ice

i found this bike down our street. its been encapsulated in ice. im sick of ice. but it looked really beautiful!

luck

i won a give away last week! I can't believe i actually won since im never lucky like that. So the other day this great potholder arrived in the mail from Hannna in Finland! Y A Y! Check out the cute paper she made with her daughter!

▶ Maria: It is so sweet cos she will be really quiet when i do it, and then when i put her down she giggles!
▶ Sandra: uhhh thats a challenge! i will ask D if he is up for it!
▶ Famapa: I used to put her upside down in another way which she did not like at all, but this way is fun!
▶ Linn: :)
▶ Lina: Really big -and heavy! she is a... well pretty mellow baby -the trick is that you only have time to get out the camera when she is mellow :) but she does have some temper in that red hair i can tell you
▶ Schorlemädchen: She is! and her hand always always goes to her mouth when i turn her upside down!
▶ Clair: children arn't as fragile as the look! though E just had a big ol' spit-up on me after some rumbling and tumbling!
▶ Jokemijn: She does! and her head looks giant :)
▶ Kiwitz, Linn, Lisen, chapter 9, Elianna: ;)
▶ Marie: uhh i will try that later!

head stand

Just yesterday we found out that this is a position that suits our little girl a whole lot. Happy weekend everyone - stand on your head!

▶ Søhesten: Jeg kender godt dilemmaet med gode gaveønsker, som man vil have så meget, at man til sidste bare må købe dem selv :)
▶ Emily: helt bestemt -godt vi kan nyde noget af hendes held
▶ Mette: Uhh tak for netto-tippet! det vidste jeg slet ikke, men nu har jeg reddet mig et sengesæt og en T-shirt!
▶ Hannah: Thank you for your sweet comment! finnish is a crazy language!
▶ Maria: Hihi -i can never remember how they are spelled in danish since there are alot of different ways in different language and they are so similar!
▶ E: Yeah i will read it to them -and E aswell even if she does not get it! I love those melodies and rhymes that have been in your head since you were a kid. In denmark we have a alphabet book that everybody read as kids and we got one for E as well and i found that i knew almost all of them by heart!
▶ Indie mom...: Thank you for the tag! i will get on it!
▶ Golubka: Thank you so much for your sweet comment. We have a cartoon version of moomin in denmark which i have never really liked, but the originals are so different!
▶ Jenny: Uhhh tusind tak for linket!! der er mange cool versioner!
▶ Trula: Yes, i just decided to read to her even if she does not get it yet :)

Moomin

I can't wait until Elinor is old enough to read about moomin with me. She got this beautiful book with the first three moomin books in one for christmas. If you have never seen the original illustrations, you should really check them out.

▶ Fenke: Yeah, thats why babies don't have fulltime jobs!
▶ Aredhel: good, that is tho whole point of this blog :)
▶ Lisen: Rufus hates the snow too -too damn cold, even when we put on his jacket.
▶ E: Yeah, why is the snow being so selfish?? why don't you think about us snow? its so difficult getting around and you drag in a ton of snow. hate it
▶ Celine: its a perfect little pout that she has perfected.
▶ Tilda: Elinors head has taken shape from her favourite positions too -its hard to keep them on their stomach when they make faces like that!
▶ Crazed unicorn: Cool to hear from you! thank you for the sweet comment
▶ Ai: Thank you, most of her clothes are second hand
▶ Louise: i like it when it snows, but a soon as the snow stops falling and is just all over in the streets, i hate it!
▶ Anne Kristine: Tak skal du have! måske skal jeg lave en guide. Det er helt tilfældigt hvad trekanterne måler og jeg har lavet forskellige tæpper med forskellige størrelser, så jeg har bare lavet en papskabelon i en tilfældig størrelse og så brugt den til at klippe efter. De her er vidst ca 10 cm høje
▶ Maikki: I know, we never have this much snow, but i can't help it, im dreaming of spring!
▶ Marie + Jana: you are right -snow is better than rain!
▶ Louise: Ja, bysne er kedeligt! Jeg har købt de store trækugler i en hobbybutik på nettet og sat dem på en forlængerledning
▶ Karen: Thank you for the sweet comment. You need a good pair of slippers to get through winter!
▶ Stine Marie: Tak skal du have for den søde kommentar!
▶ La Sale Bete + Linn Marie: Thank you -we got the cups for our wedding and they are made by the little danish company Darkling
▶ la vierge noire: ouch that sucks!
▶ Provins: Ja, det er rigtig får, men de er fra netto for et par uger siden.

