My Surprise Prezzy!

I loove surprises and was so happy to see a package in my mail box. It was my (belated) birthday present from my sister and I was so excited as I opened it..it has all my favorite things in it!

This was what was inside:

My new dress that my sis made for me.

I absolutely love the dress! The color, coral, is one of my favorites and the dress was exactly my size, which is awesome! I also really like the sleeve. The dress is perfect for the summer.

A card she made

When I saw this painting, I thought my sister had bought it from India, without me knowing. I saw this exact painting in a store in India and I was thinking of buying it, but I didn't because I had already bought another one. My sister had taken a picture and painted it for me. So talented and I would've never known it wasn't made by the original artist!

I love this guardian angel pendant that she sent to look over me <3

"Yellow balls", my favorite candy in the whole wide world!!! They have chocolate and liquorish inside. Läkerol is also another favorite candy, which is not really a candy..it's sugar-free.

Thank you sis I loved everything!

-Jennine

Shrove Sunday

Whew! What a hectic week it was! I had night shift once again and it just flew by. The weeks just go by so fast it's almost scary. Anyway, a few days ago I caved in and bought a few new clothes and a pair of shoes (I'm trying to save money) but I think everyone should treat themselves every now and again, right? I know there's still a lot of snow on the ground but I couldn't help myself and bought stuff that's more suitable for warmer weathers.

From h&m

Matching! Haha.. And no, I didn't set this up I promise you, he just got curious.
The hat is from Bijou Brigitte and the shoes from Zara

From h&m

I also finally finished Patisse's dress, so she came over last night to try it on. This is what the dress ended up looking like:

Finally done! Now I can move on to the next project (a white lace dress for myself and a shirt for my sister).

Yesterday I remembered that tomorrow is Laskiainen (Shrove Sunday) which meant I just had to bake laskiaispullia (buns that everyone eats on the holiday). I made half with Nutella whipped cream because for some crazy reason my brother doesn't like the normal kind, but they were really good too!

It's also a tradition to go sledging so maybe I should do that too! We're also celebrating by having a Stieg Larsson movie marathon with my friends. I have to see what the hype's about.

-Suvi

Singer 401

For a couple of years now (four to be exact) I've been making a lot of my own clothes. It actually started when I was about 16 years old. I was going through some boxes in our attic, when I came across an old sewing machine and about 5 boxes of different kinds of fabrics. I started sewing immediately. I watched sewing tutorials on youtube and printed a lot of patterns from different websites, which helped me out quite a lot. When my parents saw that I really loved sewing and did it every chance I got, they surprised me with my very own sewing machine for my birthday.

My first sewing machine. It was really old but at least it worked.

I love making clothes for myself for so many reasons. An obvious one being that it's nice to have something that's unique and self-made. I can feel proud when I wear something I spent hours making. I also save a lot of money buying fabrics instead of clothes. Another reason it's good to know how to make my own clothes is that my arms and legs are quite long, so at times it's really hard for me to find clothes that fit perfectly, so when I sew for myself, they do. The thing I still love the most is that for me, sewing is like meditation. It's calming and it helps me clear my head. I've been meaning to take some sewing classes for the longest time now, so that I could learn more about techniques and stuff like that, but I just haven't gotten around to it. It would be so nice to have my own clothing line someday, but for now I'm just going to continue sewing for myself and my friends.

Here are a few pictures of some of the clothes I've made:

A skirt I made last winter

Yeah, I guess I really liked that fabric..

My sister lost her favorite pair of shorts so I tried to make a replica of them for her birthday.

I wanted a peach-colored one shoulder dress for my graduation party, so I came up with this:

My next projects

There are so many clothes I have to get finished (including my sisters birthday present!!) but there just aren't enough hours in a day. Hopefully during the upcoming weekend I'll get some of the work done.