Thursday, 11 November 2010

THE FLYING SAUCER / A SEAGULL IN THE LIVINGROOM



Our living room lamp is named "Lokki", which is Finnish and means seagull. It was designed by Yki Nummi, one of the great Finnish mid-century designers, in 1960. The English name of it is Sky Flyer although it is also widely known as the flying saucer.

Lokki is still in production; our lamp is new, not vintage. We got ours from Paloranta (where it for some reason was more than 150 euros more affordable than elsewhere!?)

I like it!

(you can see what it looks like in daylight here.)

Monday, 8 November 2010

MIDAS

Seems like everything my friends Saara and Marco (newlywed btw ♥) touch, or, to be more exact; photograph, turns to gold - I just love the new photos from their Atelieri O.Haapala project!




Although in this case, sideshow- and burlesque performer Missy Macabre is pretty fabulous herself already...

Sunday, 7 November 2010

GIVE AWAY TIME : ART DECO EARRINGS FROM HOCHIE MAMA JANE!

I think you all remember the art deco earrings Hoochie Mama Jane sold at Helsinki Vintage - dead stock jewellery from a Chez manufacturer that closed down in the late 20's eraly 30's, the same ones that made the Mucha designed pieces?

Well, now Hoochie Mama Jane (selected as Helsinki's best vintage store 2010 by City-magazine btw, yey!) is giving away one pair of those earring to one of you!

The pair you can win is about 10 centimeres long, with a drop of soft pink glass and turquoise, purple and clear rhinestones. Lot's of small prety deatils, one of a kind for sure!
The earring are sold for 75-200 euros, this pair is valued at roughly 100€.

The give away is open to all my readers, followers and random stop-by's alike. To enter, as usual, all you have to do is leave me a comment on this post! However, Hoochie Mama Jane is a small one woman business so I'd appreciate it if you'd stop by the store on Vaasankatu to check out all the lovely things there. If you're not around town, take some time to visit the website and the Facebook group - there is no online store and the text is in Finnish; but if you see something you really want in the pics you can always send her an inquiry by email.

And as usual you may only leave me one comment, but if you re-post or tweet about the give away you may leave me another comment here telling me you've done so, linking to your mention. Make sure your blogger profile is open, and if you are not linked to any site, leave me a working email.

The winner will be chosen randoml. You have one week time to enter; the contest is open until Sunday November 14th! I will announce the winner the next day; Monday Nov.15th.



Good Luck!

Thursday, 4 November 2010

A HUGE JACKET AND A TINY LITTLE ROMPER




The jumpsuit is this one (first time I'm wearing it...), from ModCloth, as is the jacket. The shoes are Minna Parikka.

And yes, my hair is darker now. Brown sugar.
(My hair is so bleached the last colour wouldn't really stay. Now it's dark enough to get a little lighter sill, and now I won't have to colour it any longer as the roots will be in the same colour)