LAZY DAY GOOD FRIDAY WITH AVOCADO SOUP

Have you waited eagerly the Easter vacation? I have. Lazy Friday is the best what you can have. I hope you have a lovely long weekend ahead of you. I have had a very interesting week. So many things has happened. Or maybe not yet happened but many ideas were born and I can't wait to get making them! We also have a small kitchen facelift at our workspace going on so I can't wait to see it ready!

This week I had a guest from Berlin. Pauliina is a journalist and blogger behind the food blog Boiling Under. We decided to try cold avocado soup while having very interesting conversations - so interesting that time just ran out and we had to hurry to airport :) and the rest of her travelling is history. Awful storm in Berlin brought the plane back to Finland after 2 aborted landings. People was sick of fear. But they are safe now. 

Well, back to the avocado soup. Recipe was from here. It is in Finnish and it's a very very basic recipe so we changed and added some ingredients. I think you can do the soup without recipe only by knowing the ingredients. We made dairy free version of it so we used oat iMat fraishe from Oatly. We tested the soup with soy yogurt too but we liked the oat better. I also changed the lemon to sea-buckthorn juice because I can't eat lemon or other citrus fruits. So we made two versions of the soup :)

Ingredients you need:

avocado
cucumber
garlic
some water
lemon or sea-buckthorn
Turkish Yogurt or oat iMat fraishe
salt and pepper

...we added fresh coriander and I think that was a very good choise. If we have had time a bit more I would have toasted seeds like sunflower or pumpkin. You just blend all together with hand blender. Very easy and of course you have to taste when the soup is ready. I also think one should try this soup with adding a bit chili there...

And yes we had to photograph it :) It was cold already so it was ok to shoot some time. Of course fresh coriander start to wilt.

Later that evening I made tea and ate delicious cookies I got from Pauliina. She had bought them from Cafe Suvanto...I think. Evening light was beautiful too.

On Wednesday we were working in the workspace's kitchen and yesterday we started to paint it and I also made something I had planned for awhile. I visited great vintage/antique shop in Hyvinkää. I have this thing calle vintage madness or something like that ;) I found some treasures as you can see. Props for food and lifestyle pics. Now I also have the official espresso cup, haha. It is the blue and white mocha cup and the plate in picture. Actually it is very old and it's  made by Arabia. Design is called Maisema - Landscape. It is made in 1930-1940's - my newest treasure. You can't find these very easily. I also bought some old fabrics and yesterday evening I went through Pinterest to get some ideas to make something.

So here we are back in this Friday. I wish you a very calm and beautiful Easter days! Let's hope we see the sun too :)

xoxo

Kreetta

BACKDROP - ATMOSPHERE

I love feeling. Beauty. A moment. Atmosphere. 

But how to create the one you want? I made two backdrops for this week's commercial food photoshooting. This one that you can see here in this picture we didn't use - yet. I wanted to try it with these stylish Arabia cups and plates with Rörstrand plates. I couldn't resist the evening light. 

Have a great weekend my friend! 

xoxo 

Kreetta

Is It Vintage - Emilia

I'm telling you again about Raija Uosikkinen and Arabia. You know me. I love vintage and good design in old tableware. Design is Emilia. It is made in 1950's and it's decoration was inspired by Raija Uosikkinen's aunt's life in America. 

My cup is missing the plate and it's also a little bit broken. I got it with very cheap price at one flea market. I think this cup is sweet with delicate charm. 

Usually I like to photograph in daylight - aren't we all - but this time I decided to photograph late in the evening. Or actually it was almost twelve o'clock at night. I wanted to use light what we have here in Finland this time of the year. Amazing light.

I was making also ice cream but it's not in the cup, as you see...I ate it already. Have to do a new one and photograph it!

There's something magical in this light.

xo

Kreetta

Is It Vintage - Easter with Jupiter

New posting series comes here: Is It Vintage. It will come out once in the month but not always the same way. I thought it would be great to begin your week with Jupiter. They are designed by talented designer and artisan Raija Uosikkinen. She worked as a decorator and designer for Arabia in 1947 - 1986. Jupiter was manufactured in the years 1960-67 and Arabia is very Finnish brand. You can find almost all her production here. If you want to know a little about Raija Uosikkinen, it´s here. And if you feel you want to buy some old Finnish tableware you can find it here. If you are interested about new Arabia, it's here. If you are interested in older Arabia by designer(valitse suunnittelija), decoration(valitse koriste) or stamp (valitse leima), you find great information here. It's only in Finnish but you need only few words and I've written them after english versions, see above...Ok? Hopefully. Do ask if not.

Yes, now we get back to oh, so wonderful Jupiter! You might already know my love to vintage and old things. Well, here's some ideas to your Easter table setting. Feathers, flowers and unbleached cotton fabric.

 

Easy and light. Voilà. Wonderful Easter!

xo

Kreetta

Sunnuntain suosikit - Sunday snapshots

What can I say… the best day ever is Sunday…when sun is shining and nature is waking up after winter. Here is collage of my weekend: flowers, beans for dinner, great candy from Ekorrens Ekologiska, decoration birds, DIY cushion decorated by old-fashioned carpet rags and the last but not the least…I did a wonderful find: Jupiter china by Arabia. Designer is Raija Uosikkinen and she made these lovely creatures in the 1960’s. They were in production between years 1960-1967. I’ve been looking for them for a while (years!!) and now I found them and the price was reasonable! 

So what can I say. Thank you! And I wish you found something special too!  

Viikonlopun kruunasi aurinkoinen sunnuntai. Päivä kului puuhailuun ulkona pihatöissä ja tilojen keväisessä koristelussa. Vähän ehdin siis piipertämäänkin. Saldona myös tyynynpäällinen, jonka koristelin matonkuteeksi tarkoitetuilla kangassoiroilla ja parilla napilla. Söötti tuli – ehkä liiankin söötti meidän kotiimme – sille siis pitää löytää uusi koti. Ruokalistalla oli papuja. Liotus yön yli ja keittäminen. Ei ole kiireisen kokin juttu. Maistui kyllä. Ja ruokahetkeä ilostutti ystävämme tuomat tulppaanit parhaimmassa loistossaan. Jälkiruokana laiskalle uutuuskarkkia suoraan Ruotsinmaalta: Ekorrens Ekologiska. Loistavia polkupyörän muotoisia karkkeja! Ekologisuus yleensä ei ole maun tae karkeissa mutta näissä oli! Ja täydellä vatsalla oli kiva ihailla kirpparilöytöjä: Arabian Jupiter –astioita. Jupiterin suunnitteli Arabialle Raija Uosikkinen 1960-luvulla. Niitä valmistettiin vuodesta 1960 vuoteen 1967. Löytö oli mahtava! Todellinen etsivä palkittiin. Monta vuotta niitä olen jahdannut ja sopuhinnalla vielä olen uusi onnellinen omistaja. 

Ihan paras sunnuntai!  

Sinun vanhasi on minun uutta - My new is your old one

Löysin upeaa materiaalia tuleviin projekteihini! Kivoja vanhoja juttuja ja jopa vintagea - uutta ja käytettyä. Lasku pääsiäiseen on siis alkanut. Niin on myös pääsiäisprojektit. Tulkoon keltainen!

Oh, I found some beautiful material to my forthcoming projects! Pretty old things and vintage. Easter is coming and I can't wait to start my projects tomorrow that I can show you them before…

Yellow is back!

Kuvassa myös Arabian Ara tuotannon kukkaruukku - There´s also Arabia Ara product in the picture.