New Outfit (And How To Eat Cookies Like A Lady)...

Every girl needs a good ninja outfit. This us mine! It's slim and really easy to move in, which makes it perfect for kicking ass! Haha!

Since I got both pieces in black, it looks like a pantsuit, but it's actually capri pants and a top - both from Pinup Girl Clothing's line Deadly Dames. They both exist in several different colors, so you can really mix and match with these two pieces.

After an enjoyable visit at my chiropractor for some bone cracking and acupuncture I headed over to Lenore Caine's place. As both me and Lenore work as alternative models, we've become really good at posing in front of the camera - as can be seen above. I think any cookie company would be proud to have us as their brand ambassadors! Then we played Wii and cuddled with the cat.

This is Myysan. As she's super cuddly and kept moving around, being cute, it wasn't easy to get a good picture of her paws. What I wanted to show you is that she has thumbs! This probably facilitates handling an iPhone, which she obviously does since she has her own Instagram account - @theofficialmyysan. It was a good day...

Accessories: Leather Gloves, A Riding Crop.... And A Cat

A while ago I did a shoot with photographer Jonas Mattsson. The location was his apartment, and since he has a cat - Nina - I ended up with her as a co-model. She was very curious about what we were doing and found my riding crop to be a fun toy. As she was running in front of the camera all the time, we let her be part of a few of the photos.

The only light we used was the sun shining in through the window, and the lingerie I'm wearing in most of the photos are from Dita Von Teese's lingerie collection Von Follies. And here is the result!

Nina playing with my crop...

This pic was taken through the glass of an open window.

I love this last photo! While Jonas was changing the film in his camera I was cuddling with Nina. Just when she gave me a good head boop he snapped this pic. I wasn't ready for it at all! Haha!




Photo: Jonas Mattsson

Half Naked In My Boudoir...

Ok. The headline might sound a bit more intriguing than what you think you will see in today's post. Haha! What I wanted to show you was one of my Christmas presents - a new skirt!

For once, the skirt is not vintage. It's newly made, and comes from H&M. The material is pretty thick - which is perfect for the cold winter months - and has a dotted pattern. There are hidden pockets in the sides...

...and it's very wide! Me like! The reason my hair is rolled up under a scarf is because I was on my way to yet another shoot with one of my favorite photographers - FG Photography. Pics from that will come later... As you can see I'm not alone in these pictures. I'm cat-sitting Puma for a week, and as usual she had to photobomb. Last time I took care of this cat and tried to do an outfit post the result was similar. That post can be found here!

A New Skirt, And Puma Photobombing

As I wrote about a month ago, I just started working at the new Scandinavian branch of a company called Elevate. Last Thursday though, my lovely boss here in Sweden came into the office and told us she had gotten a sad mail from the highest boss in England. Since he had done no research about the Swedish market before starting up the office over here, and obviously don't understand that doing business in Sweden during the summer months is very difficult, since we all take out around four weeks of vacation this time of year, and so leave the offices pretty empty, he decided to chicken out and file for bankruptcy. Had he waited until fall, I think things would have gone much better, but since he seems to be a coward (I worked there a month, and he didn't even send me a mail welcoming me, or asking how I felt about working there...) he decided to get rid of the office in Sweden, and so leave us without jobs and incomes without even telling us about his plans at least a week ahead, so we could start looking for other jobs. That is what I call an inconsiderate asshole! At least I'm considerate enough not to mention him by his name here on my little blog...

But anyway, screw that, and lets turn our attention to a skirt and a cat instead!

One day when I came home from work, Fanny had cleaned out her closet - again - and created a whole pile of lovely things she was going to sell on ebay. I went through this pile, and ended up buying two skirts, a black 40s dress, and a floor-length black velvet antique cape with a hood! I like home shopping! The butterfly-skirt in the pictures above was one of the things that moved from Fanny's closet, to my closet - in the same apartment... The frilly top I can't remember where I got, but I've had it for ages! As you can see, Puma decided to photobomb every photo I tried to take of this outfit. So since she likes to be the focus of attention so much, here are two more pictures of the Cuddle Monster:

A Re-Found Dress And A Puma

Photo: Michael Vincent McCarthy Kellerman

One of those days when I had nothing to wear, I re-discovered this light blue one with small, white polkadots. I made it a few years ago, after a vintage pattern from the 50s, and since I've only worn it about two times since then, I thought it was a good idea to let it have a day out in the sun - or in the office... - again! Something else I discovered when coming back home from my funeral-weekend, was that a litter box had been placed in the bathroom. And where there's a litter box, there is usually a CAT! So I looked around in the apartment, and found this: 

This is Fanny's sister's cat Puma. She's staying with us for a few days, and since I've met her before, I'm glad she's back! 

As I'm a crazy cat lady, I have met many cats in my life. But Puma is seriously the cuddliest one I have ever come in contact with! Since she feels I like her, she likes me too. As soon as I look at her, she starts purring, and she follows me around the apartment wherever I go. In the picture above she's "helping" me editing photos for a blog post.

Here she's guarding my precious vintage clothes! When she's not "working" she usually just tries to look as cute as possible - to get as many cuddles as possible...

If I haven't payed her enough attention - for about two seconds - she usually lies down on the floor, on her back, to show me how adorable she is...

Puma is also very interested in lizards. Here she's examining Tyra, one of Fanny's two leopard geckos. Right now though, she's lying beside my computer - purring like an engine. So I guess I'd better give her what she wants - my full attention! I hope she lets me sleep tonight though. Last night she was snoring like a human being...

Fevernest

Sometimes I can't believe how many talented and creative friends I have. They make great blog post subjects too! I have written about some of them before, but here comes yet another one - Elsa, from the blog Grandmother's Pearls!

Photo: Christine Holm

Except for being a blogger, model (under the name Miss Torso) and vintage fashionista, Elsa is also an amazing textile artist - and it's her work in that area this post will be about! She always has different project going on, and works in different type of media. Like for example...

Photo: Silversaga

...hair...

Photo: Elsa

...collage prints...

Photo: Elsa

...and lots of embroidery. Above is one of her embroideries - Longing for something (self-portrait) - made after the photo of herself, taken by herself, below:

Photo: Elsa

She's also very good with a camera! Lately she has been doing little pendants and brooches with mini-embroideries on:

Photo: Elsa

Photo: Elsa

Photo: Elsa

Photo: Elsa

I love these! The slightly morbid themes blended with the traditional embroidery fits my mind perfectly! A few of these are for sale in her Etsy shop  - Fevernest! Right now she's also selling postcards with photos she has taken of her beloved cornish rex cat Ignalina. 

Photo: Elsa

Photo: Elsa

Photo: Elsa

As you can see from the bottom picture - the back of the postcard - Ignalina is trying to collect money to pay her own medical bills. It was just discovered that this extremely friendly and cuddly cat has FORL - a disease that causes inflammation in the gums. For Ignalina this means taking out all of her teeth, except her fangs! Of course there was also the choice to put her to sleep...As she is only six years old though, and means the world to Elsa, this was not something to discuss. And so the surgery to remove her teeth begun. So far half of Ignalina's mouth is toothless, but she recovers really fast, so we're hoping the second and last surgery will go fine as well! What remains is to actually pay the kitty's medical bill - which as you can imagine is of a quite high sum...So if you want to help, check out Fevernest on Etsy! ALL the income from sales goes to pay for the surgery right now! Not just the postcards!

Links:

Fevernest on Etsy

Grandmother's Pearls