Le voyage créatif

Introducing the Paris skirt and jacket!

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Marte Marie

It finally here!

This is the beginning of the little spring/summer 2012.

I’m off to Milano on Friday to begin the hunt for fabric for the upcoming summer dresses for you, but here is the Paris wrap skirt and the Paris jacket.

I hope you enjoy!

It’s been so much fun creating these little pieces made from this beautiful and strong linen and cotton fabric.

The wrap skirt is a favorite travel companion as it adjusts at the waist and it pairs well with everything I have.

With a little T it looks relaxed and casual, but as soon as I add a shirt or blouse it’s dressed up in seconds.

For those of you who signed up to get your hands on the first batch of the Paris wrap skirt, I’ll email you within the next few days.

For those of you who want to sign up for the second batch of the Paris wrap skirt and to be on the list for the Paris jacket email me at:

forsberg[dot]marie[at]gmail[dot]com

The yellow and orange Oslo necklace are a part of the upcoming citrus necklace collection that will be in the shop at the end of February.

I though you might need just a little dash of color;)

Oh, and next up is the flirty Valetta skirt in unbleached cotton so stay tuned!

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A sunny lake, friends and nature.

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Marte Marie

After a long walk outside in the cold winter-landscape yesterday, I felt my body yearn for the sun and warmer days.

It yearned for birds to sing cheerful songs of spring and for the wind to be gentle on my skin.

I listened to the snow squeak underneath my boots, and even if this season dresses nature in it’s most beautiful white, I feel the need of some color.

Last October while on a visit to Utah, dear Ann and CJ whisked me away from the world and tucked me away in their cabin in the mountains.

The sun was warm, the landscape golden and afternoon wanders and conversations warmed the heart.

I promised I’d show you more from my trip to Utah, but before I knew it, it was a new year, so lets rewind a bit and head back to 2011.

Evenings and nights at their cabin were spent talking, cooking, making delicious and oh so decadent smores in front of the fireplace.

It was the perfect getaway from the world.

The vast landscape was tinted in yellow and orange.

Fields, hills and mountains as far as the eye could see. It was perfect!

Friends are family you choose. They are strangers that open up your heart and before you know it become people you don’t want to live without.

Friends speak with heart.

They speak with tenderness and love.

They speak their minds and of wonderful days to come.

They speak truth and logic to moments colored by a chaotic dreams, and they speak uplifting words when the curtains to your soul have been closed.

I’ll confess I never used to be a nature girl.

I grew up walking barefoot in the summer at our mountain cabin, playing alone in the forest behind our house as a child and hiking the mountains as a teenager, but then I grew wings left the nest and started exploring cities.

Big cities, like Paris, Tokyo and Milan. They became brief homes, and I was and is trapped in their spell, although their magic on me has changed a bit.

I still absolutely love wandering the cobble stoned streets of Rome, writing postcards from charming cafes in Paris, and biking around Tokyo with nothing but an adventurous heart and a whole day in front of me, but my heart and soul have rediscovered nature, and there simply is no going back.

If I’m not outside one day it’s like I cannot breathe!

The city may make my heart pound faster with excitement and delight, but nature puts my fast paced heart at peace, and that is priceless;)

Now this year I’ll spend more time in cities than I have in a while.

I’m off to Milano at the end of the week, then Paris and then I’m spending one whole months in Rome this spring, so to store up on that peace only nature can offer I spend as much time as I can outside, walking , skiing and meandering.

And I cannot wait for it to get warmer, for the days to be longer and for some color to be reintroduced to the this white landscape.

Even if I try to be content with whats now, I’m 100% over-eager for spring to arrive!

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The winner is….

Posted on January 29, 2012 by Marte Marie

Thank you all for participating in the Swarovski necklace giveaway!

I’m so happy to find out which necklaces you liked the most and why.

The randome winner of this giveaway chose my favorite, the Swarovski Monterey necklace.

A while ago, I received an email from a bride to be who wanted some necklaces for her bridesmaids.

When I sat down at the drawing table to design a simple wedding piece for the bridesmaids, the natural Monterey necklace came about.

Some months later I thought of the bride and how I’d love to bring a little frosting to her neckline, just a little amount of sparkle, and that’s how the Swarovski necklaces were born.

With or without a wedding to go to, these pieces are just for you, that quiet little extra that will put a happy smile on our face;)

The winner, that was randomly picked out from all your lovely comments is…

(Erin Kate, would you email me your address so I can send this little gem your way;)

Thanks again you all for participating!

