Happy Birthday Sister!

Today is my sisters birthday. She is turning 20. I am nine years older than her. (So if you are curious to know my age, just do the math.... ) Despite the age difference we have shared a lot. Last year I had a son (my second child) in March, she had a son (her first child) in September. We both love clothes, especially dresses and shoes and well everything pretty! We are also best friends. At least I think so, or what do you say sis? ;) Anyone in doubt can just ask her man about the phone bill. My sister and I don't live in the same town. And we NEED to talk.

Anyhow, today is her day and we have spent most of our day celebrating her. So this blogpost is for you Babysister! I love you!

Here's the gift we gave her. When we had the girls weekend (see the post Weekend Getaway) she bought a fab skull ring so I made her these rocking earrings to go with it. We also gave her a gift card and her own herb box.

It is filled with thyme, mint and basil. On the back of the labels I wrote a recipe for every herb. Mojito for mint, pesto for basil and fried parsnip for thyme.

Isn't she a beauty?

I will give you some photos of my outfit tomorrow. Stay tuned. Thank you for all of your sweet comments! Hope you are having a great weekend! Now I am gonna go sit with my hubby in the new hammock he got for his birtday yesterday!

Everything old is new again...

Today I am blogging from my sundrenched deck.

I cannot believe we still have this fab summer weather in May! I even had a cute little visitor.

Yesterday I had girls night with two of my dearest friends. We had a clothes swap and then we ate fruit salad, candy and popcorn and watched Sex and the City the Movie. A recipe for a great night! If you have not done a clothes swap with your friends you really should!!! It is so much fun. You get to try on clothes in somebody's living room instead of a dressing room with horrible lightning, you can have a laugh at yourself and others as you try on things that are not really "you" plus the clothes are all free! Here are two of my finds from yesterday. I got a lot more though, maybe you will get to see it later!

A cute sundress and earrings, I really need to grow longer arms. Or find a photographer.

Also we took this test to see which of the Sex and the City women you are most like. Apparently I am hanging out with Samantha and Carrie. I was not surprised. A bit to my disappointment, but again not surprising, I am Charlotte. She's cute and all... But isn't she a bit of a bore? I guess deep down I sort of wanted to be Carrie. She is so adventurous and brave. Talked to my sister this morning, and she did not agree. She thinks Carrie is childish and in her opinion I should be totally happy to be Charlotte. I guess that's the way it's supposed to be, you are supposed to have different personalities so you can inspire and complement each other. That's what friends are for!

I see another great girls night coming up!

Best of Asos sale!

Here are some cute stuff I found at the Asos sale! And no, I have not bought a thing. But a girl can dream, right? And hope! And give a great tip to some other girls!

Click on the picture for details!

Great 4th of July outfit!

I am still dreaming of summer! This is what it looks like outside my window.

I took these pictures last Sunday in our backyard. Still winter, but early bird..... Well you know the rest! I love the colours of the American flag. They are also nice colours to wear and on 4th of July you can really dive into the colour scheme. Here's what I would looove to wear when I watch the parade and the fireworks.

A headpiece instantly lifts your outfit!

Cara Accessories "Unforgettable" Rose Headband in blue, Nordstrom

Parade earrings!

Patriot Loop Earrings, Forever 21

Be moviestar mysterious!

F5048 Sunglasses, Forever 21

Cute, classic and crisp!

Akris Punto belted sleeveless dress, Saks Fifth Avenue

Patriotic bag from an iconic American designer!

Kate Spade Belvedere Joisan convertible hobo, Nordstrom

And some Dorothy shoes. Red shoes ARE magic!

Miu Miu Patentleather Espadrille Sandals, Net-A-Porter

Summer outfit for the lake back home!

Well here's another scenery:

The lake back home. Do you have to wear sweats? Or jeans? Nah....

Here's what I suggest!

 

A good rubber boot. Because it ain't gonna be tropical temperatures. And it's gonna be wet. These are Ilse Jacobsen's Biker rubber boot, one place to get it is here: Brandos 

 

Instead of sweatpants and a tee, try something equal in comfort. This silk tunic called Dawn is by Diane von Furstenberg and can be found at Net-A-Porter 

 

These stunners are earrings by Kenneth Jay Lane, in Sweden they can be found at Kyss Johanna

More summer style! Outfit for the amusement park!

 

Playsuit Alexander Wang, Net-a-Porter 

Earrings Betsey Johnson, Nordstrom 

Sandals, Gap 

Bag, Forever 21

Gillian's Wonderland Pier, Ocean City NJ

Picture by me

This would be my outfit today, if I could afford it!

 

 

 

 

Earrings and ring Bottega Veneta, cardigan Maison Martin Margiela, cami Yummie Tummie, stonewash suede leggins Les Chiffoniers, high heels Christian Louboutin, bag Temperley London and headband Eugenia Kim. Everything can be found at Net-A-Porter

Vintage shopping! And all that jazz!

I went thrift store shopping yesterday with my sister in law. Here's what I brought home!

 

A blue fuzzy Kangol hat.

A little bit of flowers while I'm waiting for spring. Observe that these are FASHION earrings... I loove flowers and the colour of these earrings is fab!

And the best find! I looove these! They remind me of jazz shoes or a ballet version of oxfords. Also they make me think of Chanel's colour contrast ballerinas.

  Even though I like the shoes I found, I would also like to have some more "manly" shoes like brogues or oxfords. There was a great pair in light blue suede from Ten Points at the thrift store, but no matter how hard I tried to press them on to my feet, they obviously weren't my size......Or maybe I like them best with a feminine twist.... Like these glittery Fred Astaire's from Christian Louboutin, for 395 euros at netaporter.com 

All that jazz!

My spring wardrobe staples (some of them at least!)

I have a feeling this is going to be a staple in my spring wardrobe. This is one of my many thrift store finds. It is a Strenesse camel hair blazer, I guess it was produced sometimes in the nineties from the look of it.  I like to roll up the sleeves and wear it with skinny jeans and high heels. Hardly used it was a real catch at only $10 or 75 sek.

And here are my babies! Well, my shoe babies anyway... Bought them this summer at DSW. They're leather JS by Jessica Simpson. And they ARE comfy! While I was trying them on, totally enamored, my husband asked me: "Will you be able to walk in those?" Stupefied I looked at him thinking: "What does that have to do with anything?" I must say, when it comes to shoes I'm stupid enough to buy shoes that might keep me seated all through the party. Once at a wedding I wore a pair of beautiful vintage fifties pumps, they were SO uncomfortable! I wore them at the wedding ceremony, but even I was wise enough to bring flats for the party. Only, by the time I gave in to the flats, my feet were so swollen I had to have a male friend help me put my shoes on. I like to think I looked like Cinderella when he aided me but honestly, with my swollen feet and face twisted from the pain I probably looked like one of the stepsisters....

And one GREAT birthday present! Thanks grandad! Well, he paid and I chose.... These leather riding boots come from swedish page La Redoute . They are versatile, you can dress them up or down.

And one GREAT christmas gift! These are Disney Couture goldplated earrings. I am an avid Disney fan and on the leaves it says "Believe" on one side and "xoxo Tink" on the other. Best believe in fairies!!! I am becoming quite the earring collector. My husband has been giving me some nice ones.

He has given me a lot of beautiful jewellry through the years. My absolute favorites are my wedding band, my engagement ring, a gold anklet he gave me the morning after our wedding and these Judith Ripka earrings he gave me this summer on our fifth wedding anniversary. I LOVE Judith Ripka! These are silver earrings with amethyst. They will be dangling a lot from my earlobes this spring!