Maybe-not-really-20-something-anymore from Norway who likes to scrapbook and take photos documentarystyle and dreams of photojournalism when not working as a photojournalist and that's pretty much what this blog is about. And I like it this way.
Been scrapbooking since late fall 2005. Currently fortunate enough to be a part of the design teams for Hambly Screenprints, Fancy Pants Designs and Pencil-Lines. ♥
A lil gift for someone special. Well. I was just gonna make a card (my husbands great-aunt turning 75 and all) but as I had some cookies lying around here I thought it'd make a nice treat aswell. It's still a card, just wrapped over a ziplockbag w/some yummilicous cookies ;p
Materials used: Prima papers, flowers & bling. Fancy Pants chipboard, Tim Holtz cracklepaint, glimmermist, American Crafts thickers.
And because I'm really really obsessive about this album.. (can't recall the last time when I was this thrilled about someones new album...maybe like way back in my NKOTB-days??? Ugh don't hold that against me please! ;p)
Ps. I am joining that one week-docuthingie "everybody" are doing atm. Starting today cause for us Norwegians a new week starts with Monday. I think I'll do a summarythingie though, like Ellen did - so next Monday then for my uneventful week in photos! Writing it here now cause when I've "promised" it here I have to keep it uh??
The recipients of these weddingphotos finally got their photos the other day, and seemed happy enough for them. So I guess it's about time to show some of them. Now remember..I am still learning (obviously)... and I know I have a lot to learn....I am still at the stage where I just love to take photos photos photos and more photos -- hoping that at least some of them will turn out okay. Where the equipment, composition and/or lighting fails (or way more likely..the photographer..cough cough), I pray photoshop will help me out. More work for me, but hey, I do enjoy this so why not. Right. Nuff babbling - over to the photos. There's something about the preparations to a wedding that makes me go *sigh* The little girl in me simply loves the makeupsession...I think it's quite fascinating...dreamy, beautiful and emotional..knowing what is coming soon....the excitement...ah.. =) I arrived in the middle of the session though - because I had just arrived w/plane - so I missed out on the hairrolling-stuff. Bummer. Love that part =)
And the putting on the gown-part and the lacing and t the backs of these gorgeous gowns....ahh...lovesit..
I like Perez Hilton. He keeps diggin up those nice songs I've almost forgotten about. Like Metallicas "Unforgiven". Here's Stefanie Heinzmanns pretty fresh & cool take on this song, plus Metallicas original one. I think I like both :) Note to self. Find out more about Stefanie Heinzmann.
Ps. Diehard Metallica-fans..don't hit me. I really do like her version!
Yay!!! My second DT-box from Luxe Designs arrived yesterday, and yumminess!! I got it as I was on my way to a crop, so dropped by the postoffice to grab the box -- I mean - how can I not wait?? (Uh. Or is it...how can I wait?? Um. *confused*) (and boy was the queue at the office %&%&&/ long)
Started on this layout on the crop yesterday -- made some ATCs and used the leftover MME papers w/the new Luxe Simple Orange (lovelovelove..orange and brown..sooo yummy)...distressed it some w/Glimmer Mist and bronze paint.....used some cutouts from the Sprinkles line and one of the new labels called Luxe-urious Labels in Turquoise. All the Luxe stuff used is new - from Summer CHA :) :) And the photo? Me, my grandparents, mom and my little sister (in that ultracool vintage stroller behind mom)..oh, and my orange and green stroller....lovesit....still have it in the cellar at moms :D
Now. I know it's not nice to brag/boast...but...uhm...I can't help it...and!!! In my mind I'm not doing that mind you - I'm rather being excited and awed and want to share - cause..just look at what I got from Luxe.....
Um yeah..what's that glue doing there?? See, Scrapbook Adhesives were so kind to sponsor the Luxe girls...I know, it's totally crazy..we got this 12x12 ziplockbag totally filled to the brim w/adhesive...lots and lots and lots and so many diff....o.O (and yes, if you wonder if I feel lucky - the answer is duh, yes....!!)
