Crystal clear

Hello you,
Hope you are all doing great and that you're keeping warm or cool depending on where you live.
Where I live in northern Sweden it is cold (not very, but enough to not be able to photograph outdoors), and I'm keeping warm with blankets and hot cups of tea.

When I was a kid I loved rocks, stones and crystals of all kinds. I used to collect some and at times I would get them all out and arrange them in order of colour, just look at them and be joyful. The little things really make me happy, and I was like that as a child too. The littlest thing could amuse and preoccupy me.

Top: Book of Deer (here)

Jeans: Forever 21 (old)

Lipstick: Bésame Cosmetics (here)

This lovely top from Book of Deer with a crystal print reminded me of my box of rocks, and I went searching for them in my old stuff, and to my surprise, my box was still there, with crystals and stones of different shapes, sizes and colours - all living in harmony. It made me happy.

This unique and dreamy top also makes me think of the 70's, and I imagined that it would be what I would wear on the cover of my soul-rock record. Arms outstretched above me, my curly mane billowing behind me, a cross between Freddie Mercury and Erykah Badu. Well, I sure wish anyway...

I think I'm going to go arrange my rocks now.
I hope you all have a fantastic week, take care of yourselves.

Much love,

Faves of 2016

Hello all,
I hope you are doing well, and I hope that 2017 has started off in a brilliant way for you!

I have a hormonal disease known as Hashimoto's thyroiditis that leaves me feeling really crap at times, and this last week has unfortunately been like that. I'm thinking about writing a post only about that at some point, but for now, I just wanted to let you know that I'm not doing so well, so new content will have to wait.

But I have been seeing that a lot of bloggers make a little summary post about their favourite outfits of the past year in January, so I'm doing that! Here are my 10 favourite outfit posts (+ 1 baking post, and 2 extra photos) of 2016.

The past year started really well for me, and I posted quite a few outfit posts. My favourite of January would have to be this one:

Magical year

I wore a beautiful velvet dress from Book of Deer that I just adore, with an icy grey bow with embroidered bears, and a rose gold zipper. Ugh it's to die for.


In February I had my 25th birthday and my favourite post from that month is the post with my birthday cake:

A Quarter of a Century

However, my favourite outfit post of the month was this one:

Are you still here?

Once again I wore Book of Deer (wouldn't be the last time), this time the perfect winter's dress. And I topped it all off with specs!


In March you'd think that Spring would make an appearance but it didn't (not in northern Sweden anyway), so I continued to photograph my outfits indoors. My favourite was yet another Book of Deer dress:

Flora and Fauna

This dress is stunning and with it's embroidered magpies it is a really unique and quirky dress. I added saddle shoes to complete the look.


April came and I wore berets a lot. This is my favourite outfit from April:

Silly nilly

I wore a Dear Creatures dress, and have since then heard that there is no more Dear Creatures, which makes me sad. But I'm glad I've got this lovely dress to remember them by. The red accents really made this outfit.


May was perhaps the best month yet - I had my 1 year blogiversary, and celebrated by hosting a giveaway together with Book of Deer.

1 year Blogiversary - Giveaway: Win your favourite Book of Deer dress

I wore a stunning summer dress from BoD with the cutest pattern, and headed outdoors to snap the photos (finally some sun and warmth).


My favourite outfit from June is this one:

Vintage Joy

I wore my first ever vintage dress, and I loved it!


July came by and I wore Windram Design:

Summer florals

This dress and the petticoat I wore it with made me feel and look like a cupcake. It was fantastic!


In August the country is at its greenest and everything is beautiful.

Country life

I wore an old Miss Patina dress, with a hat from ModCloth as I went poké-hunting.


September was an exciting month for me!

Zebrawood & Champagne 

I went on my holidays to London, I saw Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, as well as some other awesome plays and musicals. I met with Andini from Adventures of an Anglophile, and Nora from NoraFinds, as well as meeting BoD creator Eilidh. Best month ever!!!

The gorgeous and beautiful Andini and I, on the Millennium Bridge (the Harry Potter bridge). Look at her awesome outfit!! That hat!

The ever-stunning Nora looking ridiculously classy, the ethereal beauty Eilidh dressed in an own design, gorgeous as ever, and I.

In October and November I was very lousy at blogging, and I didn't get one outfit post worth mentioning posted. But in December, at the very end of 2016, I went out with a bang, and an awesome outfit (if I may say so myself).

New Year, Good bye 2016

I discovered the brand Tatyana, and wore this incredible skirt for New Year's Eve.


And that was my year in outfits!
Hope you enjoyed this post, I personally loved looking back at the year in style.

Much love,

Idols

Hello all you wonderful people!
Christmas is only two weeks away, and we've just had the most celebratory day in the science world - the Nobel day.

When I was a kid I remember we were asked once who our "idols" were. This way in the late 90's/early 00's, and most girls my age answered Britney Spears. I don't think that there's anything wrong with that. But I distinctly remember thinking "What's so idol-worthy about being a pop singer?", what can I say I was naive, and didn't quite understand that people have different goals in life. My goal was not to be a pop singer. No, I wanted to be a scientist. So when the question came upon me of who my idol was I answered "Albert Einstein". He was one of the most famous scientists of all time, and to the nine year old me - he was a true idol. I wanted to be just like him, become a person known for their great intelligence, make immense contributions to the world of science and, of course, win the Nobel prize!