snow. again.

its snowing. again. im sick of it. the weather can really affect your mood! im sure its causing my headache right now! On the upside: blueberry muffins, coffee and new, furry slippers! and the sweetest blogreaders in the world, of course!

training

when you are a little kid like E, you have to train your back muscles by lying on your stomach every day. This is clearly not Elinor's favourite disciplines... oh, that little sad mouth... Copenhagen has been hit by a ton of snow. I woke up early this morning and just stayed in bed watching the snow out the window. Snow has such a beautiful way of falling compared to rain. I can't make up my mind whether im sick of snow or liking it -and i guess it does not really matter what i think anyway.

▶ Flo's diner: ha ha, sejt!! chipsne af kartoffel blev helt klart bedst. Tror man skal lave dem hver for sig.
▶ Lisen: i know! it takes up half our living room, but i don't mind. We do take it down some times though :) (ja, jeg læser allerede højt fra dine bøger for lille E)
▶ Spin: hmm im not sure i think its worth the work.. they were delicious though
▶ Melissa: YEs it was such a pretty sight -with the beet root colouring everything pink! I sometimes look at pictures from elinor was just born and i am amazed at what three months can do!
▶ Jenny: Oh you must have so much snow in ystad! Bornholm is totally closed down - they can't even clear the roads because of the wind and snow!
▶ Sweet fine day: i really should go out with my camera in the snow we have got now, but its so cozy staying in..

chips

i tried making home made chips from beet roots, parsnip and potatoes. Conclusion? a bit too much work for too few chips -but it looked pretty! Elinor got this swing for christmas from my parents. The cool thing is, that she can use it all ready! I made a new cover for it though, it was originally a bit too red for our living room

yes, but no

i have finally gotten my computer back - but now my photoshop isn't working! arrggghhhh... i don't want to spend time on technicalities!

▶ everyone: thanks for all your great comments for the last two posts! Horray for The XX and Hanna and her dogs! btw: Hanna sold the dog-print through her blog, but im not sure if there is any left!?

dogs from göteborg

16 dogs have moved into our apartment! they are colorful, from sweden and don't have to be taken for a walk like some dogs... (yes Rufus, im talking about you! do you realize it is freeeezing out??). They were a gift from sweet Hanna of Kiddet! How sweet is that? I love greeting them every time i go to the fridge!

xx

im listening to the xx and have been for the last six months. D and i went to their concert here in copenhagen and it was the longest we've been away from E, who was brilliantly looked after by my two good friends. Im actually really not a concert person and many times i would enjoy putting the record on at home just as much, but there have been a few good ones that i keep remembering -like when we saw this band in Berlin or a concert with this guy two years ago and xx will be one to remember as well.

▶ Brit: yes i think so!
▶ Alice: :) you are so very welcome and im am so happy to cheer you up! good timing!
▶ Kiwitz: No i don't know exactly but somewhere in england!
▶ Adri: I would like to have her camera for eyes!
▶ Luna: I have been dreaming of a houseboat as well, but then i realised i don't know anything about boat-upkeep!
▶ Lina: I think so -and yes! the cats are so funny i laugh every time i see them!
▶ Jokemjin: I think the whole setting with the boats and the trees and the snow is so beautiful its surreal!
▶ Maria: Oh how cool, i would love to see the painting, do you know who it is by?
▶ Lisen: Jeg bliver også glad hver gang jeg ser din poster :)
▶ Wera: So good to hear from you! thank you for the sweet comment!
▶ Kelly: oh thank you so much! and yes, Bang bang is and amazing label! there is too much good kids cloths out there! i really try to restrain myself!
▶ Sopchan: No the mobile was a gift from some good friends. its by a danish company, but i really really can't recall the name right now..

