15.4.2016

Flowers Everywhere

Hey! 

How are you? I think I'm still lacking motivation, inspiration and whatnot but I'm here anyway. :D

I'm sorry for being M.I.A for so long! I've been busy organizing my life (sounds cliched but actually it's not) and, surprisingly, everything looks much clearer now. There's only one school period left (and only one exam week, yes!) and I still don't really get it. This year went by so quickly! In a couple of weeks I'll be in Rome with  my class and I'm so excited! I'm also about to get my car driving license soon (next Wednesday I hope!). That, and the struggle of finding a summer job have been my number one stress makers lately. But now I also have a summer job and it happens to be something I really love to do! There's also a lot of other exciting things about to happen in Summer. Finally I feel like I can actually breath. I love the weather outside, especially all the flowers, and those were my inspiration to edit these mail pictures haha...


So, in the middle of all the other things in my super busy high school life (haha), I've also sent mail. Occasionally, people ask me why I send mail and isn't it boring blah blah and right now I could say I'm doing this because it's my number one stress reducer. Making others happy makes me happy. :) 

All these letters etc. below are quite old already and probably they've all traveled to their destinations by now so please don't mind. :D


These three went to Poland, China and Sri Lanka:

 

I loved making those envelopes! I used these Finns-are-so-weird stamps:


This letter is to Shine, Chine:


This one is to Martyna, Poland:


And this one is to Suhanya, Sri Lanka:


In her last letter she sent me a magnet so I wanted to send her a magnet aswell :)



And this yellow letter I sent to Emilia, my pretty much first actual Finnish penpal ever:



Here's what was inside:


Oh, and the final chain card from the other flower themed chain, ready to be sent back to Malaysia:



 Aaand, here's the reply I got from Emilia the first Finnish penpal of mine:



I just LOVE how beautiful the envelope is! And the matching stamps! 


  On the back it says "open immediately" which is pretty much what I did as soon as I received the letter :D


I was so awed when I opened the envelope, everything was just so pretty!


And I love how she'd put all the letter papers separately (or how should I call that? xD)! For example, in that picture below it says "here you can find 5 and 6" :)

 

 And this letter I got from Daria, Germany:


I love how the envelope was filled with all those cute stickers, stationery and such! 


And this letter I sent to Sara, Malaysia:


The envelope looks quite bad in the picture.. But anyway, I tried a bit marbling with it and it didn't turn out the way I had hoped but I still like the result. :) I put one of those stamps on her letter too:



That's all from now. Thanks for reading!  Let's see when you'll hear from me the next time :D

21.3.2016

Lack of inspiration & two incoming letters

Hii!

At times I find it really hard to come up with something to write here. This is one of those times. 

The school day was normal. Busy, but normal. It's only been like two weeks since I came back from Russia and I'm already feeling the biggest urge to get abroad. So nothing's changed. :D 

Only thing that has changed is that I've received these two beauties and they made me super happy!


The letter with many stamps on (I mean, look at them. How pretty!) is from my new penpal Sara from Malaysia and the other is from Shine, China. :)

The stamps on Shine's letter are also really nice:


 And the letter overall is amazing!


And so is this one from Sara!


Thanks! :)

I haven't written much lately, I've just been waiting for an inspiration.. Hopefully I'll feel like writing again very soon :D

9.3.2016

Two Incoming Mails

Hey!

Nowt that I've came back from the beautiful Saint Petersburg  (The city was truly amazing and the buildings were GORGEOUS, I need to get there again!) I can show you some mail I got before the trip! These two came on the same day:


The pretty letter above is from my new-ish penpal Suhanya from Sri Lanka. The magnet is the so cool!

And the card below is from Ukraine and you can probably tell it's a part of a chain card project, a flower themed one! :D


The card is pretty from both sides! :)


Thanks, ladies!


