Bag it

My daughter needed a new overnight bag, so I decided to make one to get it just right.
It was essential to make one in a size that suited both grown up and kid, since I often carry her luggage. And it had to be big enough to not have to add another bag when packing for her overnight stays.

Long bag straps for my daughter to carry the bag across the neck, and for me to carry on one shoulder.

Black fabric with fun bird motif from IKEA
and  lining in a chequered multicoloured fabric from Stoff og Stil.

Invitation

Friends over for brownies and coffee. Cant'go wrong, can it?

My contribution to NIB's challenge Invitation.

Autumn's delicious

Høsten har kommet og jeg har dilla på epler. 

De aller beste er de som ikke er helt modne ennå, veldige saftige, litt syrlige 

- men ikke så mye at det river i kjeven.
Dette er mine favorittepler; saftige og gode, men neppe fra norsk frukthage:)

Apples are my favourite autumn fruit.

The best ones are those that are barely ripe.

These are my favourite apples, juicy and tasty, although not from a Norwegian orchard:)

Moving up

Siden jeg malte stueveggene i oktober (tror jeg) i fjor har denne kulltegningen stått på lager på gulvet bak vedovnen i påvente av ny veggplass. Jeg hadde planer om å henge opp bildelister over lenestolene, bildelister ble kjøpt inn ca oktober og har dermed ventet like lenge på å bli satt opp. 

Since I painted the living room walls autumn last year, 

this charcoal drawing has been waiting for å new spot on the wall. 

I planned to mount a couple of picture ledges above the living room chairs, and although the ledges were also in waiting, it took me almost a year to get the job done.  

Helt utrolig, med tanke på at selve jobben tok mindre enn en halvtime bare jeg kom i gang. 

Jeg hadde planer om å sette opp to hyller, 

men på grunn av mangel skruer ble bare denne ene satt opp nå.

Men resultatet ble flott da, jeg er veldig fornøyd. 

Incredible, since in less than half an hour one of the ledges was up,

and I'm very pleased with the result.

Her kan jeg dekorere med bilder og vaser og lys og what not, og skifte ut når tid som helst. 

I dag satte jeg på en svart vase fra Søstrene Grene med en avlegger av Forsythia-busk som venter på å bli plantet ut. På den andre siden av bildet står min lille Omaggio-vase og et par svart og hvite telysholdere. 

Greit å være klar for talgelys-sesongen, nå som første høstmåned er i gang. 

Here I can decorate with pictures and flowers and candles and what nots, and change whenever I please. 

Back to school

This week my daughter started school again - but it was her mum who got the first homework!

To bind her school books. 

Previous years my daughter's been supervising the binding but this time I did it all on my own, 

With brown paper, maskingtape and stickers I got to it. 

I hope she'll approve.

The magnet letters do not, of course, stick to paper and was all for the pictures. 

Inspiration found in the very inspiring blog of Stine Hoelgaard Johansen. 

For a How-to on binding books, see the super blog of Marie Friis.

Stickers and notebooks from Søstrene Grene. 

Magnet letters from Tiger. 

ipod cover

My daughter had an ipod touch on her wish list for a year. 

So when she got one for her birthday earlier this summer it turned out she also needed 

a cover for her brand new ipod, 

and I made her the one in the picture above. 

Here's the material I used  for the cover.

She chose the colours for the yarn, the rest was up to me. 

But summer wasn't over

Had this looming feeling that summer would be over now that I started work again. 

Turned out I was soo wrong:)

These last couple of afternoons we've been relaxing on the terrace in a comfortable temperature and at times sunshine. 

We decorated the outdoor furniture to the best of our abilities and got out blankets and pillows to make it nice and comfortable. 

This beautiful quilted blanket is from the 1960's,

and although it has become a bit worn and torn over the years, the patterns and colours are still beautiful.