YEAH! They have arrived...

...and they are every bit as wonderful as I had imagined. Will show up in the shop in the next couple of days...

The lovliest of lovely...

...pillows have arrived! Oh dearest I have a new crush...my new batik pillows are SUMMER in fabric, GT in a pilllow, the tropics and the beach wrapped up in a square! They are simply put - to die for. They will look absolutley gorgeous on the porch or the terrace....on your lawn or trown casually in a pile on the floor...they are so diverse in their use and will just bring that je nais sais quoi to any summer day and be an exclamation mark when the short dark and gray autumn afternoons come creeping. They simply put a smile on anyone's face!

Mother's Day sale at PilLove

In honour of the hardest working women in the world - OUR MOTHER'S - PilLove will host a huge sale at the shop - http://www.pillove.se/. Get a colorful gift for your equally colorful mother, wife or stepmother.

Lot's of hugs to all you mother's out there!

C.

My daughter really loves...

...the toddler bedding set that her mom has made for her (which lucky for you ; ) is also for sale at the shop ; ) I just had to share some pics when she's relaxing (=looking at videos of herself on mummy's cell ; ) Today's kids...I swore Í wouldn't let her watch telly too soon, play with the computor, eat suger, stay up too late etc etc. Some rules have definitely gone lost along the way...

I just can't get enough of these bright green colors..

You are exactly where you ought to be

So it's amazing how you can just swim in your own pool of selfcenteredness (for lack of a less negative word!) when you have your own blog. And I do not intend to be modest (it might be a nice quality but it doesn't sell your work and let me tell you I ain't rich yet sooo...in true Jerry Maguire spirit "Show me the money!" :-)

Anyhoot, here's my latest attempt at being creative...a painting. This one has the following note to self...or word of wisedom; "You are exactly where you ought to be" - a lesson a very wise lady tought me...well actually I'm still trying to learn that lesson ; )

So sit down, reflect and enjoy where you're at. Why is it that we're always wanting for something else?

...a nice comfy chair to sit and reflect in

...with cute butterflies to keep you company

I have a new found love

I'd love to have these hand made belts included at the shop. I can just see myself in a pair of jeans, white T-shirt, one of these belts and ballerina shoes - et voilá! How fresh is that! If you're interested in a belt, please let me know - charlotte@pillove.se

Gotta love...

...these chairs! Now I've tried to make it a rule not to be a blogger that just spits out "I love this", "Gotto have", "Crave this", "Look at that", "Buy this", "Get that"....as there are probably millions of bloggers that offer this kind of stressful service : ) But hey! Thank God that rules are ment to be broken because...I WANT, CRAVE, LOVE GOTTA HAVE, GOTTA BUY these chairs : ) Now all I have to do first is win the lottery! As always I'm not leaning towards buying the white, black or gray chairs...no mousy grays for me...I want color...lots of color that says HEY! Look at me, sit on me, smile at me, love me, I will make you happy....and oh yes dear you do...YOU MAKE ME HAPPY!

And zee chairs are from zee wonderful French Tolix

A parent of the world...FINALLY!

Ok so I have a confession to make. I've said for years that I had to donate to Unicef and become a "World parent" or Världsförälder as it's called in Swedish and I'm ashamed to say that it has taken this long. I guess a great contributor to me joining this year is that I have a child of my own and every picture of a child or scene shown from Haiti, Cambodja, Zimbabwe or wherever.... has this tendency to crawl under my skin and all I can think is "that could be my daugher". I found these pics via Unicef website and I just thought the contrast between the first four pics and the photo of my daughter says a lot. Haven't made a difference yet? It's never too late...

The nail is painted to show that this particular child has received it's vacination. With millions of children getting vacinated per week it's hard to keep track.

Finally...I'm on etsy.com

So I finally took the time to register my stuff on etsy.

Wanna buy my designs at a favourable price check it out!

http://www.etsy.com/shop/Ebbsen

Spring vibes on the blog...

So I decided I had to get a more spring-ish feel on the blog, so for now I will dress everything up in this beautiful flower dress. It does work well with the overall them of the "COLOR me happy theme" here at PilLove ; ) Hope you like it too!

Ohh....talking about spring I just had to include this pic taken in our garden a couple of years ago. This green oasis has been a distant memory the past year after I managed to "kill off" our lawn last year : ( If you'd like to know how I did that, give me a call ; ) I don't make it a habit of sharing my most embarrassing moments with just anyone ; ) Anyhoot, we are rolling out new grass tomorrow and I can't wait to actually have the garden dressed in green again. Just look at the picture and the colors, it's all natural no color enhancement here...."grönt är skönt" as you say in Swedish!

Fabulous fabric

Got some new fabric yesterday. As always it's something new to fall in love with. It's called Beach balls as the fabric is - as one might guess - covered with beach balls. The colors are so fresh and vibrant and I just love the way the work together. Now I just have to figure out what to do with it. I'm thinking pillow covers 50x50 cm, floor pillows 65x65 cm or maybe toddler bedding....hmmm....it's tough to decide.

Baskets from Bali

Ok, so I have fallen completely in love with these hand made, hand painted baskets from Bali. I would love to offer them to my customers but I'm not sure they would pay the price that I have to charge : ( Take a look aren't they just beautiful!

This is how they cary them when they go to the temple with blessed offerings.

They come in all kind of shapes and sizes...

...I am of course especially fond of the baskets with vibrant colors like these...

I also made this...

...to die for duvet cover for toddler. I think the print is oh-so-cool and the colors will make any room pop! It has that lovely retro feeling but is still super fresh! I have decided to take orders for this, i.e. you can place an order for your darling or darlings if you happen to have severals ; )and choose what matching fabric you'd like. You can choose from seersucker in red and white or turqouise and white. Send me an email specifying what you'd like or place an order online via the shop - http://www.pillove.se/ or my shop at etsy. Expected delivery time is 1-2 weeks depending on my work load. Thanks!

Price SEK500 (incl. one duvet cover and matching pillow cover)

How I spent my weekend

So here's how I spent my weekend...saving shirts! : ) My husband wears a shirt to work everyday and I have finally found why that is a good thing...I can make super soft and beautiful pillow covers out of the used and discarded shirts (i.e. those with e.g. a hole on the elbow or a spot on the sleeve). It's a great way to make a second life product; the fabric is of good quality and since the shirts have been worn they are soft to the touch. Take a look at these, I think they turned out great!

They will probably end up here, i.e. in the bedroom. Makes great decor pillows matching the existing duvet cover and pillows. Throw a couple of these into the mix and you have a very chic boutique hotel feeling to your bed ; ) Hmmmm....now if I could only charge my guests.... ; )

How to decide...

...I don't know?! So once again I'm trying to decide on what fabrics to choose for my new childrens line. This time I'm thinking of making duvet and pillow covers for toddlers with matching decor pillows. The fabrics below are some of the prints that I have just fallen in love with, however and this is a BIG one I will only go for two or maaaaybeee three designs/prints and I find it impossible to choose!

So the theme of this collection is "around the world" and this particular print makes me wanna travel the world and experience all kind of exotic places. The print will just trigger my kids imagination and take her all kind of far away places in her dreams....Russia, Tokyo, China her we come! Sleep tight honey bunny!

My kind of retro....just L O V E it!

The cutest print ever!

Let's go visit the jungle, shall we? A great print! Lot's of crazy colors and prints of animals like lions, monkey's and exotic birds.