snow! snow! snow!

it's quite unusual in England so everything stops, kids don't go to school, trains are not running, people are panicking. I'm from Czech and we used to snow so it amazes me every time, but in a nice way. What about you? Is it snowing, raining or the sun shining where you live?

and there is me in the middle....:)

182 hearts in the box and big thank you

I just wanted to thank mrs.french from bliss. And those comments made my day:). Thanks everyone.

amazing colours...

Home of Lisa Congdon, an artist and illustrator, living in San Francisco brings smile on my face. Lovely art displays and those colours...What a ceiling! I'd love to have a courage for this. More of Lisa's home tour, her blog and new and very inspiring project A collection a Day 2010. Enjoy.

this Christmas

I had long lazy breakfasts with family...

warm evenings with candles, presents, wine and family...

walks ...with family...

days out ...with family...

It was great to stop for couple of weeks, forget about work, internet (almost:) and spent time with my parents, sister and her boyfriend. I got wonderful presents, some absolutely amazing! drank a lot, slept a lot a liked it a lot..I feel very positive about this year. Can't wait for all the adventures and great things. Bring it on 2010 ! what about you? did you have a good Christmas ?

real homes with real poeple

i lay my head and wish to stay is new Swedish inspiration on my bloggroll. I will be back tomorrow with after Christmas update. See you:) have a great day!

Happy New Year everyone!

and thank you houzz for featuring our home and for lovely comments:)

Happy Holidays everyone !!!

and if you like browsing photos here are some of my recent flickr favourites. Have a lovely time wherever you are and whoever you with... See you later xx

1. Pink and Green, 2. Untitled, 3. Maudie, 4. Little collection, 5. Selina Lake - Christmas Plates, 6. cookie chompers the third, 7. -, 8. misty mornings., 9. Untitled, 10. Quién falta? Who's missing?, 11. masterbedroom4, 12. MoMA, 13. Untitled, 14. Lollie legs in colors, 15. Study: Guest bed, 16. Untitled, 17. Park Slope harvest fair, 18. Untitled, 19. grumpy, 20. Sugar Pop., 21. Symphony in Sepia, 22. p.s., 23. Love Coco, 24. christmas..., 25. Le manège enchanté - the magic roundabout

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this weekend I have been

Recharging batteries, playing in snow, watching Love Actually on TV, being lazy...feels great...what about you? are you slowing down? how do (did) you spend(t) your pre-Christmas weekend?

holidays almost there !

I have been finishing last pre-Christmas orders with Anya's help who Loves bubble wrap !! We also started to put decorations around the house and I'm getting all excited! Only 8 days and my family is coming over. Can't wait!

all photos by me

we had a great day

We went to Borough Market and Tate Modern in London. I really wanted to see this exhibition but we did admire the donation box and escalators instead..for very very long time. It was good fun anyway. What about you? have you been to any exhibition recently?

pictures by me

the winner

The winner of the giveaway is number

2

Amy. Congratulation! Thank you everyone for your lovely commets. Thank you very much!

hugh stewart

I saw some of these photos on decor8 and they took me to hugh stewarts website. I especially like his portrait section (sorry I couldn't download any of those) Go have a look, wonderful light....and today is the last day for my giveaway...have a great day!

etsy presents...for me ? ..please...

today...

I'm slowly getting into Christmas mood, so far I haven't had a chance to decorate the house and I only have a few presents. I have been surrounded by boxes, frames and paper for last couple of weeks and my List of To Do Things is was getting longer and longer. Today I finally caught up on some orders, tidied boxes, cupboards and myself :) and starting to feel all Christmasy. I love writing lists. I write lists of ideas, orders, shopping lists, to do lists, urgent lists, wish lists. I find it very therapeutic...crossing the lines, list is getting smaller, writing another list....Do you write lists? and how long is your one at the moment??:)

for some reason I put number 2. instead of 1., but if you like these little houses have a look here

and for you to create....orange and mandarin decoration which I found on Blomsterverkstad

the rest of the photos from here and here

So what about those lists? and how about you and Christmas ? are you organized this year? Have a lovely day and don't forget about giveaway..

snuggle up and read

I have been more then busy last couple of weeks and running out of time and space in our house......I'd love to escape to this beautiful room and just snuggle up and read, relax, sleep...hmmm

photo from here

GIVEAWAY

I want to say THANK YOU to everyone who has been following my blog, thank you for your comments and kind words. It means a lot to me and I do really appreciate it. Also like to celebrate my new website... So here is a little gift from me. It could be a lovely little Christmas present. To enter Giveaway, just leave a comment on this post before next Friday midnight( London time) Friday (11.12.).

I will randomly chose and announce the winner on Saturday (12.12.) Everyone from everywhere is invited. Have a great weekend !

Scottie Dog Noughts & Crosses wooden table game from Japanese store MUJI

creative little people

I was reading sweetsweetlife (thanks Amy) the other day and came across Moomah. What a wonderful place to go to. I felt truly inspired. They have art classes for children and adults, cafe, little shop..what else: lovely decor, meeting point for people, inspiration, happy creative children...I feel really jealous. I' love to have place like this in my neighbourhood.

And also what a great idea..you can create something like this

as well here☛ check this out.

lutterlagkage

Have you heard of lutterlagkage? This lady is one of my first contacts on flickr and I love going back and browse photos of her shop and home. Stine Holm Weirsoe is an interesting Danish owner of this gorgeous shop ( lutterlagkage) in Malmo, Sweden. Vintage, handmade, colourful, bright and happy.......have a look at her photostream on flickr and website. ...and also her interview on decor8.

winter walks

I love winter walks. When is crispy, cold, sunny and fresh. We are very lucky as we live only five minutes from a large park and Anya loves going for walks and meeting people. She has a quite wide vocabulary for her age but at the moment one of her favourite world is 'cuddle'. So we cuddled everyone today...little boys, big dogs, old ladies....:)

oh, and thank you tenthings and once upon a tea the time for blogging about me and s&b.

advent calender ideas

I love these advent calendar ideas. Simple, easy to do and original. On the last photo they use desk calender pages, why not do it differently and start by putting up one every day , so the tree slowly fills up ?

1.mayalu 2.apfelbaum 3.crl!4. ideal home mag. 5. elle decoration uk

my little daughter

Yesterday we went with my friend Audrey to National Portrait Gallery. Not sure how much Anya appreciated the pictures:), she thought it was one big playground and kept running around. Here you can see where she was walking fast (pict.1) and then running fast (pic.2)! We also made one little shopping trip to MUJI (Anya was sleeping by then) and bought some Christmas presents. They have lovely wooden toys and games this year, for both children and adults but I can't tell more...in case someone's reading...:)

Yesterday was a theory and today the real Art Day!

I have been really busy with my pictures last couple of weeks( thank you Not On The High Street) and I haven't spent as much time with Anya as I would want to. So last couple of days was wonderful...my little Anya.