sandra juto

A day off

2012-01-27T10:53:00.002+01:00

Yesterday I took the day off to meet a friend for breakfast, take a long walk and have coffee. I wasn't home until it was dark.

A morning routine

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This city never ends, it's 9x times bigger than Paris. Perfect for those who love to walk for hours, like I do.

My new blog

2012-01-24T17:07:00.000+01:00

Let's talk about my "new" blog (it actually feels like a completely new blog to me), thank you for all your positive reactions! It's been about 10 days since I released it and except for the new header and typeface, there are some other new features:

1. Larger images, 800 px wide instead of 600 px.
2. My blog has an own page on Facebook where I will post various things, like old favourite pictures from time to time.
3. In the right column I have a space for sponsors, feel free to read more about it here and contact me if you have any questions (via e-mail).
4. Direct links to different categories.

Thank you all for stopping by, you are the best!

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2012-01-21T11:29:00.001+01:00

Hi, wow, so glad to see you enjoyed my tutorial! Have fun!

Tutorial > Making new friends

2012-01-18T16:21:00.002+01:00

This is something I learned in first or second grade and ever since I have loved doing this! Time to share it with you.

First, fold paper and write names on them.

Cut around the letters (leave the folded part uncut).

The name still folded.

The name unfolded.

5 different names. I wrote Sandra, Johan, Camilla, Victoria & Lisen. I love the shapes even more without illustrations on them.

Write full names for even more detailed shapes.

Fun, don't you think?

Here & here are some I did a few years ago on patterned/coloured papers.

Hello Mary

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Squares

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Lately from my instagram feed.
That dog made me laugh this morning. I tried to talk to her and started giggling when I saw where she put her ass and she got pissed off and ignored me totally.

On a sunny Sunday, Part II

2012-01-16T10:00:00.000+01:00

Yesterday was an amazing day for a walk.
Friday was amazing in another way - my dear friend Nina sent me the most thoughtful gift ever - a set of cups and saucers from Balthazar which is a great restaurant in NYC that I had the pleasure to visit some years ago. Vielen Dank liebe Freundin!!

On a sunny Sunday, Part I

2012-01-15T22:36:00.003+01:00

Hope you all have had a good weekend. I took a walk in the sun and collected a big bunch of photos, will post Part II tomorrow, see you then!

Fika day

2012-01-15T21:51:00.001+01:00

Yesterday I had the pleasure to finally meet Marion & Kristina for coffee, two lovely ladies I've met thanks to blogging. What a great community we have!

Winter grey

2012-01-14T12:58:00.000+01:00

Some pictures from the other day when I took a long walk together with Johan. It was one of those typical 'miserable' grey days that suit Berlin so well.

Glad you like my new blog design!
My dear friend Mette published her new blog the other day and it is spectacular!

Last Sunday

2012-01-14T12:52:00.001+01:00

Last Sunday was flea market day, I fell in love with the heads in the first picture but didn't buy. So far I have only purchased 1 Donald Duck magazine in German at the flea markets, in a whole year! Have had other priorities...

The bigger picture

2012-01-14T11:02:00.001+01:00

It's time for a change, hope you will like it!
I'm excited!

Food memories of 2011, Part VIII

2012-01-13T19:36:00.001+01:00

Johan and I ordering pizza late in the night, or early in the morning to be exact. Him posing, me giggling about him posing.

Bibimbap for lunch at a new, not so good, Korean restaurant in my neighbourhood.

Christmas brunch in Johan's bar.

Ate this appetizer on my birthday. It was one of the strangest things I've had, kind of like strawberry yogurt with coriander.

Breakfast on the go!

The last bbq of the year at Christopher's place, YUM!!

Pizza with my mum late in the evening when she arrived here to spend the holidays with us.

Christmas eve!

Christmas breakfast that Johan surprised us with, mmm...!

My mum and I went out for lunch and it was so delicious, extra delicious after all the Swedish style Christmas food.

Happy new 2012. I wonder what kind of food memories I will have at the end of this year :)

Food memories from 2011, Part VII

2012-01-13T13:11:00.001+01:00

November started with an amazing breakfast with Johan.

One of my favourite dishes; chickpea/tomato-soup.

Vietnamese food for lunch.

Vegetable soup at home, it was amazingly delicious but I was hungry again after an hour.

Gnocchi on my first date with Holly.

Cheesesoup is my favourite breakfast on Saturdays' farmers market.

Pasta with salmon, avocado, a creamy sauce and salad.

Goulash with sauerkraut, yum!

My second date with Holly, we had pizza with her friend Lutz.

And the morning after Holly and I had brunch together, yum.

That's November, soon it's time for December and after that I will stop making you so hungry (I'm starving myself, need lunch!).

Food memories from 2011, Part VI

2012-01-12T11:47:00.000+01:00

October started with a few days in Turkey.

Back at home it was time for a pasta carbonara.

And artichokes.

Yogurt, raspberries and müsli at a café across the street.

Last meal outdoors, wantansoup! Yum.

Spinach soup and Johan's home made bread for lunch.

After 10 months in Berlin I finally found the shrimps I've been craving!

Spinach/coconut soup and banana bread at a café.

