National clothes swapping day, klädbytardagen

Getting ready for a day out!

Today was clothes swapping day here in Sweden. Organised by Naturskyddsföreningen. I managed to find a kid loppis (jumble sale style) and got some goodies. To get into the spirit of the day I got  Leon dressed up in an old shirt that used to belong to my sister from around  1965. It is a Finnish label called kii-kii. Tried google it to find out more about it but nothing matched it on the first few pages. . If you want to arrange your own swap day there are some websites around to look at. I found an old mumin troll book in very good conditon for 10 crowns and some summer t-shirts and Leon bought himself a Lego police motorbike that got covered in chocolate on the way home. Very pleased with the day.Then to top it off I finally managed to get the sign up that lets the rest of the world know where I am. It is not Google Earth or anything. It is an old fashioned road sign pointing to my studio.We got on our bikes while lighting the first barberque of the year and put the sign up.

Now visitors, deliveries and customers will find me more easily and maybe even the locals! Then Leon pointed out the moon as he always does and me and him tried to get it in a photo.

Got my first sketch for my website and finally decided on a proper  logo for VillaPernilla. All in one day. My head is so full it's about to explode. It's very exciting to talk to graphic designers and sometimes I wish I could have about ten different parallell universe. I could be a costumemaker, a graphic designer, a textile printer,  a buddhist nun, a real entrepeneur, a sheepfarmer, mother of five and the list goes on but the most difficult thing is being just me.
This is where I should just find a great picture and leave it. Everyone is talking about the snow so I don't need to do that but a bit of glögg/hot wine helps when it's -17 and getting colder.

Pictures below shows things growing outside my window,  and the last flowers of the season...

pictures from my house

From the kitchen you can see the old  ceramic fireplace in the living room and next to it hangs a great embroidered piece if textile. My dear friend Torbjörn gave it to me one day when we worked together. He just brought it in to show me I think. It is limegreen woolfelt with bright pink flowers and made to hang from the fireplace, stitched sometime around last turn of the century. Jugend the period is called in swedish and same period that our house was built. It was instant love and Torbjörn must have seen it in my face because the next day he came with it wrapped up and gave it to me... so kind and it makes it extra special for me.