4.3.2016

Love From Finland


Tiistaina koulun jälkeen iskä tuli hakemaan mua koulusta, kun piti heti ehtiä vielä kirjastoon. Aloitin lähes heti autoon päästyäni jo tutuksi tulleen sarjan kysymyksiä: Tuliko mitään postia? Sainko minä jotain? Myöntävän vastauksen jälkeen jatkan: Mitä sain? Keneltä? Millainen kirjekuori siinä on? Iskä vastasi, että kirje oli "sellainen värikäs" ja jatkoi sen olevan "luultavasti Kiinasta". Näin iskä lähes aina vastaa. :D Joten olin ihan ällikällä löyty, kun kotiin päästyäni näin kirjeen. Se ei todellakaan ollut Kiinasta, vaan täältä kotisuomesta! Ja vielä ihanan pirteän värikäs kuori! 


Nätit kirjekuoret saa mut hetkessä ihan järjettömän hyvälle tuulelle! 


Kirje oli mun ihka ensimmäiseltä suomalaiselta kirjekaverilta sitten ala-asteen, Emilialta!


Kirje oli täynnä kaikkia ihania yksityiskohtia... 


...kuten leimoja ja tosi kauniita teippejä! :)


Kiitti, Emilia!

Spread Love (incoming from Poland and outgoing to HK)

Hey! 💎

This spring is full of traveling for me and I'm not going to complain about it because traveling is what I love. But the thing is that this spring is also full of many other things that I also happen to love. :D So let's just say that this spring is going to be very busy for me and I might not be able to blog as often as usually. I'm doing my best to keep you posted!

About traveling, you might know that I was in Estonia about two weeks ago. It was really nice and I had the best time with my family. Tomorrow I'll be off to Russia with my Russian class (total four people plus two teachers xD) and I'm really looking forward to that!

I'll do my best with catching up with all the lovely mail I've got. Here are two letters from the end of February:


This pink/light purple letter I sent to Chloe, Hong Kong. I'm in love with that stationery and the matching stamp!  I also sent a page of a brochure and two mini flags:


And this little quote note (please ignore my nasty nails xD)


This one is a really nice letter I got from Martyna, Poland:


I love it, thanks

1.3.2016

Chaincard Projects Almost Completed

Hey! For everyone who's been wondering how I look like when I get mail, here you go haha:


I was happy to find these three in my mail box yesterday after coming home from school:


They were all chain cards from the chain card projects I've been in! :)

This is my own card that I finally received!! It's flower themed and it traveled all the way from Finland to Japan, and then to Australia and Croatia from where it finally came back to Finland. I love how colorful and pretty the card turned out:


This card is from the same chain than the one I just got but mine was one step ahead :D It's also very colorful:
 

This one is from my very first chain card project ever. I've already got my own card back but this one is still on its way... I got it from USA:


And here are the two cards that are still continuing their travel:


I sent the cards back to the owners (to Rachel, Scotland & to Chihiro, Japan) which is a relief because both of the cards are pretty much ran out of space :D

28.2.2016

Liebster Awards

♥  Suomi English 


Moikka!



Nyt vihdoin sain aikaiseksi tarttua näihin kahteen Liebster Award -haasteeseen, jotka ovat minua jo jonkin aikaa odotelleet.. Toinen on suomeksi, joten vastailen nyt siihen suomeksi ja alla on toinen, joka on eglanniksi. Väleihin laitoin kaikenlaisia kuvia tältä helmikuulta. :)


I made some cookies for my friend who also just turned 18 <3

Ohjeet:

1. Kiitä tunnustuksen antanutta bloggaajaa ja laita linkki hänen blogiinsa. 
2. Vastaa sinut nimenneen bloggaajan 11 kysymykseen. 
3. Nimeä ja linkitä 11 Liebster Award -tunnustuksen saavaa blogia, joilla on alle 200 lukijaa. 
4. Keksi 11 uutta kysymystä valitsemillesi blogeille. 