A brunch which included beer, vodka and snus.

Lunch with Johan on a long-walk-day.

November and December coming soon!

Food memories from 2011, Part V

2012-01-11T11:50:00.000+01:00

Pasta with tomato sauce, Johan surprised me with lunch on the balcony.

A perfect breakfast; cheeses, eggs, cake.

Another breakfast; nectarine and knäckebröd with cottage cheese + a glass of water.

In August my sister and her kids came to visit Berlin. We had burgers and fries by the river Spree.

Typical salad at home.

A picnic in a nearby park; chicken, mozzarella, salad and beer.

Johan made pizza, he's so good at it!

Lunch in my studio; eggs, salad, parmesan cheese and lachsschinken.

Birthday celebrations in the morning of my niece Alice's 8th birthday.

Birthday party at a restaurant, I always eat the same there - warm goat cheese salad with bacon and a cosmopolitan.

Johan-made pasta carbonara.

Breakfast with the younger ladies of my family + Johan on an August morning.

All of a sudden it was the end of September and we were in Turkey. What did I eat during September? I have no idea...! There are no pictures to remind me.

Breakfast plate in Turkey.

So, 3 more parts of 2011 food memories to come!

A walk ending with a pastry

2012-01-10T20:08:00.000+01:00

Last week I took a long long walk and ended up meeting Johan for a pastry to celebrate that we'd been in Berlin for 1 year.

Guten Abend / Good Evening

2012-01-06T19:00:00.003+01:00

Wish you all the weekend you need.

Food memories from 2011, Part IV

2012-01-05T15:07:00.002+01:00

Lunch to die for, one of the best lunches I've ever had. A mix of different Asian dishes.

Veggies in a creamy curry with rice and loooots of coriander.

Sushi snack at work.

Yogurt with müsli is something I like for breakfast sometimes.

Tomato soup!

Fried veggies with a small amount of rice, a raita-inspired sauce and coriander.

Vietnamese baguettes at a snack bar, yum.

Salad with mozzarella, olives, olive oil etc.

Noodles, veggies, coriander and a cucumber salad.

Pizza with pizza salad which is how you most often eat pizza in Sweden, read more about pizza salad here (in Swedish).

1 year in Berlin

2012-01-04T21:35:00.001+01:00

Today it's 1 year since I moved to Berlin. Time flies. This year has been both the best and the worst year of my life, rollercoaster-style deluxe. Love to all of you great people I have met here, both Berliners and people coming to visit!

The 2nd picture shows the last I saw of Sweden, I wonder when I will see my old country again (no hurry...).

Food Memories from 2011, Part III

2012-01-03T17:35:00.002+01:00

On a hot Summer day I rode my bike to another neighbourhood and had sushi and wine for lunch together with Johan.

Typical at-home-lunch: eggs, cottage cheese, herring, salad etc.

Another typical at-home-lunch made of left-overs.

Pasta with fresh chanterelles and lots of parmesan cheese.

Pasta with salad, mozzarella cheese, cucumber, olives, a creamy sauce and Johan's home made bread.

Angry face, sushi dinner.

Home made pizza with feta cheese, mushrooms, ham and fresh oregano.

Potato salad, "Gubbröra"-style.

Breakfast at a café.

Soup made of potatoes and leek (and too much olive oil) + knäckebröd with cottage cheese and tomato, I love to have this for lunch.

What is your favourite lunch food?

A food post break

2012-01-03T14:07:00.000+01:00

Hi!
So fun you've enjoyed the 2011 food posts. I just finished going through my food pictures of 2011 and there will definitely be more parts than 4.

Food memories from 2011, Part II

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Halloumi snack, one of my favourite fast food dishes.

Lunch at a hummus place, yum.

Breakfast on the balcony together with Johan and my parents.

Always in the kitchen - a bunch of eggs.

My sister, Janne and I cooked for Johan one afternoon. Salad!

Lunch at a great Chinese restaurant in Potsdam.

Strawberries and sparkling wine on the balcony on a hot Summer day.

A mix of whatever was in the fridge. That goat cheese was to die for.

Halloumi plate, I have to have it soon again!

Omelette with some German ham/cheese-thing that tasted very artificial - it looked great though.

Greek salad.

Caesar salad.

Another halloumi plate. Can't get enough of it.

Camilla, Ingvar and Morran came for a visit and we had lots of great food together.

Breakfast for two on a super hot Summer day.

Cheese doodles from the Swedish candy store.

My favourite smoothie, recipe for 2:
1 banana
4 dl neutral yogurt
2 dl rasperries
2 dl orange juice
Mix it, pour it in 2 glasses and drink it together with someone you like or half the recipe and have it all for yourself.

Favourite salad: Fried halloumi, strawberries, basil, chili & olive oil.

A great Korean salad I had at a restaurant.

Food memories from 2011, Part I

2012-01-01T20:19:00.000+01:00

This is one of our first breakfasts in our new apartment.

One of the reasons I moved to Berlin is the affordable food because I love love love to eat out. Here is lunch at a restaurant.

Tasty lasagne at an Italian place where Johan took me for lunch one day.

There are so many great Vietnamese restaurants in this city, I love Vietnamese food!

