Stress-free summer days are the best. With a happy summer decor, you can achieve the right cottagecore vibe that brings peacefulness out of your home. Here are our favorite vintage decorations for the festive summer days. Since we, as an international couple, celebrate both our country’s national days, (Sweden and USA’s 4th of July) we …
Hello dearies! Lately, I’ve found myself drawn to create classic book-inspired outfits; of course, with my own vintage twist applied. You may be familiar with the concept of “Disneybounding” which would fit most “Alice in Wonderland” outfits of today. However, If you are more drawn to the stories than cartoons, you can still enjoy this …
Hello dearies! Have you ever dreamed of a life-changing studying experience overseas? This is how my experience living abroad was. An adventure of going off to another country you aren’t familiar with their culture or maybe even the language? Well, 10 years ago I went on such an adventure and it changed my life forever. …
Hello dearies! Are you an Outlander fan? I adore the sweeping scenes of the misty moors in the Highlands and vintage styled tartan. Through my Scottish heritage, I have always found myself drawn to wearing tartan in March, when the world is stuck in limbo between winter and spring. The earth is a muddy brown …
Dear Friends, I’d love to share an artist interview with the creative behind our logo, K.A.K. Lecky. A multi-faceted artist with a love for the Scandinavian style. As my very first pen pal, I finally meet Kelsey in person as we decided to collaborate creating a fairytale-inspired Snow White and Rose Red photoshoot. We always called …
Dear Friends, If you love tea and cake as much as we do, then we truly hope you’ll enjoy this vintage spiced cake recipe that combines both. This recipe was originally picked up at an old fruit farm in California. We would always go visit as a family in the fall. It soon became a …
A family fall trip to the cozy Berkshires, MA & Mystic, CT At the leaf-peeping peak of October, my family came from California to visit us in New York for our birthdays. Jonas & I knew we had to take them to a special place, the Berkshires of MA. The same place we have spent …
Hello dearies! It’s time for our cottage to get some autumn decorating going. Come enjoy our vintage fall Halloween decor. We are excited to share our 2019 fall cottage decor with you! Some things have changed since our last autumn decorating post we did. We have added a couple of new things that made the …
Building a vintage summer wardrobe that is sustainable for many years to come. Making fashion more mindful. Hello dearies! We are ever taking strides to make our charming life more mindful and sustainable. We’ve made some progress to be more green at the cottage: but when it comes to our wardrobe we realized that it …
Greetings from the Southwest! I’m thrilled to share my road trip through the beautiful desert of California and Arizona and the charming places I stopped at along the way. The purpose of my trip was to go with my parents and sister to her graduation at the Arizona State University she had studied online through …
Hello dearies! Did you know that the largest privately owned house in the United States is located in the mountains of North Carolina? The Biltmore is a mansion built for George Washington Vanderbilt II between 1889-1895 and is still owned by the descendants of one of America’s richest families, the Vanderbilt’s. I was fortunate to …
In the words of The Brothers Grimm, let me tell you a tale of 2 kindred spirits whose friendship quite resembles that of a fairy tale sisterhood… “There was once a poor widow who lived in a lonely cottage. In front of the cottage was a garden wherein stood two rose trees, one of which …
