Karin's Style Blog

Last week a man from Holland came and bought a whole curtain of hangings which left my walls quite blank. I filled the gap with my new hanging flower pots. They’re available in the shop now!

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Here’s some of the treasures at Skansens Klädkammare (clothes chamber). I’m lucky enough to know two of the talented women who work there and they showed me around. Thank you Yvonne and Berit!

Skansen is Stockholms beautiful outdoors museum where you - for instance - can visit historical buildings from Sweden and meet people dressed in period costume. Most of these clothes are taken care of and kept at the clothes chamber.

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These spiky cups will be in the shop soon.

Read about my day at A Beat That My Heart Skipped!

My workshop.

I’m finally ready with the compilation of my 2010 collection wholesale price list so now it’s only the bookkeeping for 2009 remaining. Phew. Each year I say to myself that I’ll do the bookkeeping continually over the year rather than saving it all… And still, here I am with three huge files to enter into the system… And I actually like keeping track of what comes in and goes out and to know what I spend on and how much I can spend. This year I’ll do it differently

Textiles from Bantie.

I went to the Stockholm Furniture Fair last week and met lots of nice people and spent a good long while at Konsthantverkscentrums stand where all my 4 pictures are from. That’s where Ulrika Krynitz wonderfully green rug was and you should check her website out because of the ecolodges she rents out… read more about this poetic wilderness retreat on the National Geographic blog. You’ll find Emma’s much more extensive report from the fair at the d*s guest blog.

Ki-Ki - a Japanese design shop on Renstiernas gata here in Stockholm.

The sunshine in my workshop.

I’m putting together my collection pricelist 2010 and will post a few images each day on flickr. The price list will be sent out to all the shops that already sell (or want to) my ceramics around the world.

I sometimes get the question which of my ceramics I like the most and I just can’t answer that because I like them all! Of course I tire of a pattern or a shape ones in a while, but they have a tendency to grow on me when we’ve been apart for a while and so I’ve got lots of “old” products in the new collection. And new ones too of course.

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I left Dreams part two in the workshop and went for lunch at Restaurang Jungfrusund, lovely to sit inside with this view outside.

I get happy when I get a post card from Raymond Biesinger in the letter box.

It is getting lighter with each day but at 4.30 it’s this dark in the green house. Next week manos opens again after the winter rest and I’m bringing spring right in with greens and purples and pinks!

Today it is 5 years since I started this blog - my first post was about… wedding dresses! Thank you for still staying with me

Talking about weddings… here’s some gift ideas for Valentine’s. Spread the love.

*THank you for all the well wishes!*

Here’s from a very nice lunch with Maria at Fröken Nilsson on Ålstensgatan, I ate a pasta salad with salmon, capers and chick peas. Afterwards we went shopping in the second hand shop where I always find something to cherish.

My Friday assistant Josephine is blogging, make her happy and pay her a visit!

Oh, what life has in store for me this year. This ultrasound is from the end of November and now we’re already in week 21 and I’m wondering how far away from the throwing wheel my stomach will take me
These days you’ll find me surfing around on sites like Nuno & Dodo, Oeuf, periwinklebloom and bamboo baby.

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Another beautiful winter day and I received a bird in the post. It arrived in the most exquisite parcel!

Thank you for your happy birthday wishes! It took me just a few seconds to figure out who was the messenger New years eve is my birthday and this last one was no 40 and cause for a celebration. I have been pondering on what and how since the summer and in the end my day turned out just like I wished for.

It was a fairy-tale-like midwinter day, when the trees are glittering and snow covered. It started with David giving me a Spanish serenade, continued at Överjärva with mingle in my candle lit green house and ended with a delicious dinner party, fire works and dancing at my brothers beautiful house. I couldn’t have asked for a better birthday and end to 2009!

I hope you had the bestest new years eve too! Happy New Year!