YEARS SINCE YESTERDAY

My friend Ina has started an Etsy shop; Years Since Yesterday!

Ina has always been fascinated with Americana and has been collecting Finnish and American vintage from Texas for some time now, items which she during the summer now has put up for sale. She's on her way to do some restocking travels soon... 

As Years Since Yesterday is now up and running we will celebrate it with a nice & small give away here: 

one of you will win a gift card of 20 euros to the shop!

In order to enter you need to leave me a comment on this post and like Years Since Yesterday on FaceBook - Ina will post about newly added items plus some other inspirational stuff there.

Remember to only leave me one comment (really, only ONE) and make sure I can reach you trough  that comment (for reals, you can't win if your blog is set to private or if you leave me an anonymous comment...). And as usual, if you post or tweet and link to this giveaway you may leave me another comment letting me know about your mention.

I will draw the winner randomly on August 15, so you have time until then to enter :)

Good luck!

CHERRY JAM

What I did today:

IN THE WOODSHED

As most often with summer houses and cottages, there is a woodshed at our premises in the archipelago. Full of saved-for-later items, tools and junk. I hadn't been up there in a while but decided pop by.



The foremost reason being to check out this: my father's old bed and Dag's future one. With painted birdies and bambies on it, from the early fifties. It's hanging in the ceiling, hence the odd angle.



Another thing hanging in the ceiling (or, alright, on the wall) is my dad's old cruiser. I was drooling about it in my early twenties but there it still hangs.



I wonder how this nice piece of furniture ended up a shabby work table? (Would require too much effort to ever get it out of there and cleaned up so just as the bike I'll leave this one alone. And of course it's not like I can go around just collecting stuff for myself just like that either...)



I can't believe I hadn't thought of it before, to try and find something nice from the shed. Behind some junk just next to the door I found old metal perfume ad sheets! My great-grandfather imported 4711 a long time ago. This one, cleaned,  is now in our bathroom in the countryhouse.



And some day Dag will play with this little (or, pretty big, depending on how you see it) wooden truck! Just like his grandfather did a long time ago.

CIRCLE SKIRTS FLOW NICELY IN THE WIND DON'T THEY

So I made myself one of the planned circle skirts. (Of the so called "hipster fabric".)

Because the world is a teeny weeny better place when clothing has pockets I put a couple of those on my skirt. With a zig zag stitching for a little more vintage feel.

I also matched my toe nails to the skirt. It does not make life nor the world any better but perhaps a little more fun.

Gifs are also fun (come on, a little at least) so let's finnish off with one of those: