Dec
30

Happy New Year!

by Sofia   -   in Random

Bring on the sparkles and bubbles the farewells of old and the welcoming of the new. I love how we cozy up all Fall along, the candles, the fireplaces, cups of tea and woollen throws. Watching The Crown on the sofa at night cuddled for warmth. We plan for Christmas, we bake cookies and drink mulled wine. We read books on the sofa and eat chocolate from the box one by one. Then suddenly there is a change. It´s like we open up our doors and windows to let a fresh breeze in to our homes. The wait for Spring and the inevitable Summer begins. We start to clear out our closets whilst we clean the remnants of Christmas away. We cleanse our diets and our jogs get a little longer and our pace a little faster. We pack for holidays with bikinis or skis and we start buying tulips. Suddenly the blue & white stripes take over the warm grey cashmeres and we start dreaming of asparagus and dips in the sea. 

Seasons change and each brings us new wonderful things to concentrate on. To dream about. The classics we turn to every year. The  things that make us happy and giddy with anticipation. But also the fun new things we discover. The exciting things we suddenly feel we need to learn. The new books we can´t wait to read and the new movies that make us feel inspired. The countries and places we simply must see. And the new friendships we are thrilled to have found. On top of the old ones we are lovingly cherishing and keeping.

I love the thought of a new beginning. A new chance. Every morning, every week and most of all every year. As we as humans need to count our time in one way or another. Set time lines, goals and measurements. Make resolutions that some keep better and others brake every year. We count from one point to another. Our birthdays or the beginning and ending of a year or an era. We measure ourselves from one starting point to another. And hopefully we find that somehow we have grown towards what we wanted or who we wanted to become. More openly ourselves. Better versions of yesterday´s us. More charitable, more forgiving, more excited, more dynamic, more loving towards ourselves and others, kinder, stronger, healthier or just plain happier us.

Dec
28

Christmas 2017

by Sofia   -   in Interior design

I hope you all had the loveliest and most relaxing holidays. I took some photos on the eve of Christmas eve before going to bed.

Leppoisat lomapäivät takana ja vuodenvaihde edessä. Kun kotona aaton aattona kaikki oli valmista ja lapset jo nukkuivat, nappasin muutaman kuvan tämän joulun tunnelmasta…

Dec
22

All is calm, all is bright…

by Sofia   -   in Random

I hope you are all set for the holidays. Yesterday I did one of my favourite tasks, wrapping up the presents. I choose them with love and care and it´s such a joy to see how the presents make the receiver happy. I also just enjoy lovely cards, paper & ribbon. Parcels have a theme each year, nothing elaborate or stressful, perhaps just a picture I saw somewhere that gave me an idea or some ribbon or colour. This year it was some forest green velvet ribbon mixed with a lovely last minute vintage angel card find thanks to a friend who thought I might enjoy them as much as she does. And is that just not exactly what this blogging is also about. Me sharing things I think you may enjoy and then getting inspired by you or someone else and in the end there is all this joy and all the lovely little moments and pretty little things that follow that thought. 

Filled with all the wonderful festive spirit I wish you a calm and peaceful, joyful and beautiful Christmas!

Kaunista, rauhallista ja tunnelmallista joulua!

Lattemamma

p.s. Photo from here via Pinterest