It always makes me sad when I see the tourists leave (even though I swear everytime I go to buy provisions because of the queues…), the beaches are now empty and you can walk in and out of the shops without problems…  (exactly WHAT is my problem here..?) The summer time passes way to quickly! But hey! Now we can light the fire, go outside when we WANT (not because the sun is shining and you HAVE to, otherwise you get an awfully bad conscience…) and we have an excuse to drink whiskey. Because it’s damned cold outside!

With support and help from the Egmont office, this is what my first magazine cover look like!

I got this with the post today. Illustratörcentrums catalogue of illustrators and graphic designers. And it looks good! It’s exiting to see all fellow colleagues out there and the work they do so excellent! Happy friday everyone!!

I’ve been doing portraits of my colleagues at Julia-magazine for a while now. They have them on the last page in the magazine, complete with name and e-mail. A few days ago I got an order to do myself Julia-style. Because (if you don’t already know) I’m  working with the layout for a few magazines at Egmont (such as OKEJ and Julia+) and I’m going to end up at the last page as well! My minutes of fame… It’s not easy to draw your own portrait! You know the smallest flaws, each and every one of them! But here it is!

I got it with the post last week, the last cover I did a few months ago for a series of books published by Argument Förlag. I like the green shades. It turned out fine.

You have an opportunity to win one of my animal posters at Flex Inredning! Go and check her blog out.

I’m sulking. It turns out I have no vacation this year. None. But I’m trying to be good about it. I’m trying not to whine. If I whine I give in. Because I’m GLAD I have work! GLAD! I think that if I had a “work-less” summer vacation I would whine about it, feel depressed and wonder if I ever would work again and just close down. That’s why I haven’t been doing any updating of the blog. I’m blessed with work! And I’m GLAD. Yes, I am!

We are heading towards summerbreak. I have a lot of work to do, but these days I feel a little bit… lazy. Or maybe I’m just taking a deep breath.

A few days ago this arrived with the post. Oh, how I miss real letters and parcels! Written by hand with a message just for you. Lisen Adbåge is one of my favorite artists and this is her book, written and illustrated by her own self! I love it so much, it has a place in MY bookshelf. In MY office… Check her out: www.lisenadbage.com

We found the nicest places to stop for something to eat! Usually, this is one of my hangups – to find a cosy (read: perfect) place with good food! If you ever go to Copenhagen I can recommend jazz Kaelderen, they have a cafe where they serve wonderful sandwiches and lovely coffee! We also ate the finest Ceasar sallad at cafe Paludan. AND! We had the luck to eat the best sushi we ever had at Sushi Treat. There. Enough about food.

We visited DDC, Danish Design Museum. Took a stroll on “Ströget”, bought presents to our boys and went to stores without cranky kids whining: I don’t want to be here! Thanks my love for those relieving days.

And now, back to work!