Men's park

I haven't had any time to do Christmas shopping this year because of all the uni work. Nevertheless I know that shopping with men can be a bit difficult sometimes. My husband is pretty good to go shopping with but sometimes you just wish that you could go alone. For example if you're walking in a clothe shop, you have a shadow who's walking right behind you and comes everywhere you go. Every turn you make and every little thing you look at even though you have no intention buying it, the shadow is there. 

The reason I'm thinking of these things is because I got the coolest idea the other week. We went to celebrate one of our friends birthday to a climbing hall. (You can see where this is going, can't you) There were two wives (me being one of them) and the rest were the manly kind of humans. And the men, they loved the place. We liked it too, but when we thought we were done, they would have just wanted to keep going. 

So.. wouldn't it be a great idea to create a little men's park into the shopping centers. Just like the one's they have for kids. But next to it one for men! See how much fun they had.

And yes it was like being little children again. "Can't we stay more minutes longer, just 5 more minutes. I'll go only once more."

Pienelle tytölle - For a little girl

Parhaan ystäväni pieni tyttö sai nimen viime sunnuntaina (ja mikä ihana nimi se onkaan). Tietenkin minun piti tehdä jotain hänelle. Päätin tehdä jotain lämmintä nyt kun talvi vaan tuntuu kylmenevän ja kylmenevän. Tein näitä hieman kiireessä ja ainoa mikä onnistui oli tuo ristipisto ja kirjonnat. Jos katsot oikein tarkkaa seuraavaa kuvaa (eikä välttämättä siis tarvitse) niin huomaa nuo virheet. Huh huh, kaikki siis vain sen takia, että en osannut tehdä päätöksiä ja sitten kun olin päätökseni tehnyt, päätinkin muuttaa ideaa ja kaikki meni mönkään. Joka tapauksessa pipo ja tumput silti toimivat ja pitävät pienen tytön lämpimänä ja se on tärkeintä.

My best friend's little girl got a name last Sunday (and what a beautiful name it is). Of course I had to make something for her and as the winter seems to be getting colder and colder I had to make something that will keep her warm. Pretty much the only thing that was successful was the cross stitch and embroidery. I was in a hurry to make these so i stuffed up because I couldn't make decisions. So if you look at the next pictre very closely (no need to necessary) you'll be able to spot the faults. Nevertheless they still work and fit and will keep her warm which is the most important thing.

Onko jo joululahjat tehtynä? Itselläni taitaa tulla kiire, kun en ole ehtinyt aloittamaankaan. Kymmenen päivää enää.

Have you done all your presents already? I know I'll be in a hurry, because I haven't had time to start yet. Ten days till Christmas.

Christmas cards, the ones Emma made with me

I love things that kids make (unless if they are made out of macaroni and it's not eatable) so now that I have my own, I obviously want to involve her in as many things as possible. So this years Christmas cards look like this. Emma liked when I painted her foot and I liked making trees out of them. Then my husband was so effective (too effective) and put almost all of them into their envelopes before I got to take a picture. I was left with only the dodgiest ones but oh well such is life. You get the point anyway.

I am so horribly busy with my masters thesis in uni at the moment that I feel like crying. I have hardly any time for anything else. So of course we were almost too late to send these cards (yes today was the last day) but they are on their way. I also made some more artistic ones (if you can call them that) and they are found here.

10 days till Christmas. Are you ready? I know I'm not, so better get started.

P.s. go and check this blog out (if you haven't already). She makes everything with her kids. Love it!

Joulukortteja - Christmas cards

Tänä vuonna (niin kuin kaikkina muinakin) ideoita joulukorteiksi oli useita. Kaksi ideaa kaatui siihen ettemme omista tulostinta ja lopulta päädyin piirtämään näitä puita. Tykkään toki näistäkin kovasti. Pinkki ja sininen ovat omat suosikkini, vaikka eivät ehkä ole kauhean jouluiset. Mikä väri on sinusta paras?

This year (like all the other years) I had many ideas for Christmas cards. I had to abandon two of my first ideas because we don't have a printer and in the end I ended up drawing these trees. I like these a lot, the pink and the blue are my favorite even though I don't know how Christmassy they are. Which colour tree is your favorite?

Itsenäisyyspäiväksi - For Independence day

Tässä täksi itsenäisyyspäiväksi valmistunutta. 

Tykkään näistä kovasti!

Muita perheemme itsenäisyyspäivän toivotuksia löytyy täältä. 

Hyvää itsenäisyyspäivää kaikille!

Here done for this Independence day.

I love these a lot!

Other Independence wishes from our family are found here.

Happy Finnish Independence day for everyone!

Team Finland wishes happy independence day

This independence day we made Finlands.

Mummy has an Australia shirt so she wasn't allowed in the picture.

True Finns own a Finnish shirt.

Happy independence day to everyone!

Talvi kylmenee ja me tarvitsemme lämpimämpiä pipoja. Kotona ei ollut kuin mustaa ja sinistä fleeceä, enkä viitisinyt lähteä tätä nopeaa pientä pipoa varten ostamaan muutakaan. Koska musta nyt on vähän synkkä pienelle neidille, niin päätin piristää sitä pienellä kukkasella. Nopea ja helppo tekoinen, kuvattava ei vaan edelleenkään osaa pysyä paikallaan kuvissa. Tai ehkä se on kuvaajan vika.

The winter is getting colder and we need more warm beanies. I had only black and blue fabric and I didn't want to go to the shop to get some other colour just for this little beanie. Because black is pretty dark for a little lady, I decided to chear it up a bit with a little flower. Isn't it lovely, and so easy and quick to make. Unfortunately my model can't stay still.