A Day In Photos - Went Sailing!

My summer couldn't have started better. Last Saturday we had an amazing day on a old steamboat with friends out in the archipelago. There's really nothing like this to remind you of the beauty we're surrounded by here in Stockholm.  

The evening passed to a bright nordic night and we strolled the streets of the Old Town. 

I was totally surprised by this wonderful sailing event! This means I can check off the sailing in my list of to do this summer. It seems I'm off on a good start this summer.

Winter Wonderland + New Cards

First real snow came yesterday and this is how incredible everything looked like covered under the snow.

It's cold but I don't mind, not when it looks like this outside! And everything lights up! Believe me, it's most necessary these winter months up north. 

These pretty wood houses in my neighborhood looks even more pretty under a snow blanket.

 Looks almost fairy tale like, don't you think? 

My snow fox illustration is now available as cards.

And so is Papa Hedgehog!

This little illustration "Cat On Cushions" is one of my most popular print in shop and are now available as cards, colored ones! 

Wishing you a great winter weekend!

/Carolina

My week in pictures

riding my bicycle around Stockholm 

my view on my way somewhere

doing the dirty job cleaning the screen printing frames

waiting forever for them to dry...

I've got more of these screen printing "in process" pictures on my FB page, here

found the original (A)iphone in our workshop!

Karaoke with friends.

Late night street music.

watching Sau bear laying in the sun looking at me.

Sunday isn't over quite yet but I'm off for new adventures soon.

Have a fantastic monday!

/Carolina

New jewelry

The spring weather is finally here! It's been to long ago since I could walk outside without wool socks and snow boots. It's time to explore the new world that once was buried under snow. 

These are the latest in jewelry and they are already up in shop. 

This first one is called A Lingonberry Dream after my longing for swedish summers. Also known as mountain cloudberry, they only grow in the wild northern parts of scandinavia. 

So this is a delicate tribute to everything nordic and wild.  

New mini brooch of my illustration Eerie Trees. 

My pink and yellow period

The 3 latest drawings made have been in these pale pink, yellow with bits of grey colors. I don't know why but I'm just feeling drawn to these colors right now. Who knows I may get stuck with it or maybe I'll be drawn to green and purple. But then again no, those colors are kind of cold and sad. I'm a happy kind of girl, I like happy bright colors (when I'm not into ink) and silly, happy old songs. And summer with sunny days of course! It's hard in a country as Sweden when most of the year is cold, dark and sometimes lonely and depressing. 

In the meantime I'll daydream of 

The Trees Of Light where all the magic in the universe gather to feed the world with wisdom.

Oh btw, I've changed my blog address/URL to my name www.carolinagronholm.blogspot.com so if you have me linked to my old address catalinacat it wont work unless you copy and paste the new address, so please do, thanks!

(I've decided to make a test blog before the move)

De 3 senaste illustrationerna har fått färger i ljusrosa och gult med lite grått. Jag känner mig dragen till dessa färger nu så ni kommer att få se en hel del mer i detta!

Winter Wonderland

So little time, so much snow. 

That's my winter sum up but it's ok I mean it's perfectly beautiful outside! 

Updates! Updates!

You can now find me at Swedishfresh.com, a new online store with swedish handmade products. The two women running this, Raiha & Stephanie are the cutest. They've made me feel so welcome and I'm so much looking forward to see where our collaboration will take us. To something really good I hope!

I've also begun selling my illustration and craft over at Älskvärt! So lovelies, I hope you're having a great week! I'm off to sleep, g'night!

Nu finns jag på Swedishfresh.com, en ny butik på nätet som endast säljer svenskt hantverk och på Älskvärt, även där svensk konst och design.

Jag hoppas ni har en fin vecka, nu måste jag verkligen sova, natti!