Merry Christmas!

Shady days

Love at hospital, going through major surgery.
Me comforting Otto and going by public transportation
to the hospital. Nine days that just melted together.
Trying to fool Otto Im not worried.
Too tired to think about christmas.

Gift & craft

Little projects enough to finish in a day.
I always wanted a bright pink christmascandle.
Surprised by wonderful gift from wonderful Sara.

New arrival

Oh! This arrived today! Rachel Rileys diary, a teenage-book I made last spring. The foil looks pretty cool. Nice to get some work sent to me. Makes me stay connected with my old life while Im breastfeeding ; )

Books I made

I put some bookcovers together for a picture.
Im terribe at archiving and dokument my work.

Adelsö

Michael, Magnus, Otto and I for a drive.
Visited Cathrine and Roy at Adelsö.
Theres a special feeling in Sweden in December.
Nature in sleep.
Thousands shades of gray.
Beauty in its own melancholic way.

Best quote ever

"Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom."
~ Marcel Proust ~

Hidden message

A new book I designed arrived today.
Its full of fun little hidden messages.
I´ll show you more later!

Todays Otto

Been on tour

Been away for a week
Train to Malmo
Boosted by wonderful friends
Li´s printshop
Otto and Lingonberrytoe
Saras wonderful kitchen
All happiness and strengh to Malin
Traveled to Falkenberg
Relatives
Sun

Fun!

Mindreading

Last book I made for Henrik Fexeus and Forum bookpublisher.
I quite like it. About mindreading.

New Piece

A new beautymagazine that I made the cover for was released a couple of weeks ago, but I recieved it today. A flowerpattern built of products. An attempt to create some beauty and creativity to a super-commercialized custommagazine. Did it work?

MM

Confession about my relationship to the Modern museum i Stockholm:
I love walking around the island, looking at the sculptors, visiting the museumshop, and set up to meet people in one of the cafées with the excuse to see the exhibitions together. Wich rarely happens.
I used to be young and pretentious, reading all the curators forewords and analyzing the whole shobang, and after maybe, maybe have a coffe. Today its the other way around. I get totally inspired just by watching the posters in the restaurant and the view of the water. Am I getting old and lazy, or just relaxed and comfortable?

Fathers day

The fathers first fathers day.
Muffin and an Otto thrilled about his first piece of art, the t-shirt.
We stayed in long this grey sunday.
What did you do?

Märta Tikkanen

Wonderful exhibition of Marta Tikkanens poetry at Vin och sprithistoriska museet today. Was totaly overwhelmed by her naked and striking poetry about a family living with an alcoholic father/husband. The beautiful typography carried the words beautifully. Unfortunatly for you friends abroad I only have her poetry in Swedish.

Först känns det skönt
rent svindlande och obegripling
skönt
att det trots allt finns de som ser
bakom fasaden
som vet
och inser

Men sen blir allting
bara ännu svårare
Sen kommer frågan:
Varför går du inte?

Otaliga gånger har jag varit
på väg

om den här perioden inte är sen sista
då går jag

om elakheterna går ut över
barnen
då går jag

om han dessutom börjar
ljuga
då går jag

och bär han nånsin hand
på mej
då går jag

och när barnen inte längre
orkar
då bara måste jag

Och allting hände
Ändå gick jag inte

Varför?

Today

Found nice buttons at a fleamarket.
And nice concrete-poles at a constructionsite.
Went to a vintege-shop.
Played in the park.
Bought some fabric.
Nice day.

Big boy

Its funny. After only a month I find my boy turning into a little caracter.

Guests from Gothenburg

Sister Malin and Lea visited and spent a day with us.
Lovely day!

Wednesday with Joel

Good old friend Joel visited today.
Goodies and little book for Otto.
Long talk. Nice walk. I miss him.


Check out his performance at Stockholms Stadsteater
Fem gånger Gud by Jonas Hassen Khemiri

Monday morning

Nice cuddly morning with my little Otto-man.
We have taken him to acupuncture and
it seems to improve his stomach-ace.
Except right now.

Weekend with friends

Weekend with friends.
Nice coffee with Andy, Li, Annis and John with kids.
Later on Camilla and godfather Andreas visited with
this very creative diaper-cake. Lisa showed up and
Otto puked and pooped on her pregnant belly.

Birthday-breakfast!

Despite a child crying all night,
Mike still went up and made me a
wonderful birtdaybreakfast.
Thank you, litle wonderful man!



And the evening. 20 people, nice coffee and chats.

Otto the 1:st

This is "Otto the 1:st" my grandfathers father who Otto is named after.
Grandpa brought me the picture today.
Grandma crying of hapiness to hold her great grandchild.
Otto crying of stomachace.
Shrimpsandwiches and cinnamon-rolls.
A hand-knitted cardigan and socks.
Sunshine.
Wonderful day.