Girl Gang
I always get tons of drawings from the kids at preschool and I love their colourful and imaginative drawings! Today as I watched some of them draw I felt the sudden urge to draw something myself 
So I drew a few children characters and I’m gonna let them represent my preschool, where I love working 
Girl Gang 
Teeny Weeny Polkadot Bikini
So, here it is – my new bikini in all it’s glory 
It’s quite amusing to think these bikinis when they first saw the light of day, were considered “teeny weeny” when today I’m pretty sure most would consider it gigantic! I’m however in love with it and I’m so happy that I found something that I feel comfortable wearing
One of my friends recently bought an outdoor jacuzzi, I think me and my bikini will find ourselves very at home there
Last week was full on summer, which was incredible apart from the fact that I spent several days being sick. I cannot complain on getting to recuperate in my green, warm garden in the shadow from leafy, bright trees though! Sadly, this week is forecast to be cold and rainy… sometimes I do tire of the swedish weather. Still I wouldn’t want to change it for, let’s say a country that was always warm – I am too much in love with the seasons!
Do you live in a place where it’s mostly warm? And if not, would you like to?
Graduation Ball
This weekend two of my friends went to graduation ball and I was there to watch as they got out of the fancy Cadillac in their fancy clothes. I was also there to take photos Anyways, I thought I’d show you a few of them!
My two goodlooking friends
This looks like an ad of some sort.. ^^
Barbie herself could wear this gown and not be ashamed
Brad? Angelina..? Falkenberg Ball sure had some stars attending
Well, well, enough about my gorgeous friends I hope you enjoyed the photographs!
Have you ever gone to a graduation ball/prom? Did you go all in with clothes, car etc?
New bikini!
Bought a new bikini the other day, because FINALLY I was able to find one that was to my liking in my own town! When it comes to swimwear, I just absolutely love that retro feel with high waists and polkadots and whatnot!
This one “Gisele” from Monki is absolutely to die for, I got the one to the left. Obviously
However I still have a crush on the cherry one that I blogged about a few months ago… I have also found new crushes over at Modcloth – it’s dangerous for my economy to visit that site at all, really… They also seem really good at providing plus sized models (at least for the bathingsuits). Anyhow, here are two of my new crushes:
Lovely green checked bathingsuit!
Or what about this awesome gardenia patterned one? Sigh..
Are you a fan of the retro swimwear or would you rather stick to the more modern style? And if you’re a guy, what do you think of girls skipping the skimpy bikinis in favour of a high waist model? Yay or Nay?
I for one, say YAY!
Goodnight ♥
Shooting In Backlight
Today I had some time to myself and I was really in the mood of fetching my camera and get out in the sunlight to see if I could get some nice pictures. The only problem is that I couldn’t really remember anymore how to shoot with strong backlight from the sun without ending up with bright surroundings and a dark motif. Solution? Google. Oh, how I love you sometimes Google..
I surfed around and checked out different tips and instructions and then I went out to try out my new found knowledge. After a while I decided I had enough pictures and went inside to edit them (if you’re looking for a good online-photoeditor I can recommend iPiccy and FotoFlexer).
And here is the result of today’s little outing
I love how the sun brings so much life to my garden
My white skirt is so bright it almost hurts one’s eyes
Black & White
I live in a tiny paradise filled with green grass, secret trails and forgetmenots ♥
Yeah.. I had a bit of fun with this picture but I think it looks a bit fun and flirty
Goodbye!
So what did you think? And do you have any tips & tricks that you want to share with me?
Linnéa ♥
To curl or not to curl..?
Last weekend my friend Michelle has her moving-in party and I decided to curl my hair for the first time in a really long time. I remember I stopped curling it because I got tired of it, but looking at the photos from the weekend now I’m thinking I might take it up again. Not saying I’ll do it every single day or anything, just sometimes I even own a really good curling iron, only I’ve lent it to my friend for quite a while now – should I take it back maybe..?
Should I reclaim my curling iron?
