We found BEAUTY!

    First we had a delicious lunch at restaurant LUNGI. Impressively relaxed place in Korkeavuorenkatu and with a big, huge plus for the super nice customer service and design that looks effortless. All this feelings are just priceless when we are talking Tuesday working ours lunch time in Helsinki city.

After lunch Mama Ulla takes us to visit this cutest looking shop right across the street from the restaurant... and WHAT A SURPRISE....

We are at this lovely design shop called PORE Helsinki and I was dazzled to see what a selection it had to offer.  Besides other great designs like Finnish Secto, Costo, Bol-lightning, Globe Hope and many others, PORE is actually the very only shop in whole Helsinki to retail the gorgeous products from Ferm Living.

You can find all the most beautiful things Ferm Living has to offer and even better, if they don't have the product you are looking for, they will order it for you! So what was before only available online, is now right there for you to see, touch and feel! PLUS PLUS PLUS... the, just as beautiful, customer service offered by the owner herself! I honestly felt like spending my afternoon there but my "duty" woke up and I left home happy with my little purchase of the week, Ferm Living Large cup! And I guess soon Mama Ulla's living room will be getting new torkkupeitto!

What a day! We want more of those!

We found it: Pore Helsinki store in Korkeavuorenkatu.

For now in our shelf keeping B's drawing pencils.

Large cup found it's place in our home...

Cup Large and Remix blue Napkin - PORE Helsinki. Tape and cup holder - PINO

BANG BANG!

Pic from Style Collective 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My Favorite one!

Pic from Mademoisellerobot.

Pic from Style Collective

Pic from JuniorMagazine

Picture from some website in Japanese :D

The Artists, Louise Lundholm and Mia Risager. Pic from Middleclasswhitegirl.

HAD TO BLOG IT! 

It's been blogged all over the net, nothing new there but I had to do it again...

My working me hadn't been blown away by fashion of any kind in a while, of course I do love loads of the many beautiful things being created all over the world and all but it had been some time that fashion didn't leave me breathless... wishing I could get my hands on styling immediately (and I have never worked with children clothes).  But this Brand, BANG BANG COPENHAGEN, left me speechless... it is just so beautiful, creative, well made, modern, inspiring, playful, artistic... (I could write a countless amount of complements here) and in my most modest point of view, has all it takes to become timeless because of it's simplicity!

And plus... they have it for the mamas as well and is just as cool!

Part of me wish it was available in Finland, part of me is happy it isn't otherwise there would be serious affects on my bank account situation.... all thought it's available on many Web shops. Anyways, I guess I know what Baby B. will be wearing for her 2 years birthday party in the summer time! :D  

Black and White Voilá!

Found this cutest chair on Kaivarin Kannuna but thought it needed some "refreshing"... Baby B. thought so too and decided to "Redesign" it! ... chair then got some shapes glued randomly and some drawing in it.... (so creative this little one :D)!

Robot bag we got from godfather! He carried his little teddy bear in an exact same one some many years ago and thought B. should carry hers too... :D.

Our Kummisetä is the most thoughtful and we miss him very much now that he lives a little far away!

5 plus!

Today is the day I celebrate 5 years of "Finland living"... It's cold, many times dark, but I love to love everything else in here... Thanks for all the friends and family who took me with open warm hearts and made life so much fun! 

I was thinking what would be the best way to spend this day, how to celebrate, with who??!!... well, with the best company of all... Girly B, of course! So we finished "dressing up" our building blocks and bib got some new look also... then we made omelets for lunch and now, Pulka awaits us!

Ps: We have been "dressing" lots of things around here lately, soon more pics!

*Blocks are Brio and bib is basic Emma. Found both from Prisma!

Eggs and askartelling...

The B castle!

First we had some eggs and then Mama decided to finally decorate some building blocks we got on our trip to Lahti where we visited godfather!

Brio's wooden blocks are so nice but B was much more exited about them after they got new "outfit"! 

Oi mitä rattaita!

