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Elisabet Ylfa, 2 years and 10 months old.

She sat down next to me on the sofa today after I picked her up from school. She started asking me about a difficult memory from three weeks ago, a memory of an event I was hoping she had not really taken in when it happened. As she talked about it she became emotional and pointed out how her world was changing. People are leaving and those who are left behind are sad and angry. She is a little bit too observant for her own good. I had my camera in my hand so I snatched a photo of her in mid conversation.

Heim | Living Room Corner.

I'm sitting in my couch, alone, listening to the rain and I don't feel like studying at all. So I am sharing a corner of my living room instead. I am really loving making this little space our own. We add things and change something every week, and it is all coming together very nicely. The downside of being an art student is the papers, canvases and general mess all over the apartment (as seen behind the chair). We try to hide it away as we can but as I am using a lot of the stuff on a daily basis, and some things are to big to put under the sofa, we can't really keep the place extremely tidy. But the mess and artsy stuff might just be a part of what makes this place really ours.

Snowstorm.

My bedroom window.

Tonight I am taking a moment, staying up for a little longer, listening to the snowstorm raging outside my window. 

It is slowly starting to feel like Christmas is just around the corner. 

Heim | Kitchen Inspiration.

Just a little kitchen inspiration today. One day I will have my own little kitchen. However it will look like, at least it WILL include a Moccamaster brewer. This pink one is so pretty! I also really love the patterned cups. 

Hope you had a wonderful weekend.

Source: Designhund

Still Life.

Hello there!

I got immersed in lectures and assignments as soon as school started a couple of weeks ago - and I am kind of loving it. I am taking two history courses this semester. One is History of American Illustration, the other is Art History through the 15th Century. I have always been fascinated by history, and Art (of any kind) History is especially fun. I almost don't even mind the weekly papers. I can not say which class I like better. I feel like I have learned so much in this short time since school has started. I am halfway finished with my notebooks (that I intended to use until Christmas), because I think so many things in the lectures are worth scribbling down. I am so happy that I am taking these classes online, because I can take as long as I want to write down my notes. I would have been the horrible kid in class that keeps everyone waiting for the next slide while I finish writing.. I've never been a fast writer.
Two Liberal classes are a lot in my opinion, so I took two studio classes as well. I am taking my first Clothed Figure Drawing. It is pretty strange drawing non-naked people, and I have not used my charcoals since last spring, so I have gotten a bit rusty.
I am also taking Still Life Painting. This is actually the challenge of the semester. I've never used oil colors before, so I was a little.. actually, A LOT intimidated by this class. I had some trouble with my supply shipment and wasn't able to start my first assignment until after the first module. Meanwhile the assignment became larger and larger in my mind, and even after I got the supplies I put it off as long as I could. Eventually I just started. I was so surprised how easy this was. Oil colors are a medium I've always wanted to try out, but because of the hassle around it and how complicated it seemed, I never actually went for it. But oh how mistaken I was. I really, really enjoyed it. I am pretty happy about the outcome as well. One thing that I think might have some effect on why I love this so much is that due to lighting, I have spent the late evenings on these assignments. Living in a home with six people can get a little chaotic and loud, plus having a little monster who is entering the terrible twos. So these moments, when everything is dark, and everyone is sleeping, just me in the silence, painting are heavenly.. To me this really is still life. I plan to continue cherishing these silent moments for the rest of the semester.

Heim | Hallway inspiration.

In our apartment we have a long wall that goes from the front door into the living room. Since we moved in the wall has been empty and the floor is usually just flooded with shoes. The shoe pile has been bothering me and I really want to do something with that space, but I'm not sure what. Seeking inspiration on Pinterest is always a good idea and here are a few photos that are getting my brain working. 

Sources: one, two, three, four.

Weekends.

This weekend we kept warm, drank coffee and picked some flowers. Ylfa was very happy with her flowers. I also worked on a project I will share with you this week. Woo.

Heim | Our shelve.

When we moved into our apartment we had this huge wall in the living room that we had no idea what to do with. After looking at Pinterest for a few days we had the idea to showcase our collections. Both of us are borderline hoarders and we love finding beautiful things. So Marinó went to a hardware store and bought some cheap shelves and we have slowly been putting up things and perfecting the setup.  Here are a few of our favorite things.

1. A Sarangi, a Nepalese string instrument that a friend of ours brought Marinó after staying in Nepal for a while.

2. One Christmas I had no idea what to get Marinó, so I asked him what he wanted and he said as a joke that he wanted a trumpet, so I gave him one. He was super suprised and very happy about it even though he can barely play a tune.

3. My mom gave Ylfa a beautiful matryoshka doll when she came home from Azerbejdzan this spring. 

4. We are slowly building an amazing bar with our roommates.

5. We love books, and I love Moomin. This is our still growing collection of Moomin books (plus a copy of Where the wild things are).

6. My Kron by Kron Kron shoes I got married in are a work of art!

7. An old camera from Marinó's grandfather.

8. My favorite book from my children's book collection, Dísa Ljósálfur. This one is actually the one I had when I was little.

9. Ylfa's shelve.. Books, games and toys she can play with when she's a bit older.

10. This is a matryoshka doll that my mom brought me when she came home from Russia when I was about 3 years old. There is another part of it on the top shelve.

I think I will keep changing it up every now and then but for now I am happy with how everything looks.