Lovely North - Rovaniemi - My Sweet Rollo

Travelled to Northern Finland by train. Rovaniemi my beloved Rollo. I studied there many years ago but still found friends there. 

We love flea finds, good food and company.

Pleasant lunch at kahvila Kauppayhtiö.

Design finds at Hih-Hi shop next to Kauppayhtiö.

Sightseeing in Rovaniemi. Funny sign or is it? Behind it there is a famous brigde called Jätkänkynttilä.

Next stop Ivalo.

xo
Kreetta

Vintage love Paris

If you love vintage, antique - old things, this is the place to be in Paris. Marché aux puces de Paris/ Saint Ouen is a place where you can find anything!

Metal. Font.

Design. Circus. Black and white.

Color. Raw. Garden.

Surface. Pattern. Table.

Wooden cutting board. Country. Copper.

Ceramic. Old glass.

Sea shell. Decoration. Prop.

Striped underskirt. Vintage clothing. Adorable! 7 and 9 rue Jules Vallès, Marché Jules Vallès you can find a diamond. A vintage shop where you can find a lot of old ribbons, buttons, lace, threads, fabric, clothing.

Wow, what a place. So much to see and touch! We didn't have time to look everywhere. One more reason to go back to Paris! Totally loved the place. Next post will be about streets and places in Paris, where we enjoyed the spring. 

Have a lovely Saturday evening!

xo

Kreetta

Is It Vintage - Cloth Pins

Just because of the package. Font love. Vintage. Green.

I wonder how old are these? The package is lovely. Simple and ordinary things can look beautiful. I think I bought these lovely ones from flea market. I've been in so many places that it is hard to remember where I bought and what I bought...I've noticed that this Is It Vintage post series is my favorite. What do you think about it?

Friday - the first day at work was full of new things. Tomorrow it will all begin in real speed and I sure you it takes time to get use to it.

I wish you very a creative and wonderful week!

xo
Kreetta

Recycling respect ! Kierrätys kunniaan!

One week ago I made a comment in one Finnish blog called Suvi sur le vif and the answer to me was - kierrätys kunniaan! It means recycling respect! ...well, I admit that is very free translation of it. But it was a very good reminder to me what my blog is all about. You may not know it because I really haven't clearly pointed it out. I will tell you now.

making candles from used tallow

Kirjoitin Suvi sur le vif blogiin kommentin ja hänen vastauksensa Kierrätys kunniaan! kitetytti hyvin oman toimintani ytimen, jonka olin itsekin jo hassusti unohtanut, koska se on minulle itsestäänselvyys. Samalla tajusin, että tuskinpa sinä, joka luet blogiani tiedät minulle tärkeistä asioista, jos en niistä kerro.(...jatkuu suomeksi postauksen lopussa)

earrings from old paper clips

The main rule in my handmade products is that I use vintage, old and used materials as much as possible. Of course sometimes I can't find everything used or old so I have to buy some new materials and combine them together. Secondly I also love old fashioned things - they just look prettier than new ones usually...and often they are made more carefully and they even might be handmade. 

lovely old ribbons and easter cards found in Ronneby, Sweden

And let's not forget that I love handmade. I have used so many hours to find all these wonderful materials and things that it is better not to count the time I've used. Of course it is my hobby so I enjoy it. I attend auctions and for example in summer 2011 we went to Sweden by car with my husband and we drove around and visited in so many flea markets and antique shops. It was so wonderful. Swedish countryside is very beautiful and in Sweden they have a little bit more interesting things in general than here in Finland, sorry to say but that's the way it goes. Actually we had backseat full of this and that when we came back. 

on Sundays they have flea market here in Brunnsparken - it was a good place to find treasures!

So I'm a kind of treasure hunter I would say. Sometimes I feel a little bit annoyed that I have so much different kind of this and that but it doesn't last long and actually I can always say that it is also one part of my profession: I'm a photographer so I need also props in my photography. And believe me it's so much easier to just open a cupboard and take one plate out than run through the city trying to find the right one.

You can find Cafe Mandeltårtan i Brunnsparken. You can get organic products here. It was wonderful place. There is als bed and breakfast place where you can stay over night. Really nicely decorated rooms in old wooden house.

...and finally I try to recycle as you have read and that is also very important to me like our precious Planet Earth.

Oops, it was a long writing this time. If you managed to get even here, thank you and if you like vintage, handmade and you are blogging or not, leave  me a comment so I can come to see your blog or just hear about you! 

