Once upon a time...

Photo: EmersonMade

Once upon a time there was a girl who decided to start blogging about her passion in life. She felt very excited and was really looking foward to share her interest for design, home decor, architecture and renovation projects with the rest of the world.

Photo: Apartment Therapy

Unfortunately her efforts did not seem to pay off very well and after several months with no feedback from the rest of the blogging world she decided to give it up and put 'Komma hem' to rest for a while...

Photo: We heart it

Blogging had become very emotional and maybe it was not such a good idea after all. Instead she decided to put all of her focus on the renovation of her home...

During spring 2010 she couldn´t resist to make a little post about something and in June something suddenly happened!
She started to reach out to new readers and let me tell you, those were not just any readers...

Suddenly she had a range of successful blogging girls whom became loyal followers, leaving loving and supportive comments...

And the rest is history...
Ever since some truly amazing people has entered my life and my blog has slowly started to attach new readers. I appriciate each and every one of you and feel so grateful for your support during the year!

I love design in all areas and blogging gives me the opportunity to devote my time and passion into something I really love. All thanks to 'The fabolous 4- Charlotta, Mon, Stacey and Sue.
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!

Photo: Sköna hem


2010- Top 10

1.
New Readers/Followers

Photo: We heart it

2.
Blog Award
In August I received my very first Blog Award- 'The Super Comments Award' from Charlotta.
I felt sooo proud and excited!

Blog Award...

Give and you will receive...

Photo: Housebeautiful.com

I´ve been given a Blog Award(my very first one, I´m so excited) from lovely Charlotta from Space For Inspiration.

This girl is really something. Since she entered my world a few weeks ago, positive things really have started to happen. I dont´t know how to thank her enough. She´s the best!

Photo: Hgtv.ca

Now, since I´ve been given this award, besides posting the blog award icon on the blog and link back to the person who gave me the award(look further up), I have to answer 10 questions and hopefully you´ll get to know a little bit more about me!
Read full post here.

3.
Style searching

During 2010 I was really struggling to find my own personal style and went on a very interesting journey.

Read more here.

Photo: Nuevo Estilo

4.
Movie inspiration
I often find interior design inspiration in movies. Re-watching the movie 'Out of Africa' made me thrilled over both the life of Karen Blixen and her colonial inspired home.
'The September Issue' and 'Psycho'(re-watched this one as well) became other great sources of interior design inspiration this year.

5.
More Awards
In October I received my second Blog Award from lovely Stacey.
Again I felt chosen, proud, happy and grateful.
Thank you so much!

6.
My first design piece

In the year of 2010 I bought my very first real designer classic- The wassily chair designed by Marcel Breuer. Furniture created by great designers of the 20th centrury has a very special place in my heart and I feel so proud of this one.




7.
First Giveaway ever
In December I was hosting my very first Giveaway here at Komma hem.
10 of you signed up for the little design piece from the ittala Alvar Aalto collection.
Thank you for your support!

Photo: Rinze van Brug


8.
You!
Of course I have to put all of your loving, funny, inspiring(!) posts on this list as well.
This one down below, posted by Erika over at Tiptoe Butterfly is so one of my absolute funny favourite ones:)!


9.
X-mas- posts
I was so happy to see the popularity of my X-mas posts.
I guess it was worth all the time and effort after all:)...


Photo: Sköna hem

10.
A new start
I would like to end this post wishing all of you A Happy New Year!
Now is the time to really start over, tonight we all get a fresh new start!
Let´s leave all of the bad and sad things behind, let´s make 2011 a good year, as good as it possibly can get.
I know that we all have things in our life we wish could be different!
Still, let´s make the best of what is!
Lets´s make the best of our lives!




Sending all my love to all of you out there!

SLEIGHT OF HAND SKATEBOARDS - KNOX GODOY

SLEIGHT OF HAND SKATEBOARDS -

Started by Knox Godoy... LAUNCHING SOON so, get ready. For information; www.thesohseries.blogspot.com

THE WAY THINGS ARE DONE

Mark's preliminary drawings are unreal... but as tattoos, they are insanely and infinitely better.

It's hard to believe that there are clients that come in and actually say, "So, when I come down for my appointment, are you just gonna tattoo it without a drawing or will you draw something first?" REALLY!?

