Important/Light

If you haven't watched the Channel4 program "The secret life of buildings", do it! We watched it last night and it was very interesting, especially if your interested in interior design and arcitecture. It's all about how the building we are in impact our lives. The first episode out of three was about homes. Size and light were big parts of the program. Today I'm trying to let more light into our house. It's difficult when it's quite grey and dark outside though! :)


It is beautiful when the sun is shining in through windows isn't it? I like sleeping with the sun shining in...
Img sources: here, here and here.

Little red dress..

I need a little red dress in my wardrobe I think!

Inspiration//

Images from here, here and here.

Rose/Castles and Gold

I've gotten interested in ROSE gold lately. Barely knew it existed until about a week ago and now I just really really want some jewellery in rose gold. But that will have to wait!

COLOUR watch A/W 2011

There will be a lot of burgundy this autumn. Fine by me! It's a lovely colour. I wish it was autumn today... it's way to warm for me...

Oh my./love rainbows

So beautiful! I love rainbow colours and I love fun hair! This is by Wisely Chosen.

Style / Just my style

Doing various design things today... and waiting for the mail man to deliver a new gadget that will be great I hope! I love all the things in this image above. I love orange and brown (especially together) and that 70's vibe...

Friday inspiration

Time to stop thinking about things like these and time to get dinner ready. I'm making filled puff pastry parcels. Should be YUMMY!

We/ heart / it

Cute pics for a happy Friday! Source: Pic1, Pic2, Pic3. Just been to the shops to get some wine and some desserts for tonight! I also got some nail polish from the George Asda brand. Lovely coffee/mocha coloured "Werewolf". They're only £1 at the moment so if you're in the UK, go and get some. They come in loads of colours and they are really good quality. Normally they're £1.75 which is a bargain too! Check out a review here that sums them up perfectly.The colour I got is very simular to Chanel Particuliere.

Just a few shoes/that I want

wishlist from MUJI /

Drawing aids I'd love to own from MUJI. I wish there was a MUJI where I live...

LOVE/Meryl Streep

Last night I watched a biography documentary about the lovely Meryl Streep. She's so wonderful. Definately the best actress in the world accordning to me (and my mum!). Julianne Moore is second best and Morgan Freeman is best actor! :) Who are your favourites?
Young Meryl totally looks like Natascha McElhone.She's stunning too, of course!

La Maison / Inspirational room

Love the look of this room. It looks very relaxing - I would definately sleep well in there. My teenage room back at my Mum's is painted matte black and it looks great. Two joining walls are black and the other two are matte white. The room is decorated in black and white and red - lots of shiny red. I love it! I wish I could move it to my house!

BOOK

I’ve just finished Laura Jane Cassidy’s debut book Angel Kiss. I bought it a while ago but haven’t had much reading time until now and I really enjoyed this book. I follow Laura’s blog and her progress in her writing but being a few years older than the target audience I wasn’t sure if it would be as good for me as it was for them but I can reassure you that it was. I’m 23 years old and I found this book very interesting, funny and exciting – a page turner!

It’s a murder mystery story, but also a story about family, friends, relationships and being a teenage girl in a new town.

I’m very impressed with Laura Jane Cassidy. She is so young but so talented! She’s a better writer than a lot of bestselling authors out there. Give this a go! I think Laura has a very successful career as an author in front of her.

photos © Russian Doll

Hello, Summer!

The new Carmex tube that I'm lusting for inspired this... Bright green and sunny yellow has always been a favourite colour combination of mine. So summery and happy. The book in the middle is "Pojken, Prinsessan och Grönt" - a book I read as a child. It's great. About a boy who hates the colour green... Very original story and very cute.

We have some great weekend plans! Mainly involving awesome food, but also seeing friends we haven't seen in ages and family. Should be good!

