the last day

We have a fire place/snow castle outside, made by V and Y. They copied the idea from M who had made one for his son's birthday party. That's where we will be sitting tonight! The above photo is from Christmas eve. It is V's new doll Mathilda. I found her in a package at a flea-market. And clothes sets too. I had a Mathilda as a kid. The furniture is from a christmas fair.


I wish you a super new year! Gott nytt år! Bonne année!
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Eli superia uutta vuotta! Meillä on lumilinna, jossa on tulisija. Yläkuvassa on Matilda. Minulla oli sellainen pienenä, ja löysin V:lle samanlaisen nuken avaamattomassa paketissa + vaatesettejä. Tuoli ja pöytä ovat Tuomaan markkinoilta Espalta.

Poppanen

One of our favourite new things: the new finnish edition of Mary Poppins. I think I said before I like illustrator Marika Maijala. I like these pictures so much! V thinks the name "Maija Poppanen" is ugly, but today we started to read. I noticed the book's lay-out is by Réka Király, a "blog friend". I could pick out any page, but here are some.
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Olen niin ihastunut uuteen Maija Poppaseen, kaunis kaunis kirja.

princess shoes

It is very funny to have her make the clacking sounds with her shoes. They were not a present but are quite new (souvenir from Spain). The socks are made by her great-grandmother. They are perfect for the too big shoes and winter.

Most photos from the last days are ugly yellow. The daylight moment is so short and then the light is quite blue, difficult season.

There were lots of presents, but V said the oven that Y made was the best present. Isn't that great. And she's been wearing the princess dress I made every day, even though it's very long, a bit unpractical.

The rest of my year will be spent right here, with a deadline on my shoulder. Keep me company!

have a nice one

I wish you a merry, peaceful, wonderful christmas!
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Hauskaa, rauhaisaa, ihanaa joulua kaikille!

some things made

I just finished making a Princess Dress for V. It's been in the making for quite a while, mostly inside my head, and her head too. It's a bit funny and maybe quite big too. Now I have only a tulle skirt and some knitting to finish.

These are some things I've made for V's pocket calendar. V got a "Ken" from my mum some time ago. He's a fashionista, wearing skinny jeans and a teeshirt (looks like diesel). He needed a sweater (#5). I used a real pattern and very small sticks. Then there is the Santa Lucia headpiece (#13). It was a quick decision to make one and I'm happy how it turned out. I didn't plan any candles (some people saw that as a problem...) Then there was the koala (#15). V wasn't completely happy, she thinks a koala should be grey.

I'm staying up too late again. I want to wrap some more and I have a dough to make. It feels nice to be in this mood.
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Illat jatkuu myöhään yöhön puuhastellessa. Se on mukavaa. Sain ihmeellisen mekkosen valmiiksi ja pakettiin piiloon. Nämä on joulukalenterin taskuissa olleita juttuja (nrot 5, 13 ja 15). Nyt paketoin vielä kaksi juttua ja teen piparitaikinan huomiseksi. Huomisen taskussa on oravapiparimuotti (näin sellaisen Liivialla).

helleborus

Ok, now I have a favourite christmas flower! It is a christmas rose, a rose that can actually bloom in winter time (I will plant it in the summer if it survives). I got it from my mum. V's picture calendar is supposed to be the story of christmas rose (Selma Lagerlöf), but so far I didn't find a story that would correspond to the pictures. It's pretty anyway. These 24 days go so quickly!

Little V broke my glasses this morning.
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Jouluruusu, uusi rakastettuni. Äiti antoi. V:n kuvakalenteri pohjautuu Selma Lagerlöfin samannimiseen tarinaan. En ole löytänyt sellaista tarinaa, johon kuvat liittyisivät. Nätti kalenteri silti. Maailman nopeimmat 24 päivää.

art makes sense/dolphins

V got 2 crayons in her calendar pocket, again. First there were "silber" and "umbra" on the 7th, today "gold" and "rotviolett".

Now I will go and wash a doll shirt I bought from the flea-market. She's staying over at my mum's, so the shirt has time to dry over the night.
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We saw "The Cove" and I'm thinking about dolphins all the time. I used to want to become a dolphin/whale researcher. (I would've wanted to skip studying and get straight into action.) A very exciting movie, brave people and such incredible cruelty and stupidness. Maybe you saw it already, maybe you didn't if you're in Japan. It feels so strange this takes place in such a rich and developed country. (Problems in this developed country too, fur farming for example.)
savejapandolphins
say NO to dolphin shows
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The Cove Yle Areenassa.