I decided to just post some pictures today and tell some random stuff about what has been going on. I guess the pictures sum it up: cats, food, making clothes. Well, there is a lot of My Little Ponies -watching, and working on my computer, and taking photos.. There are friends over, Indi and her friend making cat clothes (they have a shop and the proceeds will go to buying a kitten for Indi's friend, they say. Their only customers so far are Valo and Savi, who only have to pay 5 cents for the clothes, out of their donations jar.. :D )
I'm still as lazy cook as ever, but I find I bake more in the bigger kitchen. And since I often take care of the food for Sunday church meeting, it's a good initiative to bake. I've made, lemon pie, blueberry pie, mint chocolate meringue cake, and for salty baked stuff a smoked reindeer, leek and goat cheese quiche with lingonberries.. Hmm, it seems I make more sweet stuff :D
Yesterday I made a super easy pizza and we had iced smoothie sticks (smoothie-cicles?) that I made from left over smoothie. My husband was on a conference trip and I made too much even though I tried to make it for just Indi and me..
She eats too much sweets and I still try to get in healthy stuff in there too. Today I made banana pancakes for lunch. Okay, now I'm sounding like I spend a lot of time in the kitchen whipping up awesome food, which I really don't. And after Indi goes to bed we watch a movie and eat chips and candy, so I'm not really all that healthy eater! :D
There is a local organic food group that I just ordered from for the first time. Several small producers offer their food stuff straight to the groups and we cut the middle hand and get fresh organic eggs, fish and all kinds of stuff from there.
I eat gluten free and Indi has milk protein allergy so that affects our grocery shopping and cooking and baking. When I bake I usually always make it gluten free and dairy free, but sometimes only lactose free if I know for sure Indi isn't going to eat it anyway. Like that quiche with leek..
The news cat-wise is hidden in the pictures! Somehow one thing led to another, and we are having a third cat - well a foster girl who is going to have kittens, and after that she will become ours. Her name is Cupcake but she is called Namu (which means candy, or sweet). She is the owner of the aquamarine eyes and golden stripy fur.
Indi is being a good model for me, and she wants to be paid in chocolate or candy. She doesn't want money, so that is what I pay her with.
I would love to design my own fabrics, I may do a small test run.. (The prints in the clothes here are not my own but by other Finnish designers: Outi Santaniemi and Leena Renko and Nosh Organics -ETA: I have designed and made the clothes, just not the fabrics :D )
I also want to continue making solid colored things that are easy to combine. I changed my official website to a Finnish domain https://hellinsinua.fi and put a web shop there too. But there are more things in Etsy, and Etsy is having a remodel so I've been working on my own website and looking into the new Etsy as well.
I've started to wear mostly my own brand and plan to make Indi's clothes from now on as well. She still only wants to wear leggings and jersey tops and tunics anyway so that's perfect since that's what I'm making!
I don't know if this thing will take flight or not. I'm not stressing about it. I'm giving it my best shot without letting it consume my whole life, and if it ends up being just an expensive hobby, then so be it!
There's a reason to celebrate too, the divorce that was filed for a year ago was now aborted since it was not confirmed in six months' time after the first six month consideration period.
After last year, I'm quite happy with the way things are right now. Things looked compeletely impossible for a while there, then better, then even worse, then terrible... until better again. It has truly been a testing time for me.
But how amazing is my Lord and God, who truly lives since eternity and into eternity, whom saves my soul and comforts me in spirit and works all things for His glory in the end!
Happy Passover, dear readers <3 p="">
(Painting: Green Beginnings)
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Lovely post, Vappu - I like these "what's going on now" posts. I got all excited thinking these photos were clothes you had made to sell on your website! Where did you buy them? I love them.
Thank you Sonrie :)
Anna- nice to hear that I'mnot expected to come up with something useful and insightful when I post :D And yes, the clothes are made by me for my brand HELLIN. There are lots more.. I do take a lot of the samples for myself after taking photos of them, and then I sell them made to order. Some things I sell as ready-to-ship items. It's just that the fabric designs are not by me, and I'd love to do that as well. The thing is to find a good supplier who would do smaller runs, and use organic cotton and mulesing free merino. I design and draw the patterns myself and sew and all that.. I'm hand painting and printing some fabrics with fabric paints and it's fun but time consuming. I like thinking of things like what is my concept and "look" -but I find that it comes quite naturally, though I do think I need to work on streamlining a bit more. But the general idea is Ethical Comfort :D
You sound happy which is a very very nice thing. Beautiful clothes!
Just stumbled upon your blog. How wonderful to read and wonderful that you are sharing your faith! So refreshing! Praise God! :)
Heini: Thanks :) And yes, I'm doing pretty okay! Things are finally looking brighter in reality, not just my hopeful stubborn faith :D
Melis Jo: A warm welcome! I perhaps alienated a few readers when I started sharing about my faith, but without it I'm just an empty shell, and it affects every part of my life, so bow could I not? At first I mainly wrote about simplicity and a more minimalist lifestyle, but faith just makes it more meaningful and nuanced to me. My faith makes it natural to give to others, but it also makes me realize a perfect minimalist streamlined everything isn't any kind of true answer to life's problems. It can end up being just another kind of band-aid, not a real cure.
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Lovely cats and beautiful photos and outfits!
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