THANK YOU SO MUCH LUXE & SCRAPBOOK ADHESIVES!!!!!! :D :D :D
Oh, and while I'm doing the finishing touches on my ATCs...hm, I don't know if I'm just lazy or if I really think this is a "technique"...but....love using my fingers instead of paintbrush for painting on the edges...love this metallic bronze paint... love paint on my fingers & nails :D
Signing off by sharing some vintage Tori Amos love --- thanks to Perez Hilton (yes I love to read him..hey..I need some guilty pleasures too!)who brought them up -- I've been listening to Tori Amos all day...lovelovelove :) These two are from Little Earthquakes, her first (and imo best) album from years ago....sung live...she's so amazing live...
Her songs makes me happy - although if you listen beyond the happy, catchy tunes most of her lyrics are actually sad...which makes me love them even more :p
In other (scrappy) news...
Luxe Designs launced their spankin' brand new gallery! Their whole site is being reworked -- it's not entirely done, but it's getting very very close! :D And in honor of this opening, Emily is giving away 50$ of Luxe Products to one lucky commenter!
Alright, signing off w/sharing another photo from the vacation :)
From Nesodden, where we spent a weekend with my sister (#2 from the right) and some friends from high school (& all the children..I think we had 10 or 11 children alltogether)..
And one more.. this is from Elverum- Amalie loved this game - that is -when she had the ball. When she did not she started to whine and at times (well ok, often) cry...which Adrian found amusing..
And I miss having these two girls around (just look at them..aren't they such beauties...sigh..miss them sooooo much!):
*sigh*
Oh, and my PC seem well again, thanks to way too many hours of pain (at which at several points my computer was called not so nice names as "spawn of the devil" and the likes..yep..it was that bad..). Muchos ♥ to Peter (the UK one :p) & Simen! :)
Love 6x12. Love this layout. LOVE DUDE! Not sure why but it seems like taking piccies outside really gets the red hue saturated. Boggle. Ohwell. This is for Pencil-Lines #89 :)
Materials include: PP: American Crafts, Prima and Luxe, Transparencies: Hambly, Stickers (Scenic Route), Bazzill thread, Making Memories stickers.
Have been alone this weekend, my husband drove 7 hours to attend his cousins new babys' Christening. I so wish I and the children could join them (he drove with his mother and brother) - but alas - driving for 14 hours total in two days with the kids - nuh-uh... *sigh* Hope we get to see the little boy this summer too - he's too adorable on piccies. Ahwell - we have been enjoying ourselves, me and the kiddos, making smarties-and-oreo-milkshake and watching Cinderella 3 on the Disney Channel (say, what's wrong with just making a new movie instead of doing stupid prequels??). The kids have also been jumping on the trampoline despite the rain and chilliness yesterday and today they brought several buckets with water to pour on the trampoline so they could jump and get wet at the same time - weirdos.... ahwell, kids :p Kinda miss my camera - I let my husband borrow it :p (ofcourse I saw a number of photooppotunities here now that I don't have my cam...figures!)
In addition to listening to Jason Mraz all weekend I've also found some old lovely songs, like Dolly Partons "Coat of many colors" (so beautiful!) and Marilyn Monroes "Bye bye baby" (sooooo loved that movie when I was a child :) ). Also on repeat: Duffy (I'm scared, Warwick Avenue) and Scarlett Johanssons "Falling Down" which is actually pretty good (but also the only song I really liked from her..for now anyways :p).
Anyways. Feel free to check out "Bye bye baby" below, from the movie "Gentlemen prefers blondes" - love Marilyn Monroe, totally love her voice (so soft & silky & girlish & mesmerizing .. and her look and all that - love the soft expressions on her face - so full of emotions) and love how they duoed her and Jane Russel in this movie.
