Good Sunday

Today I had a beautiful day - I spent it in my workroom organizing places and digging through my treasure boxes. I also made a few sketches for the new jewelry pieces.

Here is a peek at the process.

I love pulling these boxes out on the floor and playing with the stones until I get the right layout for my future piece. 

What is your creative process? How do you start a new project?

xo,

My workroom

I still cannot believe that it's finally finished. :) Yay! I have already moved in and unpacked almost all of my boxes.

I would like to share some pictures with you. It's still a bit messy, but I hope you like it. ;)

A little nook for afternoon tea with friends. I got this awesome sofa set from an antique shop. It's around 60-70 years old and it was made right here in Kotka.

Corner with my Tonner dolls and craft supplies.

Messy table and pinboard. I painted the board myself, as cork didn't look right with this wallpaper. :)

Seed beads...

There is never enough of seed beads... :D

My button box. I still have quite a bunch of unsorted buttons.

All sorts of vintage treasures.

My weakness - lots and lots of stones.

and pearls...

Unfinished cross-stitch project.

My packing/sewing station.

Ribbons and antique sewing box.

Favorite fabrics for dolly clothes.

Ikea shelves that still need a lot of organizing. Now I have a good place for all of my vintage typewriters.

Lundby dollhouse.

The big doll cabinet.

Bookshelf. I only managed to unpack crafting books so far.

Nick-nacks. :)

Detail of my favorite chandelier. So impractical, but sooo pretty! :)

And a little snail that lives in the flower pot.

Thank you for visiting and sharing this joy with me!

Have a good weekend!

Love,

A tiny bit of spring...

... on my table. Just wanted to share this fresh and hopeful mood with you.

 

Have a lovely day!

xoxo

Hi guys! I haven't been around much lately, so I just wanted to write a quick message to all my friends in the blogger world. I hope you still remember me. :))
First of all, I would like to wish you a very happy New Year! May all your lovely dreams and plans come true! I would love to hear from you! What's new in your creative lives? Come, share some good news with me, I really need them. ;)
For past several months I've been going through some rough times in my personal life. Dealing with a loss of someone is never easy, especially if you have never actually given a chance to get to know them. It's been hard, but I'm trying to get myself together.
So, as you might have already noticed, I've decided to have a fresh start. I've arranged my workroom, given the blog a new look, scheduled an appointment with a hairdresser and finally made peace with myself. Time cures everything. I just need to give time time.

Hope you'll stick with me. The content of my bog might be a bit different from now on, as I still don't have much inspiration for beading. But I promise to share with you all the fun and useful things that I come across.

Much love from Finland,

Forest

Today we had a really nice time in the forest. I think Finnish forests are ones of the most beautiful I've ever seen - so fresh and untouched. We collected a lot of mushrooms (I made yummy sauce in the evening) and drained our dog. :D He's at that age now, when any amount of exercise just isn't enough. :))

I'd like to share with you some pictures from today.

Fairy forest. :)

Little mushrooms.

A lot of trees.

And the dog, really enjoying himself.

A giant mushroom, almost like from Alice in Wonderland. :)

And a little one again. :)

Some really weird mushrooms.

And moss monster. :))

Here dog got a little tired and decided to rest.

And here he is looking for the way back to the car. :)

The end! ;)

Thank you!

xo,

Thrifty Sunday

I just had the most amazing trip to my favorite thrift shop (actually, two of them). :)) I was lucky to spot some amazing things for my new workroom and also couple of little knick-knacks for my dollies.

Allow me to introduce you to my new love - vintage handpainted sewing box from 1943.

I love-love-love all the amazing details. I think this is the best find of the year. 

I also got some nice wooden trays from old jewelry store, postcards, little beach chair for my dollies and two mini metal candlesticks.

And here are the trays in action. I will use them to store my stone collection.

Have you recently found anything cool at the flea market?

xo,

I'm back...

Hello, my dearies,

I am finally back to blogging and I have some good news - after almost a year my workroom is almost ready, I just moved in couple of days ago and I'm already back to beading. 

Here is a little fun brooch that I made just yesterday. :)

And here is another thing that I'm currently working on. Do you recognize the beautiful painting by my very talented friend Nancy? ;)

I hope I can dedicate more time for my beading from now on. And I finally have a real place for it. Yay! 

I am not going to show you much of my new room quite yet, as many things still need to be finalized, but I will show you a little corner of my beading table just for a little taste. :)

What do you think about my crazy wallpaper? :D I decided to make it really bright and fun, but still stick to some classic shapes. Love-love-love those funky tulips! 

More photos coming soon!

Oh, I missed you all so much!

xo,