Christmas gift ideas

I really like these mini vases from Rosenthal. My favorite is the tall skinny one. It would look so cute with a simple flower on my vanity or nightstand for example. But all three on the right are great. A perfect little gift that most people would appreciate. Which one is your favorite?

Birthday Cake

We celebrated my sister's sweet little 3 year old today and this cake that Grandma had made was just as delicious as it's super cute. For every child's birthday she bakes whatever they wish for and has gone through quite a few favorite characters by now. My little one is looking forward to when it's his turn.

Greetings from Copenhagen

A really nice day in lovely Copenhagen earlier this week. I haven't been there for years and it was so good to be back. This time of the year it was extra beautiful with all the lights and Christmas things decorating the city. Mini me was home with his grandparents so the parents got a day all by ourselves. Even if you love your child to pieces it's still nice to spend some time just the two of you of course. And then coming home again and be greeted by his smile and a hug was the perfect ending to a really nice day.

Tuesday look

Knitted sweater - H&M, Jeans - Forever 21, Bag - Ralph Lauren, Boots - Steve Madden, Ring - Vince Camuto

A taste of Christmas

(Pictures got a bit blurry..sorry)

With great company I got to indulge in the yummiest "Christmas smorgasbord" the other day. They had everything you can imagine and I was full for the rest of the day. You know Christmas is just around the corner when "Jansson's Temptation", sill, salmon, meatballs, saffron buns and gingerbread cookies end up on your plate.

Winter Wonderland

And then the snow came!

Under the weather

I'm feeling a little bit under the weather at the moment. One of those dreaded winter colds have come my way. Itchy nose, sneezing and all of that not so nice stuff. Hopefully I'll be feeling better in a couple of days. And in the meantime I use it as a good excuse to take it a little bit easy.

I ❤ Moschino

Some favorites of mine: my brown over the shoulder strappy bag and animal printed gloves.

Happy 1st Advent

With home baked ginger bread cookies and saffron buns I'm ready to take on December and Christmas.

Great mascara

This is my favorite mascara right now. Gives lots of volume and long lashes at the same time.

Leaves

The ground is still covered by leaves at places but soon they will hopefully be covered by white snow. Tomorrow it's December 1st.

The flag

Dressed for winter

Keeping warm in Skåne in a new warm parka from Papa Lou, Acne jeans and Steve Madden boots.

Uninvited visitor

I'm not scared of spiders, not even the more scary ones you could easily find in LA, but I still thought this fellow who paid us a visit where we were staying the other night was a really big one.

Treasure hunting

I love finding unique, old, beautiful, rare things or to make a really good deal on something of course. That's a great thrill. So flea markets are my place to be at! After a couple of hours of strolling around in the ice cold weather (Sweden really IS preparing for winter) I came home with a beautiful chair that I can see myself putting in maybe a bedroom or hallway and a nice colorful painting for only 1 SEK! We'll probably reframe it and it'll look great!

Cousins' love

 

We spent the entire day yesterday with my sister and her family so little guy could play with all my sister's girls. It's so nice to see the little ones interact and entertain each other. And it gives the grownups a chance to interact a bit too..

Swedish candy

The best in the world ❤

Team Sweden

Right now: Sweden vs Portugal in a World Cup play off.. Go Sweden!!

Winter

We woke up to frost this morning. A small layer of tiny crystals on the ground. I love the beautiful changes in nature and how everything looks completely different when a new season is entering. But the constant sunshine in Los Angeles isn't bad either.. I wish we could get some more of that too right now. As soon as the snow starts coming it will all light up though. I look forward to that.

An old favorite

Thanks mom!

Some things you are just never too old or grown up for.

IKEA

All those delicious pastries they sell for almost nothing...of course we had to make time for a coffee break.

We thought we could carry our items but pretty quickly realized we needed to upgrade to a cart..

Not many things are more Swedish than IKEA, right? We used to go many times in the US but I haven't been here in Sweden for ten years or so, when I moved into my first own apartment in Stockholm. Now I needed to purchase some things and thought it could be a fun little day excursion. So we went, my mom and I. And came back home several hours later with the car filled. A fun day!

Ladies Night

Leather jacket from BB Dakota, Top from Ella Moss, Jeans from Nudie and a Marc Jacobs Clutch.

My mom and I celebrated her birthday with a night out this weekend. Dinner, wine.... and male strippers on stage(!) Haha, nothing we've ever been to in the past but it sure created a fun memory and gave us a lot of good laughs and a great time together.

Sweden is beautiful

Some more captions from these past weeks ❤

Hat on

 

It's getting chillier and chillier and it feels like the winter isn't that far away here in Sweden. So today I put on a hat to keep warm for the first time ... and because of a bad hair day I have to admit.. :)