No more closet panic!

As a fashion maniac who is the owner of way too many garments I often have BIG problems about  deciding what to wear. To begin with I have 3 wardrobes tightly packed with clothing, and secondly I often like to change my outfit at least once a day. Unavoidably sometimes when the schedule is tight and I need to make quick decisions I panic. My hubby is now very used to it so he doesn't fret when he hears me go through the wardrobes like a tornado while cursing loudly :P

This has been so annoying an selling half of my clothing is not an option since I already sort out all clothes that I don't love anymore on a regular basis. (Gotta love second hand, both shopping and selling!) So there needed to be another solution and after some thinking I came up with this idea.

I compose a variety of ready to wear outfits and hang them in a separate wardrobe!

No more closet panic and I can focus on the fun part of fashion instead. It does get a little bulky so a few outfits at a time is enough, and I can always refill with new outfits as the need arises. It's not perfectly organized and color coded but I'm not the neurotic order freak anyways, a little more boho is my personal style. ^^

Kitty sleepmasks

Yesterday I decided to have a try at making som cute sleep masks. I already have one that I bought that looks like a panda but I have used it so much that the elastic is soon worn out. So whynot making my own new ones? I used a striped jersey scrap and some batting and made a little felt decoration on each one. I made one with two elastic loops to be put behind the ears, thats what my store brought one has and I also made two with the elastic to be placed behind the head which seems to be the more popular design. Which one do you prefer?

This is what my sleep masks turned out like.

 The nice patterned background is from my new ironing board the I bought from: http://www.rorets.se/se/  this model is called Chrome Line and I'm really satisfied with it!

Trial and error

I am by no means a photoshop pro but my goal is to master it well enough to be able to make my creative visions and ideas reality. For now I'll have to make do with my very limited photoshop skills. My labels turned out to be FAR from my original idea. I know it sucks not being able to accomplish ones ideas, but pouting doesn't do anyone any good so here goes:

At least it's readable :P

The syrup turned out to be very tasty though! I guess this bottle won't last for long in this hot weather. Now I'm off to sew some sleep masks instead, hopefully the will turn out more as I wish them to look than this silly label. It will hopefully be funny memory of where I started off from when it comes to photoshopping!

Berry picking in the sun

Today me and my friend Theresia went to her fathers place to pick some berries for making syrup. We had been waiting for all the raspberries and red currants to ripen and to day finally the were ready to pick. The weather was really good too sunny and some light gusts of wind. Before we started the twigs were heavy with berries like this:

Yum Yum ^^

After we were finished some bushes were almost empty and others still were heavy with berries but our bags were full and we decided to call it a day. Now I will get started with the homemade syrup and designing of some nice labels to put on the finished bottles of syrup. I will update with pics of the end result later :)

Here is our happy little (or big) helper Theresias golden retriever Rufus !

Say hello to my new blog!

At last I have decided to open a new blog focused on the creative things in life. NekoShop- life blog almost has the same name as my etsy shop. Why I added -life is because it will also offer bit and pieces of my everyday life. Here I will feature things that makes me happy and inspired. I will include lots of photos of which many are aviable at : http://www.etsy.com/shop/NekoShop. And there will of course be a fair deal of cat related posts. There is a reason why I chose the Japanese word for cat as a part of my shop and blog name :)

Until next post please enjoy mum's happy kitty basking in the summer sun!