First week back in Düsseldorf after Easter break. It is beautiful here now more and more trees are blossoming and nature is going through the green explosion.  My creative week Beginning of April I saw on Instagram that Penstore ( Art store online) was arranging a talent contest. They were having kits you could order which contained 8 pens or pencils from international well-known brands. I didn't know before hand which pens or colors I would get in my kit but from these 8 pens create something using all of the pens and no others. I love challenges so I decided to give this contest a go and also so fun to try new pens and pencils which I normally would not use. During Easter in Sweden I was testing the pens on different papers and decided early to stick to my style with red Swedish country house, nature and my characters. Although looking on Penstore´s Insta #penstoretalents2023 people are so talented and I feel inspired but also I feel I am a child and my drawings not worth to be ...

It is time to say Aufwiedersehen to my Easter bunnies for this year.  It was fun to create new Easter bunny bags this year and also the help to develop the faces with iron-on vinyl.  Next year I am thinking I can do a combination of the digital and hand-painted because I kind of miss the little pompom noses. But for now I will focus on other things although I already miss Easter and I need to write down all my new Easter ideas

Easter-break in Sweden. It was a bit painful to travel back to snow and winter at least the thought of it before we actually got there, but once there it was nice to come home for a couple of weeks. We had some very nice sunny days and relaxing days at Lundsätter. Kids enjoy coming home to play outside, see family and play with friends and so do I. After five years living in Germany going back home for the school-breaks are very special for us but this time it was also emotional for me that this will actually be our last trip before we move back to Sweden. I am ready for the move after five very nice years in Düsseldorf but still it is very nostalgic and hard to leave a place which has become home. I am sure I will get back on this topic a few more times before summer when the move will happen.  Easter-break was very good. Mila did a successful Easter-jumping competition at the local riding-school with Bandit a nice pony with the coolest mustache. We went to the swimming-pool, bbq ...

We continue to have cold for the season here in Düsseldorf as in we are still wearing winter jackets. But it is getting greener and greener and trees are starting to blossoming. Magnolia trees are big and grand here in Düsseldorf and every year they impress me so much. Also the magnificent Camelia how they bloom and are so beautiful when it is still nearly winter outside. My mother and Göran can to visit us in the beginning of the week on their drive down to Marbella. It was nice that they had a chance to stop by and we took them out to a real German restaurant, Jäger, in walking  distance from our house.  Bunt Ei - ready colored eggs in the stores is not only a Easter thing here in Germany.. They are sold all year around.  And Yes I keep making Easter Bunnies..  And since I got a wish for spring colored hairbands from a friend - I took the opportunity to buy some nice bright fabrics for hairband, bags and scrunchies   

For my birthday last year I got a weekend with my friends in Hamburg. Greatest gifts are things to do together. It is not easy to find a weekend which fits everyone when having active lives, but last weekend was planned since a couple of months and I was very excited to meet up, catch up and hang out.  I left Düsseldorf in the afternoon on a Flixtrain to Hamburg - it took ca. 3 hours. From Hamburg HBF I grabbed a taxi to Gastwerk Hotel a very nice hotel with industrial elements since it was made in the old Gaswerk. We had a great weekend. Nice dinners, spa in the hotel, long rainy walk, vintage shopping and we ran into the cutest little creative shop "All my friends" concept store, Schanzenstraße.34, Hamburg.  Saturday evening we had a great dinner in a Asian fusion restaurant on 500 meters from our hotell called Madame Mai. Because of yet another strike in Germany I had to head back to Düsseldorf early Sunday morning but we had a very very nice weekend. Thank you for organiz...