The Last Sunday In My Summervacation

My Vacation is over - it ends like it started - with rain.  Norway is pretty green now - I usually have red tomatoes from my garden this late in August - but not this year - the Sun has not been here.  Last Thuesday I took a class in making cupcakes - Manuela fron Passion4Baking had classes in Hamar - and I couldn't resist!

Anyway - yesterday it was so warm outside that we could make a BBQ - and my son Nichlasen and my brother made dessert...

...I think they enjoyed it!

My mother made the salad and I took pictures...I was a great evening.

And the Tower of Cup Cakes...cakestand bought in Sacramento!

...do not forget to enjoy life or cupcakes or both...

Last Day in July 2011

I got an e-mail from Nichlas - who are! is! in Oslo working - with three words and two pictures.

Look how beautiful!

 

 

The Flower Sea in front of The Cathedral in Oslo

The City Hall Square

Thank you Jan-Nichlas for sharing - and still - do not forget to enjoy life...

25th July 2011

Hello to you all - it's still unbeliveable what's happened to Norway.

It's been some horrible days - so many young life has gone away - so many families has been destroyed - because of one man and his thinking.

Here's a link to the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Here is a link I found on Solorlagets facebook site Paradise Shattered

My son, Jan-Nichlas, works in Oslo - just nearby where the big bomb exploded and destroyed the Norwegian Government Office Building. I'll talked to him just minutes after it happened - he is now home - safe and sound.

It's so unbelievable - so tragic - we are a little nation - a little country - not 5 million people - we respect each other - we have a wonderful democracy and openness- we are proud to be Norwegian.

We'll continue to fight for our fundamental values like freedom and democracy.

And it's vacationtime...whatever that is! 

Trying to read the paper...with candle in an old glassjar! called Norgesglass!

But it's cold at Stangelandet...about 60 / 70 Farenheit...no Summertime at all!

This is Varg...my Svedish Lappdog.

Thank you for reading my blog...and do not forget to ENJOY...even when the world are kind of black! right now.

Norway 22. July

...in deep sympathy with all The Norweigan people...

A Scrapped WeddingBook

I've been looking at so many fantastic blogs.  Both cards and layouts - you are creative.  Lately I've seen books been made by cardstock - amazing!  This is my Wedding Book.  I had no idea how it was made - so I took some pictures along the bookroad.

...the back of the book...

...it's kind of pink...

...thank you for looking at my blog - do not forget to enjoy...

A Girly Confirmation Card

Finally, I have been scrapping again!  A girly and pink Confirmatin card.  This is how I usually start with a card...

...I always use my edgescraper...

...and so it goes with my sponge and ink...

....I love embossing...

...always Glimmer Mist on my beige flowers...

...simplicity inside the card with a stamp from Stempelglede...

...my own stamp made by Scrapmagasinet on the last page...

...from the right side...

...this is how it turned out after my edging and shrink plastic and inking and embossing...

Thank you for looking at my blog...and do not forget to enjoy the life with scrapping...

17th of May

Happy Birthday, Norway!

Have a wonderful birthday all of you...and do not forget to enjoy...!

Last Monday in April

Hello to you all that drops by my blog!  I really appreciate that - seeing all the countries that has been a trip to Norway - looking at my blog - Thank you!

Sitting here with my freshly brewed cup of coffee -

...here's to you and here's to 40 years of conversations unfolding, stories being shared and ideas being hatched - all over a cup of coffe... from Starbucks Tribute Blend 40 years togheter - Congratulation!

- and a freshly baked cupcake

...I found this blog - Passion 4 Baking - and I just had to try to make some cupcakes - I did not have the absolute ingredients  - so I used maple syrup instead of corn syrup and cane sugar insted of sugar - Delicious!

...have a nice day - and enjoy...it's fantastic!

Easter 2011

Hello - it's Spring and Easter here in Norway - lucky us!  All the snow has vanished and the lawns are getting greener - happy me!
I'm in a lazy mood - doing nothing - just having vacation.

Theese two birds!  I made them for my parents Easter Holliday in 1987 - they where fun to make - I wish I had some spirit to make some birds! today!

...and of course it should be 1987...

Happy Easter - enjoy...

An Ordinary Saturday

It's only thirteen days untill April comes along and this is how it looks like at Stangelandet right now!  Four Farenheit - a super blue sky - and ten centimeters with new! snow!  The sun is shining and it's.....noway - it's not Spring.....yet!

Have a wonderful Saturday - and do not forget to enjoy...!

A Sunday in February

Hello - when did January end - and when did February come?  Time runs too fast, nowadays! 
I'm not in the mood for scrapping or card making or any handcrafts - and thats annoying me!
Well I have been doing some genealogy - we got this Folketelling 1910 / National Census 1910 last month.  So I have been checking all my ancestors born in January towards this census...fun!  Try it!

This is my Great Grandmother Amalie Pauluda Andreasdaughter Torp Holter.  Born 1. January 1866 at Lista in Vest-Agder.  She married Johan Andreassen Holter in well I don't know - but before 1893.  They settled in at Elverum and got eight children.  Amalie Pauluda died 12. January 1955 - she is burried at Elverum Churchyard.

Siri Halvorsdaughter Skjærbekken Ulvevadet is my Great Great Great Grandmother.  She married Martinus Olsen Ulvevadet in 1836 and settled in at Ulvevadet Farm in Osdalen, Norde Osen.  They had five children - two who died very young.  The three ones that grew up where Oline Dorthea Martinusdaughter Ulvevadet Valen - moved to Madagaskar with her husbond Arne Farteinson Valen, Lene Martinusdaughter Ulvevadet Dahl married Per Person Løssetosdalen Dahl and mowed to USA, Ingeborg Martinusdaughter Ulvevadet married Nils Persson from Sweden and they settled in at Ulvevadet in Nordre Osen.  So Siri and Martinus had three beautiful girls in three corners of the world.  Siri died 4. December 1895 by pneumonia - she is burried at Nordre Osen Old Churchyard.

This is a beautiful picture of my oldest cousin - Ole Andreas born in 1952.  He is a farmer and he loves sport.  Last week he made Femundløpet - a "dogsledgerace" - Congratulations!!

It was like this when I started this Sunday!  Grrr...

Have a wonderful February - and do not forget to enjoy life!