If you still drool over one of the Swarovski pieces, head on over to the shop to pick one up for yourself.

Posted in Accessories, Giveaway, Jewelry | Tagged Le voyage creatif jewelry, Swarovski Monetery necklace, Swarovski necklaces | 1 Comment

A Paris wrap skirt peak and a necklace.

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Marte Marie

What exciting days!

I feel like I was trotting along in a perfectly comfortable tempo for some weeks and then all of a sudden someone hit the supersonic button, and my legs now run as drum-sticks!

I’m not a fan over supersonic speed, I love my afternoon wanders, my tea sipping , book reading and pensive moments, but how can I say no, when it’s all so very exiting?

I guess that’s the problem, how to say no, especially when all you want is to say yes!

So I’ve signed up for a bit of a mouthful these days, hoping I’ll learn to paddle and run faster than I can.

And then hopefully it will all return to my comfortable trot, where days are felt and not just rushed through.

But since this is my now, I’m embracing it with all I am.

Two types of skirts and the Paris jacket arrived from my tailors yesterday.

It was so much fun seeing it done.

You know, you hold this fabric in your hands and feel it between your fingertips wondering how it will drape, how it will fold and how it will move.

When that finished product is in your hands and you see that it worked the way you envisioned, it’s such a thrill!

I love that part of creating.

Envisioning something and getting just what you had in mind.

I can assure you that does not always happen;)

Above is a peak at the Paris warp skirt with the black Oslo necklace nr one.

Now, back to the studio I go to style and shoot, make food and style and shoot again.

It’s quite a wonderful circle really, one I never tire of.

PS: And don’t forget to sign up for the Swarovski necklace giveaway, it ends Friday the 28th at midnight!

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A road trip, a white home and soft fields

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Marte Marie

It’s Wednesday and I’m in need of a trip, but since I’m glued to my studio today, I went into the archives to find a little escape.

A while back I went on a day-trip off the island to a part of this area I’ve never bee before.

The landscape spoke to me with it’s soft features and I fell in love with this white dragon-style home.

With this great song playing, and this great view my thoughts had plenty of room to wander and be inspired.

Day-trips in the middle of the week is my favorite way of recharging, especially when I feel my creativity is slipping.

The fresh air, the new scenery, perhaps a little picnic, good company and some music, I’m all set;)

PS: The firts test batch of the Paris wrap skirt and the Paris jacket arrived yesterday, and I’m so excited to show you how it looks!

In perfect creme color they make me yearn for spring;)

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Recipe: Decadent white chocolate dessert with lime

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Marte Marie

I hope you’re ready for this delicious dessert.

It’s one of those sweet things that it’s hard to show self control with.

While making it I was just going to have a small taste, just one spoon, and then before I now it I’ve eaten two and then three and then I stopped counting;)

It’s Monday, and week full of new possibilities and we need a dose of sweetness to get it all started, non?

I hope you’ll enjoy;)

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What you need:

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600 dl Whipping cream

225 g White chocolate

3 egg yolks

3 plates of gelatin, gelatin powder can also be used.

1 ts Natural vanilla essence or scrape out with a knife the seeds of real one vanilla bean.

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How to make:

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Fill a bowl with cold water and add the gelatin plates.

Melt the white chocolate and whipping cream in a bowl/pan heated over a water bath.

Stir until it’s all melted and add the egg yolks and vanilla.

Continue to stir regularly all the way to the bottom of the bowl/pan till the mixture has thickened.

Squeeze the gelatin plates in your hand to get the excess water out as you pull it from the bowl with cold water and add it to the white chocolate mixture that is still heated by the water-bath, and stir.

When the gelatin plates has been dissolved you can pour the mixture into your serving cups.

I used small cocktail glasses and made about 10 servings with some extra for the chef;)

Set to cool in the fridge for two hours and serve with a squeeze of lime on top for a delicious fresh taste, and dash of grated white chocolate and the zest of lime sprinkled on top.

You’re in for a real treat!

The days are getting longer.

Every day we get one minute more of daylight here in Norway, and I try to fill these hours with as much as I can.

Still there are so many books I want to read, walks I want to take and friends I want to see.

I hope this year can teach me to take one step at a time, to pace myself.

One page at the time, becomes a book.

One step at the time, becomes a walk,

so I guess even if there’s only so many hours of the day, with one step at the time I hope to be able to fill this year of adventure with the content of my heart’s desire.

and while walking

let’s make some dessert along the way.

I’m off to see my tailors that should have the first test batch of the clothes ready.

It’s a good day!

Wishing you a wonderful Monday!

