Life in the NORTH

Spring is here and summer is approaching!

Here is what I've been up to since Easter:

After visiting the plant nursery with my friend a couple of weekends ago, I got obsessed with the idea of planting some herbs for delicious pasta, rice and cous cous dishes... I suggested the idea to my BF and we went shopping with our neighbor and had a planting party!

My BF insisted on planting some sunflowers, since they are his favorite. They are growing strong and I'm hoping that I will get to see them bloom this year! (I don't know anything about sunflowers- How long does it take for them to bloom?)

Additionally, I have finally assembled my mini comic I did last year into a zine. It's a standard 8-fold with a poster on the back, making it A6 when folded together! I'm thinking about bringing it to Galleria this year and sell it since my friend owns one of the galleries that are being used in the festival and I get to display for free...!

I have yet to make many plans for summer except a vague thought about going to Oslo to hang out with my drink-and-draw (online) buddies and do nude model drawing at their local hang out, Blank Space. I don't have much money to spend this summer so I will probably stay in-country and mooch off my friends as much as possible by sleeping on floors...first place I'm heading is to is the Galleria show in Mosjøen! I'm glad my friends are so nice! :^D

Main goals this summer:

1. Hang out with friends.

2. Do some comics.

3. Learn how to use my new skateboard a little better than to wobbly ride down the street. 

Thanks for looking!

xAnneM

Brilleland Competition feat. cute girls in glasses.

Brilleland, a Norwegian optician chain, is having a competition for designing glasses cases as a 30th anniversary celebration. Since I wear glasses like a champion every day and want a new case (and glasses...!), I thought: Finally an opportunity to get off my bum and do a pattern! I have been itching to figure out how to make "element" patterns is PS since Christmas, but couldn't really be bothered to scratch that itch until now.

You can vote for it here!

Tada!
4 different colors.

Seamless!

+ I did a mock-up since I am a huge dork 8^)
The idea behind the pattern is: Norwegian nature + cute girls + glasses + strawberries. I looked at a lot of cute 70s outfits for this one!

Please vote for me if you like it!

x AnneM