Sponsored by www.hobbii.dk Happy Monday!It's mid July, it's the warmest summer in more than 70 years in Oslo .... we are enjoying the days off and summer at home, rewinding after the wedding weekend one week ago and just chilling, doing things we love. Yes, we love DOING things. So, we enjoy our staycation in the garden, working on our self made pergola project (Jarle is doing the most woodwork) and after doing the entire framework we've now added in windows on two sides of the pergola 😊 I'm enjoying the day at the deck chair in the garden. Crocheting. I'm really so excited about the collaboration with hobbii and the beautiful organic wool I'm testing, I can't help myself but sharing my crochet project. Most times I don't share ...
Camilla’s beautiful DIY bridal bouquet -and how to make it.
July 7th 2018 we had this beautiful, amazing celebration of love in our family. Young mr&mrs Loennecken (Camilla and Edvin) had a wonderful wedding. It was all located at a farm on the southern coast of Norway, outdoors in beautiful surroundings and amazing, warm summer weather everything perfectly arranged in beautiful, summery and playful boho style by the young couple. You might already know I'm the grooms mom ... and I'm so so happy and thankful and blessed to call Camilla my daughter in law. She is a beautiful young person inside and out. We all Love her so much! From the very first time this girl set her foot in our home six years ago (even if she was only a very shy and barely 17 year old young girl at that time) she was one ...
Our wedding card
Yay! Today I found time to create the greeting card for the wedding. You know I actually looove paper crafting. In the past I did paper craft every single day ... so making this card for Camilla and Edvin is something I've been looking forward to and planned how I wanted it to turn out quite some time. Now, when you've been quite good at something (not to brag) and then all of a sudden stop doing it ... getting started is such a joy... but it's also kinda scary... sounds strange? Well, what I mean is the inner critic that shows up and ask if I really still is able to make the card as nice as planned... maybe I'm just messing it all up ... I finally got to silence that critic and went to work on the card. I had some ideas in my head and ...
The cutest Crochet mobile purse
As you maybe already know, we're planning, shopping, packing and getting ready for the big big happening in our family next week: Camilla and Edvin's wedding! We are so exited and happy and we really are totally over the moon ... So, as we're all different personalities in the family we are all in different stages of our to-do list before we leave to the beautiful southern coast of Norway for the wedding .... the male members of the family are ... well ... probably doing this their male way ... they need to wash the car, assemble the suit, polish their shoes, maybe go to the barbershop...and then they are good to go... 😁 The girls ... we do it a bit differently... we have been planning, thinking, shopping, made lists, gathering ideas ...
Homemade Crochet newsboy caps
I'm so happy and proud to finally be able to share my FREE pattern on my crochet newsboy caps. Must say I love this cute, easy-to-make summer caps. The 3dc-cluster-pattern makes the caps airy and light to wear even when it's warm and sunny outside. The brim gives a tiny bit of shade for the eyes. I wanted this caps to have the classic newsboy look, fit well, be cute, summery and feminine, be loose and easy to wear but still not baggy.... and in my opinion I managed to catch it all. 😊 This caps is suitable for girls and women. It's one size only so if your head is smaller or larger than 56-58 cm you'll probably need to make some adjustments. It also depends a little bit on type of yarn you choose to use. So I recommend you measure ...
Natural spray for natural beautiful looking hair
A few days ago I went to a party with some girl friends - it was so good seeing them and we chatted like girls do ... you know like talking about everything from saving the world, to every day life, kids, lifestyle... and then all of a sudden one of the girls complimented my hair. It made me so happy! Actually quite a few people have complimented my hair lately... and it's not because I just came out from the hair dresser ... because I didn't. So I thought maybe it's because I actually have hair now ... something I didn't two years ago when I was totally bold after chemotherapy.... maybe it's because I've grown my hair longer this year? But no. She told me my hair looks so youthful, shining and fresh, like I was 20 or something. So she made ...
Making my own luxury Rosewater
This summer season is filled with all the beauty and wonderful scents from all the flowers. Here in Scandinavia it's almost like one big firework during these short months of summer and daylight 24/7. I love it all so much! I love each and every beautiful flower. They all have their own uniqueness. It makes me want to capture it all, putting it in jars and preserve it, keeping it so I can find it during the long winter and remind me of natures beauty. So, every year I set out to make stuff based on flowers and plants I love. Today I want to share my homemade rose water. It's a simple but yet beautiful way to preserve the beauty, scent and color if the oh so wonderful wild roses. Who doesn't loooove the scent of roses?! I use my ...
DIY softening Foot salve
I love walking barefoot during summer feeling the grass or the soil or the sand under my feet makes me feel grounded or somehow closer to nature. Are you a barefoot walker? Does your feet get dry and does the skin crack during summertime? Maybe your feet need some love and care ? Today I want to share my favourite homemade foot salve with you. I definitely need to give my feet some extra love from time to time ... I mean they do a great job carrying me around all day ... and the skin gets dry and cracks if I don't take foot soak, use the foot scrub and use my footsalve. Cracked skin on the heel comes from dry, dead skin cells building up, so it's important to scrub the feet well before adding the salve. This salve is made from 100% ...
