Done some printing

Hi there!
I've spent time in my laundry room again printing t-shirts and teatowels with reindeers.
Since I've experienced some problems with white colour on linen, I've made a new design for Christmas with only one reindeer and no snow.

The reindeer says "Merry Christmas!" or "God Jul!" or you could even have a more season neutral version without the speech bubble.

This teatowel is in my Epla shop.

If you prefer the English version, it can be found in my Etsy shop. (If you are a Norwegian customer and wants this one, just send me an email and I'll list one for you at Epla.)

I have printed some t-shirts for men too. I'll show you as soon as I have found a male model who will look good with reindeers on.

My woodburning stove

I have thrown out the kerosene stove and replaced it with a woodburning stove.

Today I used it for the first time. And now, it seems like everything have fallen in place. Because earlier this autumn, when I dreaded the thought of colder seasons, I asked myself:

What makes autumn a  nice and cozy season?

My answer was: Wood in the stove and homemade food.

-So that's my cure, and it works.

What's your recipe for a cozy autumn and winter?

Teatowel winners

You had many great suggestions for me for my teatowels.
It was difficult to choose. But one suggestion made me burst into laughter, so I think that must be the winner:
Rune B has won with: Faulty Towels
Congratulations, Rune!

And then, there's the random picked winner: Min Verden, was the winner of the other teatowel.
Congrats to you too!

The winners can contact me through my Epla shop.

Happy weekend to everyone!

Last chance -giveaway

Hi there!
Tomorrow I'll choose and draw the winners of my teatowel giveaway.
The best suggestion wins, and I'll also draw one winner randomly among the comments.
HERE's the giveaway.

November tote

I made this tote today. The fabric is a flea market find a couple of weekends ago. I think it suits November. November is such a beautiful and silent month. At least if you go outside. The fields are plowed and ready for winter. There's always a mist somewhere, far or near, that wipes out the details and makes the landscape melancholy and mysterious.

I was in the garden with the rabbit. A woodpecker was working on a lamp post near by.

I guess I haven't shown you the rabbit? He is a handsome young man. I have to have a rabbit photo shoot soon.

It's getting harder and harder to take decent product photos. The light is so difficult to work with.
I have also done a lot of printing in my laundry room workshop today.

Hopefully there will be some new pouches soon.

Eplas Jul

Moa og jeg er med i boken Eplas Jul.

Vi viser hvordan du og barna kan lage fine julegaver og gaveposer med potettrykk.

Eplas Jul er en stemningsfull og koselig bok med mange fine ideer til juleforberedelsene.

Boken kan kjøpes i dagligvarebutikker og kiosker og her hos Epla.

My daughter, Moa, and I are in the book "Eplas Jul". We show you how you can make gifts for Christmas with potato prints. It is in Norwegian and can be bought here.

Have a lovely week!
I'll be making gifts (your Christmas gifts?) for two markets this year. Eplas Julebasar and DEJM. (The Designers' Christmas market in Oslo.)

Christmas teatowels

Today I've printed the first reindeer teatowels. And Epla har launched their book: Eplas Jul.
Suddenly I feel that I'm  longing for Christmas and looking forward to it for the first time in many years. I am looking out the window almost expecting to see snow falling.
I wish this feeling can stay and stay all the way to the holidays this year.
I wanted to share these photos with you. They are from last year. I had a small photo shoot all by myself in the garden of Drammens Museum.

If you want to buy a reindeer teatowel, you can get it in my Epla shop and my Etsy shop.

And here's a link to Eplas Jul. A Norwegian book with inspiration, DIY's and recipes. It looks super cozy! I can't wait to see it.



Halloween at work

My day job is at Røyken videregående skole, an upper secondary school in Buskerud, Norway.
One of the courses I'm teaching is Interior and visual merchandising.

The students wanted to showcase a Halloween display for a local pumpkin farmer this year. I think it looks so good, that I wanted to share it with you. It is my fabulous coworker Tor Hemma who has been the teacher behind this work.

Well done, Tor! And to my students: Great work, girls! -I'm proud of you all.

Win a teatowel!

I'm having a giveaway.

You can win a teatowel of your own choice from my shop

and at the same time help me with some great new ideas...

I have stocked my shops with my popular teatowels. So if you are looking for a gift for Christmas or maybe one for yourself, you know where you can find them. (Etsy, Epla)

Hopefully, there will be Reindeer teatowels soon too.

But I have been thinking a lot about making teatowels with a text.

-A quote, maybe a recipe, or something else?

I'd love to hear your suggestions! I'm welcoming both english and norwegian suggestions.

Each suggestion must be posted separately in a comment, and maximum 5 entries pr person.

Lucky me will choose my favorite word/text and that is the winner!
I will also randomly draw an additional winner among the comments.

The giveaway will be closed November 10.

(I'm reserving myself the right to use or not use the suggestions posted here.)

Sunday Etsy Favorite: andODesign

I just love the designs from and O Design in Australia.

This is what she writes in her Etsy shop profile:

"and O design was founded by Yumi Ando in June 2010. She is a Japanese ceramicist based in Melbourne, Australia.

All the and O design items are hand-built using clay slab techniques and are made in small batches from a small home based studio. The designs are inspired by both Japanese and Australian cultures."

Have a look in the SHOP.