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(I very rarely eat oatmeal.)

It’s all about magazines right now.

want: Caput (I have the Kofi family)
really want: text aus chokolade

soundtrack: Joss Stone - Music

Ever wonder what your kids will inherit?
Blond hair. Blue eyes. Freckles. Obsession to music. Allergy to pineapple.

Happiness is a lazy Saturday with a warm funny book, resting off a cold, listening to cinematic orchestra. Oh and mysterypostcard #7, from Switzerland.

Sara tagged me, so here’s eleven details about me:

1. Clothes shop – Shoes are the real weakness… for clothes it’s cheap basics like Gina Tricot. I wish I was good with flea markets but I never find anything I like or that fits me.

2. Furniture shop – Old furniture from friends and relatives.

3. Sweet – Toblerone

4. City – Den Haag, in three months. But I want to travel to New York and San Fransisco.

5. Drink – White wine

6. Music – Nina Kinert

7. TV Series – Gilmore Girls

8. Film – A love song for Bobby Long, Imaginary Heroes

9. Workout - Yoga, walks with camera

10. Pastries - Sesame bars, gluten free cookies

11. Coffee – Every morning and most afternoons

I tag: Silvia, Sia and Maria

Isn’t that the book..?

During our perfect Saturday of coffee, girl talk and bookstore browsing my friend spotted the book some of my work is in. So if you are in Helsinki you can find Custom Kicks at the Stockmann Bookstore.

Happy six months gluten free!

It is difficult to describe how much better life is these days; I am already forgetting how lousy I felt before. But this I remember feeling:

On the third day without gluten, I looked up and realized I was clear. It was as though I had been wearing smudgy contacts for years, and someone had just cleaned them for me. I’ve been in a brain fog for years. Years. And now, I feel clear. -gluten free girl

I feel clear.
And happy.

on my street

Yesterday we had a really good lecture, or more like a discussion, on creativity and intuition. What they are, what they mean to us, how to use them better. I tend to go through life trusting my intuition, my gut feeling. Yet pure intuition is supposed to be almost feeling-free. Moments of clarity. The “I had to” in Silvia’s post. And when I think of those times when I had to, there is not much fear, just calm.

We also discussed ten years silence, the most relieving thing I’ve heard in a while. It takes time. It is supposed to take time.

Have a good weekend!

Ken Barber took a picture of me.

Today me and some other TAIK students attended a workshop held by Ken Barber, type designer and letterer. Monograms was the topic of the day, so after a lecture on them we worked on our own versions based on our initials. I have done this assignment before, but I guess one can always try to approach it differently. And maybe I’ll get some monogrammed towels or something one day… err… not.

Ken had some design tips for us:
Draw… a lot!
Sketch small.
Avoid fussiness.

and a quote:
“If you improve your drawing skills, you will become a better designer. Period.”
-Doyald Young

Blaktur typeface
House Industries
type and lettering

I’d love to..  How about in Amsterdam? 

Mystery postcard #6 arrives, the plot thickens. Helsinki sky was very bright today, I need to take my camera out more often.

letters to love liza on typographic trends

soundtrack: zero 7 - destiny

Otto went home with his mommy… feels weird having an empty house now.

nice workspace

soundtrack: Rilo Kiley - The good that won’t come out

I think Otto is bored with me. No posing for pics today.
More photopairs at Mieke Willems

Three months ten days until guess what?