Christmas – past

This year is nearly over – Christmas has been and gone, and the body is desperately trying to recover from the excess of food and sweets… I do it every year, eat way to much, then sit on the couch and moan because I have a stomachache. You should think I’d learn, but a year down the line I do the exact same thing again – I hope I am not the only one who’s that silly!

Anyway with Christmas out of the way, I can only be pleased with this years presents – so thank you everyone! My favorites are the Cocoon vase in purple and the Rudolf Hoptimist. The vase is a big brother to one I already have, so they will look fantastic on the table together!

The vase is Cocoon large (26 cm tall) and the one I have is size mini (17 cm tall). Next on the list would be the colour they launched this year – Brandy. Looking at the pictures the colour looks stunning! I’d want to see it “live” first though.
The Rudolf Hoptimist is the cutest thing – it’s a bouncy happy little Christmas decoration, which is going to be used year after year – I love it :)

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Christmas # 3

I have a whole lot of decorations for my christmas tree… but I am missing the most important thing of them all – I have no star to put at the top of tree! And worst of all I don’t know where to find one!?

There’s a few options I have been considering – both traditional and slightly untraditional stars:

From the top: Christmas star from Georg Jensen, it’s been going strong for more than 15 years now. The next star is from Royal Copenhagen – price wise are these two the most expensive ones. But since I am planning to invest in a star that can be used year after year I am not too concerned with the price, as long as it’s a design I really appreciate.

At the bottom is a metalstar from Bloomingville and a star entwinned with pearls.

They are all beautiful – and I really don’t know what to choose… for a quick solution this year I think I might go for the bloomingville star, as it’s within a very reasonable pricerange. But for the long stretch I think I might fall unconditionally in love with the star from Royal Copenhagen. It’s slightly untraditional – but it is still the perfect way to finish of the tree – maybe Santa will bring it along for me for christmas.

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Christmas # 2

As mentioned earlier – I love christmas!!!! Which is why I have to spread my christmas posts out – to make sure I cover everything :)

I have once again come across some unusual, but gorgeous christmas tree decorations, I stumpled across them on the Wallpaper*Magazine website. A lot of these ornaments would look great in a window, or on a small branch in the livingroom too! These are from a finnish company called Showroom Finland. It is not a company that specialises in christmas ornaments alone, they have other interesting design objects too. Most of the items are made from wood, and are very clean cut. They are typical for Scandinavian Design – simple yet elegant.

Wallpaper* has a few more pictures of the christmas decorations on their website than what I can find on Showroom Finland’s website. I must admit though, I’ve fallen in love with the simple, almost childlike decorations from Showroom Finland, I think I might have to aquire some for my growing christmas decoration collection:

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Christmas # 1

It is no secret, that Christmas is once again closing in on all of us – It should equally be no secret, that Christmas is my favorite time of year… candles flood the little homes, and even though it’s cold outside, it’s warm inside – the warm reds and purple, the metallic gold and silver and the earthy greens and browns are seen all over, and that’s why I think Christmas is so special. Almost everyone make an extra effort, to make the home that little bit more cosy – or as we say in Denmark hyggeligt!

This year I will be the lucky owner of my very own, full-size Christmas tree (grown in my own garden even) and I have been searching high and low for those precious christmas tree ornaments, that I hopefully will be able to use year after year.

One of my favorites this year is from a Danish arts and crafts company called Wauw-Design (website only in danish), they do handmade ceramics, and all the items are therefore unique – they also think about using sustainable methods when they produce their goods, which is another reason why I fell in love with their design. They do much more than christmas ornaments, so the website is worth a visit, even if you’re not as big a fan of christmas as I am.

These are my ornaments from Wauw-Design. They are made out of a white clay, with a shiny ivory-like surface – I can’t wait til I get my tree inside so I can decorate it!

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