This is one of my favourite possessions, I found it in a girl’s photo album, from the 20s. The text on the back says “Som du ser, ligger det en hörlur och väntar på dig”, “As you can see, there’s a head phone waiting for you here.”

Here are some more thoughs/decisions of mine regarding this [...]

Mattias was here today to borrow clothes from Lily of the Valley for a photoshoot which I promise I will show here as soon as it’s published. He’s really talented & great in all sorts of ways, and you should all check out his Flickr right now!
My faves:

Frej is cute!

With Åsa.

With Frej.

With Natalie a year ago.

With Marie, also about a year ago.

With Paulina when we were 15-16.

With Marie when we were 14-15.
Passport picture from when I was 17.

This is my new favourite dress and first purchase of the year that wasn’t food or something like that, I got it at Emmaus the other week. It’s from the 50s and by a brand called Wahls which I have sold a few garments from in my store before, they always have really great fabric [...]

I will always give the title in the language I read the book. I will also say if the book was audio, and if I borrowed it from someone. If I say neither you can assume it belongs to me and and is not an audiobook. I don’t have time or a real wish to [...]

Almost exactly a year ago, (January 15th 2008) I wrote this in my livejournal.

“I am growing less and less attached to my material possessions and grossed out by owning to a point, which is now, that I am considering putting everything I own up on my site for sale and only own it until it’s [...]

My name is Karin, I live in Göteborg and I run the vintage/handmade store Lily of the Valley.  The blog will be about store updates there but also about things I’m interested in, such as environmental issues, consumption in general, antique photos and vintage magazines I’ve scanned, my art and some other projects of mine.
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Finally, thanks to Tobias, I’ve got a new blog that is directly connected to my site, which I’ve wanted for ages! I deleted my old blogspot blog by mistake six months ago or so, and have missed having a blog since.