Tagged

Rina tagged me for 7 random facts about myself (thank you, Rina) and to tag 7 bloggers to do the same. Here goes:

random fact #one: Currently reading Murakami's What I talk About When I Talk About Running, and have marked several pearls of wisdom. That guy is so clever! Intend to share pearls!

random fact #two: I run sometimes too. Post easter, I should run a lot 'cause ...

random fact #three: this easter holiday I made dessert every day! One day I made Tarte tatin with vanilla ice cream (picture above) for the first time in my life. Not the last!

random fact #four: I have considered giving up coffee, but don't want to.

random fact #five: Last item I bought was a huge pot for a rose my mother gave me as an easter egg :)

random fact #six: Last concert I attented was Sias.

random fact #seven: I would love to make pottery. A lot!

Thank you Rina.
:-) I tag Tiny Red, Gracia and Louise, Dear Oly, Alexandra, Cecilia and Aimee.

On my wall

Tagged by FruensWerk (thank you;)
tl: school map , tr: inspiration, bl: misc, br: spots
Rina and Natascha, will you play?

Delicate and tight by Tsilli,
mindblowing animation by Muto,
and light Lumetta.

Tagged

- by Flora Douville (thank you:) for 6 reason why I blog. Here goes:
1) because of the inspiration - you awesome, talented bloggers out there never seize to amaze and dazzle me. I thank you daily.
2) the communication (this was a side effect I hadn't calculated with, when I began). I love the little conversations, the curiousity, and the interest we take in each other. You guys are so sweet.
3) I experiment more, make more doodles and more silly stuff, now that I have a place to put it:)
...
which pretty much sums it up. I could elaborate on no 1; The beauty, the ideas, the images, the sharing of everyday life and joy and spirit, all of which are inspirational and part of the reason I blog.
I'm improving my english (Danish blogger here:) - not at all a reason, but a most welcome side effect:)

(I wasn't very structured at this;) Instead of tagging six particular, I will tag everyone who would like to share the reasons they blog. (Please leave a word if you accept the tag - I would love to read your reasons)

Tag rules: give 6 reasons why you keep a blog, choose 6 people to go on the game, if you have time, put a comment on this page with a link to your post and your blog’s theme.

Very foodie weekend - 3 new recipes on Kitchen Blog.

man watching dog watching bird

Going through one of many messy drawers, I stumbled across my remazoles. So with these staining babies in hand, I'm experimenting away.
Rina tagged me for six random facts; I'll try to list them without considering too much.
1. My favourite candy in the whole world is Reese's Peanut Butter Cups (my mouth water, just typing this).
2. I'm a messy artist - especially when deadlines close in on me. After having met the harshest deadlines, I tidy up, though, being quite organized as a person.
3. I feel blessed living where seasons change, but I fancy fall most of all (and am a bit of a poet, too ;-D)
4. Number three made me think of The Scarlet Pimpernel - I love that movie.
5. Like Rina, I have (allthough only a few) Italian genes. – Just enough to paint my hair dark brown.
6. On my CD player right now; George Michael - Older.

Thanks Rina. I will now tag Marie-Louise, Snapping Twig, Flora Douville, Natascha Rosenberg, Deborah Champion and Deborah Mori. Hope you'll play.
Tag rules: Link to the person who tagged you. Post the rules on your blog. Write 6 random things about yourself. Tag 6 people at the end of your post and link to them. Let each person you have tagged know by leaving a comment on their blog. Let the tagger know when your entry is posted.

Overview and a Thank You

A little preview of the new Family Calendar I am working on these days. I made illos for July and August also.
Kelly was so sweet to give me an award. Thank you so much.
I now need to nominate seven bloggers; Eddy and Edwina, Flemming Bindslev, Jazmin Valesco, Mansuetude, Udder, Sparkle Seahorse Smiling and Kup-Kup Land, whom I always visit whenever in blog-land. Some of you have already recieved this award, but that just says it all, don'it? :)

The rules of accepting are as follows:
1) Put the logo on your blog.
2) Add a link to the person who awarded you.
3) Nominate at least 7 other blogs.
4) Add links to those blogs on yours.
5) Leave a message for your nominees on their blogs.

My New Handbag and other Friday likings

Knitted, felted and finished. I'm so happy. It is still wet - fresh out of the washer - and I need to sew a zipper in. (Allthough I'm still considering this part; it will flatten it a little bit, but I will definately use it more, if it has a zipper). It also has a little pocket inside for my cell:) I'm so happy. Yarn and recipe is from Bette Design in Copenhagen (design by Tove Fejrø).

I was tagged by Mansuetude (thank you:) with six things I like today;

1. My Family (always)
2. The smell of freshly baked bread
3. The beginning of a new project (going for the Hemlock)
4. Reminding myself that we are all just children, and no matter where we are or who we are, we ultimately just hope to be happy and want to be loved.
5. The. Awesome. Beauty. Of. Bloggers.
6. All-day-yummy-thinking of the movie a saw last night - JUNO - if you haven't seen it, please do. It is so warm and funny and wonderful (and has a great score - you can listen on the official site)

Thank you, M, I enjoyed reading yours, and look forward to read Kelly, Marie-Louise, Gracia, Fruen and Alexandra.



Also, please visit Duermevela - beautiful blog
Have a wonderful weekend

Shippin' out

Last night, after my previous post, I finished the stamps. Tonight, I will pack them, then ship them out Saturday. I hope you'll like them. Thank you, again, for playing:) And for your patience.

presents -- yay:)

I received my PIF-present from Camilla Engman today.
It's beautiful:)) I love it. Thank you so much:)

Will you show me your workspace?

