Thank YOU! :D

First a few words in Finnish about yesterday, then back to English, ok?


Ihan mieletöntä oli eilen!
Kiitos kaikille paikalle tulijoille, itselläni oli ainakin aivan mahtava päivä.
Ehdottomasti tämä tehdään uudemman kerran, voisi miettiä vaikka tuota maaliskuun loppua.
Laittakaa mulle ajatuksia ja kommentteja :)
Vaihtopöytä oli mielestäni toimiva, itsekin löysin sieltä muutaman aarteen.. ja sen mikä jäi lahjoitan meidän koulun isompien lasten kuvisopettajalle, tiedätte, että menevät hyvään käyttöön!

It was an awesome scrapping day yesterday. SO much fun to meet people face to face.. meeting a few of my fellow Inspis dt-members too.
All in all a GOOD DAY!

I'm behind on sharing pages..
Here are some Inspis challenge pages.

#134, 10 layers
-Pink-

Yes, around the letter K, there are indeed ten layers of stuff!

#135, scary horror *grin*
-Feeling batty-

Just me in my best ever Halloween costume..

I'm so happy I got to finally use that bat cardstock.

#136, symmetry

-S cooks & bakes-

Pretty self-explanatory :)

#138, fashion

-{sigh}-

Her idea of fashion: leggings and a t-shirt.

Always.

Every day.

I did something on this page I've been doing a lot of lately, dumping loads of older stuff (stickers, rub ons) haphazardly on top of each other.

#141, date

-25.12.-

Our traditional movie might, as Santa almost always brings us something new to watch :)

Then on to more pages.. first some random ones.

-What do you mean these games are addictive?-

Brain teaser games... fun for all :)

I used the leftover stars from the previous page here to create a funky edge.

-Swell-

I can not say this often enough: I work with the BEST people.

*grin*

-25 years later-

Last summer's class reunion.

The one we forgot was our 25th...since we meet every year, LOL!

Here again, piling loads of word stickers for the background.

-comic kitchen-

Comic books.. not the cooking :P

This one started as I found those leftover felt letters by KI Memories. I started gluing them right way round and upside down in rows and lastly flipped the paper 180 degrees.

I like it.

Plus I used up some old coughcoughcrapcoughcough...

Then finally some pages from the France-album.

-chaud-

(that's hot in French)

I still love how it seems that even naked statues were wilting under the heatwave.

-Streets of Paris-

Pure chaos.

-café creme-

I'd so switch my morning tea to this.. in a heartbeat.

-Carentan-

Just a place on the map, a town and fields we drove by, but the name triggered something I had to check later. I remembered the name from the series Band of Brothers, it was the scene of a major battle in WWII. Such a sleepy peaceful place today.

-Lea Frisoni's wonders-

It was such a treat to see these minis in real life as opposed to the pages of a book.

-hungry yet?-

We shopped at the little grocery store opposite to our hotel every day for water and some snacks.

-deliciousness Paris style-

I used the napkin I saved :)

OK.. I'm off to make quesadillas for dinner...

What will you do next?

Instax love

Heini came over for a visit the other day and brought her new baby along..
A Fuji Instax camera.
The photos are like mini polaroids.
Way cool.

I took a photo of Saara and her BFF Tuuli and then took another photo of them watching the image appear :)



(the grey blob on the right is from scanning..)

This is going into my Project Life album.

In a sewing mood...

My uncle dropped by for a visit yesterday.
We sat drinking coffee and talking.
Subject went to the french coffee press I was using and how it needs something to keep the coffee warm... like those "coffee pot hats" my grandma used to have.

This morning I checked out the new Daily DIY post over at One Pretty Thing (one of my favorite hang-outs!), and what do I see???
A tutorial on how to make a french press insulating sleeve!
Now if that isn't a sign of some sorts..

So out came my pile of scraps and to work I went.
And whoever has thought up that one seam flying geese block (the quilt pattern) is a genious.
Hands down.
Saved me a headache or three.

I made slight alterations, plus this still needs to be quilted.
(edit: I started quilting by hand yesterday, and changed my mind.. it looks better without it. The cotton is thick enough to hold the form nicely)


I made mine with laces instead of velcro.



It's so pretty.

Crafty share

After reading Susie's crafty promise post yesterday, I got up and opened the cupboard door.
And faced this pile.

It is a particularly yummy pile.
Just waiting to be turned into crafty goodness.

I figured I would make something that had nagged at me for a while...
A new BIG needleroll that would fit all my knitting needles, no more wondering where the 4mm ones are hiding at.. :)

It took a few hours of cutting, sewing and ironing, but I finished it.


And opened:

I was pleased that I didn't rush, but thought it through as I went.
That in turn guaranteed no ripped seams because of a mistake :)
Added bonus was the fact that I found just enough of matching Marimekko fabrics.



To close, simply fold the top flap and roll.

I also spent some time going through some crafty tutorials and saved images on my computer and made a list of 12 things I'd like to make this year.

Well, technically it's still a list of 10 but I'm leaving some room ;)

In other words: stay tuned for more.

Oh, and thanks Susie :D

Guess what I have...

As I helping Heini out yesterday, I got the very first project Life box from the shipment :D

Now to brainstorm how to interprit it...hmmm...

Yes I have decided that for the second year running I'm doing the 365 photo thing, so I'll have material.

I just think I'd like to have some themes in there too..

What are you all doing with yours?

Do tell...

As Frasier would say: "I'm listening.."

(one of my alltime favorite tv-shows btw)

Happy 2011!

From me to you.

Bokeh fun!

What is bokeh?
That lovely blurry light on the background when your camera aperture is set way open :)

I've wanted to try this little bokeh trick for some time.
I turned my Christmas lights into stars!

The fairylights on my chandelier...

..hmmm.. or maybe hearts?

*grin*

It doesn't have to be lights.. you can do this with anything that reflects light.

What is this then?

A garland on my tree :)

This is such a cool effect...

I think I'll be playing some tomorrow!

The pics were taken with my 50mm 1.8 lens.

And yes, my aperture was at 1.8.

There are a couple good online tutorials for this, with simple directions on how to make your own bokeh filter. Check them out here and here.

Now go have fun.

I was giddy from giggles as I was taking these!

Hei skräppikansa :)

Vielä olisi tilaa muutamalle halukkaalle, jos skräppäyspäivä 8.1.2011 Helsingissä jäi kalloon nakuttamaan!

Tarkempaa tietoa tapahtumasta saat kun klikkaat tästä.

Allekirjoittanut ainakin odottaa ihan into pinkeenä kun vihdoin saa naamat yhdistettyä noihin nettinimiin :D

December Daily finished

19.
Yes we have snow.


20.
Sweet color inspiration...


21.
Game night with the girls.


22.
The tree is up.


23.
My amaryllis.

24.
The hustle and bustle of opening presents on Christmas Eve.

And yes, I ended up stopping at 24.

That is the day we celebrate Christmas.

Plus I my number tags only ran up to 24 :D
It's all good.

And now onto Project Life..ha...

Dec 25th

Merry Christmas everyone!