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Decadent white chocolate dessert with lime and a worrisome heart.

Posted on January 21, 2012 by Marte Marie

This decadent white chocolate dessert have been on my mind for a while.

So after some wonderfully hectic days, filled with great news, I just went for it.

No special occasion other than celebrating life a bit, on a mere Friday:)

My beloved mother taught me to celebrate on random occasion. To have a little feast on mere Wednesdays for no reason at all than to spice the everyday up.

I love that thought and I love how she will take random moments to sit alone in the sun and enjoy a decadent chocolate dessert all by herself, or pull over the car on mere Mondays when she’d pick me up at school to have a bite of confetti chocolate she kept in her bag.

But lately I’ve had a somewhat of a worrisome heart.

Oh, the heart, the worrisome heart that oftentimes leap into tomorrow to gather up all it can be worried about and cloud my present.

It’s quite silly really to chose to be worried about things that are just as unlikely to happen as they are likely.

Yet sometimes I do and listen to this talented woman and marinate a little in her melancholy.

So as the snow peacefully fell outside my window, I tossed worries out the window and gave into the delightful taste of sweet chocolate with a drizzle of lime.

In it’s decadent embrace worries were kept on hold for a while and I allowed myself to be happy for all the wonderful things that fill the now.

And as I sat there bathing in the soft light through my kitchen window, I bore my soul and emptied my bag a bit.

Since worrying is based on fear of the unknown, wanting to be buckled up when a storm takes you by surprise, and hoping desperately to be able to build up a big enough wall of steel so that no hurt or disappointment can penetrate.

I let the sweet delicate white chocolate melt ever so slightly on the spoon and gave in.

I gave in to the moment and gave in to the unknown, even if just for now;)

I came to realize that I love the four seasons, and that I in no way want to avoid having a good storm sweep though my life every now and then, as it makes my life so much more meaningful to be able to experience diversity.

I guess it’s just all a matter of clothing really.

I’ll just learn to dress my heart and mind in the appropriate clothing so I can be amidst a storm, and even if the cold wind stings on my face, my heart is nestled and warm inside, because I know I can do this.

In the end it’s not about others, what may or may not happen, it’s up to me to learn to thrive no matter the weather;)

With a dash of indulgence and a feast on mere Fridays, I think I can do it, one step at the time.

And if my worrisome heart should emerge again and make me weak in the knees with a bit of fear I’ll just let it.

So what!

I’ll take a moment to listen, then move on as I know we all have it in us to rise above, try again and get it right…next time;)

And people say chocolate can’t solve your problems… huh!

Have a lovely worry-less weekend:)

(Recipe coming up next)

Posted in Desserts, Food | Tagged decadent dessert, White chocolate dessert, worrisome heart | 3 Comments

Afternoon wander to my favorite cafe on the island.

Posted on January 19, 2012 by Marte Marie

This is my favorite cafe on our island, and I’ve mentioned it every now and then, so I thought it was about time I introduced it to you properly.

It’s just a hop and a skip away from my petite studio.

This beautiful old mansion is home to the cafe, a great modern art gallery, a bookstore and has a glassblowing hut just around the corner.

I go here often.

In rain, snow or sun I make my way across the field and through the forest.

A few weeks ago some of my closest friends and I walked over in the snow to eat good food, laugh and listen to live Jazz.

This was a great day indeed!

And speaking of great days, yesterday I met with my tailors to look at the first batch of clothes, and it looked so great!

They have done such wonderful work and I truly admire their craftsmanship.

I’m particularly in love with the spring jacket in linen and cotton in creme, and I have a sneaking suspicion you’ll develop a bit of a crush on it too!

It’s a little gem really.

I’ll show you soon.

But let’s head back to the snow first…

I think what I find so beautiful about this magical place is how I feel when I’m within it’s embrace.

This place paints a picture with it’s fairytale landscape of peace.

The landscape doesn’t harbor majestic mountains or intriguingly deep valleys, it’s quite diverse with it’s cliffs, soft beaches, rolling hills fields and forests, but it’s never imposing in its beauty, it’s rather non assuming and quiet about it.

I think it comes from a place within;)

It’s like this landscape has a quiet balance about it that you can feel.

No matter how much turbulence I may experience within me some days, a walk in this area always re-instals a sense of peace through it’s beauty and open landscape.

This place is a remedy I prescribe to myself for anything that’s going on in my life.

And in the summertime I run along it’s shores gazing at the ocean with a big smile on my face.

Do you have a place like this, that is the remedy for anything and everything?

