Back with some holiday spirit!

I'm finally done with my exam and I finally have time to do things again! Somehow the whole world went to christmas mood while I was studying and the streets are full of christmas lights and decorations. When I checked the calendar to start complaining that it was way before time, it somehow had managed to turn only days before December, and there was no reason to complain. 

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So instead I have dived into the Christmas spirit and I entertain myself with figuring out pretty ways to wrap presents and decorate the home. It's only two months left until I go traveling around the world and my time will be filled with work during the day and painting, crafting and photography during the evening. I am truly looking forward to not doing homework when I come home and I think this will be a nice couple of months. I will also have more time to this blog and I plan to update it with various christmas ideas and projects along the way. 

What are you looking forward to do until Christmas?

Photography on a Sunday afternoon # 3

These are some pictures from earlier this autumn when the sunlight was bright and the fields behind our house golden. The last couple of weeks have been grey and foggy. It's been cold and rainy and time for tee and inside activities. Hopefully we'll see some sunlight soon, but until then I have these memories.

© Synne S. Skjørten

Autumn essentials: Scarves

My mom has always used a lot of scarves and I have grown up with admiring her colorful collection. I guess this is one of the reasons why I have such a love for them myself. For me a scarf is the perfect accessory. It can brighten up, add color to and complete an outfit, it can make you look more casual or more dressed up and if that is not enough it also keeps you warm! 

Credits: Nr 1. Nr 2. Nr 3. Nr 4. Nr 5. 

I must admit that I have quite a few scarves myself, both light, silky ones for warmer weather and a couple of really warm ones for the cold norwegian winter. But even though I have a lot of them I actually end up using every single one quite a lot. The money I spend in a nice scarf is often a lot better spent than if I were to by any other item of clothing, because I make sure that one scarf goes with a lot of different outfits. Here is a collection of some of the scarves I have been looking at lately, but right now I'm making this crochet infinity scarf so I don't think I'll buy any new ones too soon...

Photography on a Sunday afternoon # 2.

This sunday I wanted to share some of latest photos. It's a little while ago, but I got one of my friends to  come with me to this water nearby and take some photos. It was really cold, but a lot of fun! 

All images © Synne S. Skjørten

Always another journal

Lately I have realised that I have a slight obsession with journals and planners. There are so many uses for them and so many lovely ones out there and I have way too many already. The problem for me is that I never manage to decide what to put in the journals and I seldom finish them. Therefore I don't really need new ones, but I end up getting them anyway.

Credits: Nr 1.   Nr 2.    Nr 3.    Nr 4. 

Luckily the same does not go for planners. I am the kind of person who will forget everything if I do not write it down and if I don't have my appointments and things to do scheduled out I am pretty sure I would go insane (maybe I already have...). So around this time of year I start looking for the perfect planner for next year. This year I have had a very nice weekly planner from paprerblanks and last year I had a smaller moleskine. For 2012 I have my eyes on the Frankie journal (no 2. over) or a moleskine or one of the others above...

Are you a journal person? If any of you out there know of a nice planner please tell me!

Photography on a Sunday afternoon

It's Sunday afternoon and I'm pretty tired after doing maths homework the whole day, so I just wanted to share a couple of pictures from this summer. When I look at these they take me straight back to the moment I shot them and the happy memories from that time. I hope you like them!

All images © Synne S. Skjørten

Favourite finds: Ruche

Some days ago I found my way to the Ruche online store and was amazed! The style is perfect for me, just the right mix of cute and stylish. I could easily use a lot of money there, but for now I'll stick with posting some of my favourite finds here. If you know of any similar store, please tell me!

One day I'll buy:   1. These shoes  2. this blouse 3. this dress and 4. this necklace.

Inside gardens

Lately I've found myself looking a lot at indoor terrariums. There is something about having a patch of  green freshness on your desk while you work that seem to lighten up any day. Of course a flower does the same job, but the easy care of a terrarium makes me hope that even I might manage to keep it alive. There are dozens of very lovely glass containers you can find on etsy, but I think I might try and make one myself with that mason jar I put aside the other day, in the meantime I'll continue dreaming about the these lovelies...

  

Welcome

Hello and welcome to the Silver Beetle!
This blog have just started up and will be a place for photography, crafts, design, food, style and everything else that interest and inspires me. Just now I am getting the design for the site ready, so expect some small changes! There will also be a new post in the near future, but until that I hope you have a very nice day!

xx Synne