Sick.

Sick again, caught a cold from DH (and DD). Been a bad blogger and a worse scrapper. Nothing new to show... But I promise, soon there will be something for me to post and for you to see. Have faith :)

Outbox.

My outbox has four fun letters ready to go; I whipped up a little Valentine's day-challenge and will be sending out four heart-shaped puzzles to be used in altered art-projects. Keep an eye on your mail :)

I also joined Postcrossing, thanks to Stello. My first two cards are ready to go to Slovenia and Russia!

You spin me round.

Go check out the TOTP charts this week, yes, it's Dead or Alive. One of my all time favourite songs, for no other reason than that it makes me smile. A lot.

Old work

ATCs, again. This is old work but I don't think I've posted them yet.

Counter

I added a counter to this little blog of mine, just to see if anyone ever visited. Do drop me a line if you do :) Pretty please?

Seasons

ATCs I did for a four seasons swap. Ran out of UTEE, used regular embossing powder insted, it doesn't quite do the job... And for some peculiar reason, I could't get them in the right order on the scanner, lol!

Stuck.

I'm stuck with our travel album from last summer. The photos are so cute, mostly of DD enjoying her first trip to Germany. I got the album, I got the papers but I can't get past the journalling... darn. I can feel the journalling, but when I try to get it into words... blank.

Sing along

Highly recommended singalong song for any occassion really: Twisted Transistor by Korn. Hey you...

Shh, listen to the sound of silence...

DH and DD are visiting grandparents', so it's pretty quiet around here at the moment!Ahh, the blissful sound of silence. I think I will go and put on some loud music now!

Cleaning the desk...

or more like digging it out, lol! I'm doing a fun (and useful) organisational challenge at about.com and here's my first task, clearing my space.

Before:



After:

Almost 2006...

Can't believe how fast the year has gone by! During the past few years I've refused to make any new year's resolutions, but I will try to do the following in 2006:

• iron work clothes (at least every now and then)
• keep my craft stuff under control
• not to buy any cute stuffed animals for DD (don't tell her, pls)
• make and send more cards

Let it snow!

Not too many words needed here, give a 5-year-old kid warm clothes, tons of snow and a sledge :) All this snow is right on our backyard!

The importance of friends

I'm having a mellow moment here (as in "made gentle by age or experience", not like I'm drinking in the afternoon) :)

I cleared out the dinner table and read again the numerous Christmas cards we received this year, many of them handmade by the wonderful ladies I've met online in various craft forums. Thank you ladies, you rock!

Also, a big thanks to my real life friends for being there for me when needed: K., J., H., M., G., A. and others. Dunno what I'd do or be without you.

*sigh*

Ok, back to real life now, must hang laundry and get DD from daycare! 9 days off from work and daycare, the holidays are here!!

Christmas panic?

Aha, no panic (really!) in our household. I've bought all the five presents I'm giving this year (one to DH, 3 to DD and one for them to share) and I've told Santa's little helper that all I need is peace and quiet!

DD doesn't buy the Santa thing anymore, a couple of weeks ago she asked me "mom, is there really a Santa?". I asked her what she thought and she let out a big sigh and said "mom, I'm afraid there's no real Santa". I confirmed her fears but she didn't really break down or anything, she just wanted to know if things go on as before. She gets to wish for one "big" present which Santa brings, or from now on, mommy and daddy buy, and all the rest comes from relatives. She gets averages at about 7 presents a year. And her big present this year is the silly little battery operated dog, Doggy. I'm not sure how our cat will feel about it!

But, I'm almost ready to face the holidays, need to stock up on candy and coffee and maybe go rent a few movies!

Happy holidays!!

5!

Likka on nyt 5-v. Ei kuulemma tunnu erilaiselta. Lahjapaketteja sattui olemaan viisi, kun paketoin kaiken erikseen, nyt se luulee että ens vuonna tulee kuusi pakettia. Oho.


DD's 5th b-day! Can't believe it... She says she doesn't feel any different yet. I may have made a costly mistake when I wrapped all her little pressies in individuals parcels, they added up in five pressies and now she thinks she will get six next year!! Eek! LOL!

Sick and tired.

I've been pretty much out of it for the past week, a nasty cold hit me. Feeling a little better now, even managed to finish my second patch of Christmas cards -- I have now 40+ ready to go! Supersimple designs, mind you!

Here is my little helper, Aksu the Cat. He likes to steal my UM stamps and loves it whenever I take out any fibers.

Finally Friday!

We have officially started our weekend; DD and I baked a cake for Father's Day (Sunday), I've sort of thought about taking out the vacuum cleaner, and I had two huge cups of coffee. Ain't life great?!

I'm taking out my distress inks later on today, I wanna try them on wood (no not on the floors, but on some old cheapo photo frames). Cross your fingers, sometimes my great visions come out as great flops.

Suomeksi or in English?

Sain postia satunnaiselta blogini seuraajalta (hui, joku lukee tätä ;)) ja kysymys kuului: "Miksi käytät kahta kieltä ilman selkeää logiikkaa tai syytä?" Hyvä kysymys! Tässä sekalaisia selityksiä:

• Olen oppinut skrappaamisen englanniksi amerikkalaisilta nettiystäviltä ja netistä yleensäkin.
• Minulla on paljon ystäviä, jotka eivät osaa suomea.
• Teen töitä englanniksi, ajattelen kahdella kielellä, kirjoitan sujuvammin englanniksi kuin suomeksi.
• En vain ole looginen??

Alussa koitin tehdä postaukset molemmilla kielillä, se vie liikaa aikaa. Postaan sillä kielellä, joka sattuu olemaan päällä kun asia tulee mieleeni. Toivottavasti tämä ei aja ainoaa lukijaa pois!

--- Change of language---

One of the people who follow this blog (hopefully not the only one though) emailed me and asked why do I use both English and Finnish and why my choice of language for each entry follows no apparent logic. Those who know me IRL know that logic and I don't go together!

But on a more serious note; I learned about scrapbooking from a dear online friend and she introduced me to the amazing community at about.com where the common language is English. I have tons of friends who don't speak Finnish and some of them might be interested in my going-ons. I work in English, I think both in English and Finnish and I'm maybe just a wee bit more fluent writer in English. Or maybe I just wish I was?

If you scroll back to the early entries, you'll see I tried to use both languages. Too much work. Now I just write in the language that pops up. Apologies if it bothers you!

Aikuisten oikeesti!!

Millä todennäköisyydellä kodinkoneiden kirjosta vähiten käytetty hajoaa juuri silloin kun saan loistavan idean? Äitini vanha oranssi ompelukone 1970-luvulta on rikki. Kumma kyllä en sitten osannutkaan korjata alalangansyöttösysteemiä-tai-mikä-se-onkaan. En osaa ommellakaan kuin paperia. En taida kehdata mennä kauppaan ostamaan konetta, jonka ainoa kriteeri olisi, että sillä pystyy ompelemaan kartonkia...

Onneksi en koskaan heitä mitään pois, sillä löysin alakerran varastosta pienen käsimallisen ompeluvärkin, ei siis neulaa ja lankaa, vaan semmoisen paristokäyttöisen härvelin, jonka paketissa luvataan että "onnistut ommellen". Jospa huomenna olisi jotain näytettävää tästä projektista!

Oh I changed the blog's name

I seem to have renamed this blog again -- I wonder why I can't find a title that would please me. Maybe it's just because it's Monday?

Again, a bit of my old work, sets for a tag-swap. How very pink of me!