend full of fun and colours

Collecting Feathers

I´m collecting feathers from our pet budgie. And I´m completely in awe of the amount and the variety of feathers it has/had. My favorite is the yellow ones with the black dot – isn´t it fancy? If you like collections or to collect -then you should check out Lisa Congdon´s wonderful project a Collection a Day – which has now been published as a book also, See it here. Lisa´s old blog was one of the first blogs I started to read back in 2005 – she is a wonderful, brave and talented lady – and I think you´ll like her too – here´s Lisa´s homepage.

Another project I´m working on is to make a portrait like these of our budgie – but it´s not an easy task! The artprints above are made by Leila Jeffreys, and measure 99 x 76cm- and can be found via the Australian Gallery Iain Dawson.

Istanbul

I´m back at the studio after a great trip to Istanbul – and I´m completely talked out after spending 5 days with 5 fun and talkative female friends. We had so much fun and all loved the place. The weather was a bit chilly and windy – but that didn´t stop us in any way. Here´s some impressions from my trip.

Studio Life & a Small Holiday

Here´s my current moodboard at the studio – and some lovely flowers I picked up at the market last week. I love simple garden flowers like these and dream of my own garden one day  – I´m just not ready to give up city life yet! And speaking of city life – I´m leaving for Istanbul tomorrow!!! I´m going with a group of female friends and our programme is amazing. Lots of sightseeing, a stylish hotel and great places booked for eating… I´ll be back next week with tons of photos I´m sure. See you.

Inside/Outside the studio

Another amazing and sunny weekend is over – perfectly spent reading in a hammock and in good company with friends & family. I have another busy week ahead of me at the studio – I´m designing mainly books & blogs at the moment – and I promise I´ll update my portfolio soon – it´s really about time! Untill then here´s another sneak peek from Inside/outside the studio. Right now the birch tree is so green outside – and inside our second floor is almost done. The Pantone cups and fresh flowers are two important must-haves also.