White Christmas wishes to you

I'm back home and it's better than I expected! The land of the original Santa (no baby jesus, penguins or polar bears though) and loads of snow (occasionally, despite the climate change), is a pretty sentimental environment to spend the holidays. And this time there really IS snow! Today my man's coming from Berlin too, and we're going to Vääksy, the good old tiny village, most likely covered in snow, to spend the holidays. :DDDDD

Helsinki these days:

This guy may not be 'the original Santa' I mentioned, but he can fly!

Last year we fleed the darkness to Mexico, because the previous christmas had been black and snowless here. In Mex the cold and snow were only decoration or a side joke in the door mat, that spoke whenever you step on it: "Brrr, come on in, it's cold outside!" It was a pretty cool chance to spend christmas for a change in the summer. (For them it's winter, but for a Finn it 's like May.)

Santa was a bit worn out of all his work.

So the Mexicans hit him. And candy came out of him!

We had a lot of posadas (christmas parties) and all of them had pinatas. This pic is with my mother in law (amá) hanging the pinata with Adry. (Sorry I can't use the ~-sign properly on my German travelling laptop.)

Remainders of the pinata made a nice hat on amá.

They say I look like a christmas tree sometimes.

Frosty got a bit tired under the heat.

I hope you all darlings, close to me up north, or on the continent, in Mexico, in Australia or even further away if possible, in the city or countryside, surrounded with winter or summer, have a really funky, sweet and memorable christmas!

Yours, Maiju

summer is still on, and the shop is open

I've had a few inquiries about the headbands and scarves I've made, and yes, I can make them in more colours aswell. :) If you're interested, please email me at avaramaiju (at) gmail.com, suggest a colour/combination you love from the colour lists below, and we'll talk business.

And this is me wearing them and looking completely underdressed alongside the smokin hot Alissa. Laundry: Top - Spanky, pants - H&M, shoes - Onitsuka Tiger, scarf and headband - selfmade.

Head- /Wristbands
I was so happy, when my colleague, Karo, told me that she's really satisfied with hers, 'cos she says this one stays on all day and doesn't give her a headache like those traditional hard headbands that press on your temples.

I have material in
*black
*sky blue
*light green
*lime green
*light pink
*salmon
*black/white
*red/white
*beige/white

I make them of jersey, so they're flexible. You can wear them either around your head like a traditional headband or in hippie-style, or as a wristband wrapped around your wrist a couple of times (like Rene does :)).

Scarves
Are available in
*light pink
*salmon
*white
*aqua
*sky blue

Shop & Shoppers
God gave us another sunny Sunday and the chance to sell and buy stuff. I baked some hot buns and grabbed the accessories I'd made, and we headed to Mauerpark again. Me and Saana were chillin' and listening to great beatboxers while Rene and Alissa found some bargains in the fleamarket.

Alissa and Saana with mojitos-to-go.

This mojito had the mint leaves replaced with more rum, limes replaced with lemons and included a free refill.

The business was still blooming as usual. :)

Bargains from the fleamarket.

"Are these shoes ugly or just cool?", she asked. "Both", I said.

Too bad the Zorro-moustache is gone, 'cos the look is still there.

Next time he'll het a denim stetson.

And I forgot to take a picture of myself, as usual. What do you think? I'm especially interested in a certain cardigan-wearing cigar-smoking gentleman's opinion on Rene's clothes.