...tomte-making with my assistant.
Little did I know when I moved my studio home last Summer that I would have so much to sew during nap-time! I didn't want to spend money on the rent while satying at home with F. Back to where I once started it feels! I opened my Etsy shop 9 years ago when my son was one. Baby F will turn one the 15th! Time flies by so quickly!
På jullovet sprang jag en del på loppis och blev så glad när jag fick syn på en soffa som, trots att den var något solblekt hade "det". Den är mysig och inbjudande och när jag upptäckte att den dessutom är utrustad med bäddmekanism (sängdelen ser helt oanvänd ut) slog vi till!
*Scroll down for English summary!
Nästan alla våra möbler är från loppis. Lampskärmen, som jag tror är finsk design (Printex?) är köpt i en lokal Köp- och säljaffär. Soffbordet, som vi fixat upp och målat är från ett nedlagt sjukhus. Tavlan med rosenskärorna har min mamma målat! Hon har också stickat de randiga sockorna på nästa bild!
Unnade mej en bukett tulpaner till helgen. De står på bordet och inger hopp om att våren kommer i år också!
Quilten är sydd av linnetyger. Egentligen hade jag tänkt sy ett överkast till sovrummet, men när den nya soffan flyttade in insåg jag att det blir en perfekt mysfilt! Jag har ett lager polyestervadd emellan och blev överraskad över hur lätt det gick att quilta trots att linne brukar vara knepigt att använda då man syr i lappteknik. Allt går att kvilta bara man nålar ordentligt!
We found a really nice sofa at the thriftstore a few weeks ago and I relised that I had the perfet lap quilt on the go for it! I stitched the quilt top together last Summer, but was a bit scared of doing the quilting, because linen can be quite tricky to use for patchwork, but it was a success! So this is my favoruite spot at home right now. In the sofa with a good book, under my new blanket with tulips on the table reminding me of the fact that Spring will come this year too!
Solen skiner denna smällkalla januarisöndag då jag bestämmer mej för att skriva en bloggpost på mitt modersmål. Har haft så svårt att hitta inspirationen för att skriva, men tänker att det kanske hjälper om jag får skriva på mitt eget språk!
Redan innan jul köpte jag kokosfett och fågelfrön att laga fågelmat av, äntligen kom vintern så vi fick det gjort! Så här gjorde vi:
Jag smälte kokosfettet i en kastrull.
Jag blandade fågelfrön (solrosfrön, vete,nötter + lite torra russin från skafferiet) i fettet.
Sen hällde jag blandingen i pepparkaksformar och plastmuggar. Kunde ha varit bra att sätta färskfolie under formarna för att slippa rinn, men det blev bra såhär också!
Upphängningshål fixade vi genom att sticka ner sugrör i den våta blandningen. I muggarna petade jag ner en snörstump för upphängning.
Sen var det bara att pilla bort muggen och trycka ut fågelkakorna ur formarna.
Bon appétit små tippor! Hoppas det smakar!
I will try to become a more frequent blogger by writing in my own language, Swedish! It feels a little strange but I think it is the only way for me get more action in this place! I will write a short summary in English. And you are always welcome to comment in English!
Me and my son made bird food today! We used melted coconut fat, seeds and nuts. Now we are waiting eagerly for small guests!
Happy new year everyone! We had, as they called it in the newspaper, a black Christmas. It's been dark and rainy for weeks now and we are all getting so tired of it and looonging for snow and sunshine. I keep checking the weather forecast for the weekend (I am quite addicted to that app on my phone), because Saturday is showing a big shining sun. And they say there will be snow on Friday! I am sorry for talking so much about the weather, but it really starts to get at you when you barely see any daylight for weeks. Christmas was spent peacefully with family and friends, with good food, too much chocolate and all that a Christmas should be, but I am very happy to go on to everyday life now!
I got back to work yesterday after the holidays, the kids were so happy to see their friends at school and I tried to be happy to be back in my messy studio... It was filled with stuff from our pop-up shop and a lot of odds and ends that I didn't have time to take care of in busy November-December. So the program for this week is cleaning up and sorting out. And to take pictures for the Etsy shop (another reason for the sun to show its pretty face, I need light)! I have already started listing some stuff, but there will be more! I will have a sale on all products starting on Monday January 13th. You will get -30% off everything in the shop for a month! I will be back with a discount code for you on Sunday!
We played a lot of board-games during the holidays, so fun! We should get off our screens and do it more often this year!
I always buy flowers for Christmas! They bring hope of a new Spring, especially when it's been as dark as this year.
On a postivie note, the soil was still so soft and warm in December that I planted some tulips in the garden! I got the bulbs to a bargain price too! Looking forward to see if they will bloom in Spring!
Wishing you a sunny new year!
I know, I know, it's been a looong while! But today I am back to show you our latest low-budget renovation project. A couple of weeks ago I found two rolls of lovely wallpaper in the sale basket at the paint shop, perfect for our kitchen wall and just what we needed to get started! We took down the old brown cabinet to replace it with this.
