New Mugs!

When it comes down to pretty dishware and porcelain, I'm on thin ice.

For a while now I've had a good hold of myself but now everything has changed!

Well, not everything, but I just couldn't resist these pretty things I found from Indiska!

At first I just thought to get a new table cloth, but being a fan of all things colourful and mix-matched I caved in!

Here they are, on the new table cloth...

Party in the Garden!

I've been congratulating myself and sweet husband for throwing a little party for 55 people!!

First time ever!

There was enough food & drinks, endless sunshine just like we ordererd, and lots of happy faces!

What more can you ask for? It was just perfect!

I had very little time to take hardly any pictures, I was too busy in the kitchen!

I'd started already well in advance: e.g. rolled 503 meatballs on the day before!

Didn't get a picture when the table was just set, boohoo, this will have to do.

It was very pretty!

Live music, ofcourse!!

Such a fun and beautiful day it was, thank you everyone who came and made it all happen!!

We'll remember this forever!

Birthdays and new beginnings!

Good evening!

I've reached the beginning of the Autumn: days go by, work, home, cooking, sofa... I have to be careful with this now, don't want to lose the energy!

To me it's a drastic change from the easy and breezy summer days when you're constantly on the go, enjoying the carefree days. When the season changes everything happens at the same time, and I notice myself battling against it a little... 

But the weekend was full of nice things!

I decided to clean up our kitchen cupboard since I've been collecting new glass jars from flea markets!

I filled them with muesli, nuts, seeds etc. and now they look really nice!

I attached a memory from Berlin to the door! Oh, how I miss that city!

Another kind of jars, pretty ones, empty already, but don't want to get rid of them! They'll make a cute detail on a shelf!

On Sunday it was birthday time! 

My eldest Goddaughter turned 15 and afterwards there was another celebration here at home!

I baked cupcakes, my dear Mother came for breakfast and we tasted them in advance a little! So good, if I may say so!

Mint chocolate cupcakes!

I must've gotten inspired by the birthday card!

I had so much cake and treats Yesterday that now it's definitely time to shape things up! Luckily it's Monday, the day of new beginnings!

Let's have a good start of the week, once again, take care my dears!!

This & That!

A new week has begun holding in a lot of work and a real beginning of the new season!

I started with cleaning up our entire home Yesterday after work, which took me the rest of the day!

I'm very good in making up excuses for undesired actions but now it was impossible, there was none left anymore.

I thought about my friend who once said that if one has a hard time starting a huge cleaning up project, just take a bottle of sparkling and put a tiara in your head, and voilà, your home will practically clean up itself!! 

I didn't use this card, not this time, but the outcome was beautiful anyway!

It gives such a big comfort when everything is as they should: clean up your home, and your soul will be cleansed too! 

I believe in Feng Shui in this one! I think I've mentioned this before but it's so true!!

Anyway, my visit to the fashion flea market on Sunday was more like a curious peek than a shopping spree.

Clearly I arrived too late, my dear friend had been there when it opend, and she made just perfect finds!

A skirt by Malene Birger, a jacket, a pair of shoes and a top! Half an hour later I walked in and thought everything had gone already!

Well, I didn't mind, just looked around, got some samples and took a few pics and we sat down to have a few cups of tea and watched the rain.

Truly felt like the first day of September!

With the same sweet friend we had the cutest little picnic a while ago which I didn't tell you about yet!

We went to Kumpulan Kasvitieteellinen Puutarha, The Botanical Garden in Kumpula!

It was my first visit and thought what an oasis it was!

My friend has a season ticket and I definitely can believe how wonderful it is to walk around there with her baby napping in the pram, so sweet!

Have a good week sweet everyone!!

Flea Market & lunch at home!

I'm enjoying some free days at home! Cleaned everything up and got some fresh flowers Yesterday, heavenly! There's definitely some good Feng Shui going on when everything is on the right place! Clean up your home and you clean up your head as well!

