einstein

newest collage with quite a brilliant quote...

"it takes a touch of genius to move in the opposite direction" - einstein

house • music monday

a masterful layering of beats, stellar vocals and sweet lyrics are the basis behind the song "house" by kindness.
kindness, aka adam bainbridge, is a british artist that brings light to mixed electronic music with his amazing voice and fun rhythms. really digging his album world, you need a change of mind, which, must like his songs, bring a change to the idea of electronic music. plus he's easy on the eyes ♥

enjoy blissfully

artwork

so i have an utter fascination with images and typography. i have ever since i was a little girl, which is why i believe i was so drawn to the world of advertising, which is my career of choice and what I do. i had to be able to use art and business knowledge together and thankfully i was able to do so and love every minute of it.

i have always been a painter and love to draw and design things and take photos.  this past summer i was on holiday in europe for about a month and took so many wonderful pictures (over 1500, between my iphone, my digital slr, and my flip cam). when i got home and was going through my photos, i started to notice how many interesting ways they could be blended and melded together. then boom, i had an idea.

i started layering and collaging images and then adding quotes and sayings that i liked and felt were expressed through the imagery.

my newest...

my first...

new additions to my home...

sometimes i get into these really energetic and random moods whilst at home... sometimes i clean like a person on crack (i am assuming), sometimes i start on a bunch of jewellery making, or sometimes i just decide to rearrange and change things at home. which is precisely what i did last week one night after getting off from work.

here's what i did...

 

• shoe organisation is a must, and i used bookshelves in my closet to optimise space.

• my treasured "crux" blankets (the baby is the natural & the large is the black) • west elm rug

• my inspiration board that i got inspiration for from lily // lamp from ikea's jul collection //

filled with my own travel finds, travel photos & some of my favourite quotes & 3-d butterflies (my fav)

my inspiration wall above my television in the living room // ampersand from anthropologie // 

includes prints that i designed with quotes that inspire me & some postcards from the getty museum.

november skies • music mondays

i discovered this song via refinery29's year's best of 2012 in music and have been hooked ever since. tomas,  a danish drummer and dj, soulfully mixes his love of beats with the stunning swedish vocalist nina kinert.
nina's voice is to die for, and tomas' beautifully blended beats make my heart swoon.

enjoy blissfully...

swedish haus mafia

i am not implying the music, but rather my slight obsession with swedish homes, well mostly swedish homes, i cannot leave out the beauty of many scandinavian homes i have fallen for.

not the typically ikea look-books of the past, but of the exceptionally stellar homes of artists, designers  musician, photographers and overall amazing people who live in sweden and have opened up a new world of beauty to me in terms of home decor. i had never been much of one particular style when it came to my home, a mix of things old and new, items given to me by friends and my parents of course. i have moved about 5 times in the past 7 years, mostly into one bedroom apartments, so i kind of felt a sense of being on the go and incomplete in terms of decor. i have never painted a wall in any of my places (except for my home now, it came with kraft colored walls), choosing to instead to adorn things with paintings and pictures that i have created or clipped or collected... all of it kind of a mix of different eras and colors. nothing tacky, just nothing quite in the right relation to everything. 

that is until i discovered my love for swedish modernity.

i never, ever thought that i like scarcity and simple lines and a palette of shades and tones, rather than true colors. but it was in my discovery of swedish homes and decor that i began to see the absolutely stunning things that could be done with minimalism in terms of how things are placed, the scarcity of color and the beauty of simplistic things, including beautiful rustic pieces and industrial designs, typography (which is a major passion of mine) and lots and lots of gorgeous textures.

it has become my new obsession to truly care for the place that i am living in, to enjoy it and make it my own, to fill it with items that i love and stay true to a new kind of modern that is not the "one chair and flat sofa and no decor on the table" that i thought modern was. 

so i have to say thank you to the swedes, the norwegians, and even a few very inspiring americans whom have opened my eyes and my heart to this modern elegance.

    

images via: a merry mishap pinterest a story north/love nordic my own home

the night circus

have you ever read a book that was so engrossing that you didn't want it to ever end. one that transported you into a dream like mood, introducing you to new ideas, journeys and characters that you never really thought of before? I'm not talking about a complete fantasy land, but something that would actually be somewhat tangible, realistic and true.

that is the bliss that i can only describe as "the night circus" by erin morgenstern. i read a lot of books, and this has officially become one of my favorites. i am not usually one to read the latest books (i am enraptured with "east of eden" and "the beautiful and the dammed") so i gave this one a shot after the glowing review from gwyneth paltrow & her (incredible!) website goop.com. read on a combo of my ipad and my iphone via google play books (amazing, and easier to go through than ibooks at times) and looked forward to any extra time i had in my insanely busy schedule to read a few pages. the book was surprisingly longer than i had expected (normally i find newer books too short) and loved the delicate chapters, the timeline jumps and the fluidity of each character that enticed and bewildered me.


the book centers around a magical circus that takes place once the sun sets and last into the wee hours of dawn. constructed of multiple black and white tents with incredible and different acts, treasures and feats behind each entrance. from the adaptation of the circus to each performer and member of the circus, you follow the amusing tale of a group of people who live and breathe for the circus, willing to do anything to keep it's secrets. enchanting, mystical, and secretive, the circus is the lifeline of celia , the enchanting illusionist who is much more than she appears, and marco, the mysterious apprentice of the circus creator. as you fall in love with the circus, celia and marco begin a deep and forbidden love themselves. forbidden since they are secretly competitors in a competition that they themselves are not even aware of, the circus is the playing board for the two star-crossed lovers.

with passion, there's the danger of disaster, and that is what the circus is on the verge on, unless celia and marco can find a way to be together, while beating the game of the competition, saving those whom are a part of the circus and themselves.

truly written in a beautifully rich style, "the night circus" is a treat to the imagination, the senses and to the heart. erin morgenstern is a modern classic and a magnificent story teller and quite the charmer  herself.