Fru Ku med steinovnsbakte brød

Else "Sprossa" Rønnevig har sendt meg dette fine bildet med hennes steinovnsbakte brød og håndkle med fru Ku.
På hjemmesiden hennes kan du lese om alle hennes prosjekter; bygningsvern, bakerovner, bøker, oppussing, rådgivning, kurs og mye mer!

Natural Etsy Faves

Here's my Etsy faves of today for you.
Click here to see the whole list.
I love this colour scheme today.

Take care!

Fall news preview

Photo and styling: Marcela Recondo.

Just a sneak peak on one of my new pillow covers. They will be in my shop in September.

Photo and styling: Marcela Recondo

In the meantime, have fun and do good!

Cream and pink Dahlia

My flower addiction (again)

I went to the Farmers Market in Oslo yesterday and bought home these wonderful flowers from Blomsterhagen på Abildsø. Locally and organically grown cut flowers.
(Why on earth shoud we buy airborne, imported flowers in summer???)

If you live in the Oslo area, you can order the cut flowers online or subscribe to bouquet of flowers (organic!) delivered on your door. Wouldn't that be wonderful?

Here's Anja working in her garden.

Working hard



"Hei Pus", dusty pink pillow case with cat print.

I have a couple of days left of my holidays and I'm working hard with my business. I want as much as possible to be ready before the next couple of super-busy months at the start of the new school year.
Today I will be off to have some interior photos with my products taken. Then there will be preparations for Saturday.
Saturday will be a really exciting day. Epla is teaming up with IKEA and are having a mini-workshop day. I am asked to talk about my business and how I'm planning and working to make my business grow.
IKEA is arranging an event during two weeks to promote the launch of their new catalogue. They have opened a (work)shop called Tekstileriet in Oslo where you can drop by and get inspiration and advice regarding upcycling and redesigning your furniture.
A lot of workshops are held during this period, here's the schedule.
Epla's day will be Saturday August 11.
Program follows in Norwegian:

Program for dagen:
12.00: Dørene åpner!
13.00: Anita fra zndesign viser deg hvordan hun lager kule oppbevaringsposer med snøring.
15.00: Guro fra God som Grønn lager 'trengerikkeposer' - kule og praktiske bærenett for de miljøvennlige.
17.00: Gunn fra Maganda viser hvordan hun lager flotte toalettmapper som passer perfekt til badet eller reisen.
19.00: "Vi leiker ikke butikk, gjør vi vel?" - Unni Strand deler sine erfaringer med å drive minitrykkeriet STRAND tekstildesign.
20.00: Lett servering og masse skravling oss Epla-elskere imellom.
22.00: Vi tar turen ut i sommernatten for å fortsette selskapelighetene enda en stund!

Er du heldig, kan det være plasser igjen på workshops, foredrag eller festlighetene etterpå. Gå inn på bloggen til Epla og meld deg på!

30 eplaere har vært bedt om å lage ting av IKEA-stoffer. Dette vil være utstilt i lokalene.
Stikk innom og ta en titt og en prat!

Her er min IKEA-hack:

Hello Kitty!

New teatowel in my shops. (Etsy shop, Epla shop.)