Spring Project

Ihan kuin kevät olisi jo tulollaan,
ainakin Kimaran kevätprojekti on jo kovasti työn alla.
Meille aukeaa pop up -kauppa Korjaamolle 21.3. ja on avoinna 22.4.2013 asti.
Kerromme projektin uutisista Kimaran FB-sivuilla!
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Feels like the spring isn't all that far away
now that we're working on Kimara's spring project.
We'll open a new pop up shop at Korjaamo, Helsinki on 21st March
and it will stay open until 22nd April.
More about this project on Kimara's FB page soon!

xx, minna

Flickr Favorites

Hello!

It's another busy week at Karuski's studio
This coming weekend there's a large green event
I'll be attending in Helsinki
Really looking forward to it

Here are some of my favorites found on Flickr
I hope they bring sunshine and comfort to your day, too

via TaylorAnn

via inmost_light

via Ros

via yiimisekiz

More Flickr Favs on Mitsy's blog...

ps. I created a new sweet jewelry display last week
You can see it on my Flickr stream.

Have a lovely day!


xx
minna

My Creative Space

Happy Thursday everyone!

Somehow this week seems shorter to me
must be because of Easter Monday
which was a holiday here

It's been warm and nice all week
so I decided to make my creative space post
about gardening things

Tiny tomato seedlings got re-potted last weekend

I found these lovely rose gloves from a local gardening shop

Couldn't resist poppy and bean seeds, either

Ula is another anxious wanna-be gardener here

Other good news:
My studio space will get an interior magazine feature
I was interviewed this Tuesday *excited*

More creative spaces on Kootoyoo's blog...


xx
minna

Happy Easter

Just wanted to wish you a Happy Easter!

It's a warm and sunny weekend
here in Southern Finland *happy*
Yesterday we went for a walk
in the woods and lake nearby
and even spotted a sea of wood anemones
spring is finally here!

I got tulips from the store

homemade pasha for the Easter

purple wood anemones look like spring to me

I hope you're fine
Enjoy the weekend!


xx
minna

New Work: Pouches & Clutches

It's already midweek and this is my first post this week!

Here in Karuski studio it's been a joyful day.
I finished a bunch of *new* pouches + a couple of clutches, too.

These pouches are useful for carrying small things such as
-change
-keys
-phone
-make up

Almost all of these new darlings
have a sweet little button embellishment.
Of course.

vintage button on the clutch's front

springy green and tiny blooms

a batch of *new* zipper pouches

For more button inspiration head over
P8-buttons & fabrics...

See you soon!

xx
minna

Getting Ready

This always happens whenever I get busy with wholesale orders, I simply cannot keep up with my blog. Today I took some pictures of my new pieces before sending them off. A few more purses are waiting for finishing touches so I will take and share pictures of them before packing everything up.


I came up with this bigger clutch purse some time ago
So glad this reseller of mine wanted to give it a try!


I especially love this one made with earthy raw silk

Smaller clutches with removable accessories

These two would make a nice company for a happy summer day party

Tomorrow we have a national holiday here. Once I get ready with this order I hope to spend some time in the garden. Today we already had such a lovely and warm day so I'm hoping it would continue like this. How about a picnic if the weather allows?

Sunday Walk

We had a sunny but windy Sunday up here. I'm so glad we decided to take a short trip to a lake nearby despite the heavy wind. The forest ground was full of kidneyworts (Anemone hepatica) and wood anemones (Anemone nemorosa). Seeing the sea of wild flowers is definitely a proof of spring to me!






To celebrate the spring we cooked asparagus with hollandaise sauce, it was as delicious as you can imagine. To make a hollandaise sauce you need the egg yolks only. I didn't want to waste the egg whites so I baked meringues. This was my first try with meringues and they turned out just nice ( I whipped egg whites and sugar by hand and baked the cookies in 100 celsius for about 1 hour 10 minutes). Next time I would love to try a lemon meringue tart. I just found a recipe for this on Mitsy's blog, fun! Have you ever baked one and how did it turn out?

Spring & Sprouting

Two weeks ago I did sow a whole bunch of seeds. Happily I can see most of them sprouting now! I even found some forgotten spaghetti squash (cucurbita pepo) seeds from my storage, package showing the best before date December07 but they're going strong as well. It's always worth trying, really. Soon I need to divide these into bigger planting holders.

And there are still plenty of more seeds to be sown in April. I need to find more space for them somewhere in our house, the kitchen is getting pretty crowded. It wont be before late May or early June I can plant all of them outside but I can wait. Oh, it feels like a spring now!