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Lily of the Valley
www.blog.lilyofthevalley.se
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Lily of the Valley är en svensk blogg på engelska, om att bo i kollektiv i Göteborg, driva vintagebutiken Lily of the Valley på internet, vardagsaktivism, pyssel, DIY och miljöfrågor, balkongodling, inredning och mycket mer!
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Exercise & Loverman.

Okay, I guess I am going to start a new category here; exercise. It hasn’t been a very big habit of mine over the last ten years, except for some very half assed attempts at swimming regularly,...

3 days ago

Goodbye, kittens!

A little over a week ago these two lovely guys finally moved to Frej’s mother’s friend in Huskvarna. This is Fatty and Brodny, Fatty is as you probably know, one of Gudrun’s kittens...

4 days ago

Mass extinction, darling, hypocrisy. These things are not good for me.

I made another spotify playlist for the first time in ages. (Click the picture to start the playlist). 1. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Do you love me 2. Amanda Palmer – Runs in the famil...

6 days ago

Hello!

Hello! I haven’t written anything here in ages because I’ve been too tired, stressed out and allround unmotivated to do much else than to study and get by, and internet access is stressin...

31 jan 12

Dresses for Gothiakatten now for auction!

The auctions for the benefit of Gothiakatten are now all up and ready on tradera! All the money collected from these auctions will be donated to the cat home and go to their work in feeding, castrati...

29 dec 11

Brunette once again.

Yesterday I started cutting my hair while watching Vetenskapens värld and ended up cutting it all by the blonde line. I got this urge to have my natural hair back again and it feels great to have it ...

14 dec 11

Preview vintage dress for cat auction!

Here’s a little preview of one of the three vintage dresses I’ll be auctioning out on Tradera this week (as soon as I have all the finished pictures) for the benefit of Gothiakatten, an o...

12 dec 11

Changing web shop solution!

Hello everybody! My web hotel is upgrading to MYSQL 5 and since the oscommerce solution I use for Lily of the Valley doesn’t support that, I’m taking the opportunity to change to a better...

09 dec 11

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A picture from a day early summer when I had orange hair and Mattias dressed me up!

30 nov 11

A heap of webcam pictures.

I keep forgetting I have a webcam and that I have taken pictures with it… here are some from the past month or two. I don’t know where I was going here, probably Tip the Velvet or somethi...

28 nov 11

Any video suggestions?

There’s a huge storm in Sweden right now, not too bad in Göteborg but when I tried to ride my bike from the bus stop to Frej the bike almost went backwards, and afterwards I was so exhausted I ...

27 nov 11 1 person likes this

Rainbowwarrior Rebban Gudrunsson playing fetch.

One day last week, Rainbow decided he just knew how to play fetch! We didn’t try to teach him or anything. Now he drops the ball by your side and waits for you to throw it again and I feel like...

24 nov 11

Icakuriren nr 47/2011.

Lily of the Valley was mentioned in the latest issue of Icakuriren (nr 47/2011 page 8). Thanks to dad for scanning it! :)

20 nov 11

Bokmässan / Malmö / Köpenhamn

18 nov 11

Cat love!

All I have been doing lately is to study or to hang out with the cats. All but Rainbow & Gudrun have now moved to their new homes which is both fantastic and sad. Last week Frej, Ruby and I went ...

12 nov 11

The cat drama goes on and on!

A little more than a week ago I was house sitting for Ruby and Emma as they went to Copenhagen on vacation. When they came back home, Emma got an allergy attack from the cats, having been away from t...

17 oct 11

Kollektiv och Göteborg.

I’ll answer this one in swedish, a question about how to find collectives (is that the right word, I can’t think of a better one! Shared household? Commune sounds amish..)  in Göteborg. B...

16 oct 11

Worst attempt of a wishlist ever.

I have been a crappy blogger for sure these last few months, or even the entire year but I am planning (haha) to get better at it again! My 25th birthday is coming up real soon and I am trying hard t...

12 oct 11

Coming to the site today!

I’ll be adding these dresses to the site in the coming few hours, so look out if you like them!

29 sep 11 1 person likes this

27th of September.

Green 60s wool jacket – second hand Big bow thingie – second hand, is some kind of home decoration Black skirt - second hand That huge bag again – second hand Pink tights - second h...

27 sep 11

19th century (?) jacket.

Here is a blog post completely due to procrastination from studying for my test tomorrow. I took some detail photos of the jacket I wore yesterday as it is one of my absolute favourite garments! I bo...

25 sep 11

Outfit: 23rd of September

Angora beret – second hand Large silk scarf – second hand 19th century jacket – bought from Ulla Tulle skirt – second hand Hugest bag ever – second hand, a while back. I...

25 sep 11

Speak our secret into your hands and hold it in between.

We can build our dungeons in the air And sit and cry the blues We can stomp across this world With nails hammered through our shoes We can join that troubled chorus Who criticise and accuse It don...

21 sep 11

Pure bliss!

Linnea, Tobias, Frej and I visited Ruby & Emma and all the cats yesterday! I took a million pictures and I’ll just post a few… The kittens all have homes ready for them when they are ...

16 sep 11

GP Jobb & Studier cover.

I scanned this mostly because I was talking to Adina on the phone yesterday and she wanted to see it. Here you have me with my fab back ache body language! I’ve gotten a bunch of sweet emails f...

13 sep 11

Embracing it.

Yesterday when I saw Åsa to have some sushi we walked past an ad that said “embrace your love for sausage!” or something like that. So I thought I would! I had actually already bought the...

11 sep 11

Göteborgsposten.

Photo by Bengt Kjellin. An article about me, the shop, second hand and my studies is up on Göteborgspostens website, here.

11 sep 11

Carin and Jacob gets married.

This past weekend, Frej and I were in Jönköping to go to Carin’s and Jacob’s wedding in beautiful Hakarps kyrka. Beautiful roof. I forgot to bring napkins and had to spend half the ceremo...

07 sep 11

Back to school.

Today, my program started so I am as of today officially a student at Gothenburgs business school, something I’d never thought… I’ve been really sleepy all day and celebrated this n...

01 sep 11

My room 2.0 or something.

I haven’t shown any pictures of my room in ages, because it’s been such a mess. But a couple of days ago, Frej and I went on a mission; borrowed Axel’s car and bought a loft bed eac...

31 aug 11 1 person likes this

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