Sequins, leopard, black, paisley, silver, plastic and tassels. Welcome to my home!

Hi Sweethearts!

As some of you know I am just as passionate about interiour design as I am about fashion,

and at home I follow the same two rules that apply to my fashion-choices:

1. Only wear/surround your selves with what you love

2. Screw the rules

:D

I sew my soft furnishings my self, to get them the way I like them; individual and fab LOL

I collect black and white pictures of cities, and in our living room I daydream to the views of 

Paris, New York, Venice, San Fran and Oslo.  

The look of our home is about as minimal as I do. Is there such a thing as maximalist minimalism? 

LOL

Our home is all about comfort and making guests feel welcome.

We always have room for one more:)

Welcome chez moi!

Come on in and drape yourselves on the sofas.

The coffee is nearly ready :)

xxx Anika

Paisley dress-heaven / Roccoco-style legs

Hi Sweethearts!

I am in dress-heaven today in this new paisley number.

It was a maxi-dress, and all though in it self it was beautiful,

that lenght just doesn`t work on me.

I don`t know if you have noticed (LOL), but the difference in width between

my hips and my ankles is immense ! LOL!

In order to avvoid the treetrunk-look (mind you, I`ll hug a tree anytime) it was

with a bleeding heart that I chopped away at the length today.

Also, what could possibly be the point in having such  

roccoco-style legs if not to show them off?

(sigh :D. That is my story and I am sticking to it)

The outfit:

Dress, Noa Noa (reworked)

Bolero-cardi with sequins, my design (My husbond shrunk the sweater it used to be so I made the best of it LOL)

Sequined neckless, Noa Noa

My much loved leopard dress worn as a scarf

Tell me, do you feel comfortable making light of your self?

xxx Anika

The dress. The bolero. The prints. The scarf. The ooomph.

Hi sweethearts!

Do you feel that you have a look?

I would describe my look as bohemian chic with an egde.

(A somewhat crazy one as previously established LOL)

These are my five key elements.

1 The dress

I only have dresses. I adore wearing them. I sew lots of them my self. 

I always make sure they really work for my shape and colouring,

I don`t wear them unless they make me feel fab.

That is frocktastic self respect for you LOL

2 The bolero 

Cardigans don`t work on my body, tummy and all. Bolero`s on the other hand work a charm :D

I sew them from cushioncovers and scarves and whatever else I feel like.

They are so simple to make, take a look at my tutorial if you want to have a go your self :)

3 The prints

OOOOh yes.

Can`t get enough of `em.

I used to think I couldn`t wear them, being fat/curvy/well endowed/what ever.

In short, those days are over LOL

Leopard, snake, florals, stripes, dots.

Preferably all in the same outfit :D

4 The scarf

I have truckloads of them.

For valentines last year I moved half of them to the basement. The joy on my husbonds face was immense.

Until he realized they weren`t actually gone. Oh dear. LOL

They are such an easy way to change up an outfit, and also very handy for those oh-shit-what-to-wear-let-me-whip-up-a-dress-or-a-turban-moments LOL. Ever get those?

5 The ooomph

Well what is the point of dressing up if not to enjoy it and make the most of it?

Honey, those leopard prints down own me,

I make them work for me! :D

Also, in those moments when I loose my confidence mid-stride in

some unusual creation turning on the ooomph by singing/rapping

"I got big back and I can not lie.. dududududududuu" 

while swaying my hips and flicking my hair

helps me get my mojo back.

LOL

Tell me sweethearts, what are your 5 staples?

xxx Anika

I so love your comments that for now I have installed Intense Debate so that I can easily reply to each of your comments. Use your http://www.wordpress.com/ -account and share your thougts with me! :)

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Being the best me I can be / Another fearless look

Hi Sweethearts!

You know, I am an honest person, this is an honest blog.

I have chosen to be personal and open with you, all though not too private.

I could have chosen to simply share the sunny aspects of my life, of me, but that isn`t my style.

I am not ashamed of my hang ups, of my imperfections, my voulnerability, my body or even my confidence.

I don`t have all the answers, I am just trying very hard to be the best Anika I can be.

Otherwise, what a waist, you know?

Being the best you that you can be is a beautiful thing.

There is no one else like each of you, sweethearts.

I <3 you, fiercely!

Now, how do you like this mix?

I schlepped this on today, and felt good, clashing prints and all :)

I am wooooooman, I love leopard, and I`ll wear it any way I like thank you very much LOL

Dress, H&M (reworked)

Leopard scarf, Lindex

Bolero, made from a H&M dress

Neckless, Accessorize

Purple ring, H&M

Booties, Nilson

Watch, Ice

Tell me, do you enjoy being you?

I so love hearing from you,

and I am very frustrated with not having a proper reply-feature to continue the conversation with each of you when answering your comments.

Today I have experimented with installing a different commenting-system that you use your Wordpress-account for

(go to http://www.wordpress.com/ ).

 The wonderful thing about the Intense Debate-system is that it still allows your previous comments to show. The negative of course is that it doesn`t work with the blogger-wigdets like recent posts etc.

Being able to reply properly to your comments is so important to me that I am considering moving platform.

For now, I am keeping the blogger-system.

Let`s talk, sweethearts!

xxx Anika

Eccentric layering / bonkers look. It is a fine line

Hi Sweethearts!

After reading your lovely comments, where several of you commented that only I could pull of a look like the one with the studded winter-jacket, it got me thinking:

Chic or crazy.

It`s a fine line, you know! :D

I have to say I am not always sure I am on the chic side of that line, and I have certainly had those

OMG-why didn`t someone put me in stable siderest as soon as I walked out the door in THAT outfit-moments,

but the truth of it is, I don`t care.

Chic, sure! Crazy, I`ll take that too. LOL

I don`t go out of my way to dress bonkers, it just happens. That is me being me (you can read that any way you like LOL). I don`t dress up to get noticed either, I dress up for my own pleasure of it.

And also, I only own dresses, and am therefore always overdressed.

It is more fun this way, and if all else fails I am betting on my charm to get me through. Hahahhahahah :D

The outfit:

Dress, my design

Bolero, cut from a dress from H&M (I loved my other one so much I couldn`t touch it, so had to buy a second dress to make this bolero. The rest is a scarf, for now :D)

Scarf, dress used as scarf (It was a maxidress that I reworked from H&M)

Leopard bonnet and big purple ring, H&M

Watch, Ice

Leopard booties, Nilson

Tell me, do you ever flirt with crazy-chic?

xxx Anika¨