Into The Wild

Spring is here and i'm feeling the spirit! I'm so inspired to plant and grow new big plants. A friend gave me a little baby sprout the other day and it has been standing in water for a week now. Waiting for those tiny little roots to grow before planting in soil.

Aaaaaand so I illustrated some plants and decided to put them in the Green Isle Studio shoppe!

I just couldn't decide on only one color so I made them in three different ones, have a look here:

www.greenislestudio.com

and for work in progress pics have a look at our instagram: 

instagram.com/greenislestudio/

Hola España!

I took a week off and went to sunny Spain.

Went on beach walks with my mom... 

...on afternoon strolls overlooking the ocean from the dunes...

...through the pine forest with it's heavenly scent.

Started on the 3rd book by Carlos Ruiz Zafón, (thrilling!)

Made friends with adorable Felix and Messi, love!

Made fun plans with my sister about our coming exhibition together, on swedish below.

See more in an earlier post here.

Utställningen kommer att äga rum i Skarpnäcks kulturhus den 19 oktober - 12 november. Mer info finns här.

/Carolina

Love Birds - New Illustration

My latest illustration "Matrimony" is actually an old ink drawing I remade into something new digital. 

You can see the drawing in ink on a necklace pendant here. 

So many birds! but don't worry, I just got a commission drawing a beautiful long haired cat named Oliver and i'll probably be able to post the drawing here by the end of this week.

On other things, I've joined Pinterest to get inspiration from dreamy landscapes and beaches like this:

Happy Monday!

/Carolina

                                                                              Source: readwax.com viaEvan on Pinterest

Holiday

Summer is here (although it's been a very rainy and grey month here in Stockholm) and I've been doing lots and lots! Mostly outdoor and abroad activities. We went to Spain for a week and did the whole city sightseeing thing and shopping in Barcelona and later took the train down to the sunny coast for a couple of days of beach, siesta and good food. 

First day in Barcelona and I am happy as a peach!

Found this beautiful oasis right in the middle. 

Found camera heaven in the shop Lomography. 

As you might know, I have a small collection of cameras myself...

So I knew I had to have one of these beauties!

I settled with this analog camera La Sardina with beautiful purple pattern. 

Spent my afternoons on the beach.

Talking to Emil, the blind cat with a big smile.

Ate a very berry overloaded cake that my sister made. Yum!

I'm still stuffed from all the good food and desserts...

Hopefully I'll soon be able to show you some of the illustrations I've been working on lately as well. I haven't had the time to doodle at all as my latest illustrations has been for various projects but I'm getting there! 

I'm catching up! :)

How's your summer so far?

xo/Carolina

An autumn day

We've had the most beautiful couple of days here in Stockholm lately so I decided to take my camera, my Bubble Crowns and my pretty friend out for a walk. Our destination and an old favorite of mine was Skogskyrkogården, 

The Woodland Cemetery. We found our spot beside a yellow birch tree.

In the midst of everything, the most beautiful orange cat came to visit. Luckily for him I actually had some catnip in my pocket from a recent lookout for a homeless cat in the neighborhood, which he did seem to enjoy!

One of the wondrous views from a very special spot at the cemetery. 

If you're interested in seeing more from the photo session, have a look in my shop. More will be added continually. 

Salt water and lovely shades

I'm currently here at this beautiful place

at the costa blanca coast of Spain.

But I will be back in time to announce the giveaway winner!

Have a great wednesday wherever you are!

/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

The Woodland Cemetary

Todays inspiration comes from Skogskyrkogården, The woodland Cemetary, part of the Unesco World Heritage. Not many people know this but it's one of the most beautiful places to visit in Stockholm. The architecture and garden design in this enormous area is absolute grand and with all the chapels and graves it gives the most calming feeling. 

Today, I and a dear friend walked around, had a coffee, listened to birds chatting away, marveled at our view and talked of lost friends. Still, hours later I have this feeling of magical wonders.

I wish I could tell you I made these bracelets today while having my inspirational boost but these are already made and shipped to Helsinki, Finland. They will reside in the Paloni store - opening on june 10th!

For more pictures go to my Facebook page: www.facebook.com/carolinagronholm.creativeartanddesign

Beatrix Potter and Millesgården

I finally got to see the exhibition of Beatrix Potter's work at Millesgården. It was really cute but rather small. The sculpture park outside the exhibition was amazing, especially on this beautiful sunny spring day. 

Fun for the kids and young at heart adults? There were rabbit ear hats and childrens kitchen stuff to play with. 

Photos of Beatrix Potter and fantastic wall paper.

I'm mad about birch trees right now. I draw them all the time.

One cool thing I have to share is this music video of Sunshine Superman with Donovan. It was filmed at Millesgården in 1966! Love Donovan. 

Hope you're having a fantastic easter weekend!

/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.