The bottom line is... tattooing is not a game of chance and it should never ever be. We don't put the needle in until the client ok's the image and the placement of the image. Preliminary drawings are usually done in most cases. The ones you see in this blog are just some examples. You will see black line, and some blue pencil.

Look how good these are, and they are only the lines... when they are color pieces or shaded pieces, they will look a million times better. Look how awesome these are already!

Aron has a good collection of prelims on the go.. sleeves, backs.. large pieces.

Drawings never show how the tattoo will actually look finished because it's impossible to get the same smoothness or textures when drawing with a pencil as you would tattooing on skin with sharp needle groupings which have way more versatility than a graphite pencil or colored pencil wearing down on a textured white piece of paper.

Sasha stashes all her drawings... only found a few on her work area. Great sh*t. Look at the giant t*ts on the warrior woman.. hot.

When it comes to specific images, stencils have to be used. If a client asks for a portrait, or a logo... it would be silly for ANY artist to try and draw their rendition of that image, freehand. That's why, when portraits or logos come in, we ask for clients to bring us laser copies of their images so we can trace over them on stencil paper to get all the subtle shades, lines, eyelashes... lip texture, wrinkles, shades in the eyes as well as highlights and not miss a thing.

It would suck to have a portrait of your loved one end up with crooked eyes! There is a scientific and and specific technique to achieving perfect portraits, it's never a crap shoot at the Funhouse.

Juan's mirror is covered with blanket of drawings!

Whether we draw on paper, or whether we draw directly on the skin with a pen, the results are always unbelievable. Everyone here is an incredible artist. So versatile and so accommodating. We still say "there is nothing we can't tattoo!"

The First Day Of WInter Can Get Cold!

Today - December 21st "officially" marks the first day of winter and those temperatures are dropping!

It's so important to make sure your pooch is a comfortable temperature in wintertime and you can find wonderful winterwear for your dog at Doggie Couture Shop.

Be sure to keep dog sweaters and dog jackets on hand when going outdoors, especially when taking out the "chilly dog". Doggie Couture Shop has all those necessities for you pup for keeping warm this season... and some New ARRIVALS that are sure to keep your dog stylish and cozy!

Your little girl will be precious when wearing the new Whitexmas Sparkle Pom Pom Angora sweater - check out the crystals! The Cotton Candy Cable Dog Sweater is is a great pick. It's a grab-and-go choice that will keep your pup happy! The Winter Rose Dog Sweater is also a great pick. The rose details add just the right amount of cuteness and will make your girl wag her tail in delight!

Of course we cannot leave out the little men in our lives! When wearing the Tan Plaid Dog sweater he will look like a sophisticated gentleman! To keep it simple go with our Zack and Zoey Knit Dog Sweater in the beautiful color of green. When out and about to make a fashion statement, your pup will look great in the Two Face Wooly sweater in green!

We also have some great options for big dogs. They may be large but they get cold too! The Retro Striped dog Sweater and the Bingo Dog Sweater with Hood are wonderful... and just the right size!

Imagine being cold and WET! Doggie Couture Shop has a wonderful selection of rain gear for dogs.

Wintertime and cold weather might bring chills but with Doggie Couture Shop and all of the great choices you're sure to keep warm!

This is it...

With only a few days till Christmas I would like to share some final Christmas inspiration with all of you fantastic readers out there!

I would also like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas, hoping you´ll experience a lot of happiness and joy!
Myself am really looking foward to some lazy days during the upcoming Holiday. This year I´ll be able to really enjoy this, being off work for more than 2 weeks!

Photos: Par Courrier, Sköna hem, Aspen & Brown, All about you, Eva Lindh, Allt om Fritidshus, EmersonMade
(Click the pics to get to the source!).

Coming up later on will be a 'Summary of 2010'. A lot of things have happened here at 'Komma hem' and I´ll be sharing all of my favourite pics. during the year.
I´m hoping you´ll enjoy this!
Next year then, there´ll be some renovation updates. The kitchen is almost completely done now(about time!) and we have new projects coming up that I would like to share with you!
Hopefully you´ll come to my rescue and give me some good advices further on!

Take good care now, enjoy the Holiday and Thank you for all of your visits!
I´m so grateful!

So long...
:)