Sain ensin haasteen Katrilta, kiitos! Katri haastoi minut seuraavilla kysymyksillä:



1. Suosikki askartelu-/taidetarvikkeesi?  Erilaiset koristeelliset paperit ja teipit!

2. Viimeisin tee-se-itse -projektisi? Öö.. Kelpaako leipominen? Teen jatkuvasti kaikkea itse, joten on vaikea ajatella, mikä olisi viimeisin asia, jonka olen tehnyt! Tänään tuli leivottua ihania appelsiinimuffinsseja.
3. Minkä taidon haluaisit oppia? Haluaisin oppia kirjoittamaan erilaisilla näteillä fonteilla ja olla stressaamatta turhista asioista!
4. Miten rentoudut? Luonnossa kävelemällä musiikkia kuunnellen, jos ilma on hyvä. Muuten vaikkapa hyvän kirjan ja suklaan parissa. :)
5. Mistä haaveilet? Mä oon sellainen unelmoijatyttö, liian usein pää pilvissä! :D Haveilen siis tosi monesta asiasta, kuten ulkomailla asumisesta, perheen perustamisesta, lämpimästä kesästä... Ja siitä, että jonain päivänä olisin saanut tavata tai nähdä uudestaan kaikki mun ulkomailla asuvat rakkaat!
6. Miksi aloitit blogisi? Aloitin blogin syksyllä 2012 (apua, siitä on ihan hirveästi aikaa!) muiden postiblogien innoittamana. Koko harrastus oli mulle uusi ja kiinnostava, joten ajattelin yrittää. On ilmeisesti kulunut jo about kolme ja puoli vuotta (sanokaa, jos laskin väärin.. matikka ei oo koskaan ollut mun vahvuus) ja tässä sitä vielä ollaan! :D
7. Paras kommentti, jonka olet saanut blogissasi? Eikä, en tiedä! Olen saanut monia ihania kommentteja, joten on mahdotonta valita vain yksi.
8. Paras blogipostauksesi? Tykkään itse eniten niistä postauksista, joihin olen käyttänyt paljon aikaa ja vaivaa, kuten erilaiset tutoriaalit.
9. Onko se myös luetuin postauksesi? Ei, luetuimmat postaukseni on arvontoja! xD
10. Mitä haluaisit blogissasi kehittää? Haluaisin kehittää blogiin jotain uutta ja sellaista, jota ei muista samantyylisistä blogeista löydy. Kehittely on kyllä vielä vähän vaiheessa.. :D Haluaisin myös, että blogi olisi aina ns. ajantasalla, eikä niin, että välillä menee monta viikkoa ilman postauksia.
11. Millaisia blogeja seuraat? Seuraan tietenkin paljon postiblogeja, mutta myös erilaisia leivonta- ja valokuvausblogeja. Sellaiset blogit on parhaita, joista välittyy hyvä fiilis!

Mail that I'll post soon.. ;)

Hi!


Now I finally have some time to answer to these two Liebster Awards I got nominated for! I got one in Finnish so I answered the questions in Finnish (above) and one in English which I'm going to answer now! I got nominated by Katri in Finnish (link is also above) and also Liisu tagged me the Liebster Award, thanks! The pictures in this post are some random ones from this February. :)




Here are the rules:


1. Thank the blogger who nominated you and link back to his/her blog
2. Answer the 11 questions which you got from your "nominator"
3. Name and link 11 blogs that will receive the Liebster Award from you. These blogs should have under 200 followers
4. Write down 11 new questions for the bloggers you chose



The questions:

