my latest projects

creative projects are one of my hobbies. it can be anything from lego to finding old books. my three current projects:

1. my vinyl player

for months I've been looking for the perfect one. i ended up getting the first one i looked at: a Crosley CR-49 in blue. after looking online i actually ended up just getting it from the urban outfitters at Biblioteksgatan in Stockholm.

one of the upsides to vinyl is that you can get really cheap music!

I've been looking in thrift and goodwill stores and I've build up quite the collection for the price of two normal cd's. crazy. the two records i keep coming back to are billy holliday - lady day and ryan adams - ashes and fire. I've also started to discover classical music more.

swanlike by tschaikowsky, which i saw yesterday:

2. photojars

i got the idea from a picture on the internet and for a few weeks I've been checking thrift stores for the perfect glass jars. last saturday me and freddy went to a new coffee place we were recommended by mariatorget on södermalm.across the street we found this vintagestore. they had the perfect one and from there i started getting more. i asked the guy at the store if they take cards. yes, he said and pulled out his iPhone. this'll be interesting, i thought. and mark my words, he attaches this small cardslot to his phone and puts my card in.

"do you want a receipt?", he asks. "then fill out your email address. i can also take a photo of your purchase if you want me to attach it to the receipt so you remember what you bought"

so i payed for the old glass bottle with the utmost modern technique. crazy world.

3. photoalbum

yeah, i know. photoablums aren't very original at all. but the one thing that always bugged me was that the spiral backs were never intended to contain the thickness that the album gets after putting pictures in it. but i found this folder-ish album by Or

dning o Reda and its does the job very well. you just add your own loose pages. i like. no more adapting the number of

photos to the number of pages in the album. just choose yourself.