December 2011
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Joy is not in things. Joy is in us.
A certain handsome blue-eyed British actor once said in a favourite Christmas movie of mine: General opinion’s starting to make out that we live in a world of hatred and greed, but I don’t see that. It seems to me that love is everywhere. Often, it’s not particularly dignified or newsworthy, but it’s always there - fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, husbands ...
Dec 30th
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Dec 19th
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“The brain appears to possess a special area which we might call poetic memory...”
– Milan Kundera
Dec 19th
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Easy Peasy DIY Xmas Gift #2
Self-Drawn Cup What you need: Special paint for porceilan (which you can buy at any craft store) One-colour cup Paint brushes in different sizes Pencil Imagination You have got your idea - draw its outlines on the cup with pencil. Aftewards cover the outlines and fill them in with your colours of choice. Bake the cup in the oven according to the instructions on the paint. All ready! This is...
Dec 18th
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Dec 18th
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Make Love, Not War
The “make love” part here can as well be replaced by “eat food and be creative”. These are series of weapons made from harmless materials by Kyle Bean. Such a nice soft guerilla endeavour :) I personally would love to try out the green jelly grenade! Kilck here to check out my previous post on Kyle Bean - the EAT! Design book.
Dec 18th
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Dec 14th
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Dec 11th
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A Weekend of Exploration: Copenhagen, the City of...
Copenhagen! Or should I say København for its interestingly written name means much more than one would think - namely, “the prince’s harbour”. Intriguing without a doubt! The winter when I arrived in Copenhagen for a first time was so cold that wearing Converse turned out to be the most courageously reckless idea I have ever had. However, the walk through the Danish capital made...
Dec 7th
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Easy Peasy DIY Xmas Gift #1
So here is to the new amazing trend of DIY presents! It makes me so happy that people are slowly starting to realize how important it is that we all start saving everything from energy through food leftovers to all kinds of (natural) resources. Awareness is important! I have been preparing hand-made Christmas presents for my friends and family for years so now it’s the time to share those...
Dec 7th
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WatchWatch
Heidi Strom is a Norwegian textile designer with an impressive international background and radiating personality. She is so inspiring - the way she talks about textile, about “touching” and feeling the material, about imagining who this material is for and in the end producing it with her own bare hands. Beautiful!
Dec 4th
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Saturday DO
So today I picked a book and went to a favourite coffee place to enjoy an aromatic cup of coffee and freshly baked chocolate cake. Sometimes all you need is a few hours of reading and contemplating all by yourself, observing the people around you and thinking about past, present and current in a cosy dim-lit cafe with the rain pouring outside the window. 1) 2) 3) 4)
Dec 3rd
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“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you...”
– Mark Twain
Dec 2nd
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Dec 2nd
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Dec 2nd
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