A tradition last Winter/Spring was to eat Thüringer Bratwurst every Saturday morning for breakfast.

Berlin is the perfect breakfast city, this is a plate for two at a café.

Another breakfast plate for two, yum!

Egg is my favourite food.

Another breakfast plate, cheese deluxe, mhm!

Knäckebröd with eggs and creamed smoked roe is unbeatable.

Pasta at home with feta cheese, salami, parsley and salad.

Focaccia pizza style.

Potato salad, chicken, cheese and salad on the balcony.

Ooooysters I loooove you!

Breakfast plate for two, yum.

This is part 1 of 4, hope you enjoy!

2011 in 57 pictures

2011-12-31T15:12:00.002+01:00

Here is a tiny little part of my 2011.

JANUARY

2011 started with playing in the snow in Luleå, Sweden.

On January 5 we got the key to our new apartment. An apartment that hadn't been cleaned for 40 years where a chain-smoking lady had lived.

The ministry of finance got a visit, people had warned us about that place, but our experience was luckily quite good.

Spent many weeks of cleaning before being able to paint.

Figuring out how to heat with coal was a new experience. I like the warmth of coal heating.

FEBRUARY

February started with a huge demonstration, 2000 polices met 2000 demonstrants.

Long walks to discover different places in my new hometown.

I met Jukka and Hanna for the first time.

A dog friend I met at my first barbeque party at Christopher's place.

Walk walk walk.

MARCH

March started with a Mardi Gras party!

And I started making stripey Wrist Worms.

Visited the town of Potsdam for the first time, it's a very picturesque place - a huge contrast to Berlin.

On Johan's birthday I surprised him with one of his favourite dishes; steak tartare.

Sunny spring walks down the Karl-Marx-Allee.

APRIL

April started with moving into the kitchen. A clean freshly painted one.

Our friends Luise & Hermann the dog were the first to come over for dinner.

Preparing food at home again was totally amazing.

My parents came for a first visit in Berlin.

Tearing down wallpapers we found pieces of newspapers from 1933.

MAY

May started with a visit from my sister and Janne, they gave Johan flowers.

Lunch on the balcony!

Berlin sky, always changing.

I live here, but you can't see my door in this picture.

We used to have wine and read on Sundays at the bar where Johan is working now.

JUNE

June started with a visit by Camilla, Ingvar and Morran (RIP).

A Swedish candy store opened!

I worked on a print for The Working Proof Gallery.

Johan's Summer 2011 specialty; Rhubarb Cocktail. Yum!

Lady Juto.

JULY

July was a difficult month and I didn't use my camera very much. I went to an exhibition.

And focused on making Wrist Worms.

AUGUST

August, I saw the light at the end of the tunnel when it came to finally moving in to my new studio.

Found a new favourite coffee place :)

My best friends (my sister and nieces) came to visit, we had the best time!

Lots of fika moments.

And I finally moved in to my studio, yippie!

SEPTEMBER

Tweed Wrist Worms!

Hello Sailors!

New favourite lamp in the wardrobe.

Leaving Berlin for the first time!

Hello Turkey!

OCTOBER

Lo and I are off to celebrate my mum's 50th birthday.

Farewell Turkey!

Back home in Berlin it was Autumn.

A sunny Sunday drinking beer outdoors.

I babysat Hermann for some days, we had a great time.

NOVEMBER

A foggy walk. My pictures got extra foggy because my 50mm lens is broken and I hope to be able to buy a new one soon because I don't use my camera much these days.

New favourite Wrist Worms in 85% wool and 15% camel - thick and warm.

I went to Holly's book party and all of a sudden we were friends, I've met so many great people this year and Holly is definitely one of them!

Decorated for Christmas pretty early :)

Berlin sky I love you.

DECEMBER

December started with a very adventurous excursion.

I went to flea markets.

Had breakfast with Trixi.

Brunch at the bar where Johan is working.

On a walk the other day we passed by this house and said to my mum that she shall live there when she moves to Berlin (unfortunately I don't think she will).

Also, not in pictures: I have been shot at which resulted in jumping out of a window and running the fastest ever. We started the year following the news about Johan's teacher who killed his girlfriend, chopped her in pieces and hid the parts in different forests around his old hometown. Have been to so many parties and met so many lovely people, but I hardly ever bring my camera for these occasions. Hopefully I will have a new 50mm lens soon and change that.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!
I look forward to blogging here in 2012, see you!

Gott slut

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Berlin Christmas

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This Christmas is quite special, it's me, my mum and Johan at home here in Berlin!

Christmas 2006-2010

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Christmas 2006 - My first Christmas with Johan was strange. He didn't celebrate (growing-up-in-a-cult-thing). It was pretty hard for me to deal with, but I did my best and went to the food store and bought a plate of Christmas food and said Merry Christmas to myself.

Christmas 2007 - Dinner at home, with some pieces of traditional Swedish Christmas food. We had a small branch from a Christmas tree at home, decorated with one ornament. That was Johan's first attempt to decorate, hehe.

Christmas 2008 - Christmas all over! We went up to Luleå where my family lives, I was so happy to spend it with them. And so happy Johan decided to start celebrating with us.

