The Designer Vase Giveaway Winner Is...

Lynn!!

Yay, Congrats Lynn! I'm so happy to send you this gorgeous piece, just email me your address pleasey to claim your prize!

Ps. Check out Lynn's lovely blog 'Hearted Girl' here.

Photoshop Tutorial: Sharpen Your Photos

In this tutorial I will show you an easy but very effective way to sharpen your photos. This technique is really useful, with a few easy steps you can "save" and improve those great shots that just came out a little bit unsharp.

Ok, let's start. After you have adjusted your levels (learn how to do that here), go to your Layers panel. Make a copy of the Background layer by dragging it to the 'Create a new layer' symbol, next to the trash bin.

Click on the new layer and then click where it says Normal. Change this to Soft Light.

Now go to the Filter menu, down to Other, then click on High Pass.

Here you can adjust and preview the High Pass filter. You can play around and try a few different numbers here, but I personally find that somewhere around 10 pixels works best.

Go to Layer/Flatten Image, and you're done!

Below are a few more examples of before/after sharpening.

Red + Black

This is my new favourite top from Mango. Super soft, semi transparent and with some nice leather details. Trousers from New Look, thrifted necklace and bracelet by Ole Lynggaard Copenhagen.

Peacocks, Leaves and Figs

Today I'm starting to work on a new autumn-inspired design. My inspiration is coming from the intense, warm and contrasting colours of autumn, nature is so beautiful this time of year!

My pattern will include some of these elements...

[Click on each image for sources]

Rosehips

Photograph by Carina Tjärnlund

Peacock

Painting by Elena Oleniuc

Autumn leaves

Photograph by Sara Lynn Paige

Figs...

And perhaps some beautiful bugs!

Photo by Anna Brostam

Autumn Giveaway: Win a Beautiful Handmade Designer Vase!

Hi sweethearts!

I am very happy to bring you a lovely autumn giveaway, sponsored this time by my generous mother! She bought this beautiful, one of a kind, vase while travelling by boat in Sweden, it's designed and hand painted by Swedish artist Marika Beutler. I think it's so pretty!

To enter this competition:

1. Follow 'A Piece of Lisa' (with GFC or Bloglovin').

2. Leave a comment saying you've done so, and how nice my mum is :)

For extra entries tell your friends about this giveaway on your blog, twitter or facebook (leave an extra comment if you do this).

The competition is open until Wednesday 21st of September. I will announce the winner on Thursday the 22nd, so make sure to check back then to see if you have won!

This competition is international, so you can enter from anywhere in the world!

Good Luck everyone!

8 Wedding Dresses I Love

Trying on wedding dresses in Sweden was so much fun, I just want to go to more shops and do it again! Now I kind of know what I'm looking for, it was really good to try on lots of different dresses to figure out which style suits me. Here are a few dresses that I love and am inspired by.

Dress designed by Eglantine Créations. So unique! Cool and pretty at the same time!

Swedish blogger/writer/photographer Underbara Clara's wedding dress, designed by her sister.

My gorgeous blog buddy Cristie on her wedding day. Her dress was vintage from the 60's, so beautiful!

Beautiful real weddings via The Bride's Café. Photographs by Katie Stoops and Project Duo Photography.

Lace dream by Charlotte Balbier

Another pretty one from Charlotte Balbier.

Elegant and romantic from Eglantine Créations.

Flirting With: Cozy Autumn Knits

Sources/shops:

1. Another Mag

2. A Cup of Jo

3. Asos.com

4. Anthropologie

5. Ashley Said That

6. Asos.com

I Tried On Wedding Dresses Today!

Hello everyone!

I'm in Sweden again (I know, I'm such a jetsetter! :) and today I have done something really fun... I went with my mum to a bridal shop and tried on loads of wedding dresses! We found two really good ones, and especially the last one felt like a dream. It was magical when the shop assistant let the train down and it just "whoosched" down like a waterfall.

But we're gonna look at some more dresses before I decide, it's a whole year until I'm getting married after all, so I want to check out the 2012 collection too.

Naturally I can't show you any pics but here are some beautiful photos of an amazing wedding dress boutique by Alix of Cherry Blossom Girl - one of my favourite blogs!