Another second hand find. It is made from pine and probably from the 1980's. I took away the wooden knobs and started painting...
White would have been nice and safe and dull! So I went for my favourite: green!
The result looks a bit like vanilla and pear icecream, very nice! I think me an Pippi Longstocking have something in common when it comes to decorating a home.
The green is Meadow K385 from Tikkurila. The wallpaper is from Boråstapeter.
There is something about cups hung in a row that makes me happy. I had them in our Helsinki kitchen too. The geranium painting was a gift from a friend, the tin and the vase are fleamarket finds and the poppy is from my garden :)
The new knobs are 'hedra' from ikea. The linen textiles and the tin are second hand finds as always!
We have been looking for a corner cabinet for our hallway and when I saw this I thought: Maybe this is the one! I did get a little discouraged when I discovered it was made partly from chipboard. Luckily I had my friend with me who encouraged me to take it. "You've got to see the pretty in the ugly", she said, so I decided to ignore the chipboard and the 1970's greenish-brown colour and turn it into something beautiful!
I didn't bring a tape measure, but it fit it's spot perfectly, yay!
I picked the colour (337X) from Tikkurila's colour chart with traditional colours. What do you think? I think the colour makes the cupboard look much older than it really is! And what did it all cost? I paid 35€ for the cabinet and 29€ for the colour, that is 64€ (85 USD) for a 'new' corner cabinet! My next project is a kitchen cupboard.
This winter really won't come to an end! It has been snowing for two days and I have a nasty head-cold and am coughing and sneezing away. I was really in need of some Flumarket therapy (ha-ha).
I am always on the hunt for good cotton fabrics, if you find sheets you get a lot of fabric for the money and I was lucky today! The green fabric is made of that thick cotton sheet quality they don't make anymore and a great shade of green! Dots, stripes and checkered fabrics are always good to have. The yellow gingham fabric is a whole duvet cover so that's lot of fabric! The milkglass bowl will be added to my collection, I previously had this one and two is a collection, right?
The embroidered tablecloth is beautiful, however discoloured, broken and stained so it will be great for my fairy-angel dolls. I also got a roll of cute good-to-have wallpaper and an blue retro Christmas table-cloth for my tomte stuffies!
Big E has asked for a reading chair for some time now and this faded beauty had a note on that said "GRATIS" (for free) so I took her home! E will love to sit there and read. I am happy to say that most of our furniture is second-hand. Yesterday I bought a cupboard for our kitchen too that "just needs a little fixing", so does this side-board that now hosts my little plant nursery.
Just look at that detail! You can't walk away from a piece like that, can you? Especially when it's 35€. I love small town living, yes I do!
Have you made any great flea market scores lately?
We have used a lot of grey paint during the holidays, after years of rented flats with clinic white walls we were ready for some colour, or well, not sure if everyone considers grey as a colour :) But I find it very soothing and it does go well with bright COLOUR too! We painted our kitchen doors pearl grey (Tikkurila 358X). The pretty reciepe card calendar was designed by Karin.
We really like open shelving so we took away the doors from the cabinets above the kitchen sink, the back of the cabinet was quite miscolored and was a nasty colour of yellow instead of white so T came up with the idea of covering it with gingham shelf paper, it looks kind of fun, I think! I am looking for some nice vintage wallpaper to replace it with, as for now we are happy with this!
The edges of the shelves were the same yellowy shade of white and when I saw this picture in the latest issue of Koti ja Keittiö magazine I got an idea...
I found some grey cardstock and got crafty :) There is something about scalloped edges that I like so much!
Not sure how long it will last, but I'll enjoy my Hansel and Gretel style shelf as long as it lasts :)
I've added a scallop edge to the upper shelf since the picture was taken and might put one on the bottom one too.
Hello! I hope you are all having a relaxing holiday time! I am spending some lazy days with the family and am trying to really get into the vacation mode. Karin came by yesterday to take some pictures, she took this picture of me in front of our house. As you can see it has been snowing A LOT during the last weeks!
This is the first Christmas in our own house, after a few years in a small city apartment we appreciate the space so much!
I have a lot of exciting projects for the new year and am looking forward to it, but first, let's all enjoy the holidays! Happy New Year everyone!
Phew! It is incredible how loud a group of 7-year olds can be! I like parties, but I LOVE the silence when the guests have left the house...
Luckily I am my own boss and could take time off work today so that we could have everything ready in time for when we picked up the kids at school this afternoon.
I must say I wasn't a very eager party planner this time around and was very happy when my big girl got inspired and came up with this dragon game idea. Isn't it gorgeous? I'm so proud!
All knights who fought the dragon got a medal!
We made one for little e's teacher too, she very much deserves it!
Artist, crafter, mother of two, blogger, small business owner... Author of the sewing book Scandinavian Stitches. (Stashbooks)
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