Christmas 2009 - A Christmas with my sister, Janne & Johan. We had so much fun, ate great food and had many cocktails.

Christmas 2010 - Christmas in Luleå, the whole family was gathered, Barbie and all. More pictures here.

Tomorrow will be both very different and pretty traditional.
Merry Christmas to those of you who celebrate! Happy weekend to the rest of you <3

If you speak Swedish, watch this documentary about a guy celebrating Christmas for the first time.

Making plans for the holidays

2011-12-22T11:58:00.002+01:00

First breakfast and then a long walk. That's how I would like every day to start. I plan to start many days like this during the holidays. What is your plan?

Every day is party day

2011-12-20T15:57:00.001+01:00

Some shots from my phone lately.
A giant THANK YOU for all your lovely birthday messages. The last days have been all about party, barbeque, work, 4th of advent, fika etc. Tonight I will go to another party which I already look so much forward to!

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2011-12-15T11:25:00.001+01:00

The Germans have taught me to celebrate birthdays at midnight and so I did with mine. It's a brilliant idea! 33 years ago I was delivered with a knife and I have no idea of how I will go on celebrating my day, but I will start with breakfast and cake at my everyday café.

The colourful city

2011-12-13T19:46:00.000+01:00

Pictures from a walk around in my neighbourhood in October. I love all the graffiti, art, tags that cover the walls of this city. I have seen some of the pieces since 2005, love that they are still there and that new ones are added daily.

Sunday brunch

2011-12-11T19:08:00.001+01:00

What a weekend!
It started with meeting Trixi, Christine & Jana for a coffee on Friday and the evening continued with going to Johan's bar together with Trixi & Katinka. On Saturday I met friends from Gothenburg for pizza and cocktails and later I celebrated Mischa's birthday together with Lisa and I bumped into Kai for the first time - we had fun!

The pictures above are from today's brunch at Johan's bar, what a great way to spend a cold December Sunday.

Give someone warm hands

2011-12-09T12:43:00.001+01:00

Wrist Worms is the perfect gift which you can read more about and how I started making them here. Great for camera walks, if you work in a cold office, for walking the pram, for touch screen phones, for playing an instrument, for having coffee outdoors, for skiing, jogging and other sports activities. I love to give my friends and family warm hands and knowing there are so many of you wearing and loving them warms my heart.
You can see two blog posts about my happy Wrist Worms customers: One, Two.

All available Wrist Worms here!
& some pairs are 20% off here!

Thursday hi!

2011-12-08T15:52:00.001+01:00

I still haven't made a swap offer yet this year, do you remember my tea swaps? You send me tea, I send you a piece of my work. Will figure out what I will offer this time and be back soon with a blog post about it. Excited!

Let's have soup

2011-12-06T17:26:00.001+01:00

Pictures from a lunch in October.

The Morran Book Project is finished!
&
Mr Harold is on sale

Let's go for a swim

2011-12-06T11:07:00.001+01:00

A colourful sale

2011-12-04T20:09:00.001+01:00

A bunch of colourful Wrist Worms are now on sale in the shop, you find them in the ON SALE category.
They are now €28 instead of €35 which is a discount of 20%. Welcome!

Sunday shots

2011-12-04T19:54:00.001+01:00

Some random shots from my Sunday.
I will soon put some pairs of Wrist Worms on sale in the shop!

Fredag/Friday/Freitag

2011-12-02T20:49:00.001+01:00

Today has been a day filled with adventures, Johan and I went out on a car ride with a couple of friends and after some action we ended up in Potsdam to have soup and cake. Potsdam was beautifully decorated, it's a small town that feels very much like Sweden - everything is so clean, low and polished. A pretty great contrast to Berlin which is the complete opposite.

Gifts from gifted friends

2011-12-02T10:35:00.001+01:00

Maryanna sent me her beautiful wonderful print, it made its way to my wall as soon as I had opened the envelope!
My dear friend Trixi sent me a beautiful necklace a while ago, now she has a shop where she sells necklaces, here!
Last year before I moved to Berlin, my friend Min gave me one of her amazing min pins, now they are finally available online in her shop, I gave one for my sister for christmas last year.

Snail mail from Oly's island

2011-11-30T13:14:00.001+01:00

My friend Oly sent me a package that made me say ooo and aaa opening it, it took quite some time and it's so so so so amazing. Thank you Oly!!

She sent me a package a couple of years ago too :)

Dotty Worms

2011-11-30T11:48:00.001+01:00

2 new pairs of Wrist Worms in the shop:
Dotty Ivory Black
&
Dotty Black Ivory

So glad to finally have these pairs available again, they are some of my favourites.

Decorations at home

2011-11-29T21:30:00.001+01:00

My most important christmas decoration is the scent of hyacinths.
What is yours?

Coffee break walk

2011-11-29T19:37:00.001+01:00

A fourth of what I shot with my camera today when I went out for some coffee to catch some light inbetween work. The picture of me is taken by Johan.