I was so inspired by Audrey's beautiful working spot, in the middle of what seemed to be her living room, I have thought of little since:) So -- I would like to try to start a new tag -- ask if people will share a glimpse of their creative corners (or halls, or tables or studios or ...) and then tag 5 themselves.
Here's mine. Now I will tag Flora, Smosch, Esti, Nina Seven and Karin, let them know what to do, and hope they'll want to play (wish me luck:)

Sending out the PIFs

Tomorrow, these little fellas will be shipped out. Off, into (three very different corners of) the world. Happy travelling to you:))
I just love seeing people's work-spaces. Here is Audrey Kawasaki's -- isn't it wonderful???

Beautiful music and greatfulness

Ever since I saw La petit putain, waaaay back when, I've found Charlotte Gainsbourg to be so incredibly beautiful - and last year she made beautiful music. She has such a delicate voice, and a sweet, subtle accent.
I love this song, and I get lost in these quiet lyrics;

I saw somebody who/ reminded me of you/ before you got afraid/i wish that you could've stayed that way/i saw a little girl/i stopped and smiled at her/ she screamed and ran away/ it happens to me more and more these days//and these songs that you sing/ do they mean anything/ to the people you're singing them to/ people like you
i saw a photograph/a woman in a bath/ of hundred dollar bills/if the cold doesn't kill her, money will//i read a magazine/that said by seventeen/ your life was at an end/ i'm dead and i'm perfectly content//and these songs that i sing/ do they mean anything/ to the people i'm singing them to/ people like you// and these songs that we sing/ do they mean anything/ to the people we're singing them to// tonight they do



Sweet, inspiring Flora gave me an "I love you this much"-award. Thank you so so much, Flora. I give it right back to you - I visit you everytime I'm in blog-land:)) I also want to give it to ... everyone here. I'm so inspired, every day I discover new blogs, new fantasic, talented people who create and write and share, and I love it -- SO much. Karin, Camilla, Marie-Louise, Andrea, Sandra, Raquel, Jennifer, Tascha, Rachel, Aspa, Julia, Kelly, Ann, Kirin, and many many more:)

Thank You

I recieved this from Aspa today -- and that made my day. I think there are so many talented, inspiring bloggers out there, and I certainly think Aspa is one of them, I really admire her work. So thank you so much. I'm very happy and very honored.

"You make my day-Award" works like this:
1. Write a post with links to 5 blogs that make me think and/or make my day.
2. Acknowledge the post of the award giver.
3. Display the "You Make my Day Award" logo with a link to the post that I wrote. (Optional)
4. Tell the award winners that they have won by commenting on their blogs with the news.

I'd like to pass the award to
Elsebeth
Marie-Louise Sundqvist
Julia Freund
Andrea Tachezy
Kelly Medina

Naming only five was hard -- I could go on and on.
Thank you all for inspiration and visits:)

Art-Facts-Tagged

Wonderful, talented, humorous Tascha tagged me for 5 art facts, and to tag someone else, so here goes:

1. the creative process, even of simple projects, usually takes me through the whole gamut of emotions.
2. I love it when my fingers get stained from working
   
3. long ago I took drawing lessons from a VERY charismatic teacher. It took me 2 years to learn to draw like him (not as well as him, but being young and susceptible, I more or less copied his style) and at least twice as long to learn NOT to draw like him. It was very educational.
   
4. years later, another great artist and teacher, Bjarne Agerbo, was the once who, through the wonderful world of etching, opened my eyes to the way I'm still working today
5. artsy medium to bring with me to desert island: my pen and bottle of encre de chine; thick, black, liquid ink. Mmm:)

I'm tagging Neilornstein for 5 art facts, hoping he'll want to play :)

Movie Tagged

by Kelly Medina, I'm to name my top 25 movies, and tag 5 people. So here goes, movies rather randomly:
The Shawshank Redemption, The Elephant Man, A Room with a View, The Fifth Element, Au Revoir Les Enfants, Lost in Translation, Snatch, Payback, The Matrix, The Usual Suspects, The Cook, the Thief, his Wife and her Lover, Blade, You've Got Mail, Sneakers, Memento, Das Leben der Anderen, Une liaison pornographique, Once Upon a Time in America, Once upon a Time in the West, Atlantis, Amélie, Muriels Wedding, Romeo + Juliet, American Beauty and Donnie Darko, allthough I could go on ...
I'm tagging Ninaseven, Marie-Louise Sundqvist, Anja Boretzki, Tascha, and Amy, hoping they'll want to play :)

I've been tagged

... by Cally, and I will follow the rules:

1. Link to your tagger and post these rules on your blog.
2. Share 5 facts about yourself on your blog, some random, some weird.
3. Tag 5 people at the end of your post by leaving their names as well
as links to their blogs.
4. Let them know they are tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.

#1: I've never been tagged before, so I actually had to sit down with paper and pencil to brainstorm some random facts, thinking I don't consider myself that weird.

#2: My biggest wish for X-mas (beside world peace and good will t'wards mankind) is a waffle maker.

#3: Last night I dreamt my dad had died from a heart attack, and allthough I knew I was being silly, I had to call him up this morning to hear if he was ok. (He was).

#4: I love Playstation. My favorite game is Tomb Raider, the missions and the riddles rock. I don't work the controller though - my co-player does - I tend to drop the thing in chock every time a shooting enemy shows up ...

#5: I (honestly) believe, that if I REALLY put my mind to it, I would be able to move stuff using only the power of thought. I never tried thought, 'cause I'm kind of scared of my reaction if I should actually succeed. (hmm -- I guess that is a little weird)

Get ready to get tagged: Flora, OttoBlotto, Rachel, Limonete and Marci Senders.