Fashion Home Modern: April 2010

4/30/10

Scandinavian web shops

: : these are currently my two favorite Swedish/Scandinavian web shops, offering a wide array of products from the best of Scandinavian design .

.Swedishness. I came across just recently, I love the layout of their shop that allows you to browse products without having to navigate through categories necessarily. It's a much more visual way of navigating. And I appreciate their selection of very unique and recent Scandinavian design products. They carry several items that I have been looking for for a long time.

.Huset. has a great collection of everything from housewares to clothing. I particularly like their coffee& tea category since I've started collecting coffee and tea cups in Swedish vintage patterns.

Happy Friday!

Lovely and Unrelated

{Have a wonderful Friday!}

(Source, Aubrey Road and Isabeli Fontana by Vincent Peters via Fashion Gone Rogue, discovered via Aubrey Road.)

4/29/10

Editorial: {Morning Flowers)

{have always had a fondness for hats, love this editorial!}

(Source, Frida Gustavsson by Andreas Sjodin for Vogue Nippon June 2010 via the always inspiring Studded Hearts and Everything Fabulous.)

Inspiration: Quotes

("Dreams are today’s answers to tomorrow’s questions." ~ Edgar Cayce. Photograph source, here.)

4/28/10

Inspiration: {Summer Blues}

{adore blue, simple wonderful blue}

(Source, MyHomeIdeas and Flickr.)

Spotlight: Susie Cowie Embroidery

{Accidentally came across the exquisite work of freelance embroidery designer, Susie Cowie... I especially love how this artist has balanced the intricate technique of embroidery into lace-like designs, stunningly beautiful ...each are no doubt heirloom worthy...}

(Source, Susie Cowie. For more information about Susie visit This is Naive for a feature interview. For those interested in the art of embroidery, Ms Cowie is offering a five-day workshop in June 2011 at Les Soeurs Anglaises in the south of France. 'Creative embroidery: learning to observe'. How adventurous would it be to travel to the south of France to feed your passion?)

4/27/10

Inspiration: {Hair Envy}

{Quite adore the cuteness of this photograph, but am really drawn to the hairstyle... why? Have always adored backcombed hair, flipped outwardly at the ends.}

(Source, here.)

A Rainy Tuesday

{on a rainy Tuesday like today, I long to stay in bed and simply daydream...}

(Source, unfortunately unknown.)

4/26/10

Wishlist item no. 3 IKEA PS SVARVA lamp

: : love the quirkiness and the character of .this lamp.

wishlist item no.4

: : I found this beautiful tray by designer Maria Holmer Dahlgren on .from Sthlm. I'm so disapointed that it's already sold out. I need to be checking their site more frequently. Hopefully I can find it somewhere in Sweden though. I think it would be the perfect breakfast tray for bringing my breakfast with me out on the balcony.

Editorial: {Globe Trotter}

{Good Monday Morning, I hope your weekend was filled with sunlight, warmth and adventure. I for one did not get to experience as much leisurely past times as I had hoped, nor, unfortunately, was my weekend as glamourous as Hana Soukupova in this editorial... enjoy and have an exceptional week!}

(Source, Hana Soukupova by Arthur Elgort for Tatler Russia May 10 via Fashion Gone Rogue.)

4/23/10

Weekend Signoff :)

{leisurely sipping a herbal tea or browsing through a lovely bookshop to find the next hidden treasure are two possibilities for me this weekend, how about you? Before wishing each of you a lovely weekend, I would like to express my heartfelt appreciation to everyone who left a comment this week... thank you so very much. I would also like to welcome new followers, yay! And on that note, have a truly lovely weekend!}

(Source, Models Liu Wen & Mathilde Frachon by Benoit Peverelli for Elle China May 10 via
Fashion Gone Rogue.)

Inspiration: {Glorious, Beautiful Flowers}

{Hooray, Friday! It has been a hectic week, will be treating myself to a bouquet of flowers this weekend... will you join me in doing the same, perhaps exchange photographs?}

(Source, Infinity Photography discovered via Amour Amour.)

IKEA fest (party)

: : my lovely friend .erica. is celebrating her birthday this weekend (Grattis på födelsedagen! Happy birthday!) and got in the mood to throw a party when she found this IKEA website focused on different party decoration themes. I love how they created drastically different themes and put their own products in context. And I am completely in love with the white .PS Svarva floor lamp. in the second photo. It's going to have to go on my wishlist. Happy Friday!