A rainy day in Oslo

It has been a rainy, grey day in Oslo today.

But wrapped in the colors of fall it is still beautiful.

The grey weather and the rain seems to give even more intensity to the red, orange and yellow leaves.

As the three smaller kids are away Edvin and I enjoyed a day on our own in the city of Oslo. Buying him a new winter jacket, wich he needed. Had a coffee at the jazz café.

Edvin covinced me he really needed a Louis Armstrong CD, recorded in 1954 as well.

( Strange - a 14 yo love music from the fifties...)

Kind of was thrilled my big boy loves jazz so much.

His trumpet ( and the piano ) never stays still...

Had fun playing with the camera. I really got a lot of inspiration after attending Karen Russells class in Greece. I have wanted to take tons of photos, capturing little things... textures, moments...life ever since I came home. Thank you Karen, you gave me SO much inspiration trough your class.On these pictures I have played with some Texture / overlays by Ninian Lif as well .

I had another surprise waiting at my doorstep the other day.

It was a great honor to be featured in this french magazine, Histoires de pages, along with Linn and Renee.

* sorry about the bad link, it is now fixed *

all smiles :)

Still enjoying the beauty of autumn here in Oslo.

Love to hang on to summer, sun and flowers as long as possible - the winter will be long and cold, and these last warm days when we are still able to be outdoor in the garden, having lunch or a cup of tea outside and embrace the low sunbeams are precious.
Some of the flowers are still beautiful, while other are getting ready to their long winter-sleep.

Eirik - the outdoor guy - he loves doing things in the garden or around the house.

:) Today "101 ways to use your scrapbook supplies" special issue of Creating keepsakes with Jennifer McGuire arrived at my doorstep.

I was SO honored and happy to find my layout Sol@7 in this magazine.

I'm all smiles

:) :)

Summer projects

Hi my friends.

First week of summer break here in Oslo. The weather is wonderful, the sun is shining and the kids love the carefree days.

I have made some summer projects with the wonderful summery fresh DeLovely papers by Cosmo Cricket.

Used some Helmar 3D squares to pop-dot all the pp-panels on this layout. Used some old glass pebbels and "raindrops" to add a more summery feel. :)

I actually made this bag for my mother on mothers day. I think she have used the bag almost every day after she got it. She proudly shows the pictures of her grand-children wherever she goes - and that makes me totally happy :) :)

I made the "picture-quilt" using a 12x12 inch page protector. I machine stitched all the squares and then stitched the protector to the bag.

On another note I'm SO happy and delighted to find one of my layouts in this issue of Creating Keepsakes in the "teen" section. I'm all smiles! :) :) :)

Have a great week - and enjoy summer!
:)

thunder storm and summer breeze

The thunderstorm and rain are straight outside my window.... earlier today we had sun and a little summer breeze.... dinner and icecream in the garden..... So, that's what summer is like in Norway....quick changes... But my LO's today all celebrate the bright and sunny days.
My "flower lover" is featured at Scrapstreet.com Magazine in july. Make sure you check out this awesome free online-mag filled with all kinds of gorgeousness and inspiration. :)


And time for a new word up at One Little Word.
Revlie picked "WHY". A wonderful little word. Go check out Revlies thoughts on this word, and all the other OLW-girls amazing LO's.
This time the team was sponsored by ZVA creative, LOTS of cute stuff I tell you! - join in on this weeks word for your chance to win the prize-package from ZVA. :)