Just a reminder...

Gift wrapping doesn't have to produce a lot of waste. You can come a long way with some newspaper, leftover paper scraps, ribbons from last years gifts and tissue paper from your last flower bouquet.

Do you practice eco friendly gift wrapping? Please let me know!
And if you have a link to share, please do! I would also love to share your images on my blog!

Making Christmas

This week, it's all about wrapping gifts, decorating and cleaning the house for the Holidays.

My shops and designs are having a break.

Yesterday I put up this decal from Circle Line Studio.

The plexi ornaments are from I wanna be.

Hopefully, in between, I'll get time to sew myself a pair of reindeer curtains.

Design interiør feature

My bib is featured in the last issue of the Norwegian magazine Design interiør.

Thank you to Monica Halvorsen -Uldlageret who pointed it out to me and to Siw Eriksen -the woman behind Re-Vinyl who ripped out the page of her magazine for me!

Noah

We have a new friend in the family. His name is Noah.

Cute, isn't he?

Shop news -organic & fairtrade teatowels

I am finally able to offer organic & fairtrade cotton teatowels in my shops!
I have printed some Christmas reindeers saying "God jul!" wich means Merry Christmas in Norwegian.

There's one print with a single turquoise reindeer. As you probably (!) have noticed, daylight is a sparse luxury these days, so I had to take the teatowels outside for a photo shoot.

It is lots of wind here at the moment, wich made it really difficult to capture a hanging teatowel.

(Flying teatowels were easy, but doesn't show the print so well.)
As you can see, I have a new log photo wall!

I am trying to recover from the very busy Christmas market weeks I've been through. It feels like I have been working all of the time the last three weeks. The markets were so nice and I have met lots of lovely people! And in between, I also managed to buy a couple of great handmade gifts.
(Mostly for myself, I guess...)

Friday Favorites from Epla

Star from Bazaar.

PacMan cufflinks from Ridley.

Christmas card from Frøken Fabel.

 Wooden plate from Rubbel&Bit.

Christmas ornaments from olivia.

This weekend I'll be at DEJM -Designernes eget julemarked. Have a lovely weekend!

Printing

I'm printing in my original, mint green, 50's laundry room today.
The room has a lovely atmosphere.
I have printed lots of new teatowels for dejm this weekend.

Have to run down and print some more!

Designernes eget julemarked

Nå har jeg det supertravelt.

-For jeg skal stå på julemarkedet på DogA i helgen med tingene mine.

(Hvis alt går etter planen, kommer jeg til å ha med meg noen helt nye håndklær.)

Kom og hils på meg da vel!

Eplas Julebasar

Til helgen arrangeres Eplas Julebasar.
Jeg er med og jeg gleder meg til å hilse på mange andre som har butikk på Epla.
Hvis du er innom, blir jeg veldig glad hvis du kommer og sier hei til meg!

Fra Eplabloggen:
"Velkommen til Julebasar på Heggedal hovedgård! Epla og Allers har slått seg sammen om å lage årets flotteste julebasar på den idylliske hovedgården i Heggedal.


Over 70 designere, kunstnere og håndverkere er i full sving med å forberede seg til julebasaren. Gled deg til å se alt det fantastiske de har med seg, og kjøp håndlagde og unike julegaver til store og små! Det blir hyggelige aktiviteter for barna, deilige vafler og pølser i vår lille kafé og ikke minst god stemning. Vi ønsker deg og din familie hjertlig velkommen!"

Julebasaren er på:
Heggedal Hovedgård
Heggedalsbakken 23, Asker

Lørdag 26/11 - 2011 kl 10 - 18

Det vil være betalingsterminal, godt med parkering og det er gåavstand fra Heggedal stasjon!

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Etsy Christmas

I have a crush on vintage mercury glass ornaments... and Etsy has loads of them. -But do I dare to order such fragile items from so far away?

These are from Wise Apple.

Here's an Etsy treasury list I've made with vintage Christmas decorations.

If I do take the plunge and order some glass ornaments, I would surely need this wonderful wooden and eco friendly Christmas tree from Wood Wool Stool.

Here's more lovely decorations:

Glass ornaments from Found vintage objects.

Tiny decorative mittens from Gazaboo.

Christmas trees from adatine.

Dear Santa decal from Circle Line Studio.

Christmas tree tags from Katie Blair Desings.

Art photo from Lucy Snowe Photography.

Some very charming reindeer and Santa ornaments, Chelles Treasure.

Gift tags, Atelier 22.