Friday & Saturday Fun

2011-11-28T16:19:00.001+01:00

This weekend has been so great apart from the big sadness of knowing Morran is now gone. Holly invited me to be a guest at her Gift wrapping class here in Berlin on Friday, I met some very nice ladies there - hi you all, hope we meet again! Afterwards Holly and I met Lutz, we had Sekt, pizza, wine and ended up in the bar where Johan is working - he made us some very delicious cocktails. We had so much fun. On Saturday Holly and I met for brunch and we walked around in Mitte, you can see Holly's pictures and read more about it here, I love Holly's writing! When the sun set we met Johan for coffee and dinner, yum! Looking forward to next time already.

Morran in my heart

2011-11-28T12:57:00.001+01:00

I am so grateful that I got some years together with Morran who was always a very special dog. Can't believe she is gone. The picture above is from this Summer when she visited me with Camilla and Ingvar here in Berlin, when we had a very happy moment on an old airfield. Camilla, jag är så ledsen för din skull.

Let me take you for a walk, part 2

2011-11-25T14:36:00.001+01:00

Some more pictures from the walk I took the other day when Berlin was foggy. With this I say: Happy Friday!

What I ate today:

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#1 Breakfast in my studio
#2 Lunch at a restaurant; kimchi and a salad with rice and chicken in a green curry sauce
#3 Fika in a café; cappuccino and a pastel de nata

Let me take you for a walk

2011-11-23T17:57:00.001+01:00

Before moving to Berlin Johan and I had only visited in Winter, therefor Winter in Berlin will probably always be very special for me. I love how thick the air is, how grey it is, the naked trees, the smell of burning coal, the Glühwein.

Now I need some hot tea.

I love Hanna's Winter Cards
Fairytale Landscape by Elisabeth

Windows

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Let's take a walk to the flea markets or maybe not

2011-11-20T18:48:00.001+01:00

I jumped out of bed late this morning, excited to visit some flea markets. All the locations were empty! Had a good laugh and saw other good things instead, some of them which I share here with you, enjoy!

Let's go to the market

2011-11-19T23:00:00.000+01:00

My Saturday morning tradition - go to the food market and have coffee and take a few rounds to look at all the goodness. Brought home hummus, eggs and coriander.

November 17, 2006-2011

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November 17, 2006 - Johan drew a ship on my foot.

November 17, 2007 - Camilla, Morran and Ingvar came over for dinner.

November 17, 2008 - Last day in New York on my first trip there. I can't tell you how much I want to go back.

November 17, 2009 - Working on my Wrist Worms.

November 17, 2010 - Spying at Johan from the kitchen window.

November 17, 2011 - Today. The Sale is keeping me busy making and packing Wrist Worms. Thank you all! Tomorrow is shipping day, as well as Monday. My studio is a mess but I don't mind.

Fika time

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Waiting for tea.

Yarn, coffee and walks

2011-11-15T22:42:00.001+01:00

Last Sunday I had coffee with my friend Stephanie, who I met for the first time earlier this Fall. The new week has so far been about crochet and yarn shopping. Thank you so much for your orders of Wrist Worms, the sale goes on the whole week and tomorrow the first batch or orders will be shipped.

20% discount

2011-11-14T10:28:00.001+01:00

* * * * * * * * * * *
20% off on your Wrist Worms orders this week!
Enter discount code WEEK46 on check-out in the shop.
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A Holly Night

2011-11-13T11:27:00.001+01:00

Holly invited Johan and me to her book party here in Berlin yesterday. It was so great to finally meet, we have known eachother online for years. We went out for dinner and drinks afterwards, Johan and Holly ended up on a dance floor at a Russian disco before we decided it was time for one last cocktail. Cheers!

Wrist Worms Winter Collection

2011-11-10T15:47:00.000+01:00

I am happy to present a bunch of new thick versions of Wrist Worms. Love this yarn, it's new wool with some camel - so warm and goes well with most of my clothes. Hope you like them!

Available in the shop - welcome!

Big thanks to Johan for taking the pictures of me wearing the Wrist Worms.

Reasons to celebrate

2011-11-09T20:08:00.000+01:00

22 years ago the Berlin Wall fell.
Today I took a walk which was not possible to take for decades.

Also, 2.5 years ago I got married to Johan.

Thick Worms

2011-11-07T12:26:00.000+01:00

Two pairs of thick Wrist Worms are available in the shop, category Thick Wrist Worms. I've fallen in love with both of these yarn qualities, the light grey pair is so amazingly soft (80% alpaca) and the darker grey pair looks just so great together with so many outfits. Will make more of these very soon.

Sunny warm days

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About a month ago

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A colourful morning

2011-11-03T10:45:00.004+01:00

This morning I got up when Johan came home from his bar job. We went for a walk and had breakfast (or whatever it was for him who hadn't slept all night).

Let's celebrate with some colours, my blog is removed from the thief website and I hope this will never happen again. Trying to put it all behind me, but it's hard to see other people being used this way and also to know about the unawareness about this phenomenon.

To state it clearly: I am so super thankful for everyone who wants to promote my work in one way or another, as long as it's because they genuinely want to share it and don't just do it to make money from it themselves (like the thief website - they had NO own content whatsoever and didn't ask people for their permission, made it look like you had a profile on their website + sold ads to go with our hard work - what they have managed to do is to put it all in a very good looking costume that makes it look very friendly but it's not). Keeping a blog is a lot of work (I don't even have ads myself, maybe I'll have to some day :/ ) and I want my content to stay here where it belongs. What happened to the good old text link?