I had a very spontanious morning today: I talked with my sister on the phone, and an hour later we were in the car with our Mother, on our way to Kaivarin Kanuuna! This is the ultimate flea Market of Southern Helsinki! Really good stuff, you can imagine the wardrobes of the ladies of Kaivopuisto, it's good! My sister found a jacket and a scarf that were screaming her name, plus shoes from Minna Parikka! And now I mean literally!
Miss Parikka herself was unloading huge bags filled with shoes, dresses and bags up for sale! She's gorgeous! We talked for a while, I was wearing my orange shoes from her spring/summer 2012 line, which she of course spotted immediately! It was so funny! We shared a laugh and I thanked her for being an inspiration and we wished each other well!
But really, she had loads of used shoes, all size 39, so hurry up, I'm guessing they won't be there for long!

Here's the address: Kaivarin Kanuuna, Merikatu 3

Now I'm about to leave for an appointment at hairdresser's, wohoo!
It's about time!
See you later!

A Tricolore-salad for lunch! Tomatoes, mozzarella and avocados, plus some Spanish strawberries which I couldn't resist! Yummy!

Since I thought everything was so pretty over here after the clean-up, I took a few snapshots!

And here are my orange devils!
Hooray for spring, there's no turning back now!!

Good energy!

Today began like a hurricane! I'd barely recovered from last week, the weekend just flew by, and now it's Monday again! The unexpected snow did not make things easier either! What's with that, seriously?! We're almost half way through April! Well, it's bound to melt soon, let's just watch and wait.

The weekend was full of nice things: sunshine, sushi, visiting Grandmother, dinner at our friend's place, and some good sleep!
At the moment I'm just lying on the sofa with a cup of tea, quite exhausted from today, which turned out to be long and a little challenging, but I treated myself with such a delicious salad and am now feeling better and relaxed.
Working hard does pay off: it makes you feel good about yourself, especially when things go smoothly at the end, and it's nice to notice that you learn new things, difficult ones too. Getting out of the comfort zone is good every now and then!

As an energy boost, being Monday and all, I just have to tell you about my favourite fruit of the moment: Jaffa Shamouti Oranges! They're the best oranges ever! So juicy, just perfect! Call me crazy but every spring I wait for these to arrive in the shops, they come a little later than the ordinary oranges, and our fridge is loaded at the moment! They've been around for some time now, and at least the ones I've had, have been sooo good! Try them, a lot of vitamins up for grabs!!

Let's start this week together and make it a good one! Hugs and thoughts my dears!!

I just love to mix chévre chaud with fruit, they're a perfect pair! Here with banana and red grapes!

And here are the little pieces of sun! My absolute favourites!

Home, Family, Easter!

Hello my dears!
It's been such a beautiful home coming with the closest!
Sun has been amazing, we've enjoyed outdoors, had dinner and sweet treats, spent the quality time during this beautiful Easter! My dear Mother came over, my sister too, before leaving overseas for work, and we also got to keep our favourite little rascal here for three days, oh she's adorable! She had lots of small and big pairs of hands to keep her happy!
I just love to be back home, it's the best part of traveling!

Hugs and love, my Friends!


We fixed a big breakfast on Thursday morning, French style, yummy! Stomachs full!!

Easter decorations! Eggs were painted some years ago, have managed to restore them safely!

Here she is! The black beauty!

We drove to Lauttasaari ice rink Friday morning, I took a walk while the guys had fun on skates!

After dinner: carrot cake!!

Les macarons from Ladurée...

Today somewhere between Seurasaari and Hietsu!

Morning Tea!

Good Morning my Dears!
It's a beautiful morning here in Töölö, sun is shining and birds are singing, and I've been up for sometime already! Spring does this to me every year: I start waking up with the sun. I don't mind that, especially now when there's no hurry!
I'm on my second cup of strong Assam tea with honey, reading the paper and thinking about today's schedule.
Love it!
Let's have a fabulous day everyone!