... ballads for November

Yeah yeah, 26 days to my birthday! I´m definitely not looking forward to be 19: It´s so terribly old! I still feel like I was 15 years old inside my head. Maybe I am...
Anyway, here´s some music that I´ve been listening to lately. I realised some time ago that I´ve slightly getting into listening more and more soft electronica like Röyksopp and Blue Foundation. I´ve also had a pleasure of familiarising myself with some ambientish composers like Olafur Arnalds, Kangding Ray and Nils Frahm during our contemporary lessons.
This is again quite a mixture. My brother´s new love is Red Hot Chili Peppers, and we´re actually listening to Blood Sugar Sex Magik at the moment, so I couldn´t help adding some RHCP on the list. It is btw perfect music to dance your head off to.
So it is half grey, half crazy for November.

... acid colours

Hello again, it´s been a long long time. I´ve been dancing in Munich with no internet in my aparment and therefore it has been impossible for me to post anything during these six weeks. I´m now home for holidays, and when I return, I should have internet... However, it seems there is a problem with the modem, so I´m uncertain whether you will hear from me in a week when I return or not - it might take a week to fix the error, and then, hopefully, I´m finally really, really back.
Before the inevitable pause I wanted to post these pics, which are actually taken last time that I was here. They are old, yes, but I rather like them so I want to share them anyway. I made some simple photoshopping to turn everyday outfit posts into something little bit more unusual. Hope you like them :)

 I was also planning to put the unedited pics here. When, when? Later, later...

... serpentine patterns

I sewed the uniform out of two skirts (the brown fabrick remained when I shortened one skirt I showed you before, in April of this year) and sleeves of a denim t-shirt. I like the unconventional combination of unusual colours  and the composition of the fabrics, as one normally would put the brown part between two burgundies, not above them both. I´m so proud of this dress, my own design! I´m going to wear it as much as possible this Autumn.

shoes: flea market of Lammi

Earrings: summer flea market of Hietalahti

... the skeleton earrings

I found these earrings in a flea market for one euro. They go with pretty much everything.
I had to change pins to clips at Glitter accessories shop and after that I´ve worn them everywhere! I like it how they seem perfectly normal white drop earrings from distance, but when you get closer - yikes, the horrendous truth is revealed!
They are part of a DIY outfit I´ll show you later... During the previous period of silence I received some good pieces of advice corserning my habits of updating this blog and one of them  is this: little less at a time, little more often. I´m going to try to obey this (hopefully) wise tip.

I hope the sunflowers will find time to blossom before the nights turn too cold and dark!

... denim, cat, denim

I´m so in love with denim right now! Ok, I know, I´m a little bit late - denim with denim dates back in spring 2010 - but I just couldn´t help copying the look from the collection of Chloe. So a-d-o-r-a-b-l-e.

Just in case someone should think the pictures with our cat Roskilde aka Roskis are artificial: I didn´t make him to jump on my knees.  He just wants to be part of everything :) And he looks so ugly in these pictures! Would you believe if I told you he was a cute little scandinavian tiger in real life?

Interesting to see which animal is going to disturb our filming next time... One of the sheep I´d guess.

denim blouse: flea market
belt: grandma´s old
jeans: flea market

earrings: dived

fur imitation coat: flea market
leather men´s shoes: charity shop

Tuntuu siltä, että voisin kirjoittaa vaihteeksi suomeksikin. Tänään, kun kirjoitin tätä päivitystä, mieleeni juolahti (tai oikeastaan äitini mieleen), että näistä kuvista näkee aika hauskasti sen, miten syksy hiljaa luisuu yhä enemmän talveksi. Tänäänkin taisi olla ensimmäistä kertaa niin, että koko päivän maan peitti huurre, mikä ei ehtinyt sulaa pois. Hui kamala, miten nopeasti aika menee! Vasta äskenhän oli kesäkuu, ja jalkojen alla lämmin, auringon kuivattama maa...
Tässähän vallan masentuu. Tai masentuisi, jos ehtisi, mutta kevät ehtii varmasti ensin.

... the fall, simply

Here are random pictures I had to took to make some abstract thoughts about autumn to materialize.

 

... autumn leaves

So, finally some really beautiful photos (meaning quality - the model leaves a lot to be desired), thanks to my mother and her million-euro-camera, which is well worth of its price ;) Remember to enjoy the magnificent colors of the fall!

orange blouse: charity shop
velvet mini skirt: flea market

cross earring: souvenir from Israel
bikini top under the blouse: flea market

leather men´s shoes and leather rucksack: flea market

... the last verdant moments of Helsinki

 The building showing in this picture is Kiasma, the museum of contemporary art

These photos were taken in front of the Helsinki music centre, in one of the last summery, nearly hot days of August.
An (almost) lonely biker of the picture above somehow makes me feel little sad. It´s feels as if the cyclist was on her way to somewhere no one else would ever visit - a still blooming meadow on the most remote countryside perhaps... To come to think of it, it is rather a silly idea - where would she go in the centre of Helsinki?
And still, it fascinates me. 

This picture I actually like a lot :)

... and finally a whiff of fall (have to admit it - summer IS over)