Stockholm shopping

This weekend I went to Stockholm to visit some good friends. I also did some Christmas shopping: 

A second hand jewelry box/mirror for Eo and a handmade and fair trade bracelet for myslef, from Afroart. 

Copenhagen

This weekend we went to Copenhagen (thanks for all your tips!). We visited Tivoli, did some shopping, went to a nice park with a fun playground, had some icecream and chilled out in the sun.

Some of the things we bought: a nice box and a pretty summer dress, that Eowyn picked out herself:

Shopping

I went to H&M yesterday to have a look at their Concious collection, which of course feels more like a PR thing than a serious intent to make a difference. But anyways. Some of the things were quite nice but why on earth did they make everything in white?? Far too impractical for us. Instead, I walked out of there with some hair bands and two not-at-all-concious-but-really-cool t-shirts to match Eowyn and Ester’s new tutu skirts (Eowyn is sort of obsessed with her “dancing skirt” at the moment). At least the hair bands where made of organic cotton.

A Ramones-t-shirt for Ester. Come on, who can resist?!

Eowyn’s outfit. The skirt was a second hand finding.

Another favorite on sale

I found another one of my favorites, this pouf from Mingla, also on sale a while ago. Since I hadn’t found it at all before, I was very pleased just to find a reseller. I got two of them, in blue. Perfect as extra seating for the kids.

New oilcloth

One of my favorite patterns was on sale at Tiogruppen so we went ahead and ordered a new oilcloth for our dining room table. This is the third oilcloth we get from Tiogruppen, the last one has served us well for the last four or five years but now it’s time for a change, and a little bit more color. 

A mirror from Västerås

This week I made a short trip to the Swedish city Västerås, for work. Had a moment to walk around town just before catching the train home and luckily enough I stumbled upon a nice little thriftstore, where I found this mirror. Just 80 SEK, which, compared to the prices in this town, I think is quite cheap.

Eo had loads of ideas upon where to put it, but finally it ended up behind the door in her room. 

Today the kids are well and we’re planning to visit Sjöfartsmuséet (a maritime museum) here in Gothenburg. I’m also planning to get some black paint for the white chairs. What do you think, should they be glossy or not? 

Curtains?

I’ve found some nice retro fabrics lately. I bought this on an online auction: 

And this blue one, of which I have two identical pieces. I think they’re curtains. I’m thinking we might use them as that in Ester’s room. Normally, we’re not that fond of curtains and we don’t have any in our apartment right now. We have so much other stuff on our walls (art and bookshelves etc) that curtains would be too much. But Ester’s walls are just a little bit less crowded than the rest of the place. 

Kids chairs and jacket

Today we’ve started the day with a visit to a thrift store. Note to self: don’t bring the entire family to an extremely crowded thrift store… But even so we managed to find these kids chairs for just 20 crowns each. Perfect for Ester’s room. Finding second hand stuff for the kids is pretty easy and much more fun (not to mention cheaper) than buying new stuff. 

Yesterday I also did a little bit of “new”, but still sustainable, shopping. One pair of fair trade/organic cotton jeans from Imps & Elfs (half off at a local kids store!) for Eowyn. And then we ordered a new spring jacket for her, also half off (here) and also organic, from Blå Tomat: 

Most of Eowyn’s and Ester’s clothes are second hand but sometimes it’s nice to buy something new for them. And there are so many organic/ecological kids clothes brands popping up that it’s quite easy.  

(last image via Blå Tomat)