Me + Music = True
It’s been a weird day weather wise. I woke up with the sun shining in my eyes and then a few hours later it started to rain, then it turned into a light drizzle and now the rain has stopped and the sun his shyly hiding behind some thin clouds. I’m just starting to wonder if summer is ever going to show up? I think the little (huuuge) may-bug on my window pane is thinking the same thing… he’s been sitting in one spot the whole day (probably hiding from the rain).
As my post the other day might’ve indicated I really love music and I’m always on the hunt for new great music. So I thought I’d share with you some music that I’ve recently discovered I’m also throwing in some pics of my outfit today, I bought a new shirt last week and I’m in love with it!
Katie Costello – Cassette Tape
John Butler Trio – Groovin’ Slowly
I love this new loosely knitted sweater, perfect for the summer. Also I like how the lipstick sorta makes it all pop
Do you like to discover new music and if you do, how do you find new music? Did you enjoy these two songs?
Linnéa ♥
Children’s books – can you DIY?
When I was a child my parents used to read to me a lot, these were moments I really cherished and many of the books they read are still to this day books that I enjoy, for example I love Elsa Beskow’s The Sun Egg! At the preschool where I work I often read to the children and one thing has caught my attention – how many crappy children’s books there are out there! I mean of course there are a lot of good books too, but there are also surprisingly many that, in my eyes, are poorly written and filled with fantasy-killing illustrations. This made me think of the books that were read to me as a child and I had the thought that I might bring some of them to the preschool and read them for the children.
Another idea also saw the light of day as I continued to think about this, as some of you may know I really enjoy both writing and drawing and as I sat there thinking about all the books that I didn’t like, this thought popped up in my head: What if I would write and illustrate a fairytale? What if maybe I could do a little book? Now don’t get me wrong, I’m not trying to say that I will go ahead and create some sort of masterpiece, but all this thinking about children’s stories and how much I loved reading them and looking at the beautiful illustrations really made me excited about trying it out myself!
So this past week I’ve been trying to come up with characters and an idea for the storyline to build on. I’ve come up with a few characters, the story however is taking a bit longer.. but that’s alright with me, I’m in no specific rush and essentially I’m doing this project for me. Because it’s something fun and exciting to try out.
Meet my character Théa
I make tiny little sketches and colour them to get an idea of what I might want the pages to look like
Photos from a trip to Hjo, all those windflowers gave me inspiration to the story..
This is in fact the first inspo I made for my story, it was a quick doodle of my character Théa and a photo I took one day when I was biking
Anyways. I haven’t gotten very far but I’m enjoying the process of coming up with ideas and even though it’s hard not to come up with too many ideas, it’s also an interesting experience. Now however it is getting very late and I should be off to bed. I might keep you a little bit updated as the story comes along, if it comes along indeed..
Did any of your parents read to you? What books did you enjoy as a child?
Linnéa ♥
My (Almost) Top Hundred Summer Songs!
So I don’t know if it’s the sun that peeked out yesterday to warm my skin or if it’s the fact that summer is just around the corner (at least so I keep telling myself). Either way I am really longing for real summer with bonfires by the beach and cruising in the car or swimming in lakes and picnics in the tall grass.. And then I got to thinking that I should make a new list on Spotify (my music programme of choice ) just filled up with those songs that make me happy and butterfly-ish inside. It is spring after all and within a month (hopefully) summer will have officially arrived Anyway, I thought I’d compile the songs and post them here too, for those of you who have Spotify you can just click HERE to listen to my awesome new playlist (Some songs from the list may be missing since I have them stored on my local files).
Since I am not very good with choosing (I tend to choose a lot more then I initially may have intended) I decided to do a “My Top Hundred Summer Songs list”. There was only one problem.. I ran out of paper.. so to speak. I also forgot four of the songs from my spotify list, which wouldn’t have fit even if I had remembered them, but still. I hope you shall forgive me So without further ado, here is My (Almost) Top Hundred Summer Songs! (90 in the picture, 94 on spotify, to be exact )
CLICK the picture for larger image!
Ahh well, it is getting late and I should head to bed aka. read my book. I hope you enjoy my list as much as I do and if you don’t have Spotify you should get it And if you don’t wanna get it then I guess you can just read the list and add whatever song you like to whatever you use for music listening!
Goodnight & Sleep Tight,
Linnéa ♥