So. My PC is up and running but experiencing some occasional problems..which should be troubleshooted & hopefully eliminated soon... the graphic-card (GeForce 8800GT) is performing okayish I guess, although it keeps getting pretty heated up when running Age of Conan...which is solved by upping the fans performance a bit higher than the manufactured 25% (Atm it's running okayish at 60%). Age of Conan...well...it's playable for sure, just reached level 20 and got out from the newb island ready to play in the "real world" ...we'll see how this goes :) In the two days I have played I have fallen in the water like four times and gotten stuck three times, once so stuck that even the /stuck command didn't work so I had to gate....my husband thinks it's an amazing feat of mine cause he's been playing this game for a few weeks already and just doesn't get how I do that :)
Anyways. I *think* the calibration of the monitor went well in the end (I am using Spyder2Express for calibrating), but as I still haven't gotten my PS over on this PC I can't tell for sure yet.. I miss editing!! Have so many piccies that awaits......
Ohwell. Such a boring post - sorry! It's just that I like to share whats on my mind and right now it's that ;P
So - I just discovered Jason Mraz - well, I saw him appearing on MAD tv a few years ago, noted that I liked his style but never checked him out closer kinda, but now I have and YAY I love him!! He has a new album out - "We sing, we dance, we steal things" and he's actually in Norway July 4th (In Oslo - BUMMER!!!!!!!). I love love love these songs of his; "Lucky" (beautiful sweet and mellow duet with Colibe Caillat), "I'm yours" (quirky and funky) and the old song "Wordplay" (even more quirky...upbeat..love the musicvid :D) (also, check out "Geek in Pink").
Below are some YouTube vids of the abovementioned songs :) Do check them out.....enjoy :)
Aww will you look at that! Amalie's hands down fave doll/plush-toy (whatever you call this..teddy?? it's a bunny...! And yes it's dirty well-worn!) - the bunny - has got a new best friend :) She got the carebear for Christmas (from her cousins...I think..*blush*) - and she didn't care (haha) for him until she got to see the DVD that followed with the bear - then she started liking him. Kids eh. It was a cute surprise walking into the bathroom finding these two sitting nicely together methinks - had to snap a photo :)
I reworked my header this morning. Figured the empty chair kinda was a little boring...but was too lazy to make an entirely new header - so I just slapped this photo on the old one along with a new quote.
I've been a bit into Marit Larsen (former M2M) lately...check it out below..."Only a fool"...it's very cute...this is an audio-only version as I don't think she's made a video yet :) And if you check out "This time Tomorrow" - doesn't sound a little bit like Tori Amos?? I also found another old song I totally totally love - the duet between Nathalie Nordnes and Sondre Lerche - Good times - unfortunately it's not out on youtube afaik (I think they did this duet at some live television thing some years ago at least)...do look for that song if you're able to tho and lemme know where to get it, I love it! Used to play it over and over and over again in the car on the way to the summerplace :) (hey did you know that Sondre Lerche and Regina Spektor have done a duet together too?? Cool! :D)
Okay, lately Adrian's got a little girlfriend he keeps playing with after school. They're too damn cute together - I hope their friendship will last :)
Bad Girls are hosting a Christmas Workshop the weekend of 16-18 nov......I got to peek behind the curtains and Oh.My.God. I know - I'm supposed to gush about whatever BG does I think eh, but seriously - these classes are just....W.O.W. I have some faves I'm so gonna do asap! Join us and do play along - there will be RAK's and gifts - and you can complete these classes for a while after the weekend and still be in for that! =) The supply-lists are up on the message-board already - so you can come prepared :)
