Linnea 'Ea' quilts...

When I add books to the collections in my Librarything -account, the books pop up on  my Facebook-wall and here on my blog (in the left column). I think it's nifty that I can check which book I borrowed last from the library here on my blog, but I'm not so sure about Facebook. Or, if I'll be more precise, it's the "box" *  I find somewhat lacking. In settings. But I guess they're working hard on it, and Facebook isn't the friendliest platform to build software for. *   or whatever they want to call it, there's too many names for different parts of social network and databases nowadays. Gadgets, widgets, apps, boxes.... give me a break. On another book-related topic, I finally finally finally! got the book I'd requested from Turku city library. About that book... it's a pattern book, authored by this crochet designer whose designs I really like. Her name is Kristin Omdahl, and if you're on Ravelry you can find her and her designs ...

*sound of vacuum cleaner* Hey - what's this? A button. Some popcorn. And a size 10 mm crochet hook. The things you find between the cushions in your sofa define who you are. So... if this is what I found, then I must be a " Person who eats popcorn while crocheting on the sofa. Ate so much, in fact, that she popped a button from her pants. " ;)

This IKEA hack is one I've been dying to try out. It's the "Tolsby"-earring display by a woman named Jen in Sydney . It looked so simple. And it was cheap to make too - one page/piece of the mesh is enough for ~4 of these. A "Tolsby" and a piece of mesh I bought in the craft store Presento . Only need this much of the mesh... ... as much as will fit the frame. Tadaa! Thank you, Jen :)

In Finland, for those of you who don't know, there's this department store called Stockmann . Twice a year, they have this "special event" called Hullut Päivät (in Finnish) or Galna Dagar (in Swedish). Translated into English, it's "Crazy Days". And it's a really really aptly named event. From Wednesday to Sunday, you get to shop things for "special" prices. But only on certain of those days, and they only have a finite number of those "special" prized products. For example, this year (that is, last week) my dearest Micke wanted to buy himself one of those Sodastream machines (actually, a lot of other people wanted to buy them too), because they had them for only 49 euros ("normal" price being between 59-99 euros). They were available only on Thursday, and when I got there at 12 p.m., the guy behind the counter told me they had sold off all of them before 10 a.m. Such is life. Crazy, that is. Nevertheless, I...

Put the ingredients in your blender. I'm having an orange, a banana, some strawberries and some blueberries. Vrooom! ...or as they say on ROSMT , "vispa skiten". Now drink! And look, even Micke approves :)

Inspired by these guys... Be careful when you watch the video, and remember to turn down the sound if you have sensitive ears, because these Swedish men are kinda violent in the kitchen :) But, I think everything that promotes people cooking from scratch is good. Even when, like in this case, it's not paleo. And do go ahead and see the rest of their videos on YouTube. ... I decided to do this: Ingredients. You need a lot of stuff, but whipped cream most of all .   Hey! Who stole my Smorgascake?!

There's something I'm wondering about... Here, it's easier if you let me show you. It's in the cabinet above our new dishwasher... ...wait, I'll just open it for you. Here we keep the coffee and the tea... ... but why on Earth, I wonder... ... has our friend Tatu gone and put his name on the coffee bag? Naah, actually he hasn't, but I'm nevertheless wondering why it says "Tatu" on the bag?

There's something weird to be found here... just wait and I'll show you. Cupboard above stove. *cue theme music from Jaws* Look, it's in the lower right corner. No, not the cayenne pepper... ... but this! "Only for washing machines". How quaint.

Ever since I got my sewing machine back - oh, yes, I had to get it serviced - I've taken the time to try and come up with projects that would reduce the amount of scrap fabrics that I've collected. So far, I've sewn small purses and simple handbags out of some of it, but there is (actually, now there was) a lot of old clothes I haven't had heart to throw away because the fabric was still good etc. A whole plastic bag, containing mainly scrap fabrics in assorted boring colors. Most of them are old T-shirts. I sewed zippers into all of the covers, since they would be way much easier to wash that way.

Just in case I later on write a blog post about using the things I bought, and to get av overview of the costs. 6 skeins of Garnstudio's Drops Paris (13,50 euros)* 1 free ticket to Billnäs bruks Antiques fair** 1 free ticket to Fiskars Antiques fair*** small silver ring (5 euros)*** Clover rotary cutter (45 mm) (15 euros) Hammer (8,50 euros ) and anvil (16 euros) small bag with random chosen orange beads (2 euros) brown wooden beads (2 euros) 3 sunflower buttons and one metal clasp (1,85 euros) black satin cord (4,50 euros)**** silver wire and tiger-tail wire (last one missing from pic!) *from Lankatalo Tapio, needed to finish a forever-WIP ** thank you, random book dealer *** thank you Bowallen Antique! Lankabaari Omakoru Näpsäkkää Helmisatama random antiques dealer with a suitcase filled with old buttons ****Yes, black! Thank you, Charlotta/Askarelli! Can't wait to get that forever-WIP (a blue shawl) finished, and to try out that Clover quilting tool. I'm sure it...

Browsing through my feeds at Google Reader, I noticed that o h no, someone didn't like their fair  (the post is in Swedish and about "Symässan", the Sewing fair held in Malmö, Sweden). How sad! Although, most of hte things she's written is true about fairs in general (everything about the fair, like tickets and parking, is too expensive, and there's too few vendors with 'good' and 'good-value' products). Good thing I did though. Like the Turku Arts, Crafts and Antiques fair, that is. Only thing I didn't like was the price of the tickets (12 bloody euros!), so it was good that we in the Turku Ravelry group had managed to somewhat (heh! :P ) coordinate us and get in as a group. That way, it was only 8,40 euros. It was fun to walk around with Ulrika and Fredrik - I learnt a lot about 'antique' Finnish handicrafts (mostly glass and silver) that way. They collect (well, I think it's mainly Ulrika's passion, but they're both i...