Snowy mountains #1

on swedish roads

after a day of driving (from Mora to Östersund, central Sweden),

and drinking coffees in cosy road restaurants 

and trying to spot a bear in the woods (while sitting on the back of the motorcycle), 

i draw this landscape.

it was a spectacular view that day:

enormous woods, deserted roads,

some snowy mountains far away, a few lakes and little rivers,

and once in a while some red houses.

oh, i love sweden.

best bread in the world: POLARBRÖD

Tasty. (travel sketchbook pt. 2)

Fragments from my travel sketchbook (part 1)

i just returned from an amazing scandinavian road trip,
still thinking about high green mountains, 
gigantic lakes in all shades of blue and green
and the best coffees in the world (ok, maybe portuguese ones are just a bit better).

wish we could have kept on
road tripping trough breathtaking norwegian sceneries, 
sauntering in tiny swedish villages,
eating kottbullar and
exploring all kinds of campings.

the trip was a great draw-trip too, 
i used my sketchbook almost daily. 

hooray, new blogfood!
for starter, some quick sketches.

Swedish dreams

 

although i visited sweden only a few times

i'm a huge fan of the country.

i think astrid (lindgren), pippi & lotta have something (a lot) to do with it.

next week, we'll go on a huge trip in sweden & norway.

so much looking forward to read by a lake, 

drink coffee on a pier and walk in the woods.

i made a collage of it. 

and some images of work in progress:

postcards!

i'm happy about the 2 postcards i designed last week 
(let me know if you want some..!)

i'm so busy making cards & birth announcement card,
i almost forgot my mini-list.

BUT hooray, there are some new ideas rising in my head..

maybe this will force me to post more on this blog (i have some impatient friend/readers :)).

NEW top 5 of crafty things to make:
- make a crochet toy (pear or apple) 
- try to find a way to silk-screen at home 
(ideas welcome!!!)
- still have to try a kind of TEXTILE illustration with my sewing machine
- and also the paper COLLAGE is on the list. 

could be nice on the new white wall in our apartment..
- invent some new LETTERS for the header of this blog