Ballerina Shoe Socks//

I finally found these socks that look like shoes and socks from MONKI a couple of weeks ago. Love 'em. So cute. Before I had only seen baby sized socks like these and had been wishing for them to show up somewhere in adult sizes. Sometimes wishes come true...
photos © Russian Doll

wedding hair inspo.

I want something pretty and a bit fancy but still relaxed and comfortable. A bit messy and a bit hippie. Courtney Love's hair looks awesome in the top picture.
Image sources unknown.

Milkshakes and books....

My milkshake that I had in town on Thursday. Bounty and whipped cream. It was delicious as usual. There'll be lots of milkshakes this weekend since one of my best friends and favourite milkshake companion is coming to visit me. Yeay! We're milkshake buddies.

The book is a book I started reading on Saturday and over the weekend I've read nearly 200 pages of it which is a lot for me. I normally get through books quite slowly due to the fact that I have about a dozen books on my night stand that I'm reading at the same time and due to the fact that I normally have too much to do to find time for reading at home. But every now and then, a book comes a long that is so easy to get drawn into and this is one of them. SO hopefully I'll find time to continue reading this week. :)

photos © Russian Doll

dreaming of an awesome office...

Out and about//

It's been a while. I've been on "holiday" to my country of origin to see family and friends and am now back home. Been back a couple of days and have unpacked and caught up on some school work. Still doing that actually!
Today I'll be going into town for a bit to do some shopping. I need to go to the health food shop, Waterstones and Paperchase, M&S, Boots, a card shop... loads... It's father's day on Sunday so I need to fix some things for my father-in-law-to-be...
See you later...

Another Tuesday//

Tueday again...we've finally got some sunshine which in England means DO SOME LAUNDRY NOW! When it's sunny you have to make sure you do your laundry because you never know when you'll next get a chance to hang your clothes outside... That's how you enjoy sunny days... :P

Teal Tuesday

Trying out a new nail polish someone gave to me the other week. Teal coloured. Made me want more teal things.. The t-shirt shares my name but is only available in the US. :( I want it.

Vera Farmiga/is beautiful

Mornings.

Pic 2
Pic 3
Can't wait for the weekend and to relax with my man. To not have the alarm ring at 7 a.m. We normally wake up quite early anyway, 8.30 a.m. or so. Mainly because I'm a real breakfast person who wakes up absolutely starving (even though I always snack late at night!) and can't fall back asleep or relax until I've got some food in my belly!

Tea and school work and laundry

My day... First day off for a while and I'm super busy! Typical! Got some nice things planned for the weekend (Cocktails tonight and nice meal out tomorrow) and the sun is shining so it's still good.

Cute stamps!

These are a lot better than the English ones with the queen's head on them!

Spring!

• Enjoying loads of tea (Clipper's Green Tea with lemon + Yogi Tea for Women).
• Got new pretty socks from TOPSHOP. Soft and lovely.
• Buttering my lips with The Body Shop's lip butter.
• Dreaming of loose light thin summer t-shirts (note to self: buy some!!).
• Wanting a KÅNKEN Fjällräven Backback. They're cute and classic.
• Oh and looking forward to a Margarita cocktail tonight when I'm going out for dinner with my man.

Have a lovely weekend! :)

With shopping comes...

Yummy lunch in Starbucks! Iced coffees, sandwich and blueberry cheesecake.

photos © Russian Doll

Caffeine, my love...

I'm doing the impossible, again... I'm trying to break my caffeine addiction, again... I'm not going cold turkey this time though. Just cutting down. A LOT. Hoping that it will help me with some of my health issues. I know caffeine isn't all bad (it's good for avoiding alzheimers and dementia among other things) but I've just been having too much of it, as usual. We'll see how it goes...

All things retro cheer me up

Even laundry can be fun if your laundry room looks like this... I'm still ill! The kind of ill when you can't breathe without nasal spray, your head is exploding, you're cold, you're warm, you loose your voice and your throat has never been this sore... Sounds fun? It's not. Tips?