Dec 18th

Snowflakes outside.
Snowflakes inside.

I bought these a couple years back and love the subtle twinkle.

It's my favorite thing about this season...

Decorating our dining room.

Even the chandelier gets a facelift.

Dec 17th

I have this sweet glass Xmas tree I got as a present two years ago.
I love it.
Love it. Love it.
(Kiitos Lenni ja Minna!)


Last night Niina switched the decorations :)

I like it this way too...

Very cute!

Dec 16th

At the end of November I spent some time at work making new ornaments for our tree.
The old ones were quite horrid and by luck of draw had been tossed out (along with the old tree) during renovations.

So, I mentioned I had seen an idea online I thought would work fabulously.
Mind you I added a little twist to mine.
I printed, glued, folded and glittered for three days :D

Then I decorated the tree.
It looks oh so pretty by the school main door.

Yup.

Still tearing out pages from old copies of Johnny Tremaine :)

Dec 15th

Lights downtown :)


These are my favorites!

The ferriswheel.

Not all pretty lights need to be Christmas lights.

I snapped this from the bus :)

Dec 14th

A secret passion.

Of sorts.

My small collection of mercury glass ornaments.

I haven't bought one this year.

Yet.

*grin*

Dec 13th

Today is Saint Lucia Day.
She brings warmth, hope and light.
I give you some of my favorite kind of light this darkest time of year.

December Daily continued :)

7.
Our dollhouse club went to the National Museum's dollhouse exhibit.
We ooohhed and aaahhed.
Then ate very well at a Chinese restaurant and exchanged presents :)

8.

This is in two parts, used packaging cardstock for the pages.

I'm procrastinating on my xmas cards yet again...sigh..

9.

Baked spicy sourmilk cake.
One for the next day's party and one for us.

Yummm...

10.
Work Xmas party.

Food, wine, laughter, talk and music.
Good times.

11.
Another two pager.
Our photoshoot day.

The Black and silver background as the white strip on the opposing page are pieces of awesome flocked wallpaper.

Dec 12th

We did something special yesterday.
We got a professional family picture session :D

Saara got lucky at the Habitare exhibit and won us an hourlong session.
This is a portait studio to my taste: young, hip, relaxed and fun.

I can say we had a blast and a half...

Next week we get to go back and check out how the pics came out.

Can't wait!

Dec 11th

You know what?

It just doesn't get much prettier than this...

Dec 10th

This is the time of year to go window shopping.
And let your eye rest.

Loved those beanbags outside the main Marimekko store :D

So many windows were understated this year.
Lots of white and linen with just a hint of red.

Isn't that lampshade cool?

My favorite was quite dramatic...

The Ice Queen.

Dec 9th

We got snow last week.
Then we got snow on Monday.

And I'm not talking of an inch either...

Yesterday I got caught in a flurry downtown...

During a seven minute walk I had de-snow myself three times!
That's how thick it was coming down.


But it sure looks pretty on my street.. all 40cm of it..
That's a good 16 inches.

At the moment Helsinki has more snow than Lapland :D

Dec 8th

I saw this great idea some time ago, I think on One Pretty Thing, of course I can't find the link now.. sorry.

Basically the idea is the same as with the wreaths, wrapping yarn around it to bring out the shape.
And then decorating it.

Here's the rest of that broken bracelet :)

I also made a green Christmas tree.

With silver bells....

Easy and quick!

My favorite kind of project.

Dec 7th

These cork pot stands on clearance caught my eye a few weeks ago.
I bought them for three euros knowing full well they'd never see a pot :D
They were perfect for something I'd been planning.

I've been admiring these awesome wreaths on Etsy by KnockKnocking.
Aren't they gorgeous?

I wanted to do something similar as presents.
I dug out yarns left over from past projects and odds and ends from my craft boxes.
The first one turned out to be an understated snowy scene.


I found a styrofoam tree that I covered in lace and jewels from a broken bracelet.
The wreath itself has two yarns covering it and bits of pretty green ribbons.

The second one was covered in yarn that looks like tiny snowballs.

It also got feather angel wings and a tiny blue bird in a silvery nest.

While digging through boxes I found this heart berry wreath I had bought nearly ten years ago.

I added a little lace and a red bird in a shimmery nest.

This one I hung on our door.

It's so sweet.

Tomorrow I'll show you what I did with some cookie cutters.