Prize and Printability

One afternoon when Nora came in from the garden she was surprised to find a large load of parcels waiting for her in the entrance hall. She guessed they had arrived with the post and been brought in by Helmer or the children.

Each parcel was beautifully packed and when Nora took a closer look she saw that they were from Marottesud in the South of France.








Did you spot them? Nora's keys.
Click on the images to enlarge them



Nora loved the envelopes!



She brought the parcels up to their livingroom to unwrap them there, but they were so many she spread them out on the floor so she could show them all to you! They were the complete works of Jane Austen, one of Nora's favourite authors and they were all collectors editions with beautiful pictures inside on every double page!



See the huge pile of books on the rocket chair!





Here are some closeups of pages from some of the books, aren't they exquisite?
And again, to get a closer look at all the wonderful details click on the pictures to enlarge them.



And what a better place to read Jane Austen than in the gazebo? :-)

Credits: The books are by Danielle / MAROTTESUD, who was so kind to donate these treasures as the prize for the second MINI TREASURES WIKI's contest in July. One just had to edit a page or more to be part of the contest! I almost never win anything so I hardly couldn't believe my luck that I was picked as the winner of something as beautiful as these books! And so many! Thank you both to Johanna at the wiki and to Danielle! They have just started a NEW CONTEST where there will be a winner on FRIDAY the 20TH! Join in and edit a page or more if you want to be part of the contest!

The tiny keys was a gift long ago from Anne Mari or Mimmi as she calls herself in blogland, but I didn't get around to make a key chain for them until now.

A garden variety post

Last year I showed you Nora and Helmer's new gazebo.
Now Nora has done more with it, she has tiled the floor and bought furniture in a style she thought fitted the gazebo better than the modern alumnium furniture she first used. She has also been working a lot on the garden and now she's eager to show you all the result of all her efforts!

Being a busy bee, Nora loves to work in the garden

and is very proud of all her blooming flowers.

Welcome inside!

- and mind the steps!

Nora is also very fond of her Virgin Mary statue, made by the famous artist Christel Jensen.

Views from the gazebo.

Details from the garden. A ballerina bronze figurine

and a sweet little angel.



When all the job's done Nora loves to sit in the gazebo with a book.
Now she's reading the "Arabian Nights" tales.

The gazebo in the afternoon sunlight.

An early photo taken before she had finished the decorating.

Credits: The madonna statue is made by Christel Jensen. The steps are made by my son Bendik. Tiling and the bead lamps are done by me. Most of the flowers inside the gazebo are from Sans. The furniture is Sylvanian Families, but spraypainted white. The square side table is an ebay find. Book from TreeFeathers. Flowers outside are part plastic and part real flowers from my garden. Nora's outfit is a scrapbook embellishment. Some vases are beads, some by Elisabeth Causeret. The ballerina figurine is a kinderegg toy from my childhood!

The gazebo effect

ENG: Yesterday I came across this garden lantern and all of a sudden Nora and Helmer had a gazebo.
It seems their garden must be more noble than I thought!

NOR: I går så jeg denne hagelykta og plutselig hadde Nora og Helmer fått seg lysthus!
Hagen deres må visst være mer herskapelig enn jeg trodde!


Credits: Furniture from the Might world cafe set. Vase from re-ment.