weekend wrap up

I have a lot of photos that never make it on to the blog. Here is a wrap up of some of them! happy sunday everyone!

quaint living

Even though im actually quite sick of winter, snow and freezing cold i keep eating up Alice's amazing winter photography! She captures light and details perfectly and you just want to live in her pictures! -and when it gets too cold outside, i go inside and laugh at her cats :)

▶ Nath: Im really happy with the combination of the three as well -so different yet they really compliments each other!
▶ Hanna: I love Marilyn's sadness in the painting! -and E and i were laughing at your dogs this morning!
▶ Valentina: Thank you so much! I hope E gets to keep her red hair for a long time!
▶ Mille: Tak! De cupcakes på din tumblr er fantastiske!
▶ Emma: Its a good thing E will be living with us for a long time so we get to keep the collage :)
▶ Jana: Yes, i think those shapes are perfect for a little girl! she will love it! i did not know paul and ann rand, but from what google shows me, it looks great!
▶ Lisen: :)
▶ Helmer: I will do it! i just need a bit more light so i can take some good pictures of the art! the days are so dark! i will tell my father that you like his marilyn!
▶ Megan: And we are lucky to know little E

art

Elinor got so much great stuff for christmas and her baptism. One of my very very favourites was the collage done by one of my friends Merete Slyngborg (in the bottom right corner). She is a serious artist and mostly does crazy, conceptual stuff that is hard to hang on the wall so i feel extra lucky that she did this fantastic collage for little E.

▶ Helmer: Funny you should ask just now. maybe i should do a little "art" tour of the apartment! Our walls are almost full now! in this picture you also find a Marilyn Monroe painting by my dad and a drawing by Kieth Shore -both were birthday gifts for D.
▶ Deleilan: oh, i wish i could send you all a present!
▶ Mani: He really is -well sort of. He had a hard time sitting still with a treat dangling over his head
▶ Louise: Jeg elsker når musikere er generte
▶ Ida Nilsen: Sløjfer er perfekte til garnrester -eller lav en kæde hvor hvert led er forskellige farver
▶ Veja Cecilia: You cannot do anything to love something as delicious
▶ Mieke Willems: the package is (almost) on its way!
▶ Lina: yes -bows are quite easy and quick to do!
▶ Lisen&Stina: there was way to little space when i took those photos of rufus so he almost jumped on top of me!
▶ Luna: I hope they don't take it the wrong way! i lurk many places online!
▶ Melly: I will give him one for you!

Y A Y

Finally! no more stalling! the winner and the prize for the ungt-blod-second-birthday-give-away! And the winner is.....

hmm... two winners in one ...good thing there are two prizes!! an ungt blod mini bunting + a knitted bow-tie necklace! here presented by Rufus:





I want to thank allllll of you -both the 116 people who commented and all the rest of you lurkers for making my blog such a thrill to write!

▶ Jana: When we were kids my sister had a one-armed rabbit, so i find bob quiet perfect. The rabbit only had one arm cus my mom ran out of yarn!
▶ Louise: hvor er det sjovt, at i så os! synes i ikke også xx var ret søde?
▶ Tiger, Pop Life and Lina: He was a gift from my good friend when E was born!
▶ Lisen: They are a nice couple!
▶ Adeline: I love their blanket too! so much good stuff!
▶ Mieke Willems: im forcing her to love them :)
▶ Riotyarn: i know. its hard to get over
▶ Suki: they are not hard at all -just cut alot of triangles! and yes! santa has excellent taste! here it was a good friend and my sister-in-law who were the sweet santas!
▶ Emily Salomon: Hvor hyggeligt at høre fra dig! Jeg elsker amager meget højt -og nogle gange kan man godt føle sig lidt som den eneste :)