TV is OK!

Lately I've enjoyed the company of my television, to the extent that our Etsy shop has suffored a little. I've enjoyed Fantastic Mr. Fox, The Lovely Bones, Coraline, Shameless and of course Dexter.

Good movies and series and the heroes that live in them, deserves to be enjoyed.
In the meantime our little shop gets a little updated every now and then, so stay tuned!

Wuthering Heights

Last weekend I went to visit one of my dearest friends who live on the south western coast of Norway, close to Stavanger. This year they have had more winter than what they are used to, and the result of that is breath taking. The beatifully curved landscape has put her winter coat on, and everything looks so serene and calm, and fairytale like..

A few curiosities

The day was spent organizing and clearing out lots of nick nacks from some moving boxes, from our last move in November.. My parents has kindly given me these beautiful old wooden boxes, from a local dairy. We plan to use these as book shelves, so today I washed off decades of dust and dirt.

We have yet to put pictures up on our walls, mostly because we lack frames, and therefore this has been put off for a long time. I guess I'll have to go on a raid to IKEA soon. This fantastic vintage lamp is one of the things I would like to hang on the wall in our hall, but Dylan remains to be convinced. I guess asking for someones forgiveness is a lot easier than asking for their approval.. hehe.

I also made myself this lovely necklace from a vintage rose pendant. The yellow is just perfect!

Life passing by

Today I logged into one of my old email accounts. It was the first email address that I owned, and I found that a lot of the emails I thought was lost, was there in some folder.

It was so strange to read emails from 12 years back(-Yaiks!! I just realized it's been 12 years..!!). There was emails from close friends, old colleagues and co students, and of course the inevitable fling or five....

The reason I felt like checking my old Hotmail account today, was because these last few days it's like this wave of memories from years back has just flooded my mind, and are sort of invading me. -In a nice way, though! Pictures of old friends and people that I used to know are passing before my eyes before I go to sleep. It makes me wonder where they all are, what they're doing..

-and where the heck did all that time go??!!!??

Indoor activities for cold feet

It's freezing outside. Getting colder by the hour towards new years eve. Right now it's -18 Celcius, and the forecast say's that it will reach -23 Celcius tomorrow. I have bought a gorgeous green dress from ModCloth, but I'm afraid I'll have to make do with thick tights and layers of wollen clothes for tomorrow night. -But look at my dress! I love it!



I have a weakness for movies made in the 80's and early 90's. I love watching the silly, and sometimes brave choices of dressing, hair do's and acts of weiredness..


This movie is a good way to spend your evening, especially on a cold winter night. A young Natalie Portman does a very good role as the kid next door, with a crush on the main character. Well worth seing this one. I had to buy my copy in the end, and I watch it once a year.

" I might just grow to be five-ten. I'll be hot."

Introverted me

I had a nice Christmas. I went to my old home town, and celebrated the holidays with my family. I met old friends and went for walks in the cold, winter scenery.

I have been social non stop for over a week. I am beat. It's been a while since I've sat down, just listening to music, not speaking to anyone, making things, taking pictures. It's weired. I love my family and friends, but today I needed a little break. So I spent the day at home, alone. Lovely!

The light outside was beautiful, and our appartement looked light and peaceful. I took loads of pictures for our shop (which I am now editing, and getting ready to publish), and watched a few episodes of Sex and the City, which I discovered is a fun series (a few years late..)

Now, still alone in the flat, I am enjoying listening to one of my favorite bands MEW, and I am staring out of my window into the dark winter night, admiring all the snow that's covering everything and that are blocking the cars by the pavement, making it look like they are hiding under big, white coats.

Just enjoying the silence.

Summary

Well, it's been a while! Both Sigrid and I have been reluctant to pick up where we left on our blog. It's been a busy, and fun period of time since the last time any of us blogged.

We almost sold out completely at the "Designernes eget julemarked" ("Designers Christmas Market") here in Oslo. Unfortunately I was unable to contribute there (had to maintain my day job), but Sigrid was there pushing our jewelry out to the Norwegian public, whom until now have been spared a little.

Our Etsy shop has also been well visited in the Christmas rush, and we've almost made friends with the emploees at the local post offices.

I find that it's always hard in the beginning to sell something I've created. Not so much because I grow attached to the things, but more because I'm surprized when people want to buy my creations. We have both gotten better at this though. When things are a bit slow in our Etsy shop we tend to bring a box of jewelry to our day jobs, and boldly put them on a convenient spot where everybody can see it. It always creates a buzz! Or we make sure to always carry a little bit of the jewelry in our bags, so that when people ask "so what kind of jewelry do you make?" we can pull a "Funny you should ask.." and like a rabbit out of the magicians hat: bring out the bling from our bags!

All in all this has been a very good year for Everyday Glory, -and us, and we can't wait to take new pictures of our new jewelry designs as soon as daylight and time allowes it.

So, for now, a merry Christmas to all of you! And thanks for all the good support and cheering along the way!

Sigrid & Anja

(The beautiful Christmas decorations is taken from Stray Dog. Love it!!)