Down by the sea.

Nothing affects me more than the ocean. It's like my body needs it. Today I walked by the shoreline in the cold water getting lots of sand on my feet.

The most beautiful place in the world.

This is Österlen in the south of Sweden. I've been here every summer since I was a little girl. Now my parents have bought a house here and it feels so great to have the possibility to come here more than two weeks per summer. There is no place like this.

Finds and tea dye

Found this gorgeous ashtray at the flea market a few days ago. Since I don't smoke I'm using it as a jewelry display when I take my photos.
Inside the cage pendant lies some tulle that I have dyed myself with different kinds of teas: red hibiscus, saffron and black tea.
I enjoy dyeing them myself and the result is beautiful and and uneven.

Unintentional colour coordination.

Went to a flea market today and when I got home I realised I had only bought things in matching colours. Even the candy. I'm feeling weirdly proud about this.

Splinter of light and earth.

Often when I make jewelry I fall in love with the shape that comes to life through my fingers. Like this necklace pendant. I can't stop looking at it! It's such a great feeling when you make something and it turns out exactly like, or even better than, you pictured it in your head!

Click here to see more of this pendant in my etsy shop.

Flea markets and faces from long ago.

Today I went to a flea market with my friend Becka. The weather was lovely and I wore my summer hat and a white skirt against my equally white, freckled legs.

I found a few things that got to follow me home in my new tote from Fieldguided.
Bought lots of old necklaces with beautiful glass and stone beads that I will reuse in my jewelry.
Then I found a nice black 80's tie blouse that looked really great on me.
But the best find is probably the tiny photo locket with a portrait of a beautiful women inside. I'm so fascinated by photographs of people who lived a long time ago. No one remenbers them anymore, it's like they never existed. But this lady is now living in my window and maybe I will take her with me in a chain around my neck..

She has such a great face! Sometimes I think I can see a lovely smirk on her lips and sometimes there's a sadness in her eyes. Almost like Mona Lisa.
I think I would have liked this woman if I had lived when she did.
Sometimes it strucks me that there are so many people that have lived there lives before us. It's quite a overwhelming yet amazing feeling.  This lady now lives a new life with me.
So she'll never be completely forgotten.

Part two of the hobo dream.

More of the pics I took yesterday of my friend South Africa and my jewelry.
I really like this romanticizing image of a hobo. Not at all like reality, probably, but I don't want to capture reality here. Instead I want a feeling of freedom and power over yourself to shine through.
If you wear your clothes and your jewelry like it's a part of your inner self then it will show; the power, the beauty and the freedom.
Or what do you think?

Like a hobo

Today me and my friend South africa (I call her that because she lives in South Africa, she's just home to see friends and family for a couple of weeks) went into the park and took some pics for my Etsy shop.
I had this idea of how I wanted the pictures to look and I'm really happy with the result! I think she looks laid back, super cool and really beautiful. And my jewelry looks great on her as well!
She borrowed my old thrifted hat and velvet jacket and sat down in the high grass.
Close by was a guy with a lawnmower just eager to cut all the lovely grass. When he was just next to us the rain started to pour and the battery on my camera died. So, it was obviously time to call it a day.

The heat is on

It's really hot in Sweden now. I dislike it. Me and my freckled skin is not made for warm weather. Me and my skin wants fresh air!
Only time it's comfortable to be outside is in the evening when the sun sets.