Back to blogging?

2011-11-03T09:07:00.000+01:00

Hopefully the THURSDAY image above will prevent the thieves from at least showing my pictures (update: THURSDAY image removed, they finally removed my content).
You readers are the best, thanks again for all your support about this awful thing.
I hope this post will make it possible and joyful for me to go back to my "normal" way of blogging.

Another thank you goes to you who shared your thoughts about the winter darkness on my hello november!-post. I have found my best recipe: Walk all day, Work all night. Maybe not every day, but as often as possible. Another great idea is to invite friends over for dinner, which I hope to do soon.

Hello November!

2011-11-01T16:33:00.003+01:00

There's something I don't like to admit to myself, but here it is: I can't handle the darkness that well. As much as I try to ignore it, it affects me in a bad way. I grew up close to the polar circle where the winters are much much darker than they are in here, but the older I get the worse it is. Therefor I decided to get up early today and run some errands (and include a lunch bribe) which took all day and I really needed the light.

My cure used to be to accept the darkness but obviously I'm not that good at lying to myself. A long walk in daylight helps very much and as self-employed working in the evening is no problem really (as long as I don't fall asleep). What is your best cure against the darkness?

Last days of October 2011

2011-10-31T18:35:00.002+01:00

October is almost over. Hermann spent four days with me and Johan, we had a great great time. November has always been a good month for me, during one November I went to New York, during another November I became friends with Johan and last November we found a new apartment. I'm very curious of what this November has in store.

Food memories from 2010, Part III

2011-10-30T13:05:00.001+01:00

Fall started with steak tartare at a pub.

And I continued eating good food (chèvre sandwiches) outdoors wrapped in blankets.

Pasta to die for.

Breakfast at a café.

One evening we wanted burgers and beer, so we bought beer at Systembolaget and hid it in our pockets, ordered burgers and drank beer when no one saw. Sweden has a different relationship to alcohol than many other countries.

On a dark Fall night Min came over and cooked korean food for us, YUM! It was the first time ever I had bi bim bap.

In October Johan and I went to Berlin to look for a new home. We didn't find anything appealing, but it was sunny and warm and we had pizza and beer (which we didn't have to hide) outdoors.

Back in Gothenburg we slowly started to take farewell of favourite places, for example this great chinese restaurant.

At home we ate salad pretty often.

The last days of November we went back to Berlin to search for a home and found a home! I had some bi bim bap at a korean place.

As a part of taking farewell of Gothenburg things, Johan bought us pieces of sandwich-layer-cake.

And we took farewell of our favourite greek restaurant, here is saganaki cheese.

The last meal in our old apartment an hour before we left it; pizza from the closest pizza place which we never used to order because it wasn't very good and some low-alcohol beer from the grocery store.

Breakfast at my sister's place some morning around Christmas.

Hope you've enjoyed! Looking forward to making a post about 2011's food memories in a couple of months :)

Food memories from 2010, Part II

2011-10-29T09:43:00.001+02:00

One day Johan came by my studio with a bag full of wonderful wonderful food.

I used to have a sandwich at one of my favourite coffee places in Gothenburg sometimes, my favourite was the one with taleggio and ham.

My sister and Janne came to visit us over the weekend, we had lots of great food - like pasta for lunch.

And oysters for dinner.

And some greasy greek fantastic food where my sister and I told a joke and I got red wine stuck in my throat and acted like a fountain.

In May Johan and I went to Berlin to celebrate our first anniversary, we had sushi for lunch one day.

And some vietnamese food for dinner one evening.

And these halloumi and falafel plates for dinner the next evening.

And a big plate of good stuff for breakfast.

In June we had dinner as often as possible outdoors. This time with our neighbour. I cooked!

Johan baked hamburger bread and made fish burgers, too good to be true.

We made a creamy pasta with moose killed by Johan's grandfather and chanterelles picked by his grandmother.

We went up to visit my parents and baked bread outdoors on the old grill.

Johan made the best risotto any of us had ever eaten before.

And my dad grilled some baltic herring on the newly built grill.

Tomorrow I will serve you the last food memories post.

Food memories from 2010, Part I

2011-10-28T19:23:00.001+02:00

2010 started with Johan cooking Biff à la Lindström (Johan is the one who does most of the cooking, I'm very good at eating and pouring up wine/beer).

Breakfast with the traditional February-pastry semla which is a cardamom bun filled with almond paste and cream. I could have it all year around.

Baltic herring with mashed potato and lingonberry jam for lunch on a cold March day.

Typical food I had for lunch in Gothenburg to save money to be able to eat at restaurants more often; blood pudding with fried apple and cabbage.

Homemade granola, my addiction during Spring 2010 when I came home after swimming almost every morning during the week.

Johan's pizza, I love a pizza with an egg!

Bruschetta made of Johan's bread.

Very typical Gothenburg lunch in one of the market halls.

Another very typical Gothenburg lunch in one of the market halls.

My friend Min cooked some very delicious korean food for me, yum!

