My latest girlface.

Still practicing.

I'm still practicing my drawing skills. It's quite difficult to reach the right skincolour and then to get it even. But I feel I'm on my way.

I can see I have a lot to work on and the hair is always a callange, but I really like to do this. I'll show you 2 photos this time. The first one in progress and the second one when done.
If you look you can see that the skincolour is very uneven so I had to paint over again. Her hair wasn't quite well either so a lot more work to do.



In the second photo I call her done even if I can see things that could have been better.
The background is a challange too, I'm always ending up not knowing how to create the background. Suppose it's all about training. This background is made squary inspite the fact that I really don't fancy squares. Easiest way though.....



During my decluttering I finally came over a set of postcards that I've been searching for a while now. The cards are made between 1910/1920 and shows specific buildings in New York City. They're so nice and I'm thinking of showing them off. I've never been to the US so I don't know if the buildings are still there but it would have been fun if anyone out there could tell me which buildings still exist.

That's all for now, wish you all the best.

A different weekend.

We drowe to a city called Flekkefjord.

Saturday we had a daytrip to Flekkefjord. To our surprise there was a festival going on and lots of people in town. The weather was sunny and very hot. We did enjoy the sunny day and walked the streets and baught a bit of this and that.

When it was time to return we chose another way back because we wanted Sandra to have seen a place called " Helleren" The road which passes Helleren is very steep and narrow. The photo below is a postcard showing Helleren. People lived in this house before and during World War 2.



My husband snapped a photo of Sandra and me in front of the houses.



Today we went to the beach to collect some flat rounded stones for me. I intend to crochet around them. I have not done that before so I look forward to try it.

Now it's time to bring Sandra back home.
Wish you all the best.

An owner for the little skirt.

Say hello to Constanse.

Constanse is my sisters oldest grandchild. Today they was visiting me and the skirt found it's owner. Constanse loves pink so it suited her well. She is such a lovely girl and all that almost white hair amazes me.
She has a little brother called Caspian and he is a stubborn one but very cute too.



Now I've completed my decluttering and it feels soooooo good. This weekend it's time for Sandra again and most likely we'll journal a bit. Well, it depends on Sandra and what she prefers to do.
I just wanted to show you how the skirt fitted the new owner.
Take care and enjoy your weekend.

Look what I got in my mailbox today.

I'm a member in Postcrossing and today this lovely card was in my mailbox.
It's from Belarus where a mother and her three year old son made it. I really love coffee and especially these days following the news we have made a lot of coffee.



I got my very own coffee train. Isn't that something? Look how nice they have used several different medias. The little boy was so exited to tan the card with coffee. I have to say it gave me a soft spot for that boy and his mom. Thanks a lot to both of them.

Yesterday I sold four of my bracelets too and was asked to leave them in commission at a friends yoga studio. I think I'll try it. Can't do any harm to try.


Otherwise I'm soon finished decluttering the whole house. Just a couple of rooms left upstairs. My home do look new all over and I told my husband the other day that it looks like we're moving. It feels good though and I really look forward to finish it all. My new studio has to wait untill then.

Wish you all the best.

My new studio.

Helloooo folks, I'm still alive.

I won't mention the last days happenings other than to say it's terrible. We're all in shock and we all feel the terrible loss of almost 90 youths and 10 adults. It's surreal. Well enough of that I thought I would show you my new studio. It's a tiny room with windows towards the garden.
Since we (my husband and I) are collectors you can see my royal plates hanging on the wall. There's one missing and that's Queen Maud. That one is very rare and difficult to get hold of. The lower left shows our present King Harald.



I just can't wait to start using my new place but we are doing a really big decluttering job here right now. I recon we're done tomorrow if nothing happens in the meantime.
The wedding gift I talked about in an earlier post have to wait a bit but I got a coushion done. What do you think? Could this one be part of a gift?



That's all for now, I just wanted to say hello ant that we're allright.
Wish you all the best.

Journaling with new pens.

Have you ever tried Uni Posca?

They are really good pens/markers. It took a while to get used to them because they have this very hard/stiff tip. I've been using some with a tip like a brush so the differens is huge. The Uni Poscas do cover everything, even a black background is covered by my pale pink pen. The more I use them the more I love them. They are really worth a try. On the right page I've used only Uni Posca.



The left page has a little poem asking some birds to bring nice weather. As you understand we do not have to water our garden this summer and that's fine. Neither do we have to cover ourself with sunblock and that's fine too. BUT.....

We are invited to a wedding later this summer so I'm thinking of making the couple some nice things. The mother of the bride gave me some ideas. Right now I'm sewing curtains to my sons second floor.
That's all for now, enjoy your summer.

I've been kind of lazy lately.

A little less creative.

I've been doing other things. We've had some beautiful summer days and I've been biking each morning for an hour and a half. My friend is visiting home again and we have had our daily meetings.
The other day I spent the whole day down town together with another friend of mine. We did some shopping and shared a nice lunch. The entire day the weather was so nice and warm. Really a special day.

And tomorrow Sandra is comeing again. Her mom is invited to a wedding and Sandra wanted to stay with us. So, this has really been a busy week but not that creative.

I promised to be back with a photo of my ruined page and here it is. Janet and Clare I should have followed your advice to continue layering but I had already covered up the background. The left page is the one. The right page I was trying to do some decoupage just to see if I could do it. It worked but what a mess, not my favorite so far. And the page became over the top romantic and sweet. Well, I've tried it and that's it.



My husband starts his vacation today and before he left work he was given a gold watch for his 25 years in the same company. Nice start to his vacation.
That's all for now, I wish you all the best.