a few things one should remember

 

(Can't remember where I found this, if it's yours, I'm sorry I stole it!)

when you're around me i'm radioactive

 

 

Cardi - Zara

Dress - Primark

Bag - New look

Just a wee outfit post. The temperature has finally risen nearer to zero which makes dressing a lot easier. No need for millions of layers of clothes, two/three pairs of tights and thick cardis that hardly fit under your coat. Now I might even get to put my skates on and stroll to the ice rink. I know, I talk about ice skating all the time.. It just is one of the best things about winter!

Hope your week has started nicely♥!

go break some other heart in two

 

 

 

 

Another dress I sewed recently. I'm thinking of making my graduation dress with the same pattern, only with the skirt part shorter and puffier.. Not sure at all yet, but I think this one is alright!

and lately you've been painting my world blue

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Just a few pictures showing what my life's been like lately. I finished "Ghost Stories of Henry James" and volume 1 of "Les Miserables". (How come no-one ever told me how good Les Miserables is?) There's a lot of snow, and it's been around -30 for almost two weeks. Luckily, I'm on study leave now and I don't really have to go outside if I don't want to:-)

laura ashley

 

 

 

 

Mama had found this second hand Laura Ashley fabric, and I'm so glad she bought it for me! I think the flowers are really beautiful, especially as I don't often wear such big patterns. Even though the fabric is quite thick, I wanted to turn it into a dress. The pattern for the dress is from a Finnish sewing magazine (can't remember the name of the magazine, maybe Burda!), but I changed it a wee bit. My dress has an open back and it's a little shorter than the original one. It's a bit tight around my hips, not enough to make it uncomfortable, though!

Be sure to tell me what you think♥!

it's cold outside and i never want to leave my house

 

Sweater - Dad's old

Hat - Seppälä

Jeans - Vero moda

 

I've done nothing interesting this week, and that goes for dressing myself as well. It's so cold that I've basically had this same outfit the whole week, with a different sweater. This is the first week in years I've had trousers on every week! And also the first week in years I've had no make-up for a week (at school etc. at least!). Hopefully, life will get a bit better and warmer now!

requiescat in pace

 

'Fear no more the heat o' the sun,

Nor the furious winter's rages;

Thou thy worldly task hast done,

Home art gone, and ta'en thy wages.'

-Shakespeare

I've had Cleopatra since I was 2. At 5.24a.m. she started having seizures and later we took her to the vet to be put down. Cleo was the sweetest, cutest and kindest cat I ever knew. When, as a child, I pulled her tail she was always patient and never tried to bite or scratch me - or anyone else, for that matter - on purpose. When my dad was ill with cancer, she'd sleep next to his sore leg and make him feel better. Or if anyone else was sick, Cleo would be there and just her presence made everything a little better. In primary, as I walked home from school I could be sure that Cleo was there waiting me by the main road, she even seemed to know what time my school finished! She was fussy with food (like I am), but she ate lots of cream, chocolate and crisps. Not the best food for a cat, I know, but she got what she wanted most of the time. Cleopatra was a happy cat and she lived a good, long life. All the same, I can't help feeling that this is the saddest day of my life and I'll miss her immensely♥.

 

 

teddy bears

 

 

 

 I've been sewing a bit lately. I'm not sure at all about these shorts. I mean, I do like them, but there's teddy bears in them, haha! We'll see if I actually start wearing them:-)

And, mind when someone at school stole my hat? Well, now, months afterwards, I found it! Last week when I walked in the school corridors, I saw my hat just randomly in a place I never go to. Looks like whoever took it had second thoughts about taking something belonging to another one! I'm really glad I got my wee hat back and now it's been stuck on my head. Just so we don't unexpectedly have to part for such a long time again.. :-)

frosty windows

 

 

 

 

 

 

It's too cold outside and when it'll get a bit milder the ice rink will be calling me! Until then I'm going to stay inside, drink a lot of hot chocolate and wear comfy sweaters. One of the best things about winter is ice skating, can't wait to get my skates out:-) Also, the frosty windows look pretty!