This is a common result of when I am "cooking" - a salad with pasta, an egg, some cheese & something made by Johan (for example tomato sauce).

Sometimes Johan comes home with a fish on his shoulder.

On Fridays in Gothenburg you could go out for after work which means you bought a beer and got some food for free - this was the best place where they actually served some nice bites instead of just tortilla chips and salsa :)

A typical Gothenburg breakfast is a plate with 1 croissant, 1 piece of bread with cheese (if you were lucky 1-2 slices of cucumber), a coffee, a glass of orange juice, marmalade and an egg.

A sausage I ate on my dad's birthday because he loves sausage & I couldn't be with him to celebrate.

Hermann and his friend

2011-10-28T16:57:00.001+02:00

Hermann is staying with us a few days and we're having a great time. He's asking me to chase him around the whole apartment all the time. Hermann is of a breed very unusal here in Germany, a Danish-Swedish Farmdog, just like Morran is, and speaking of Morran - I'm in the jury for the Morran Book, just look at how many great illustrations already sent in here.

Happy weekend! I'll be back with some more food memories.

Food memories from 2009, Part III

2011-10-27T09:58:00.000+02:00

Greasy, super greasy, chinese - so great to have a few times a year. Especially together with really bad Swedish beer ;)

Indian food for lunch (that's something I really miss here in Berlin - good Indian food).

My parents gave us champagne as a wedding gift and we saved it for our anniversary (not the wedding anniversary but when we decided to be together). Had it with wonderful cheeses and seafood.

A hamburger at my regular pub in Gothenburg, yum.

Good looking, cardboard tasting, pizza at a café in Gothenburg.

Wonderful mushroom lasagna in Malmö.

This is from a period in life when Johan was unemployed and we had no money... Didn't have much to eat.

Another poor picture. Johan wasn't even allowed to donate blood at this time.

Then my mum came and rescued us with good food.

And we had wonderful breakfasts together.

Another breakfast.

Johan baked bread, so we would have something to eat.

Things were starting to look brighter and I had a sausage sometimes at my favourite sausage place.

Johan made mini chocolate croissants. And then he got a job!

And celebrated my birthday with oysters and champagne.

& steak tartare.

We had a traditional Swedish Christmas plate for lunch.

& my sister and Janne celebrated my 31st birthday and took us out for pizza. It was so super delicious, taleggio and bacon. Mmm...!

That was 2009, such an amazing food year apart from a couple of months of depression.
Are you ready for 2010?

I couldn't stop walking

2011-10-26T18:11:00.001+02:00

Today I went to visit my dear friend Luise at a hospital far out in the western parts of Berlin. The surroundings were so beautiful that I decided to walk a bit before jumping on a bus. I couldn't stop walking. This Fall is spectacularly beautiful. And I am lucky to have a friend like Luise.

Food memories from 2009, Part II

2011-10-26T10:19:00.000+02:00

In May 2009, Johan and I eloped to Berlin to get married.

We had pizza which gave me a food poison, but it was worth it.

A breakfast perfect for the morning after a great bar night. At this trip we both looked at eachother and said Why do we go back to Gothenburg, Berlin is home.... It took a while longer than planned, but we did it.

Lunch at home.

Halloumi salad, yum!

Before our master degree's exhibition Johan and I were desperate for food and ended up having this.

Vendace roe from Kalix, a Swedish specialty. I used to fish them in the Kalix River as a kid.

A lunch at a legendary Gothenburg restaurant, had it with my sister and mother. We were laughing so hard that my sister became a fountain (of water luckily).

Yogurt and fresh strawberries on a hot summer morning.

Johan made me lunch.

Sushi was easy to find in Gothenburg and it was also quite affordable.

Johan loves to bake bread and I love to eat it.

Preparing breakfast.

One afternoon Johan and I went to a market hall and bought whatever we felt like having, went home and ate it all up.

Camilla and her husband made us a wonderful dinner as a belated wedding gift.

We had artichoke at Camilla's.

& Swedish crayfish, yum.

The last part of Food memories from 2009 will come soon :)

Food memories from 2009, Part I

2011-10-25T12:42:00.001+02:00

This is one of my favourite dishes; cabbage pudding (kålpudding), to eat with lingonberries.

Johan and I went to London to visit Famapa in February 2009, this is our first meal; the first & best korean food I've ever had.

Lunch at a very good pub in London.

Crumpets (I LOVE crumpets!) at Famapa's place.

Dim Sum Afternoon Tea.

Afternoon Tea.

Beans on toast with pearls on the side.

First time I had pizza with coriander, it was too good to be true. At a London pub.

Shrimps...! Clams...! at home in Gothenburg.

If I know I'm going for a long walk, there's often an egg in my pocket - the best snack.

Pancakes for breakfast, perfect at first - then belly ache for the rest of the day ;)

Breakfast at home, I love it when Johan prepares those simple plates of perfect breakfast food.

My friends made me a wonderful dinner as a belated 30th birthday present <3

After work plate outdoors in the wonderful Spring.

Dinner in the garden, Johan cooked for us and a couple of friends. Can I tell you how much I enjoy to now live in a country where I can afford buying wine on a bottle instead of those hideous bag in boxes which are so popular in Sweden ;)

Thought it was time to make you hungry again :)
I managed to make myself very hungry too...

