When I’m writing this, I’m sitting at my favorite café in Stockholm - Fabrique Stenugnsbageri. Well, actually Fabrique has several cafés in Stockholm and I love them all. Their style is spot on my style - raw, industrial interior with lots of vintage elements. It’s SO inspiring! When (if) we find a house, I want to decorate it just like this. I’m sharing a few photos from this place below, so you ...
Gift wrapping
Wrapping gifts is one of my favorite things to do. I’m not kidding. I absolutely love to decorate with pretty ribbons and fabrics and all kinds of decorations. I can spend hours on this and it’s indeed one of the best things about Christmas if you ask me. I’m all about using wrapping material that can be used more than once. For example - linen towels or old sheets are perfect for gift ...
Setting the Christmas table
Decorating for Christmas is one of the best things I know. I always use a lot of natural materials, like pine cones, stones, cinnamon sticks, ribbons made from natural fabrics and flowers - you get what I mean. I’ve made paper stars, a gingerbread cookie garland, wreaths and we’ve decorated our Christmas tree. We have Christmas flowers everywhere and of course a lot of candles. Decorating ...
Christmas cake
I knew already in August that I wanted to make a beautiful Christmas cake this year. I’m not a big fan of cakes to be honest, but I absolutely LOVE to make them. If I’m making a cake, I always make it simple and not too sweet. I usually add some sort of fruit or berry to the filling, and I usually use some sort of vegan cream cheese (that I spice up with some spices or fruit) for the frosting. ...
Christmas wreath
Every year, I make some sort of Christmas wreath. Creating is like meditation to me, and I can get lost in the process for hours. Well, maybe not now when I have a kid calling for attention, but usually. Creating with flowers and plants is something special. I can’t really describe what it is, but it’s the same feeling I get when I paint. It’s calming and fulfilling and I become happy. It almost ...
Christmas flowers
When I was a kid, I hated flowers. My mom loved them (still does) but I sure didn’t. Going to the flower shop was one of the worst and most boring things I knew. I don’t know when things started to change, but I guess it was when I was about 15-16 years old. I still don’t like all flowers, far from it. But I have my favorites - dahlias (my all time favorite), hydrangeas, anemones, ranunculus, ...
Christmas cupcakes with gingerbread frosting
I am never as inspired as the weeks before Christmas. It’s just SO much I want to do, create and of course just enjoy this time of the year. I’m folding paper stars, baking, cooking, lightening candles and the entire house smells of cardamom and cinnamon. I’m even having a little cardamom in my coffee to spice things up a bit. I have my studio in a corner of Adam’s room and it’s a MESS. ...
Paper stars – a DIY guide
So many of you asked for a guide on how to fold the paper stars I shared on Instagram the other day. This idea is absolutely not my own, I was inspired by Sofia and Angelica, so I’m not taking any credit for this at all. But you wanted a guide (and one in English) so I made one. You can make these stars in an endless number of ways. Cut the edges differently, change the thickness of the folds, ...
Home made Glögg (mulled wine) + Printable tags
With only a couple of weeks left to Advent it’s time to share the first Christmas recipe of the year. This year I’m actually starting in time so hopefully I’ll be able to share a whole bunch of recipes before Christmas. I use to bake and cook everything like two weeks before Christmas and then I don’t have time to post them so I just sit there in January with 36 Christmas recipes that I can’t post ...