Needless to say, I love the Nobel day! So all in all December is a great month, with advent calendars, Christmas music, presents, a bunch of cosyness and the biggest science party of the year!

On to my outfit, this is an entirely Book of Deer outfit, and actually it is also entirely AW14, but I got both of these lovely pieces that I had been pining for in the Black Friday sale of Book of Deer.

The lovely, warm, nice, soft, velvet jumper is available in some sizes, so make haste if you want it! The jumper is amazing, as you might have noticed by my description of it. I love everything velvet, and this jumper has a bow, which we all know elevates things to perfection! And the skirt is such a lovely ice-cold grey colour, and it has wee bears on it! How awesome is that?

Jumper: Book of Deer (here)

Skirt: Book of Deer (here)

Tights: Primark

Are any of the rest of you interested in the Nobel prize? I'm both Swedish and a scientist so it's close to home, but what do you guys think of the prize? And what did you think about Bob Dylan getting the literature prize?

Have a beautiful wintery Sunday!
Much love,

Not found in Fantastic Beasts

Hello all you wonderful people!
I hope you are having a splendid weekend.

Today I am wearing a blouse from the old Book of Deer collection from AW13 called Sea & Selkie.

I wanted something from this collection very badly so when I found out there were a few blouses left I jumped for joy. Not only is this feminine blouse beautiful with it's high collar, but it has a delicate hand-drawn print on the bell sleeves.

Another reason why the Sea & Selkie collection interested me so is that I adore selkies.
Selkies are mythological creatures found in old Scottish and Irish folklore. A selkie is a seal in the water that turns into a human on land. They are different from other creatures that you would think are similar, such as mermaids, because selkies are shapeshifters, and can have a completely human form. Selkies are for example not found at all in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by Newt Scamander.

What ignited my interest in selkies was the beautiful animated film Song of the Sea. The film came in 2014 and was nominated for an Oscar. It's about a young girl that discovers that she is a selkie and her quest to recover her seal coat and to find her voice, with the help of her human brother. I cannot begin to tell you how wonderful and simply beautiful this film is, both in animation style and in the story. I find myself watching it almost once a week.

Blouse: Book of Deer (old)

Skirt: Miss Patina (here)

Flats: Asos (here)

Hope you all have a beautiful day, don't forget to check out Song of the Sea.
Much love,

1 year Blogiversary - Giveaway: Win your favourite Book of Deer dress

Hello all you lovely people!
As you may or may not know Curls & Cakes first blogiversary is coming up (on Tuesday the 3rd of May to be exact). I cannot believe that it has been a year. I've had so much fun, I've "met" a lot of beautiful and intelligent people, have had the best conversations, both about serious topics and about everyday things and have enjoyed every minute of it.

This community that has formed around Curls & Cakes makes me delighted. I have found like-minded people that I care about a great deal, true friends that I cherish. This blog might not be the biggest and best, but what we have is beautiful, and every day I am grateful for it.

I want to express my gratitude towards you, and I thought the chance to win a dress from my favourite brand would hopefully show you how much I care about you all.

Those who have followed the blog for a while will know that my favourite brand is the wonderfully dreamy brand, Book of Deer, of the super talented and all-round beautiful person Eilidh Ho. Eilidh and I got together to bring you this wonderful giveaway, where you'll have the chance to win any dress from the Book of Deer shop. It will be the winner's choice.

The reason why Book of Deer is my favourite brand is because it is one of a kind. Eilidh designs the pieces herself and hand draws the prints - making them so unique and special. There's a lot of hard work and dedication going into the collections and it really shows in the final pieces. They are always perfect and dainty to the minuscule details.

I adore every piece I have from Book of Deer, and find myself wearing them over and over. I almost feel like the pieces are like collectibles. They are definitely the quality of collectibles, but they are also very precious. I have personally managed to collect pieces from every collection except for SS13 (Eilidh, we need to fix that! Next sample sale, please save a SS13 piece for me if you have any left!) as I didn't know about Book of Deer back then.

The SS16 collection is all about luck! From lucky charms like shamrocks, horseshoes and black cats to lucky charms the cereal. Feeling lucky? Why not enter below, the winner will be chosen at random in one months time.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

You'll have the chance to win the Marshmallow dress that I'm wearing in these celebratory photos. Or any other dress that strikes your fancy.

I quickly wore the Marshmallow dress outdoors as soon as it was warm enough to go barelegged, which was only this weekend. We've had fantastic weather these past couple of days, and it finally feels like spring is here! So personally I felt very lucky strolling around in my Marshmallow dress, thinking about how this blog is turning 1 year!

Dress: Book of Deer (here)

Cardigan: ModCloth (old)

Earrings: The Peas Pod (sold out)

Shoes: BAIT Footwear (here)

I wish you all good luck in the giveaway!
Have a fantastic rest of the day.
Much love,