I have two of these - red and yellow.

Neljä juttua minusta lyhyesti. Käytän tekemiini tuotteisiini pääasiassa vanhaa ja käytettyä jopa vintagea jos vain raaskin mutta toki välillä pitää ostaa uuttakin, että pystyn toteuttamaan haluamani asian. 

Toiseksi rakastan vanhaa ja kulunutta, Minusta monet vanhat tavarat, käsityömateriaalit, kankaat vaan näyttävät ja tuntuvat houkuttelevimmilta kuin uudet. Monet printit esimerkiksi vanhoissa kankaissa ovat todella viehättäviä. Olen kuluttanut lukemattoman määrän tunteja ja päiviä metsästäessäni kaikkea kivaa, vanhaa ja hyvää käytettävää materiaalia töihini. Mutta se onkin harrastukseni.  

I found nice flower vase.

Ja eipä unohdeta sitä tosiasiaa, että rakastan käsintehtyjä asioita. Niissä on ihan oma henkensä. Ja miksi oi miksi minun kaappini pursuavat kaikenlaista ihme roinaa, joka välillä vähän ahdistaakin, mutta onneksi vain hyvin vähän aikaa. Voin aina syyttää ammattiani ja todeta - olen valokuvaaja. Arvatkaapa kumpi on helpompaa...ottaa lautanen kaapista ja kuvata se kuin että juoksen kaupungin halki etsien juuri sitä tiettyä tyyliä. Tapahtuu sitäkin vielä mutta aina, kun löydän jonkun todella hyvän, ostan sen ja laitan kaappiin jos vain lompakossa on riittävästi euroja. Näin säästän aikaa, jalkoja ja luontoa. Ja edellä mainitut asiat ovat minulle siis kierrätystä ja se on tärkeää minulle niin kuin on meidän rakas maapallommekin. On kuitenkin hyvin vaikeaa olla aina ekologinen, senhän me jokainen tiedämme. Toivottavasti seuraavat sukupolvet ovat viisaampia kuin me ja ovathan he.

Tulipa pitkä rimpsu tekstiä. Jos jaksoit tänne asti - olen iloinen! Jos tykkäät vintagesta, kirppareista, vanhasta, käytetystä ja satut vielä bloggailemaan tai et niin kommentoi, jotta pääsen lukaisemaan blogiasi tai vain kuulemaan mitä kuuluu tai mieltä olet! 

Adorable vintage post stamp - kaunis vanha postimerkki

Quite many years I've been going through many flea markets, antique shops and auctions. You can imagine how much things you see and how much you take home with you. Yesterday I was reading my favorite blogs and in Hello Sandwich I saw some lovely handmade envelopes made by her. There were cute stamps on them. Then I remembered that I bought few years ago an old stamp book. I bought it because it had beautiful old stamps from Japan. Or I'm not sure but I believe so. I don't understand the written word. If you do, please tell me. Very simple - beautiful colors and flowers. I guess they are vintage because they are from 70's. I haven't decided what to do with them. They are just so incredibly beautiful. Maybe I just frame them and hang them on the wall for my inspiration.

And I think I should start to send letters again...maybe then I would also get one in these times of digital age. Would you like to get a hand written letter in handmade envelope? 

Lueskellessa eilen suosikkiblogejani löysin Hello Sandwich - blogista mielettömän hauskoja hänen itse tekemiään kirjekuoria japanilaisine postimerkkeineen. Silloin muistin, että muutama vuosi sitten löysin kirpputorilta hienon postimerkkien keräilykirjan. Ostin sen näiden hienojen postimerkkien vuoksi. Ne ovat mielestäni japanilaisia. Postimerkit ovat niin kauniita, että ne voisi melkeinpä kehystää ja laittaa seinälle omaksi iloksi ja inspiraatioksi - nyt kun muistin niiden olemassa olon. Kaikenlaista tavaraa on tullut haalittua kirpputoreilta, vanhojen tavaroiden kaupoista ja huutokaupoista myöskin. Onko se sitten ihme ettei enää muista ihan tarkkaan mitä missäkin hyllyn nurkassa on...

Ooops!
Just got e-mail about stamps form friendly person...they might be Korean. I wished they had been Japanese...
Sain ystävälliseltä ihmiseltä sähköpostia ja hän epäili, että olisivat nuo postimerkit korealaisia...