Så blir du en tomte i värdsklass!

Ibland händer det att jag får rycka in och fotografera på jobbet, trots att det inte tillhör mina vanliga arbetsuppgifter. Jag har dessutom en ny Nikon D90 som jag ville testa. Min kollega Lou på Retail House behövde hjälp med en instruktionsfilm till hennes "Tomte" uppdrag i samarbete med Ica. Vi filmade i 4 minuter utanför hissen på kontoret.I vanliga fall skulle skrivit ihop en "pappers instruktion" och vi valde nu att testa ett nytt format, för att göra det hela lite roligare.Resultatet är ganska underhållande och fyller sin funktion, eller vad tycker du?

Sometimes I get to step in and photograph at work, despite it not being a part of my regular duties. My colleague Lou at Retail House needed help with an instructional video for her Santa-mission in collaboration with ICA. We filmed for four minutes at the office, next to the elevator. Normally, we would have written a paper manual and we now opted fo test a new format, to make things a bit more fun. The result is quite entertaining and perform its function, or what do you think?

Have you seen Mono the monkey?

Going to a fancy dress party an need some ideas?

"Fantastically funny Fish Hat" by Fairytrade, Funny fly hat found on Japanese site, "Lotus Flower Hat" by littlewingfaerieart, "Pinecone hat" found on Etsy

I love to host fancy dress parties, with one theme crazier than the other. My friends tend to be a bit to boring for my liking, so I have a magical treasure chest where they can pick out an outfit or a crazy hat.

The treasure chest usually come out after midnight, even if we have a theme party or not. I also have a couple of my granny´s glasses from the 60´s with thick glass, they usually do the trick! If you don´t have a theme for a party you should defenately give "Crazy hat party" a go, good luck!

Feeling elfish? Let´s go away with faeries!

Topleft: LADY COTTINGTON'S PRESSED FAIRY BOOK is illustrated by Brian Froud and written by Terry Jones. Bottomleft: Four Fairy Costumes for "A Midsummer Night's Dream", William John Charles Pitcher, 1896-1903 Bottom right: The Spiderwick Chronicles is a series of children's books illustrated by Tony DiTerlizzi

The first memory I have of reading of faeries was a very treasured book a relative gave me when I was five. The book had beautiful illustrations of cute little houses in pretty colours, and even cuter little pixies and faeries.

Fifteen years later when I moved to England to study, I made friends with two girls the same age as me. They utterly adored these creatures and even wrote their dissertation on the subject. I slowly started to realise how popular faes are around the world!

If you are not feeling magical and Elfish, this is my toplist of pretty things and places that might get you into the right mood!

1. A visit to Cornwall and Three Wishes Faery Fest
2. You need a faery name, if you havn´t recieved one yet, try here
3. Sort out some fairylicious attire, for example Alienskin or on Etsy
4.To become a faery, you need a skill or talent of some sort! What is yours?
5. Read up on the mystery of the Cottingley Faires

Magical Pop-up book!

Surreal park with floating structures

Called Los Pozas Surreallist, it is found in the Mexican jungle at Xilitla, and was built by Edward James. An eccentric British millionaire and arts patron he spent over 25 years and millions of pounds turning the 80 acres into the incredible fantasy garden that stands today.

Las Pozas ("the Pools") is a sculpture garden built by James, more than 2,000 feet (610 m) above sea level, in a tropical rain forest in the mountains of Mexico. It includes more than 80 acres (320,000 m²) of natural waterfalls and pools interlaced with towering Surrealist sculptures in concrete.

Between 1949 and 1984, James built thirty-six concrete follies - palaces, temples and pagodas, including the House on Three Floors Which Will in Fact Have Five or Four or Six, the House with a Roof like a Whale, and the Staircase to Heaven. There were also plantings and beds full of tropical plants, including orchids - there were, apparently, 29,000 at Las Pozas at one time ^[ and a variety of small casas (homes), niches, and pens that held exotic birds and wild animals from the world over. Massive sculptures up to four stories tall punctuate the site. The many trails throughout the garden site are composed of steps, ramps, bridges and narrow, winding walkways that traverse the valley walls.

Construction of Las Pozas cost more than $5 million. To pay for it, James sold his collection of Surrealist art at auction.

"Atomic Spa- The spa that bring you into another dimension"

Photography by Jürgen Eheim

The arcitecht Simone Micheli was asked to create something that touched emotions and involved people of overwhelming consciousness, of stimulating mind and body perceptions, which is how the idea of Milan Exedra came along.

The architectural interior was composed with aims at bringing the visitor in a almost subliminal way to another dimension which is surreal, metaphysical, unlikely and capable of converting experience into active memory.

Although the traditional white pristine interiors of spas are naturally calming and exactly what is called for, sometimes it’s important to shake things up, just as the Atomic Spa Suisse does. It still feels incredibly serene and simplistic in a more futuristic way.

Designed by Simone Micheli, the Atomic Spa Suisse is based in the Exedra Milan Hotel in Milan. Known for her galactic tastes, I’m not surprised by her choice of neon colors and space-age decor.