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Needles and roses
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A vintage-lover, day dreamer, a crafty soul. Finnish girl who lives abroad, misses her loved ones and is a sucker for old school tattoos. Loves trying out new materials and techniques, has a never ending to-do list and likes desserts more than she should. Here you can find all my recent projects from knitting a pair of socks to baking some yummy cakes!
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The best way to spend a rainy day.

So, what to do when its pouring down with rain outside - again? The weather has not been great here in London lately. Todays solution- dark chocolate chip cookies! I havent baked anything worth posti...

15 maj 12

Mama, I love you.

Today (Sunday) is Mothers Day in Finland. As for me, who cant be there to bring my mom breakfast in bed and take her out for a lunch, I knitted my mom this tattoo style heart to show how much I love ...

13 maj 12

Successful suitcase hunt

In April I went to Spitalfields Affordable Vintage Fair in the old spitalfields market place here in London. For a long while Id been on a hunt for vintage luggage and I was very hopeful to find one....

08 maj 12

(Re)fashion fever

Couple of pieces from my wardrobe desperately needed a makeover. So, without any more talk, lets get to it!I got very inspired by Petra, who made something I never even thought about, something very ...

26 apr 12

Display those cakes!

This idea has been sailing through my head for ages. The reason it took me so long to get into action, is that I wanted to make 3-tier stand. As I couldnt find a medium size record anywhere, not for ...

13 apr 12 1 person likes this

Twice awarded

Recently Ive been blessed with two lovely awards from two lovely ladies. Lets share a bit of blog love here. I hope youll get as inspired by all these blogs as I do every day! First, I got award...

06 apr 12

Pinch of pink

When it comes to clothing, I dont usually go too crazy with the colours. Im also not a pink girl, not the slightest. However, this fabric seemed perfect for my dress project. Well, I thought, why not...

03 apr 12 1 person likes this

Dressmakers brooch

The first project from last sundays sneaky-peek is a tape measure rosette brooch! I saw this lovely blue tape measure a while ago and instantly got inspired. Im not so sure I will wear this too much,...

30 mar 12

Safe from the dust

As some of you might know, I love polka dots. So its no surprise I chose another polka dot fabric for the sewing machine hood.For the inner lining I used the same stripy fabric as on the pocket. Thes...

28 mar 12

Birthday cake

It is my birthday today (sunday that is) and for that reason, I made myself a white chocolate mud cake with strawberry filling and whipped cream and quark topping. In other words, the heart attack-ca...

25 mar 12

Tutorial: Rolled toilet bag

Heres a tutorial for something super simple and super handy. This rolled toilet bag carries your sleep-over essentials and can be tossed in the washing afterwards! Lets see how you can make your own ...

18 mar 12 1 person likes this

Travellers essentials

I dont travel that much to be honest. No matter how much I would love to. But when I do travel, its those little things that make everything feel much easier and travelling better. Things like matchi...

14 mar 12

Tutorial: Oh bandana!

Some of you have asked for a tutorial for the bandana look-a-like headband I made a while a ago. So, without any longer talks, lets start!Youll need:- Headband- Bandana or other fabric- Ribbon (match...

11 mar 12 1 person likes this

Sunflowers and apple trees

Something slightly older for a change. You know how Ive been posting my older projects every once in a while. This is one of those. I suppose it was year 2007 (since thats when I was really into cros...

07 mar 12

Pin them up!

I made this Pin Up inspired memo board a while ago. I simply applied a cute water decal onto a cork memo board and then wrote the text with a good black marker. Does anyone else get the whole pi...

05 mar 12

The perfect bag

 I bet every woman is ,at one point in their life, on a hunt for the perfect bag. I found mine about a month ago; its big enough, looks nice and has some small pockets in- and outside. After car...

03 mar 12

In the navy

After spending several weeks drooling over a navy blue circle skirt on ebay and finally getting my sewing machine I knew what I wanted to make. A salty £50 price on ebay wasnt exactly tempting and af...

26 feb 12

You and me

Original print from Lemon Squeezy ShopI was so inspired by this lovely picture, I had to create something like it for myself too. What I made was something more simple and crafty-looking. I...

23 feb 12

Oh bandana! (Brother to the rescue!)

 Todays project was to turn old headband into a cute bandana look-a-like.This is a simple and quick project and doesnt need much materials. It took me 20 minutes to finish glueing the fabric and...

18 feb 12 1 person likes this

Sweet indeed

Lets go back in time, only one day. I spent my Valentines day with one of my best girls. And what did we do? Cupcakes of course! Heres my bunch.We made simple and tasty vanilla cupcakes with whi...

15 feb 12

Scarf-tastic!

 I love scarfs. I have a huge collection of all different kinds of them. Newest addition to my collection is this lovely bulky scarf.It only took me two days to knit the scarf, using this Finnis...

31 jan 12

Roses are red...

...and so are my nails. And my hair. This morning I woke up earlier than usual. As I couldnt get to sleep anymore, I thought Id do something creative. So, I painted my nails, dyed my hair and go...

26 jan 12

Wrapped up

Almost two years can be spent making granny squares, few at a time, every now and then. Two day offs can be spent joining granny squares. The following evenings can be spent wrapped up in and under y...

18 jan 12

Boy-mittens

When on my holiday in Finland, I was given an assignment to knit a pair of mittens for nearly-teenage boy. I was also given a bunch of yarn balls to use in those mittens. It took me exactly 5 episode...

14 jan 12

Poor Jack

One last christmas present and then Ill be settled for the New Year! I have this friend. She really likes The Nightmare Berofe Christmas. So, in christmas 2011 she unwrapped her very own Jack Sk...

03 jan 12

Snowflakes for the winter days

I found this lovely snowflake pattern from Ravelry and instantly fell in love with it. When I didnt need any mittens myself, I knitted these for my mom. Unfortunately I didnt see a single r...

28 dec 11

Matchboxes

For christmas, this is a very simple and quick gift idea. Beautifully decorated matchboxes are a perfect addition to candles or tinder roses. In these two I used big matchboxes, decorated with brown ...

20 dec 11

Brown paper packages...

 ... tied up with strings. This year I wanted my christmas wrapping to look traditional and still pretty. I chose brown paper for wrapping and red and white paper strings with red and white...

16 dec 11

Baby booties

 Again, browsing Ravelry, I found this lovely pattern for oh-so-cute baby booties! The original pattern was in German, and as I cant read German and Google translator didnt exactly offer any hel...

14 dec 11 1 person likes this

Name day celebration

It was Annis day yesterday in Finland. For that, I made this yummy yum bundt cake with a rainbow twist to celebrate my parents choice for my name. When I got home today, there was barely a piece enou...

10 dec 11

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