Danishbird

How had I never heard of the sock bun before now?!?!?!check it on on Pinterest y’all!  A humble sock can transform your sad anemic buns into big beautiful buns! In my case, I used a pair of flesh color fishnets (I don’t suspect I will be pulling those out any time soon!). I thought they would match my hair color and stockings are  bit thinner than socks…as is my hair. If you have long hair and a lot of it, a normal sock will do….I piled my hair up on my head and did a cute messy bun on top and I love it! It really is super easy and can be done in about 4 minutes..what a bonus on the mornings when I am trying to get both kiddies out of the house in a hurry (which is pretty much every day!)

check out the tutorial on Say Yes to Hoboken

I mean what is not to like about this collaboration?!!???  I have been a long time fan of Ilse Crawford’s work (I have a whole folder on Pinterest devoted to her, so that’s saying something!).  Her work is always thoughtful and she has the enviable ability to design places that look great but also function well. Plus she is so damn good at mixing things together in an unexpected way.  This tastemaker has joined forces with Danish design powerhouse Georg Jensen and it what a sublime collaboration it is!

“Ilse Crawford brings a renewed sense of ritual to enhance our everyday habits, with the design of a new collection for Georg Jensen entitled “Ilse Collection”. (ref GeorgJensen)

Ilse Crawford x Georg Jensen on Nowness.com.

Albeit a bit late….we had such a glorious weekend of weather that I wasn’t about to stay inside to get online.  One can always rely on Martha for a crafty and pretty Easter project (see below)….I’m not quite sure that I need an app for this though!

I saw these gorgeous little Abigail Brown bird creations browsing around the internets and had to share..Aren’t they amazing?!  These little birds are all hand crafted from old and new materials in Abigail’s studio in London.  I love the little Goldcrest and Siskin…just lovely.

Since we have had a slew of birthdays, we have had to relax Magnus’s diet a bit.  So here are a few ice cream shots!  I couldn’t pry the cone out of Freya’s hands!

 I am so out of touch with all my blogs…so have been trolling around this morning..how gorgeous is this Clare Vivier oversized clutch?  I love the blue pebble version!  You can buy here or here (pretty mommy is offering 20% off and ships internationally)

Whew!  What a week!  Last week was madness between celebrating our wedding anniversary (11 years eek!), my birthday and then a slew of birthdays including Magnus’s, we are all a bit pooped!  Magnus’s actual birthday is tomorrow but we held his 3rd birthday at home on Sunday.  We woke up on the day to pouring rain and after much nail biting about how the heck we were going to entertain a bunch of 3 year olds INSIDE, we rang Creative Mischief (I had spoken to someone about a balloonist, yes that is what they are called!?! earlier in the week and thought it was all a bit excessive) but they managed to get someone 2 hours before the party ! Now that’s what I call going above and beyond the call of duty. I did suggest that Jason would have to hop to it and start checking out balloon animal tutorials on youtube to get up to speed!  Thank “gawd” the weather turned glorious and all the kids could be outside with bikes, trikes, cars etc…..They had a blast!  I tell you these kids parties really take it out of you!

Another surprise March birthday!  Cousin Torsten was born yesterday (4 weeks early!). My brother Ken and his wife Jill had to go to the hospital after some complications (her placenta had completely abrupted) so baby Torsten was delivered at record speed and is doing well.  There are so many unknowns with having babies and we were all on tender hooks for a few hours but in typical Aries fashion, little Torsten is getting stronger by the minute.  He is off his ventilator and mainline now and is wriggling around like crazy.  Magnus is so excited to have  a cousin to show the ropes to!

So, here are a few gems from the past week…

The all important racing car cake!

race car rally!

Freya in her party frock

Magnus in his party frock!

He got dressed in this “ballergerina” dress at Lucy’s princess party.  He felt very left out being the only boy with 10 girls, but once we got the tutu on he was happy as a clam!

lovely fleurs from my hubby for my birthday..yes he is that good.  I guess it is hard being married to a former florist..luckily he still has a few contacts on the inside

Welcome Baby Torsten!  I will send some more pictures without all the hospital accessories