Karin's Style Blog

oil burner, part of the 2010 collection

This oilburner is part of my 2010 collection and it’s one of the last things I fired before taking some time off waiting for the little one to arrive. He’s (yes, we think we know) showing no signs of wanting to come out yet…

Boule & Berså

In the meantime, I’m taking it so easy, sleeping lots and making sure I get my daily ice-cream, that’s about the only tasks on my to do list at the moment. I have also been seen to clear out the wardrobe, de-frosting the freezer and scrubbing the kitchen but those things are optional.

The other night we went to our ‘local’, Boule & Berså. We thought last summer would be the end of this charming hang-out along the canal, but to our delight they’ve survived.

What a wonderful place to go for a workshop! Right now they’re doing a tango course…

Yesterday we watched Ocean’s Twelve and I liked some of the soundtrack - Ornella Vanoni’s L’appuntamento. The baby is kicking its tiny feet to the rythm - not out yet though, but I hope we’ll meet soon.

Greta Garbo had her first big film role in the film Gösta Berlings Saga. Gösta Berlings Saga © 1924 AB Svensk Filmindustri

For the next book circle we’re reading a swedish classic - Selma Lagerlöf’s Gösta Berlings saga. We want to combine it with something more modern and on this excellent book blog I just found another swedish author, new to me and not yet in english: Till sista andetaget by Anna Swärd.

My hanging flower pots in good company, thank you Nicole!

Me and the stomach are still around, just been busy finishing as much as possible before not working for a while! This week summer has come to Stockholm and I’m slowing down, spending a few hours in the workshop and then doing whatever I feel like. Yesterday I had a coffee overlooking the Royal Castle

Peonies in the kitchen window.

Tonight I’m discussing We, the Drowned with my book circle. I usually finish the books in time, but this time I’ve been distracted by a couple of books about childbirth and working with the pain… Also, I find that I often just sit and very un-characteristically look out into space without doing anything… Anyway, the book we’re talking about has after a slow start for me, turned into a wonderful story that I’m looking forward to finishing in my own sweet time.

Norwegian Crafts magazine online.