You - Thank You II

2011-10-24T12:52:00.002+02:00

Ana

Trixi

Amélie

Anna

Anne

Camilla

Donna

Helen

Indra

Nina

Ingrid

Kate

Laura

Laura

Linda

Inês

Maria

Marieke

Merja

Michelle

Patrice

Saskia

Thereza

Outi

I had so much fun putting together this post, just like earlier this year. You are all amazing, thank you so much for sending me your pictures and letting me share them here. Thank you all for your support and thanks to everyone who visits my blog. Enjoy!

The copyright of these photos belongs to each photographer, please don't use the pictures without their permission.

My weekend in 19 pictures

2011-10-23T19:59:00.000+02:00

My Photos & Your Photos

2011-10-22T17:29:00.003+02:00

On Monday I will post all the pictures of wrist worms (& the links) you've sent me, the pictures I've already got are so so beautiful and I look so much forward to sharing them with all my readers. Read more here if you want to participate. Thank you all!

Autumn in Berlin

2011-10-19T18:12:00.000+02:00

Some Autumn in Berlin for you.

Your stories about your homes on my 111 years old post are all so inspiring, thank you for sharing so much!

New colours

2011-10-18T15:56:00.000+02:00

So what's new?
A plant.
Johan is working in a bar and I sometimes keep him company until sunrise.
Hopefully we have time & money to fix the last room in our apartment soon, looking forward to it!

& there are quite a few new colours of Wrist Worms in the shop, yay! Fall is the best!

Blue Monday

2011-10-17T21:16:00.001+02:00

Blue Monday is one of my all time favourite songs.

Saturday, October 15

2011-10-15T15:38:00.000+02:00

It's been so much fun reading about your favourite cities on my last post. I can't tell you how much I look forward to visiting new cities (as well as old favourites)! Hope that day is not too far away.

Berlin Buildings

2011-10-14T16:59:00.002+02:00

Which one is your favourite city?
When I lived in Gothenburg, Sweden, I went to Berlin as often as I could. Now I live in my favourite city.

Another typical Sunday in Berlin

2011-10-13T20:18:00.002+02:00

I've blogged about a typical Sunday in Berlin before and these pictures are from another typical Sunday in September. Coffee, flea markets & beer with Katinka, Lisa, Mischa & Johan.

Berliner Luft

2011-10-13T18:05:00.001+02:00

It's fall. The air smells of coal. Before moving to Germany I didn't know it was coal that was the Fall/Wintery smell of Berlin I had felt when visiting earlier, in Sweden you don't use coal for heating. Today is the day to start using the coal oven again, I have kind of missed taking care of it during Summer.

111 years old

2011-10-12T22:13:00.001+02:00

The house I live in is 111 years old.
In the town I grew up there were hardly no houses as old as that, the town burned twice.
The windows here are 111 years old, the doors are 111 years old, the heating system is 111 years old. This apartment has been here during two world wars. I have only been here for 9 months. The eggs have been here for a few days.

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Where I work

2011-10-11T13:15:00.000+02:00

I have so many new film shots to show you :)

Camilla is putting together a book of Morran pictures, read more here. So much fun!

Your Wrist Worms

2011-10-10T11:56:00.000+02:00

It's time to make another post like this with your pictures of your Wrist Worms (which you have purchased from my shop) and a link to your blog/website. Feel free to send me your pictures (please make them 600 pixels wide), the post will be up on October 24th.
Send them to:

Thank you! & thanks to all of you who have already sent me pictures :)

Turkish Delight, Part V

2011-10-09T08:40:00.001+02:00

Turkish Delight, Part IV

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1 stone

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Turkish Delight, Part III

2011-10-07T18:00:00.001+02:00

Picking food from a buffet for a week (every meal) was a bit difficult for me because I'm not a big fan of buffets, but I managed to eat pretty well and seeing these pictures makes me hungry for the first time since I came back home :)

Turkish Delight, Part II

2011-10-07T13:08:00.003+02:00

I made many new friends in Turkey.
The one I became best friends with was Fläcken (The Spot) in the 2nd picture. We hung out together every day on the beach and on my last night I went down to the beach to take farewell. We cuddled for a long time, she was searching my bag for food. After a while she ran away and returned in a few minutes. I saw she was eating on something and went over to say bye bye. She was so eager to show me her food, all proud waving her tail. It was half a cat, dead and full of sand. Yum.

Turkish Delight, Part I

2011-10-06T16:15:00.002+02:00

Beaches

2011-10-06T09:55:00.002+02:00

I can not tell you. How great. This break. Has been.
I've been in Turkey together with my family to celebrate my mother's 50th birthday, my first vacation in a very long time. Am forever grateful for being invited there. Will show you some more pictures later.

Picture by Johan

OFF

2011-09-28T11:40:00.000+02:00

(also means I'm not checking my e-mail)

One-of-a-kind SALE

2011-09-27T13:35:00.000+02:00

I need to make space for new products in my shop, all one-of-a-kind Wrist Worms are now on sale in the shop. You find the ones on sale here: one-of-a-kind wrist worms.

// SOLD OUT //