Sometimes you gotta smudge

My art teacher used to tell us not to smudge the picture with our fingers when drawing, and ever since I have tried to follow her advice. But this time, after a loooong while, I slipped and I smudged. And boy, did it feel good :D I got myself a new sketchbook a while back and now I finally got it started with this picture that I drew from some old issue of Tush-magazine.

It's almost Christmas and I'm getting excited - hope you're having a nice pre-Christmas time as well :)

-Maria

Santa and I

Bought all the presents, saw the Santa, did the small Christmas elfs and ate some good cheeses with my bu.

<3

D

Inspired by Tove Jansson

One of my favourite books is The Book about Moomin, Mymble and Little My (Kuinkas sitten kävikään) by Tove Jansson. I got it for Christmas 1992 and at that time it felt exciting and a little bit scary. Now that I kind of found it again, I realized how great art it is: there are windows through pages that make the next/previous page part of the illustration, brilliant!

I got this silly idea to dress after the book's illustration and colors, and here is the first outfit. It was this vintage blouse that fit perfectly for the colour board and it has a knot on the collar, just like Little My :) The fur I had to add there because of the cold, and I think it takes the feeling to the 70's which is kinda funny. The lace-up shoes (typical to Little My) are vintage.

Have a nice weekend :)

-Maria

(The Book about Moomin, Mymble and Little My, Finnish translation published 1952 by WSOY)

Winter, snow, happy happy

View from my window today at 1 pm, the days are so short...

This weekend I've been taking it easy. Yesterday I went for a walk because of the perfect winter weather, today I made delicious apple pancakes for breakfast and then spent pretty much the whole day at the same spot drawing (finally!). I'll show you the final outcome later on :)

-Maria

Tokyo ry:n perinteiset joulumyyjäiset @ Lume

Today I visited a market with my talented friend Amanda (check out her blog here). It's a traditional event before Christmas where students of Aalto University - School of Art and Design Helsinki are selling their pieces of art: graphics, textiles, glass and ceramics, jewelry, paintings etc.

This is something I got: "Rapua rapua" -necklace by Pohatta Design. I really like the colour and the fact that the designer has found a way to make use of something that normally gets thrown away as waste.

If you're in Helsinki this weekend, I recommend you check this happening out. It's open until Sunday 28th between 9 am and 6 pm at Media Centre Lume (TaiK building), Hämeentie 135 C, Helsinki. You get there by trams 6 and 8 or buses 68, 71 and 74 for example.

Have a nice weekend!

-Maria

Nude silk/pre Christmas party

small pancakes with cava

I always tell everyone to follow they intuition when it comes to choosing the right clothes. When you get the "ooooooh I GOT to have that" feeling, you know that you gotta have that piece. When I saw this nude silk shirt I new rigth away that it was a destiny for us to meet. And yes, I had that WOW feeling right away after seeing the shirt. These pics are from few days back when we celebrated the coming Christmas in a cottage. Ate a lot, had a great laughs and enjoyed the company.

- D xx

We complete each other

Zara lookbook October: D's Cape and my trousers. We split the trends ;)

-Maria

I wanna be a Jedi Knight

Snow storm in Helsinki and all mental powers needed to stay awake and going. I think I'll need to cook me a cup of steaming glögi with raisins and almonds.

Today's inspiration took me to weird places and the result was something between a Jedi and Rick Owens... In my mind I had this photo from my inspiration-folder, found myself very jealous to this man for his unbelievable hair genes.

-Maria

(Soaked necklace Youth vs. Future, trousers KappAhl, scarf Zara, jacket Lindex and rings Weekday and by Merja. Pics by me and Stockholm Streetstyle)

a lost cat in the headlights

As you can see through the glass behind me, it is finally winter in Helsinki. I absolutely love love love winter - as long as there's snow. I'm afraid the rain and darkness are gonna come back sooner than I can prepare myself for, but at least today I got to wear my cat-beanie to keep my ears warm. Happy days, already getting myself into the Christmas mood.

Have a nice week everyone, hope you're having a winter weather to your liking!

-Maria

ps. At the moment I couldn't be happier about the outsoles the cobbler attached to these boots, I haven't been slipping almost at all on my way to work!

(beanie River Island, faux fur vest Vila, trousers Zara, jacket made by myself, Acne Pistol boots)

H&M/Lanvin couture show in NY

pics via http://jakandjil.com/, http://stylebykling.tv4.se/

- D 

Home inspiration/Pamela Love

pics via http://afterdrk.freshnet.se

- D

Model diary- Doutzen Kroes

Rihanna & NY

Hysteria

Oh yes, finally got me the Aqua Hysteria -dress that I've been dreaming of ever since last spring! I happened to be so lucky that I got the very last piece in my size from Aqua online store and yesterday I received it only after two days' waiting! It is just as stunning as I had imagined, though working out a bit more wouldn't hurt. Luckily it suits better for spring/summer parties so I'll have some time ;)

Proper images when I get my photographer back to the city, apologies for hurting your eyes and delicate minds with a mirror-pose.

-Maria

(dress by Aqua)

Working girl

I've been a decent hard-working girl all week so now I'm gonna start a well deserved weekend. Have a great weekend!

-Maria

ps. Don't you adore D's drawing in the previous post, it's amazing!

Grey on

Wool sweater saves my day! and got this necklase from dad<3

My new inspiring book and some good dark chocolate

So started drawing again, it has been quite a while from the last time. Tomorrow I`m leaving for a mini vacation so I`ll put more pics here at the end of the week!

- D

Rainy afternoon

Since I have absolutely no time for shopping at the moment I had to come up with some kind of version of my fall uniform for today. Even though I look like a pissed off raccoon in the picture, I think this outfit turned out pretty well. At the moment it'll continue working as a shield as I'll go now to school after a long day at work. School at this hour - not my cup of tea.

Hopefully others are having it a bit better :)

-Maria

(tube scarf AmericanApparel, trousers KappAhl, knit Ginatricot, shoes second hand, rings Weekday and By Mervi)

En el tren

Got this from my mum<3

Got my new winter coat on and came once again to Rovaniemi . It`s really pretty and white here, and I`m super excited about my new book of Finnish artist that I got from the sale yesterday!!!

- D

For a tired fall day

For busy times when you just need to make it through the day I wish I had these to wear. Something soft and relaxed with simple accessories would work for me.

-Maria

(knit Weekday, necklace Fashionology, rings Asos, scarf Alexander McQueen, trousers Diana Orving for Weekday, shoes Proenza Schouler)

Black leather makes everything look cooler

cape Zara
leather jacket from Hong Kong
shirt H&M

- D