LUCIA

Here we go my wonderful model Rebecca as Lucia. During a fashion show in Partille this year Rebecca was choosen to participate to the annual Lucia competition.
Picture were place in the local newspapers and everybody could vote one of the 7 girls to become the Lucia of the year.
Unfortunately Rebecca didn't make it to the place of Lucia, but she became a Tärna, believe me I have no idea whatsoever what this in english means.
The 13th of december it's the longest day and the darkest one. So here in Sweden we celebrate it by lighten everything around us, the houses, the windows....we need light to survive this long and dark day/night.
Lucia comes from Italy and here you can find all the informations about her http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Lucy

TEA CEREMONY IN ZHENG ZHOU

Time to give you a little bit more informations about China.

Tea and the Tea ceremony.

Chinese do have a different relation to tea compared to us europeans. People drink tea all the time. Taxi drivers have their own tea bottle in the car. There are places were you can get hot tea and fill up your bottles. In this transparent bottles you can see green tea leaves swimming together, sometimes, with flowers.

There are varieties of teas in China, soooo good. The best is just to try them all out. Chrisantemum tea I do really recommend.

While travelling in Zhen Zhou with our friend Huang we got the opportunity to assist to a personal tea ceremony. Max number of 3 persons (4 is unluck in China). It was ZEN, really it was coming in another world. Our teamaster told us a story during the ceremony, I hope that Huang will be able to write us some lines about that story, that I forgot at the moment. All was in chinese, but it did not matter, is was ZEN.

We drank and drank and drank, and I got my first lessons of tea ceremony right after it.

It was amazing and we left that wonderful litle shop with small tea cups, tea pot and accessories and of course, plenty of good green tea or the chinese name "chá" that comes from the tea plant camellia sinensis or cháshù.

Things to know about chinese tea:

1) As a sign of respect: In Chinese society, the younger generation always shows its respect to the older generation by offering a cup of tea.

2) To apologize: In Chinese culture, people make serious apologies to others by pouring tea for them.

3) Folding the napkin in tea ceremonies is a traditional action and is done to keep away bad Qi energy in China as tea was regarded as one of the seven daily necessities, the others being firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, and vinegar（柴,米,油,鹽,醬,醋,茶）.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_tea_culture you find all about Chinese tea culture.

CALENDAR 2009

2009 calendar is ready now.

Few copies are on sale so order your copy now.

VENICE is 2009's theme.

To see all the month check out www.arkadiafoto.com,

Nyheter and click on the picture. The 12 months will

appear to you.

Cost if you pre-order it next week is 120:- (otherwise

it will costs 150:-).

Don't miss that chance!!!

B&B eller bättre sagt Belly and Baby

TYST, bilden pratar för sig själv!

TORV ÄR DETTA

Tidigare i höstas skrev jag om 7Heaven och en torvbehandling jag testade.

Nu har vi äntligen tagit fram bilder för Nina med Linda-Marie som modell.

Angelica Sandén sminkade och fixade allt så att det var klart att fotografera.

Och det där bruna är torven. Mer information om detta hittar ni hos Nina på www.7heaven.nu

Testa gärna det är värd att få tillbaka en super bäbis hud.

TITTA TITTA TITTA......PÅ MIG!!!!!!!

TITTA TITTA
TITTA TITTA NOGA,
det är jag ALFONS!!
Jag är busig, gullig, vacker.
Mamma och pappas älskling
och jag har varit första gång modell idag!

DEAR MOTHER...

A very simple way to make a mother happy...

Give hera portrait of yourself, your brother and sister, your children,

you and your partner. It's Christmas time....

MUSIK ÄR MIN GREJ

Här har vi stora sister Ella till Vera mfl. Hon fastnade för mitt trumset i studion och var så glad att kunna spela. Då undrar man om hon kommer vara nästa IDOL om 15 år kanske? Visst är det härligt med musik, titta vilken glädje i ögonen. Nästan att man börjar banka med henne.... Go on Ella! Rock it all!

JUL TOMTAR

Eftermiddagens uppdrag var för arkadia models modeller som jobbat ner vid Ahlén City för Make-Up Store.

tjejerna klädda i fina röda klänningar och med den senaste sminkningen från Make Up Store skulle stå som levande skylddockor och hälsa på alla som gick förbi, skicka pussar, vinka, osv.

Mellan 14.00 och 16.00 varje timma gjorde de även en liten visning för alla som gick förbi i affären.

Från vänster: Ida, Sandra och Emma

VERA mfl

Dagens barnfotografering hade som huvudpersoner Vera (7 månader) och stora syster Ella (3 år). Fotograferingen gick jättebra. Lilla Vera kunde knappt sitta men på mammas förvåning så satt Vera jättelänge och jättebra.

En stor stol, färgstarka kläder och en nyfiken liten tjej och här har vi vinterkollektionen 2008.

VERA mfl