My way of working...

Once in a while I meet people having opinion that creative people are unorganized. In a way I think they are right. To create it is necessary to be a little destructive, break up things and make a mess, but then you have to organise things in a new way, keep your head cool and follow the idea to the very end where it is actually finished and materialized in something real. It is very easy to ramble down the river of flowing ideas, but the hard part ( or at least for me it is... ) is to get disciplined and finish the project or to develop the idea on sketches and small test and eventually maybe just throw the hole thing in the bin.




Here is the way I do it: I Have a little A6 size piece of yellow plastic board that provides a very sturdy surface for writing or drawing in places where there is no table near. I use index card or just plain little A6 note papers for sketches or whatever I need to write down. All kind of design ideas, sewing techniques, wish lists, different to do lists ( way too many... ) , cooking recipes, books i would like to read and so on. I carry the little board with me all times. I organize it this way: first the plastic board, then finished notes and sketches, then one piece of black cardboard to divide, in the front is the plain paper all ready. Whenever I make a note I slit it behind the black cardboard to wait until the moment when I just have too many notes. That's when I sit down and file it in the box in the proper place. It is simple and doesn't take to much space





I really like these black boxes. They are very sturdy and has that feeling of an old library. One day I would like to have a special made little bookshelf with these boxes. I found the boxes and index card here and here. If you are interested in people making organizing pretty you should go see Judy of the Woods flckr pool on her slip method. She is a very inspiring person so if you are into sustainability and low tech organising you should check out her website

Shop update...

First I want to thank you all for the very helpful comments about the poster. I have finished it and hopefully will receive it from the press one of these days.

The new dresses and blouses are finished. The dresses are size 74 cl. - 92 cl. and the blouses are size 98 cl - 110 cl. The dresses would look really cute with cable knitted grey tights and boots like these ( they are actually boys boots but if I had a girl... she would be wearing these... ). The blouses would look great with jeans or corduroy pants and a scarf in off color.

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My ceramic studio website has been out of function for a week, since my old provider closed down their server, I had to find a new place to host my site. I hope no one has had too many problems with that. It is functioning now and has new information about the opening hours in the studio and shop.

Favorite bag and favorite boots...

I read somewhere that women in the 1930's didn't consider themselves to be well dressed unless they had matching shoes, bag, gloves, scarf and hat. and if that's not enough it was also important for them that coat and accessories would match the rest of the outfit. This is how far i have used the whole concept.... i like it so far.....just a quick question here: what kind of hat, scarf, gloves would you use with this ?

I have to say I love shoes, and i really like when people write about shoes, especially when they write about the ones that stick around, the ones that last more than a season. you should go read ulrikas little essays about her shoes see it here and here.




My boots are from Andefødder ( duck feet ). I have had them for two years now and they just looks better and better. The leather is real thick and was not so easy to break in, but it is also the good quality leather that makes them so long lasting. I have a little plan to make some legwarmers to be worn over tights. The legwarmers should be inside the boots and stick out with 10 cm.

The bag is from Chloe and is a gift from John ( you see I probably would never buy something that expensive... ) I just love it. It is the perfect size and goes with me everywhere. It has a look that goes with high heels as well as my working boots. Some women have lots of bags and use a lot of time organising their stuff, and shifting it from one bag to the other. It would never work for me. I need one bag, one purse, Kleenex, lip balm, mobile, keys, paper and pen...not more....except all the extra things that somehow ends there ( oh I am such a mess... )

All those other things to do...

These days are mostly about getting the shop ready for christmas. I have put up new shelves and bars for all the new clothes and made tags of vintage puzzles . I am spending a lot of time bringing it all beautifully together in the shop, making sure that customers get all the information they need. Everyone who has a shop knows that is quite a bit of work.



On the picture above is also a sneek preview of the new design that will be in the shop monday. I can tell it is going to be a very girly day...




Today I am making a layout for a poster to be put up in the region. It has been great fun making. I wanted it to have a lot of pictures, mostly of products but also a few mood pictures from the studio and shop. I wanted the overall look to be a mixture of magazine layout and art excibition posters, and it should have the information peole needed : The name of the shop, address, pnonenumber, openinghours, a little map for direction, a subtitle that explain what I am selling and a little bit of writing explaining that everything is handmade in the studio etc. ( that part is not finished yet ( you see I am not the biggest writer but lucky me John is....so hopefully tonight we will finish the poster and send it to the press. I still need to change one of the pictures from the shop to a new one and better one. but this is what I have so far...

What do you think ?

If you have any idees, critique or maybe something that you find very important when you see a poster like that in your neighborhood....please let me know....