Or maybe it’s just s spot somewhere in a park or in your home?

Posted in Afternoon walks, Moss, Moss, Norway, Norway, Travel | Tagged Alby, beauty, friendship, Jeløy, Moss, Norway, winter landscape | 3 Comments

Poetry, fabric and winter decorations, a new year has begun.

Posted on January 16, 2012 by Marte Marie

There is poery in everything, truly everything around us, in every single detail.

In little unexpected breezes, raindrops, whispers, old hangers, and christmas decorations;)

A sweet twitter follower gave me a wonderufl advise some weeks ago when I posted a Christmas decorationp problem.

Well, simply put, I’m not yet done with some of them, especially not this one.

There is more poetry to be sung from it.

She advised me to simply rename it winter-decorations and let it hang as long as the temperature advised.

So here we are, mid January and my kitchen is still sporting this Christmas….hm….winter-decoration, and It’s not going anywhere, at least not untill I can wear light summer dresses and skip about in the sun without a care in the world!

Oh, dear readers, I know, there possibly is a wee bit more winter left before such days, but in my studio, I can assure you, the only thing on my mind is spring and summer.

Gorgoues little summer dresses are in the making, and shirts and skirts. In fact I’m heading down to Oslo tomorrow to meet with my tailor and check up on the first batch!

I’m creating some fabulous basics for you, clothes that I love to travel with, easy to pack, easy to wear, and above all flattering no matter how much I indulge in chocolate.

I have a lot of the basic fabric picked out, but for some of the dresses, shirts and pieces coming in the fall, I’m off to Italy in a couple of weeks to pick out fabric there.

And because I’m never all businiss and no play, I will spend quality time with dear friends I have not seen in a while.

Can we add a cup of cappuccino with that?

I think we’ll have to;)

Since we are on the topic of poetry that magically is everywhere we go, I think there definitely is a bit of poetry in clothes as well, and I hope to bring some of that to your wardrobe this year.

The clothes are very basic, made from 100% natural materials, and is all made by hand.

And that’s where the poetry comes in.

It’s every stich and handsewn element.

It’s in every artisan hand that has been working on that skirt, dress, necklace or a bag just for you.

There is so much coming this year, but we are just in the wee beginning so let’s not get ahead of ourselves.

There will be some color, but mostly there’ll just be wonderful soft, strong and quiet fabric.

And of course you’ve already been introduced to parts of the Swarovski family.

(Remember to sign up for the Swarovski giveaway here!)

I’m so enjoying working on this little clothing collection, and I’m so happy about the positive feedback I’ve got from you.

To those of you who have signed up for the first batch of the Paris wrap skirt in beautiful linen and cotton, I’ll let you know as soon as it comes in.

If you want to be on the list email me at:

forsberg[dot]marie[at]gamil[dot]com

As the days get longer and more light fills these hours, I’m determined to stop more often and notice all this poetry around me.

Some days I feel I’m quite good at finding it and listening to it, other days, I rush too fast by.

Do you remember to find time for all this poetry around?

Do you perhaps have a favorite spot or a moment where it’s poetic verses were sung more so than other times?

I’d love to hear!

Since we only have this one life here on earth, this year I will lend my ear and eyes to the poetry around us more often.

This I promise in my heart;)

Have a fantastic week!

Posted in Accessories, Beautiful things, by Le voyage creatif, Giveaway, Handmade, Jewelry | Tagged by le voyage creatif, poetry, swarovski | 7 Comments

Swarovski, silver and a Valentines giveaway (Closed)

Posted on January 14, 2012 by Marte Marie

It’s about time I show you a few things that have been filling my days in mon petite studio.

As you all may know, I’m working long days on my first little clothing collection and my tailors have been such great sports.

The collection is introducing a few basic very tailored pieces that I hope you’ll fall in love with as I have.

And with such tailored pieces we may need a bit of frosting!

So today while waiting for clothing collection to take form, here is a peak into the Swarovski family collection!

This is a limited edition of frosted gems handmade with real Swarovski crystals, silver, leather and wood.

To kick it off I’ll give away one Swarovski necklace of your choice!

Now, it’s not yet Valentines, but for you to receive it on your doorstep in a little valentines box we need to get this show on the road;)

Choose any of these three necklaces, leave a comment below stating which one you’d like, add a link to the necklace you want on, Facebook, Twitter or on your blog and tell about this giveaway;)

~~The giveaway ends Saturday the 28th of January at midnight Oslo time;)~~

Nr 1

The Swarovski Monterey necklace.

Nr 2