The Nordic Bedouin

Carryalls

I'm starting to plan for our baby's first birthday coming up soon and found these adorable polka dot carryalls. What a great gift to give a young child! For more ideas, check out New Arrivals.

Image from www.newarrivalsinc.com

Keeping the door open

In order to keep doors open (or closed) with a soon-to-be one year old is proving to be a challenge. Determined small hands love opening and closing all doors. This door stop would be lovely to use (maybe in a year or so when the baby has decided it isn't that much fun to re-arrange everything that's on the floor).

Image from www.grahamandgreen.co.uk

Tiles

I hope that one day I'll be able to immerse myself in the renovation of an old country kitchen. Until then, I can look at these lovely tiles. For more inspiration, check out Marlborough Tiles .

Images from www.marlboroughtiles.com

Cute decorations

On the Easter theme, I found these cute baskets from Pottery Barn that are perfect to fill with Easter treats!

Image from www.potterybarn.com

Early Easter

Easter is approaching quickly and very early this year. For those of you looking to make some Easter crafts, here's some inspiration from the craft queen Martha.

Images from www.marthastewart.com

Fresh start

When I started this blog, I hoped to write and post pics on a regular basis (almost daily). But a few things "got in the way" for the past year. Pregnancy, a beautiful baby and recently a move to a new home. Basically, I've been rather busy and not finding the time to blog. But now I feel like I might be starting to come in for landing in this "new" life. So, I hope that I can now start to blog more regularly again and hope that my old blogosphere buddies haven't given up on me entirely!

Image from www.fabsweaters.com

Inspiration

In the regular e-newsletter that I receive from Slottsträdgården Ulriksdal (a nursery, gardening shop, café, etc. located on the outskirts of Stockholm that is on the grounds of Ulriksdal Castle), these wonderful pics were shown. They're so beautiful and inspiring that I have to share them. They've inspired me to try to make a final go of our balcony which has been sadly ignored this summer (baby A. has taken up all the time I usually spend fixing the balcony...). Since we're spending the weekend at home in the city for a change, maybe I'll get a chance to create something autumn friendly on the balcony!

In the meantime, enjoy these inspiring pics!

Images from www.rappne.nu

Autumn food

Autumn has definitely arrived in Stockholm. It's colder and the air feels real crisp. I've always thought of summer as my favourite season of the year but I'm now re-thinking that. I might have to change it to autumn. For each year that passes, I love autumn (especially the first part before the leaves have all fallen to the ground) more and more.

One of the things I love about autumn is that every year feels like it's a chance to start fresh! It's probably a left-over feeling from school when a new year started. So, I'm hoping to keep the inspiration (and get some time!) to start blogging regularly again!

Today the weather is perfect. 9 degrees Celsius and a clear blue sky. Unfortunately I have a cold and baby A. is a little under the weather too after his second round of vaccinations, but we're going to layer on some warm clothes and venture out for a nice walk in the crispy air. Hopefully I'll get a chance to take some photos to share here later!

In the meantime, get inspired by the great root vegetables that are available and delicious this time of year! I made a mix of sweet potatoes, parsnips and carrots the other night. I chopped them up into large pieces, covered them in olive oil, salt flakes and lemon pepper and roasted them in a pan in the oven on 175 degrees Celsius for 2 hours. They were so sweet and delicious! I recommend it!

Image from www.arstiderna.com

Image from www.receptfavoriter.se

Fresh herbs

Nothing quite beats the feeling of being able to pick fresh herbs or veggies to use when cooking. And even though I'd prefer to pick them in my own garden, a balcony is the next best thing. A few weeks ago, I finally had some time to myself since baby A. arrived to plant some things on our balcony! Now we can pick fresh mint, rosemary, oregano and lemon thyme for our food. So far the rosemary has only been used together with chèvre cheese but here's another tip I found on Martha Stewart's website. If you're interested in making it, you can click here.

Image from www.marthastewart.com

Happy National Day

Today is the Swedish National Day! So for those of you in Sweden, I wish you a happy National Day and I hope you've enjoyed a day in the wonderful summer weather we're having!

Image from www.sweden.se (Richard Ryan).