New job, New home, New York

We (ny bf and I) got back from our trip to New York on Saturday. Great city with lots of good food and drinks!!


Today we have been packing down even more stuff in our appartement, since we're moving to our new and relievingly large flat on Saturday. I'm amazed how much stuff there is to pack. Seems like packing is all we've done for the last three months.

Tomorrow I start my new job. I haven't really had the time to think too much about that, since so many things are happening at the same time. I think Christmas this year will be nice, when things are a little more settled in.

Sigrid is travelleling a lot these days, through her work, so it feels like ages since we sat down with a glass of wine (or let's be honest; a glass of Port and some homebaked cookies! -Like a pair of old women!) and created things for our store. I miss that.

Let's hope Chistmas comes quickly! Have a nice week!

Winds of change

I quit my job this week, the one I never thought I would be able to leave, in exchange for another job doing something very different somewhere else.

I read this article from The Guardian just now.
"The most popular day of the week to quit your job is Monday (followed by Thursday). Friday is the least popular weekday to resign on"

Yup. Monday it was. But I am happy with my decision.

R.I.P

Jeg trenger et større kvanta rosa og blå baller av typen "stikkball" som rekvisitter til det ene programmet jeg jobber med. I dag søkte jeg på sidene til de store sportsutstyrforhandlerne, men fant ikke det jeg lette etter. Jeg søkte videre på google bilder, og brukte søkeordene "rosa ball", for å spesifisere søket, og kun få opp forhandlere fra Norge. Det første bildet som kom opp gjorde at jeg nå nesten har gitt opp å lete mer..


A little hard to translate this one;
Rosa Ball means Pink ball in Norwegian, and today as I was searching for pink balls to use for props at work, this picture was the first one to pop up in Google images.. and I sort of gave up on ever finding any pink balls.. I'm at least 60 years too late!

Rush hour

Okay, so neither Sigrid or I have been too active on the blog front lately. Too much to do, I guess. Spring is always very busy at work, and Sigrid have also accomplished to finish some rather heavy classes besides her job, and is now celebrating her achivements, -touring around in Europe.

Our Etsy shop has also suffered a bit under these stressful times, and sales have been a little slow. A lady on one of the Etsy forms said it well the other day; "to be succsessful on Etsy means you have to treat your shop as a business, not as a hobby".

But yeeey! We've been on the frontpage at least three times since last, and that's always very fun! And there's a LOT of beautiful jewelry in boxes just waiting to be photographed and put out for sale.. so drop in every now and then!

Others than that, (other than gluing) I am currently working with the scenography for our studio. Here's a miniature of the old one. Me and one of my co-workers made this one about two months ago, when it was a LOT quieter at work. It's 1:50. Hehe.

Sunglass escapades in the sun!

Yesterday we had sunny blue skies, and we (the girls at work) took this opportunity to try out our eyewear...
Tv-host and Queen Of All That's Funny And Weired; Marta, Project Manager, Text Operating Manager and now Jewelrist: Sigrid, and our Boss (not so bossy, actually) and Manager Of All That's Economically Possible; Hanne.

Proof of there actually being sunny blue skies..

The very serious, and punktual Marta... with newly bought EXTRA LARGE sunglasses... for EXTRA bright days.. My favorite quotes in the whole world is that of Mr. Evil in Austin Powers, when putting on his sunglasses "The future is so bright, we have to wear shades, Minime!"

Luckily I managed to capture a photo of myself as well in Anita's (The Allmighty Booking Manager) "The Fly" shades.. She too looks extra proffesional and maybe a little Jackie Kennedy on speed..?

A peaceful start

On my way to work I had to stop and take some pictures. The last 200 meters or so runs along a large lake and some railways. It was so peaceful and pretty. Early morning. Just me and some early birds..

Frozen lake..

Pre weekend

Thursday. What a wonderful day. It's only one more day of work before the weekend sets in. This Saturday I'm off work, and I'll do my best to fill the day with all the things I love to do.. and probably put off all the things I should be doing.. Last Saturday I did work, and here's what that looks like at times

Three of our fantastic studio assistants. Just say the word and they will be on their feet, running and lifting really heavy things really fast. Looks like they're sitting on a gold mine on this pic..

Commercial break

Last week Sigrid and I worked on a commercial film for the Norwegian lottery.
We did the set design, and this is how it looked like:

Sigrid was watching the monitor closely..

If you live in Norway, you'll soon see this livingroom during the commercial breaks. And if you're wondering who's steering the bird inside the coo coo clock.. well.. e-hem. It's me!

Where all the props goes

This is where I work when I create weired, funny, oversized and ridiculous props and costumes.