1) For how long have you been blogging? I started in the autumn of 2012. It's been so long!
2) What are your favourite sports? I'm honestly not really into sports.. I like hiking, bowling and badminton at least. :)
3) Which country would you like to visit next? Why? The next country I'm going to visit is Russia (only 6 days and I'll be there!) because I'm going there with my Russian class. But if I could pick any country, it'd be the U.S., Singapore or, well, Turkey (you guessed it xD)!
4) What are your 3 favourite books of all time? Harry Potter books! There are more than 3 of them so I guess I'll say only them.
5) Are you usually late, early or right on time? Definitely not early! It depends on the place I'm going to, but I'm either a bit late or right on time.
6) What kind of weather you like the most? Hot! Sun is all I need :D
7) If you could travel in time, would you go to future or past and why? I'd like to say I'd travel to the past because I have so many good memories I'd love to experience again but honestly I'm just happy living in this very moment.
8) Write 3 interesting places to visit in your hometown. I live in a small village, like small. But we do have a nice little cafe, a pretty walking trail and a library with an orange floor.
9) What is your favourite holiday to celebrate? Christmas!
10) What are you talented in? Making people annoyed! Haha okay maybe something else.. I guess I'm good at making time for the things I really care about and/or love doing. :)
11) What are your plans for 2016? I have a lot of plans for this year! For example some traveling trips to Rome and Wales ^^

Tallinn, Estonia

My Questions / Kysymykseni:

1. When is the last thing you did something new? What was it? / Milloin teit viimeksi jotain uutta? Mitä?

2. What is your favourite type of holiday? / Millainen on lempilomasi?
3. Name four things that make you happy. / Nimeä neljä asiaa, jotka tekevät sinut onnelliseksi.
4. How would you describe your blog using only three adjectives? / Miten kuvailisit blogiasi käyttäen vain kolmea adjektiivia?
5. What makes a perfect pizza? / Millainen on täydellinen pizza?
6. Which one of your blog posts is your favorite? Why? / Mikä postauksistasi blogisissasi on lempparisi? Miksi?
7. Have you ever lived abroad? If not, would you like to do that? / Oletko koskaan asunut ulkomailla? Jos et, haluaisitko? 
8. Do you have a lucky number? / Onko sinulla onnenumeroa?
9. Sunset or sunrise? / Auringonlasku vai auringonnousu?
10. Your favorite flower? / Lempikukkasi? 
11. Do you have a favorite movie? If yes, what is it? / Onko sulla lempielokuvaa? Jos on, niin mikä?


♥ ♥ ♥

Haastan seuraavat ihanat ihmiset (jos olet jo saanut haasteen, niin ignoraa tämä :D) / I'm going to nominate these lovely people (if you've already got nominated for this, you can just go ahead and ignore the whole thing :D) :

(not exactly 11 people.. if you're not in that list, I tag YOU as well! Please tell me if you've accepted the challenge, I'd love to read your answers and add you to that list too!)

Thanks again! :)

ps. Sorry for awkward font/text size changes, I don't know what's going on! :c

27.2.2016

Cute Mail from Hong Kong & Switzerland

Good morning, day, afternoon or night, whichever you're having right now!

For me, it's morning. I woke up today with a lot of energy and excitement for everything that's going to happen today! :D

But here is some mail I received earlier this month:


The letter is from Chloe, Hong Kong, and the cupcake postcard is from a friend from Switzerland. I think they're both super cute!

 As soon as I saw the "Please open gently" text on the envelope, I almost didn't even want to take the picture because I just wanted to see what was inside! :D

And this is what was inside:


Turned out it was the cutest mini booklet/flipbook/letter ever! *__*



On the last page there was a small drawing by Chloe's sister which I think is really adorable! And in the picture there's also the stamp that was on the card I got from Switzerland :


Thanks! :)

22.2.2016

Some Received & Sent Mail

The week before the "prom" week (click!) was full of mail because I wanted to send out as many letters as I could and I was also happy to receive some! 

I sent a letter to Tabby in California with some small flags, mail tag and pages of a brochure:


Also I sent this one to Sue, Sri Lanka (also with mini flags and pages of a brochure):


And this one to Martyna, Poland (Why do I think it's not necessary to write what I sent her with the letter? xD):


And before sending the letter above I got a letter from her (well, obviously :D), I really like all of it :


Oh, and the stamps on the letter I sent to California:


With those letters I finally used all my Christmas stamps :D

Now I need to go to sleep, I have to wake up early tomorrow... Bye! 

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