Done shaming my self / white frills

Hi Sweethearts!

Remember these white frills?

The skirt of this dress was one of my personal breakthroughs in terms of defining what I can wear and not.

That definition was blown wide open when I picked my shamed self up from the dressing room floor (when the dress sized XL didn`t fit) and walked out of the store with two matching dresses, determined that I was going to wear the beautiful white frills no matter what.

I made a dress from the two dresses, and here is the skirt of that dress - take three.

I have been thinking about shame today and about why on earth I should keep shaming my self. I couldn`t come up with one good reason to continue with it.

So, sweethearts, it is time for another list LOL

Things I am done shaming my self for:

Being fat

Not feeling ashamed of being fat. (Intricate stuff this :D)

Being smart

My laugh. (If you heard it you`d know what I mean haha. Note to self, make vlog!)

Not managing the whole perfect wife-daughter-professional-friend-thing all the time.

Placing cups with soap around the house instead of spring cleaning (HAHAHAH. I really am honest here :D)

Being a hopeless romantic. (Re-runs of the bachelorette? Sure!)

Growing up the daughter of a diplomat

Being really scared every now and then thinking about the future

Sometimes agreeing with compliments I recieve LOL

Pushing my self too hard to take care of others

Swearing too often

Telling dirty jokes

Being really proud of my self for who I am as a person and where I am in my life

Always wanting to understand and listen to others. I have been called naive, but I`m not, I just love people really easily.

That`s my list. What`s on yours?

I love you guys.

<3

The outfit:

Dress my design (top from H&M)

Leopard dress used as slip (from H&M, reworked by me)

Leopard booties, Nilson

Watch, ICE 

I want to say a big thank you to my beautiful friend LaCara of Oh La La Curves for featuring me today!

She asked me great questions and had me talking about my style icon, my fashion tips, what inspired the name of my blog and my style.

In additon I found myself writing about my English grandmother, condoms and the girls. LOL.

I really hope you surf over to enjoy LaCaras lovely blog.

xxx Anika

Counting my blessings in a leopard vest

Hi Sweethearts!

Today I spent time with my stunning sister. It is such a pleasure to keep getting to know her,

not just thinking of her as my younger sister but being interested in her as a person in her own right.

I am very grateful for both her and my brother, I have such respect for them.

Family (la familia la mafia LOL), it is such a special thing, they drive you crazy, but can know us in a

completely special way - if we let them.

Daring to me myself with my familiy, not apologizing for who I am or trying to only please is a scary thing to do, but completely worth it in my experience.

I am blessed with and very grateful for all the amazing people in my life,

my husbond, my family, my friends, and you -my sweet readers.

I know I keep sending you love, but I feel it so strongly!!

I <3 you, each and every one.

The outfit:

Dress, my design (I made it using a tee from H&M, fabric from a scarf and black fabric)

Vest, my design (cut it from the leftover material after I made this dress:)

I worked the dress and vest with

neckless and ring, Lindex

various bangles

earrings, Jade Jagger for Indiska

Bag, H&M

Ballerinas, Din Sko

Tell me, do you take the time to count your blessings?

xxx Anika

Scarf + T-shirt = My new dress!

Hi Sweethearts! How are you?

Today the sun returned to Oslo,

and I celebrated by stepping out in my new dress that I sewed yesterday :D

I made the dress from a scarf (H&M) that is bonkers I know, but I love it,

and a sequined t-shirt (Vero Moda).

What do you think, to far out there?

I worked the dress with

glasses, bangles, bag H&M

Sandals (reworked), Zara

Bangle used as neckless

Bolero that I made from a shirt, Indiska

Thinking of each and one of you!

<3

xxx Anika

Purple party

Today I whipped out my favourite dress and some bling to go :D

Holiday...celebrate!!! Every day is a party!

Dress: Monsoon

Neckless: H&M

Bangles: Indiska and H&M

Sandals bought in Split, Croatia, I added the fringe from another pair of shoes

Descreet glasses bought in Split, Croatia :D

How do you like my new layout on the blog?

Big xxx to all you fab and loved readers!

xoxo Anika

Sweetfaced Style

Windswept fun!

Never one to let rain or winds stop me from having fun, I went shopping downtown Oslo today :)

Look forward to showing you what I got later :))

 My choice for today was a black dress (my design), black sequined bolero (Noa Noa), layered with a cardi from H&M that I chopped in half to get it short, earrings by Jade Jagger/Indiska, studded bangle, two scarves and fringed bag (all H&M)

Funny bangs!

How did you enjoy your Saturday dear readers?

Windswept kisses coming your way!

xoxo Anika

Sweetfaced Style

Leopard Music Party!

Today I enjoyed the annual Music Party that takes place in Oslo this time every year!

My outfit for the day was a blue leopard dress, leopard scarf, fringed bag,

bangles and feathered head dress.

Chilling on a sidewalk in between concerts with my lovely sister Martine

One cool fashionista!

Here are some snaps from the different concerts that were located all over town:

Great pop with a soulful touch

Great rock! Punk on! :D

Skaters showing off!

All in all a great day in lovely Oslo with my fab sis <3

So, on to the outfit:

I love this blue printed dress from Lene V. I changed the neckline from a turtle neck to

a sweetheart neckline that suits me better I think.

These bootie-sandals are super comfy and have been a fave of mine

ever since I bought them in Split, Croatia last summer.

These are some of my fave bangles that I like to mix and match :D

Feathered head dress from H&M

Detail of the fringes on my black bag found at Top Shop in Split, Croatia

Wishing you all a lovely weeked with weather that requires shades :)

xoxo Anika

Sweetfaced Style

Back to basics

 

Much as I adore colour, I simply love getting my groove on in basic black and white -all layered and flowy.

Here I am posing at a public restroom (LOL! The things I do in the name of blogging! ..Ok, fine, I may have done it before as well, but now I have the blog to justify it hahahha)

Let`s get to the outfit itself  :)

Todays choice basics are a black dress with embellished shoulders, layered with a cut off white blouse, leopard scarf, studded bolero, some of my fave jewllery, studded boots and fringed bag

- you know.. keeping it simple ;)

On to the basics:

I love this mix of textures, soft meets glitzy and prints.

I found this romantic white blouse at H&M a while back, and simply cut it off and freyed the egdes to make it suit me better.

Flowy details

This frozen clock-neckless is one of my fave pieces. I got it from Day Birger et Mikkelsen in Copenhagen two years ago.

I made this black dress my self, and adorned it with shoulderglitz from a top-come-bolero from H&M. The dress looks scruffy here, but is nice and flowy to wear. 

Detail of the studs that I added to this bolero that I made from a jacket from H&M

This fringed black bag has my name on it, and I was one happy customer when I brought it home from Top Shop in Split, Croatia.

Fringy, basically!

Basic bling: creme coloured ring from H&M and black wristwatch from Alessi

Ready for a good time, basically!

xoxo Anika

Sweetfaced Style