monday and short weekend recap

Yup that is what i am making on my desk right now :) I am loving is! Here are 2 peeks...




I am working on some other projects but they are mostly in my head so far :)

We took the loveliest walk in the forest saturday...I handed over the camera to my daughter and I love the photos she snapped of us. Note how tall my husband is :)






Yup, Harry was resting just a short while on our walk. While my daughter and Sadie had more energy!





We had a lovely relaxing weekend and i am happy about all the new photos that I can use in future scrapping projects!

I have to make dinner for my sweethearts!

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Internet inspiration: photography

I love photograpy! And I do use my camera alot, but sometimes I do need some new ideas for new objects or projects. Through scrapbooking I have come to read quite alot about photos and photography. Ali talks alot about how to use photos in scrapbook layouts and especially photos in your everyday. You can read a good list here and here on taking everyday photos. I have that list on my fridge to give me a reminder when my fantasy is bad. Everyday photos is something I have started doing more and more. The idea of photojournals/diaries has exploded the last cuple of years through projects like 365 etc. It is a fund concept and I have tried it a few times, but I am more of a spontanious phototaker.
I have found a lot of tips and tricks over at shutterfly I recommend a look there. And I also found alot of interesting articles on 2peas. They have a nice mixture of technical info and object inspiration. 2peas also has a nice photogallery.
Flickr has a very nice feature that allows you to add contacts that makes you see their latest photos whenever they add them. Photos in my contacts feed has blown me away more than a few times! Just to see a technically perfect photograph is pure joy to me, but to see a photo that beems happiness or feeling is lovely. I get lots of ideas and inspiration from Flickr. When I was going on my recent trip to Amsterdam and Paris i searched for photoideas of the Eiffel Tower etc. It was a perfect inspirationsource! When i was about to do a babysession I browesed both 2peas and Flickr galleries for poses and ideas.
You can really get lost in the flickr-world. Just go into someones favorites and you can click your day away!
Tara Whitney has always been one of my absolute favorites in phototaking. I love her photos! They are full of life, vibrant, random and real. I know that most of you already know about Tara and her phototaking skills, but she did write some interesting photoarticles on 2peas that are worth reading.

Here are a few difital photography sites too:

Digital Photography School
Digital Photography Tutorials
HP Digital photography center

So, these are the places I go for photo inspo.

Just an other random post :)

i did some scrapping the other night!

This layout was chosen to be the one to jack in the Wacky Wednsday challenge. How cool is that! :)



The photos are from when my daughter held her baby cousins the first time. Doesn´t she look like the proudest big cousin :)



I do love to be an aunt!




And my daughter is doing such a good job at school, it makes me very proud!

Internet inspiration: homedecor

When I am on the hunt for things to use in my home I rarely search the shopping sites for it. I usually search the item on for example Better Homes and Gardens to see if there are alternatives for it. For example if I am searching for a bench I can see if they have any DIY projects, how you can use other things as benches etc. I also turn to BHG for inspiration for just about anything! For example these kinds of slideshows. I get their e-newsletter and they are just packed with homeprojects, decoration tips ets. I recommend a visit!
Since we have our own house, it is already built, but we do re-decorate alot! I usually look for decorating details. You know display tips, lighting advise etc. I love flickr for that. I can search for anything with home decor and get thousands of hits. I started here I loved to look at there photos. I then browsed Sarahs photos and found this photo which I can watch forever. There are so many cool details in that livingroom! I frequent groups like:

Corners of my home
Very small houses

Recently I discovered Apartment therapy. I am still discovering it, but I have a hunch that it will be one of my new faves. How cool is it to take a peek into a flashy Paris home or a cool San Fransisco flat.

Lastly I have a natural love IKEA, afterall I am swedish :) I have my Ikea catalog at hand most of the time just to flip through. and ok, I am the first to admit that not everything IKEA has the highest quality, but I do like their accessories, whom I cannot leave a store without :) The Ikea site has a few cool features that you might want to try. I especially like the slideshows like this one. I find a lot of inspo just looking at the room displays and the colors + it is nice to know that alot of the things are both doable and affordable!




1. house_front, 2. Lisa O_my outside, 3. Lisa O_ my computer area, 4. little red elephants, 5. Lisa O_ my bed, 6. Lisa O_ handmade, 7. wall art, 8. my wall yesterday, 9. Green Lisa_O, 10. Lisa O_ flower power, 11. Lisa O. autumn decor, 12. special small things, 13. lights & rain, 14. Lisa_O something glittery, 15. Lisa_O my scrapspace, 16. white flowers, 17. our tree, 18. welcome, 19. the cutest gift ♥, 20. my latest angels, 21. the 4th sunday in advent, 22. light on table, 23. Christmas table, 24. latest layouts, 25. fave shelf, 26. nice reads, 27. in-the-middle-of-a-project-mess, 28. my workplace, 29. hearts around the house, 30. baskets

my easter

my easter, originally uploaded by lisafisa.

well, my easter was filled with the above :) Ali´s weekend creative prompt was to list what you want to focus on this weekend. Here is mine:

♥ family; i love spending time with family! As times goes by and we all spend more and more time together I love it more and more too.

♥ animals; i also love to spend time being around animals. We are so lucky that all our animals like eachother and come along.

♥ nature; we took lots of long walks in forests this weekend. The snow and the sun made the forest look like magic.

♥ conversations; just random conversations that can be about small things and big things.

Ps. Look out for my first post in my series of inspo on the internet coming tomorrow!

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i ♥ the internet!

Yes, I do love the internets! If you read my blog often you know that I have stated that before :) I love it for so many reasons; I have made lifelong friends, I can share my hobby with millions, I can stay intouch with so many, I can search for information and these are just a few things. What I also love about about it is that i find inspiration and ideas for so many different things out on the w.w.w! Since I have also declared that I "find inspiration everywhere" I thought that I´d do a little inspiration series here on my blog where I share my favorite places I visit when I am on the hunt for some tips on:

♥ homedecor
♥ photograhpy
♥ philosophy/life
♥ scrapbooking
♥ crafts

For the next week or so I will dedicate some posts where I share my fave http`s with you. Now, dont you just long for that?! :)

Ok, posts you soon, friends!

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happy easter!

happy easter!, originally uploaded by lisafisa.

we are leaving this evening to spend the Easter weekend at my husbands parents. We are leaving a little bit early since there will be an other snowstorm tomorrow. Since we aren´t going to spend the holiday at home we haven´t even colored eggs! We usually do, though :) So I had to search the ever so lovely flickr for some new colored egg shots. (I will add credits soon)
Today is one of those lovely days; sunshine, getting out of work early, having a long weekend to look forward to...ah...
I will be having internet acess the whole weekend so I will be updating with some photos and such :)

I hope that everyone will have a wonderful weekend!

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