notes from our whimsical Swedish days between city + sea
browse | HERE With snow flurries in so many places during world wide quarantines, I’ve had an unusual number of inquiries (+ interview requests) about winter play and snowy creativity. I’m thinking of you and wanted to share one of my favorites: Ice Lanterns.
Boxed Sets and Single Card available for the first time | HERE Made in Sweden | Flying world wide | HERE After a very gray November, is it a wonder that we’re turning to lights + color? These are pure magic. Today’s post lands perfectly with our first real snow yesterday and the upcoming
With the weekend beginning and Mardi Gras, around the corner, I wanted to share our Nordic Mardi Gras inspired Ice Art! For colorful ice like this lantern and sculpture above, follow the directions and tutorial given for the “Balloon Ice Art/ Ice Lantern,” replacing regular water with colored water: Lantern instructions here. MORE ICE PROJECTS: 20 + Winter Projects ( CLICK
ICE ART #5: Sand bucket Ice Lanterns I hope you’re having a wonderful week. Willowday’s “Ice Art” collection will continue throughout February. Today, Gray, our son, is proud to present his Sand bucket Ice Lanterns. These are the perfect starter-lanterns. They are easy to assemble and are very, hearty. With a little luck, these could
Boxed Sets and Single Card available for the first time | HERE Made in Sweden | Flying world wide | HERE Balloon Ice Lanterns and Ice Art Make these magical ICE LANTERNS step by step tutorial below. Ice Lanterns The cold has hit Stockholm. Neighbors have been filing by our house all day, pulling
JOIN ME ON INSTAGRAM FOR MORE INSPIRATION | HERE Do you want 12 — kid tested, kid approved — ideas to get your kids outside this winter and to have fun? We live in Sweden where, at the darkest time of the year, we have (almost) 5 dusky hours of sunlight. It’s cold. It’s dark.
Shifting Seasons + All caps. Exclamation points. Emoji + Botanical Ice Luminary. This weekend, the skies were the bluest shade of blue. Winter’s shifting. We’ve left the darkest month of winter and are now moving to the blue skied days of winter. A friend recently asked me if I thought that seasons had a particular
Happy Holidays and welcome to the last day of the 24 Days of Scandinavium Creativity. As the last day in the calendar, Ulrika is sharing an easy to make, last minute, dessert. Continue with me below
Last year I vowed that I would prepare everything for Christmas ahead of time and be done with Christmas shopping, addressing Christmas cards and everything else before December even started. But this year, all I want is to keep things simple. So instead of trying to get everything done, I am trying to just do the things