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Blogmas Day 6, Our Christmas Decorations

Hello lovelies! How are you today? ♥ Today has been the Independence Day of Finland, so we've had quite a chill day at home. I feel a bit like I'm coming down with a flu or something, but I hope that will pass because I really don't have the time to be sick right now. But if I will catch something, at least I have to house all pretty to stay in. Wanna see what I mean? Let's have a tour around the apartment and see this year's Christmas decorations!

Christmas decorations

Our Halloween Decoration ♥

Happy Halloween my darlings!

I hope you're having nice parties today. I'm not, but I finished a pretty confusing class today, so chilling at home is a nice idea. Especially with our cute little decorations, that I will be sharing you below:

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Handmade bat decor...

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Lights and stuff from different places...

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Little spider decor (I made the web myself!)...

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And a table with treats.

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We have ghost cupcakes and paw-shaped cookies as a treat - both gluten free so I can eat as much as I like, hehe. Both recipes can be found on Martha Stewart's website, but if you want to make gluten free, you have to figure out the flours yourself. It's easier than you'd think. ;)

What kind of decorations do/did you have this Halloween? Let me know in the comments below!

Now, I'm gonna go hit the bed as tomorrow, I will have a hot date with my math book. Steamy, I know. I will also show you what I maybe would've dressed up, if I had a party to go to. So stay tuned for that.

Have a fantastic Halloween weekend ♥

Spring Makeover: Kitchen Edition ♥

Hey everyone!

Hope you've had a lovely start for your week ♥

I've been enjoying my free time as I don't have to work this week, so I can focus more on cooking and training and fun stuff, which is very nice. Also, as I will be spending more time in the kitchen, it should look nice. So, I finally did something to the plain white wall full of little holes and stuff, where our spice shelf is located. See more below!

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So what I had to deal with was this white wall here. It's no entirely unpleasant, but I don't like plain white walls that much. Especially ones with little holes and stuff in them. So, on Sunday we headed to IKEA and I picked up some decoration items to spruce this up for the Spring.

I decided to use stickers, because we don't own the apartment and can't do major renovations on our own, but these can be ripped off when we eventually move.

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So, when we got home, it was time for little planning. I have no vision whatsoever if I can't plan things visually, so I took out some tape and gently attached the cut out sticker things (with the paper in the back, of course) the way I wanted the layout to be.

After that came the hardest part - attaching the stickers. Okay, so it wasn't that difficult as the stickers weren't huge, but still. And the end result? See for yourselves:

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Simple and fresh in my opinion, and totally changes the look of the kitchen.

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Of course, whenever the light hits them in the right angle, you will see clearly they're stickers, but personally I don't really mind that. And these are also the type of plants I cannot manage to kill with the lack of watering, so that's just perfect.

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All in all, I love our little renewed kitchen wall, and the best thing about this renovation is that it only cost 13 Euros. ;) Goes to show that a little bit can go a long way with just a bit of creativity. This Spring I will enjoy cooking even more because the environment is so pretty.

Have you guys done any Spring makeovers of any sorts? Let me know below! And also, tell me what you think about this little DIY project I manage to pull off. ♥

Once again it's time for me to go catch some sleep, and tomorrow, I will be having quite the day with workout, homecooking and Spring cleaning. Yeah, I know, my life is so exciting (not). But I'll get back to you as soon as I can, because I have loads to post for you!

Have a fabulous day ♥

Our Bedroom ♥

Hello lovelies!

How has your week started? ♥

I'm sort of tired after the weekend, and also because of the grey weather, but hopefully it gets better with exercise, vitamins, and focusing on the good stuff. Also, with the help of my blogger friend Sacramento and her super helpful new post, I was able to finally add a little button on the right side of the blog that takes you back to the top of the page (see the little pink arrow button? That's it.)

Today, I thought it would be fun to show you our bedroom (finally, as we've lived in this apartment over 6 months now) because only last week I got it looking like I want it to look. Before that it felt a little pointless to take photos, even if that could've make it into a cool before/after post. :D

So, here we go, our bedroom:

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On our windowsill, there's boxes full of my jewelry. I have a ridiculous amount of accessories, which you probably know already if you have seen my outfit posts, haha.

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On our bedroom, you can definitely see the passion for motor sports. I'm still hoping to find a better place for the flag there, but then again it matches our Ferrari pillow, so... It's all good. The Moomin blanket is a graduation gift of mine, and it used to be in the living room, but since I found a perfect grey one there, I moved the Moomin into the bedroom.

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My side of the bed; dream catcher, pink stuff, sequined footwear with bows...

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I like to keep my everyday perfumes, glass of water, music and a book always in hand. Otherwise, this could be even more neat.

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Next to our bedroom door, there's a shelf full of shoes, bags and a couple of hats.

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If you have been reading my blog for a while now, I bet most of this looks familiar to you.

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I usually stay up longer than my fiance - due to having an evening shift, whereas he needs to get up early in the morning, and because we both hate going sleep alone, I usually end up watching TV on almost mute while he sleeps. That way, my sleeping schedule stays at least somewhat in control.

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And, as you might know, I love my boxes. They're such a lovely way of keeping things organized. Here you can also see my new makeup bag (more about that later, though).

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On the bed, you saw the pile of pillows. I love the furry ones, which are something I found whilst shopping with my mom last week. And even though four pillows is nice...

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...six is even more nice. Before, we had pillows in very weird, different colors (we kind of didn't care, but I reached my limit now, as I do like to hang out in the bedroom) but now, they're more neutral and earthy. Except of course for the Ferrari one, but that's such a different thing.

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One more thing to mention about our bedroom is this red heart I created with iron wire and pack of red Christmas lights. It looks kinda cute on the window, and I guess it kind of sends the message of love to everyone who sees it. At least, one can always hope so.

Other little things

I had a long time thinking whether to put these into their own posts, but what the heck. Here are other little details from around our home (and more to come once I can get my hands on a drill).

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Set of lights I found for my sewing corner/guest space.

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Look at how cute it is, even by the day!

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...and this is how it looks by the night.

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Luv it.

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New set of wine glasses (needing another round of wash here, hehe) - finally we have a matching set of 6 of them!

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Starry lights above our living room door.

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Cute lantern for the balcony, something I've been dying to find for months now.

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...and how it looks with the rest of the candles outside.

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Roses & candles, absolutely the best way to make the room look finished. ♥

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So clearly I have been into decorating lately. Had I a bigger budget, you'd sure see more posts about decorating. So be patient, some day I really will have a full-time job.

Anyone else out there having a need to redecorate? ♥

Now, I must start cooking something nice for us before I get to work (only two days, and my weekend starts, yay for short week!). But I'll be back as soon as I can. ;)

Have a lovely day!

Blog ya later,

xoxo

Johanna

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