Living Room

I just finished the last hand-ins for my University this year. I am all worn out and I haven't had the time to set myself into the Christmas mood at all. Such a shame cos I really enjoy the feeling of waiting for that mysterious day (that changed into just an ordinary day ever since I was 13 I suppose)!

This year I'm spending the holiday with my mister's family in Hamburg but I thought it'd be nice to show some of the wintery outfit of my mother's cottage in Finland. I heard from an Italian exchange student once that Finnish people are crazy when it comes to lighting and lamps in a room. Looking at my mom's interior deco I cannot help but smile in agreement. More is more!

I reckon I won't be posting a thing while in Hamburg so I'd like to wish you all
a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2014!

Sisko Sisilisko

My beautiful, smart and witty lil sister ain't so little anymore. Gosh how I miss her!

Presents before Christmas

I've been yearning for a this kind of paper star ever since I first saw them at the Hamburg christmas market. They seem to be pretty common in Germany but I am deeply amazed every time they catch my eye.

The reason why I haven't gotten myself one is because I cannot choose. Not the colour, not the pattern, the size or the amount of cusps. After a long battle and diskussion at the Darmstadt market, I however managed to buy one for my mother for her birthday. Naturally I took the biggest, brightest and richest (in glitter and cuts) for my favourite person!

Handwork worth of all the love and money, I think.

Whats going On

Yeah so I'm a blogger failure but believe me my life keeps it's hectic pace. I've been working at the University till 5am for 3 times this week already, answered emails, letters, been to a photoshoot, bought christmas presents, done sport, babysitting, work, met with a friend and fought my way through a loooong To-Do-list today. Christmas time isn't easy I tell you!

Right now I need to get some sleep before I wake up to finish packing. I'm going home to Finland for a couple of days tomorrow! I can't wait!

Cheerios

Autumn Break

About a month ago my mother came to visit me in Hessen for the first time. During those four days I showed her around where I live, study, eat, work and shop in Darmstadt. Sadly I always forgot to carry the camera with me so the only proof of her holiday are these pictures of Marburg, where we visited my boyfriend for a day.

I love sharing stuff with my mom and the fact that she's equally easy to impress with anything new and exciting. I was much reminded of myself seeing Marburg for the first time, as mom was squeaking "Ihana!" (meaning "Lovely!" in Finnish) for  about a thousand times and to the tiniest of everyday things. It makes you feel warm and happy to see someone so openly -almost childishly- appreciate and rejoice life.

During this week I ate enourmously well as I needed to show my mom all my favourite restaurants and cafes of course, meaning that we ate out twice a day! Sounds extravagant but for someone who's used to the ridiculously high Finnish-Price-Rates, a dinner for two in Germany turns out a bargain! Not to mention the oh-so-lovely interiours..

 

It has taken me ages to work through these photos because I counciously try to avoid looking at pictures of my family when I'm in Germany. I suffer from homesickness quite freaquently close to Christmas and it feels a bit easier when you "hide" those images and longing and try to concentrate on the everyday life. It seems surreal to see my mom in the pictures of Marburg or at my University. It's like parallel universes colliding!

Thank you mom for spending some wonderful days with me! Shopping, chatting, sightseeing, travelling and dining with you gave me strength to pull this Semester trough. I'm glad we got to visit my work, my Uni, my boyfriend and a Spa together. You inspire me and I was happy you met my friends who mean so much to me.
I feel proud when they say we are alike because you are the most beautiful person I've ever met. Inside and out. I love you.

Soyeah Choco Ice Cream

So yeah, this is a short report of the Ice Cream in question. I had a sudden craving for ice cream lately and ended up buying the cheapest soy product available for 3,95 euros. Pricey if you compare it to the regular milk ice cream but a) why should I stuff myself numb with cheap stuff anyways and  b) as ridiculous as it sounds I did feel like saving the world by investing into a soy product like this haha

The package is as cute as it gets and being an aesthetic I was naturally drawn to choose this out of the other less merry options. My joy was even greater when I opened the lid and discovered it's happy little face smiling at me. Coincidence?  
I think not!

The texture and the looks were the same as in the animal version but I still wasn't too convinced about the taste. I was expecting at least chocolate chips of some kind but sadly all I got was frozen soy milk. Nothing new, not a bit creamy. Bummer.
Soyeah is edible but not as mind-blowing as chocolate ice cream should be at it's best. I suppose I'll have to invest in some other brand in the future. I'd still recommend in giving it a try tho.

Have a great week buddies!

Fairy for One Night

Last Saturday I attended a Halloween party with a Fairytale theme. I kept asking people for about a week for ideas for what I should dress up as and most of them answered without much of a hesitation -a fairy of course! Thus I decided to build myself these wings from metal wire and stockings. I painted the pattern with blue spray colour and black textile paint. The process took about half a day.

Sadly somebody fell in love with my wings at the party and stole them while I was helping a friend in need. Doesn't that just piss you off! I feel very upset, angry, and disappointed about the human nature -what kind of person does such a thing at a friend's home party???

Anyways I try to keep positive, thinking that I can easily make a new pair for myself and no-one will be able to take that skill away from me. Maybe the process of designing, building and painting was actually the most fun!

Jack-O-Oh-O

Have I mentioned how I actually looove Halloween? Not the trick-or-treating or the cheap costumes but the way one loves scary stories and Tim Burton films. Autumn is my favourite season and I'm always in for any reason for a special celebration day during the gloomy time of the year.

Last weekend I decided to carve a Jack-O Lantern with my buddy Nils. I'd seen those big fat pumpkins at his nearby supermarket few weeks earlier and knew already then that I just had to get my hands on one! With the support of cool music, munchies and some soft drinks we then created a superior lantern and an ass load of soup.

Oh yeah, we also salted and fried some pumpkin seeds in the oven cos we didn't want to throw anything of the veggie king away. Google nor I recommend doing this tho, since the seeds aren't really digestable and you tend to get a tummy ache afterwards. I suppose you ought to remove the outer shell first but I have no idea how that's supposed to work. Nils couldn't.

Don't be afraid of Nils, his identity is just badly photoshopped haha

Our Jack-O turned out pretty bad ass right?