..wall decorations

As you can see from earlier blogpost I'm fond of hanging a lot of different stuff on the wall. Here are some of the wall decorations I've done recently. The purse is a vintage one I just got from my grandma. I absolutely love it!! Btw, the wreath is the dried version of this.

..driftwood sign DIY

Wooden, painted letters and a butterfly made of feathers glued on driftwood. Easy peasy.

Have a great weekend!

 

..baby's breath

I'm gonna do the flowers for a wedding this summer and now I just started to test out some ideas. I'm totally in love with baby's breath!! But it need to be used in a certain way.. I think it sometimes can look a bit tacky. What do you think about this flower?

..popcorn pillow

 

 

I am so happy to have this wonderful pillow and candle holder in my home! Handmade by my very sweet friend Kristina. Check out her Norwegian online store for more great finds!

The last picture is a "behind the scene" picture. My cute daughter is always willing to "help" me with whatever I'm doing :)

..instruments on the wall

Of course my hubby's guitar get a spot on the wall, but I didn't want my Irish whistle to feel less worthy..  Now they're a duo.

..baby birthday party

We had a really fun time this weekend when we gathered a lot of babies and their parents for our girls first birthday party. I have been so inspired by many theme parties I have seen online, so I wanted to do to a theme party for my girl as well. The theme was "Bœ bœ lille lam" (a Norwegian song - bah bah, little lamb), since my girl loves sheep and says "bah" a lot!

When the first guest arrived I was really surprised!!.. I totally forgot when I had invited the guest! or.. I thought it was an hour later than when they actually arrived. Yup, that's me. And everyone who know us know that they shouldn't arrive to early when they are gonna visit us - cause we are reaaaaally last minute persons. Anyway, I had to ignore our very messy house, super quickly decorate the cake table and hurry up snapping some photos (while I still was baking and figuring out what my baby should wear..). We were lucky to get a lot of help from our very nice guests.

I designed the printable decorations for the party (hit me an e-mail if you want to reuse it) and made a little gift to all the babies (I'll blog about it later). We also had a photo booth were the babies where posing on a little lamb or a lambskin (depending on their age), or next to the lamb if even the baby was unborn (never to small to join a birthday party!)

I think I'll never get tired of doing this, though it's very time consuming..

If you want to see the 1 year old photo shoot we had with our little girl, then go to my photoblog.

Have a very great day!

..bird tree

I'm sorry, I know most people are very tired of Christmas decorations by now, but I just had to show you our Christmas tree. It's so small that only my birds and some flowers could fit in it. It's a potted tree, so hopefully I will have the same tree next year.

What date is Christmas over for you? I used to think 8th of January, now I'm not sure anymore..

I also used a glue gun for this project. This can also be flower vase, but if you are intending to use it as a tealight holder I would recommend to use a jar with a wider neck cause this can get really hot.

A hot tip; If you need a lot of small jars, then ask someone with a baby. We end up with tons of them! At least I do..

..DIY flower vase

This is super easy to make!

The flowers I have used is 'Heather flower' and 'Eucalyptus'

..my vintage wall

We are working on selling our beloved appartment these days so I thought I would like to share some pictures of it before we're packing everything down. 

Here is  a picture from the wall of our entry room:

Framed butterflies: My sweet friend Marie gave me this to me. She found it in Paris.

Plant: I simply love plants in jars! Also check out this post

Old picture: The little boy is my husbands grandfather. 

Talking about old photos. I had a discusion with my brother today. We both like old photos, but he thinks it's more fun with photos of strangers, so that he can make up their stories. I like to know the story behind every picture and it should also be family members. What would you prefere?

..ribbons and porcelain

I love how I can completly change the style of this service set by changing the ribbon for the occasion. These are from the "Antique reflection" collection by J. Godinger and co.

..a party for two

You don't have to throw a big party to spend some extra time on table decoration. Today my table is decorated with;

- Homemade napkins and napkin holder
- A homemade tea light holder
- Homemade scones
- A large tea cup for serving the soup
- Bottles with lemon and water decorated with leaf from my balcony plant
- My neckleace decorating the flower vase

Have a wonderful weekend!

PS! For more table decorations check out this site (Norwegian interior blog)

..table card

My great creative friend Kristina made these beautiful table cards for her sons baptism party. I thought they were so delicate and sweet!

..a good idea..or not

..I'm not sure. I just think my Orchid look so boring without flowers. So for now it is decorated with pussy willows

..spring detail

winter became spring

..lazy people plant

Ivy in a bottle is the perfect plant for those who tend to forget to water the plants. You only have to remember it maybe once a month! And It's pretty cool to see the roots as well..

The crate on the wall is also a favorite of mine

..wall of love

One of my very favorites is old wedding photos! Especially when they are of my family. The picture shelf is perfect for those who love to redocorate a lot..

..spring decoration

..my lucky old suitcase is decorated with some beautiful ranunculus at the moment. I also love my new birdcage, decorated with another favorite of mine - ceropegia.

Have a beautiful weekend!

..february flowers

At this time last year I was in beautiful Northern California enjoying the spring flowers. This year, in Norway, the only flowers I get to enjoy outside are the ones I freeze. It's hard to get a good result, so I'm not ready to take picture of them quite yet. This picture is of a beautiful decoration is from this wedding.

..permission to rest

So, I have started my materinty leave. It's the weirdest feeling, but I love that I finally have time to crochet, knit, organize our apartment and planning the baby's arrival!

Yesterday I found this bird at the store 'Sjarm' in Oslo. I have a total weakness for birds and just had to buy it. I bought it for my baby girl and now it's hanging over her amazing cradle that I'll show you tomorrow..