I started making canvas totes in the 7th or 8th grade. I had given up on backpacks (until recently, but that’s another story) ’cause I felt they were too sporty and I was desperately trying to look grown up and feminine. Since then I’ve made them in a variety of colours and prints, for myself […]
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I was recently invited to a blog event at Tikau, where I got to meet other Swedish speaking bloggers. It was nice to talk to other bloggers about blogging, I haven’t done that before. The evening was also a great opportunity for me to practice my mingling skills and learn about the company. The Tikau […]
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I’m planing some more D.I.Y. projects and while working, I’m listening to Grimes, a true do it yourself woman. I saw her perform at last year’s Flow Festival and I was impressed by how she did everything herself! I was expecting her to have some kind of band and a few back up singers but […]
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I love going to second hand and vintage stores but once there I rarely buy clothing. I usually come home with glass objects, old zippers or bags. During the Easter holidays I visited one of my favourite stores in Vaasa in search of glass plates but I ended up trying on a bunch of spring […]
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I’ve been on a sail boat once in my life. It was quit fun and I’d like to do it again. I’m observing sponge-like textures. I should walk around Helsinki and take pictures of beautiful doors. I could have this on my wall. “Fawn” by Ekin Kayis.
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What do you do when you realise that you’ve forgotten to buy a birthday card 2 hours before the birthday party? Well, you make one of course! I could have run to a store nearby but there was dinner to be made and a hair disaster to deal with. My first thought was to make […]
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The last time I was in London was 8 years ago. I need to do something about that. It would be fun to take a ceramics class this summer. I’d like to weave with some unusual materials. Not long now. . .
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Earlier this month I continued on the pouch making project and made some travel bags for shoes. I’m trying to use less plastic bags so these are a great solution. I used some leftover material from a coat I made a few years ago. It’s a tightly woven polyester with a cool trompe l’oeil knit […]
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As I’ve mentioned a couple of times I love colour! It’s a part of my everyday life and crucial part of my creative process. Another thing about me is that i like to arrange and organise things. So you can understand how much fun it is for me to make colour palettes. I decided to […]
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To be honest, I’m not much of an fashion illustrator. I don’t have talent for drawing and I’ve never had the patience to practice. I occasionally make watercolour illustrations but that’s for the really big projects, like my thesis. In my everyday life I usually draw quick technical drawings of the garments and then move […]
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Ok, so I made a dressing gown. I guess you could call it a bathrobe or just a robe but dressing gown sounds better. It makes me feel I could possibly have something in common with Lady Mary Crawley. Last week I tried something I rarely do, make a piece of clothing without a pattern. […]
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A week back I went on a gallery tour with a few friends. It’s one of those things we all agree is fun but we always struggle to find time for it. A sudden sushi craving cut our tour short so we only visited a few galleries. While the art in the galleries varied, the […]
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My list of D.I.Y. projects is endless, there’s so many things I want to do but I have difficulty finding the time to make them. Yesterday I finally started on a smaller project I’ve wanted to do for a while, pouches made from left over fabric bits. Being a bit of a organisation freak, I […]
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One thing that often annoys me is finding out about cultural events days after they’ve taken place. For years I’ve managed to miss the Lux Helsinki festival even though I see the ads weeks before. So this year I marked it in my calender and went on a quick tour on evening. Lux Helsinki is […]
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