Inspired by findings on etsy - made those cute circles last night. The cute cute cute animals are from a dingbat-font called Pixelfarm Pets - thanks to Kal for that one) Not sure what to do with them. Use them on cards and layouts I guess :p
Victoria Beckham can sing!! o.O See below - I *so* love the first song - wow! If you have the time, do listen to this....very lovely and acoustic....and uh, is it just me or is it kinda funny actually watchin her teeth? I mean, she never smiles on those photos in the glossy mags...... :p
Currently editing photos from my last photosession - need to get up to date so I'm ready for tonights session. It'll be interesting :)
Yay! Finally got around to get a memcard for my chellphone, allowing me to enjoy music on it aswell. Me like so far (and wtf is wrong with the prices these days? 2GB memcard cost me 381NOK at flexi-data (kingston), while the same amount of GB cost 600 and 900 at Telekiosken and Expert. Ripoffs!) Also, while messing around in the city looking for yet another Frozen Throne CD (the expansion pack of Warcraft 3) as the kiddo somehow broke the old CD in two - and he's like, *need* that game - I coudln't resist buying me a little treat -- Gwen Stefanis newest CD! Yay! I haven't actually purchased an album in like, years (or well, one and half year I think?) - the last album I bought was Nathalie Nordnes first CD. And that was like, uh..well, at least two summers ago :p (oh, and if you need a quick tip for what to give me for Christmas - well, I'd like these CDs: Tori Amos' albums but the two first ones, especially Boys for Pele I think it's called, the Pussycat Dolls latest (YES!), Nathalie Nordnes second CD (the third one is in the works afaik), hmm..can't think of more CDs I'd like to own :p)
Anyways. I think I'm at pace with Christmas. Just missing a few pressies for some of those in Oslo, but I think I'll fix that while in Oslo somehow. It'll be ok :p
The layout: Started it at the Christmas-crop, and finished it at home. It was a (anti)reaction to my thoughts and feelings about needing to have a story behind the pictures -- well - this time I *wanted* to just scrap some pictures just because!! Thus the title -- "Just because...." ;) I know. I should be much better at the behind-stories....but still...can't deny I love scrapping just because! :) I know.....I went a bit tad wild with the blingblings here. The cardstock is bazzill bling (sugardaddy I believe - such a cool name haha) and there's loads of small Heidi Swapp blingborders cut in pieces all around the layout :) It was actually supposed to be a lettersize, but because I wanted to preserve the pattern in the circle-paper I had to make it too big, hence the 12x12 montage.
Det er litt sykt hvor stor forskjell det faktisk er på priser og databrikker. Prisforskjellen var så stor at jeg måtte dobbeltsjekke at det faktisk gikk an å bruke de mer billige brikkene til mobilen - og joda, det går kjempefint det. Kjøpte nemlig et 2GB minnekort til N73 på Flexi-data, en av de mer rimligere butikkene innenfor datautstyr til den nette sum av 381 kroner. Og merket skal være av de mer pålitelige sånn ellers, så det er ingen tvilsom minnebrikke altså... (kingston). På Telekiosken kunne de tilby 2GB minnebrikke til 600kroner, og hos Expert kostet den hele 900kroner!! Yikes! Og attpåtil skulle fyren i Expert til å åpne 900-kronerspakken for å sette den inn i mobilen min da jeg stoppet ham med at hey, jeg betaler ikke 900 kroner for det der når den koster mellom 3-500kr i databutikker! Jeez.
Har også fått unnagjort de siste innkjøpene til vestlandsfamilien idag, og samtidig unnet meg Gwen Stefanis nyeste CD - The Sweet Escape :) Har noen gaver igjen, men de tar jeg når vi er i Oslo tenker jeg :)
Ellers - dagens layout: En LO jeg begynte på juletreffet hos Hobbykroken, men ikke gjort ferdig før nå. Den er på en måte en slags motreaksjon mot "tvangstankene" mine i det siste om at LO'ene helst bør ha en historie bak seg..jeg føler det fortsatt sånn da - men allikevel...det ER gøy å bare ta et par bilder og bare scrappe .... just because! :p Og begge deler er jo like fine og like "lovlige" - jeg må bare prøve å huske å balansere begge deler liksom :)
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