Day trip and bbq

When we still had a week left on our holiday we did a little day trip west of Stockholm, as you already know. But I found some more pictures from that same day that I thought I'll show you.

On our way back to the city we stopped for burgers at a classic Swedish burger joint.

In the evening we we're invited to a bbq at Nina and Felix's place.

For a bbq together with this happy (!?) bunch. Sorry for the terrible picture but at least everybody look equally stupid :-)

After watching the last episode of Game of Thrones (Omg!!!) together we headed over to P's mums place where we spent the night. Stockholm's prettiest at night, don't you think?

Deepwood tattoo and matching knives

Last Tuesday I surprised P with an appointment at my friend Emil's tattoo studio Deepwood tattoo.

It's definitely one of the coziest tattoo studios there is in Stockholm and Emil and Chris who works there are such sweethearts.

There's so much inspiration everywhere since Emil is quite a collector of weird little things.

We decided to go for matching hands and knives because why not?

Here's P's finished, hand-poked result by Chris. Curious to see mine? This is it. 

A Gingerbread house

This Saturday me and P were invited to our friends Ulrika and Daniel's flat for dinner but when we arrived they said "let's go for a ride, we have something to show you!"

So we got into their car and ended up here, by this pretty gingerbread house built 1919 with fruit trees in the garden and three balconies.

They'd bought the house! It went through just a week earlier and we were the first people they showed it too. Look at this proud house owner :-)

Suddenly we had not only our engagement to celebrate but their first house as well! Double the fun!

Their cat Chelsea (yes, they like football) was as cute as always.

After dinner we took a walk to a friend of theirs new wine bar for orange wine and elderflower gin & tonics. Such a great night, and congrats to the house guys <3

Wedding planning: Venue

Last Monday me and P and P's dad went on a trip west of Stockholm to visit Strängnäs. We had found this pretty place for our wedding next summer that we wanted to take a closer look at. 

When it comes to wedding planning the first step is finding and booking a venue and a date, which sounds fairly easy but can be quite tricky if you're on a budget and want to get married in summer. If you're also a bit picky when it comes to interior design and surroundings you're in for a struggle. 

We've looked at venues in and around London, Gothenburg and Stockholm for a while now but most are either fully booked for years or way, WAY over our budget. When you search for anything plus 'wedding' prices tend to double. 

Luckily we think we've found a spot that's equally pretty inside as outside – you can't count on the weather in Sweden so you better plan for the worst. It's called Facienda and is situated just outside Strängnäs, one hour west of Stockholm.

I love planning and organizing in general so I'm quite thrilled having this little project that happen to be our wedding to spend some time on. I guess this is the first post of a whole bunch to come!

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A Midsummer Hurricane

Midsummer started off with loads of decor and food preparations since no party at the Hurricane collective has ever been wishy-washy half-hearted. 

Me and P made paper decorations and bunting whilst someone else heated up the wood fired hot tub.

In the afternoon the other guests arrived. Here's Sandra and Johanna you know from Field day.

And here's Peters best friend Ludde, who visited us in London not that long ago.

Ok, so I showed my panties while tossing my hair and smoking a cigarette.

This is my good friends Juan and Ilker!

Here's Niklas doing some glasses modeling.

We all had a massive potluck in the garden before continuing the party inside.

Since Sven and Nisse (who's djing here) builds and works with speakers the whole living room was basically a massive sound system. Poor neighbors :D

Then the party continued until the next day and everything was just as crazy as it use to be when I lived there. I miss them everyday but when I left two days later I was exhausted. 

Thank you all Hurricane originals and newborn, bright shining stars <3

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All pictures are from my Great clothes map on Pinterest.

The day before Midsummer

Last Thursday we got up super early to catch the train to the airport only to realize the train was cancelled. As was the train after that. Last minute we caught an Uber with two strangers and managed to get to the airport in time, but then the flight was delayed for two hours. Do I even have to tell you that the airport shuttle in Sweden was delayed as well? I don't think I've ever had so much bad luck in one day.

When we finally arrived in Stockholm it was summer! Everything else was forgotten and we rushed to Systembolaget to buy wine for the upcoming Midsummer party.

I even ran into & Other Stories to buy a skirt cause I was so excited about the weather.

Then we took the bus to Stora Essingen and the Hurricane collective and spent the evening preparing for the party the next day. It was so wonderful to finally see everybody that I miss again. Here's me, new found friend Gabriel and best friends Maria and Hannah, making decorations for the party.

To be continued.