Pakkohan tämä on blogata! Elodie detailsilta saa nykyään lastenrattaita. Näillä kelpaisi ulkoilla :).

http://www.babyshop.se/stockholm-stroller-retro/p/44923#filter-2

Näitä ihanuuksia saa tilata mm. tuolta babyshop.se-sivustolta. Voin suositella sivustoa lämpimästi. Olen tilannut sieltä mm. useita Molon tuotteita paljon halvemmalla, kuin mitä ne Suomessa maksavat. Tuotteet tulevat kotiovelle parissa päivässä.

Terkuin Mama Ulla 

Few things here and there!

When I think I will be having some spare time.... I don't. Big Brother is so energetic and knows how to keep us busy 24/7... But it's all great cause Baby B. is having the time of her life with him. Because of him actually, I went for the very first time to visit Flamingo Spa and it was a joyful place for the kids, kids of all ages... Not so joyful for myself alone with 1 and half and 8 year olds who wants to jump from 5m high tower and little sister wants to follow.. huhuuu. B got to eat a hamburger and french fries for the first time!
When I finally got some 2 hours for myself, I went to check the sales and found some nice things, which was great because B. has grown out of mostly all of her clothes.
Back at the house we had a Birthday party for big brother (his first party at our place).  I made some craft and some of his favorite foods. Used Blue, his favorite color!

Now that we finally have some snow we plan to go slid with pulkka. B's first time... And soon I plan to blog about a very delicate subject "step children - step parenting"  What is the best way to do  things?!

We found this tee (white with the mustache face) from H&M and I am absolutely in love with the print. It is from boy's collection but we don't mind! :D

At the Birthday...

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After the storm... Joulu Parties!

Thank God we are finally fine in this little castle of ours... Keuhkokuume is gone, renovation almost ready (only few details to finish) and mom even got time to visit the shops at sales times. Big Brother came from Spain to spend Christmas with us and Baby B. is the happiest little girl in the village, she loves her big brother so much and learns very fast everything he teaches. She even tries some karate moves. So cute. Christmas at Mummo's place was super nice and B. got to eat as much kinkku as she wanted! We even had Joulupukki bringing presents. Baby B. was interested and afraid of him... There was no way she would sit on his lap. It was so funny! B. and all the children in the family got loads of presents despite Mama's "Not too much stuff, please"-ideology! But what to do... Kids where very happy in the end and that is definitely all that matters.


Here only featured some of them.

At last, mom manages to pack all the presents.

Muumitalo makes the Christmas... My little fanatic! :D

Too cool for Kindergarten... :D!

Good bye Maisy... Hello Myyrä!

Mama's favorite!

Big girlfriend comes to visit and enjoys Baby B's present more then B. herself. After Muumitalo, there simply is no space for the other toys....

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Slowly slowly!

Yep, slowly slowly things are happening at the B. castle. Mama did some very little Christmas shopping and has not yet managed to continue decorating my little "Christmas tree branches"... but I am happy to have gotten a work project of my own,  so now I will be even more busy then I thought I would. The problem is, Baby B. fell sick. She has a horrible cough and fever and as her dad has just came out of pneumonia I am very worried. All though they said in the hospital that if she continues to be active then we should not take her yet to hospital. Humm... don't know, I am quite suspicious at times with the health care system. Sometimes you get perfect service and great doctors and nurses but sometimes, it just does not go so well. But let's see how she goes through the night and then decide what to do. So far she has been quite okei and active besides having almost no appetite. But I guess that is normal!

At Mama's work trip to Porvoo (the cutest city ever) there was just a little time for shopping but I found this lovely roll of "ready-to-knit" tricot fabric (still don't know what I am going to do with those) and super cute candy for Dad.

B. got a little jealous of the candies... hehe...

Old curtains will become bed cover soon. Mummo will help.

Candies last moments!

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At the B. Castle...

A big thing going on at Baby B.'s quarter... Daddy B. is very very sick,  he's got pneumonia and Mama is now full on busy with husband, baby and home... and simply no time for anything! I think I have never done this much work at once in my life and I have barely left the house besides for buying more food. Baby B. now gets little less playing time outdoors for a little while and I try to manage until he is well. So mixed feelings... Happy that he is home with us all the time and sad he is so very sick! Poor daddy!

Mama got some time to post some pics though...

(a tip for a flea market for kids - Villa Lyhty)

Found from Kierrätyskeskus - Mama changed buttons and color to black.

 

All things were found from flea markets (besides the Marimekko box). 

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