I miss my finnish roots

When people ask me where I come from I really don't know what to answer. It depends on where I am when they ask I guess... My parents are both from Finland but I never lived there. I only spent my summer holidays there. I have lived my whole life in Sweden. Up until 3 years ago I was finnish by passport. Now I have both a finnish and swedish passport. So.. when I am in Sweden I tell people I am finnish as I don't feel like a swede when I am there. When I am in Finland I tell people I am a swede because I don't feel finnish when I am there. When I am outside Sweden and Finland I am confused and don't know what I truly am but mostly I feel finnish ;).

Beyond Appearances had Nat as guest designer this week and she had a really great challenge that got me thinking. You were supposed to do a LO with the theme "I miss ..."

All my relatives live in Finland except for my parents and my sister who live in Sweden. Whenever I have free time or vacation I therefore always go "home" to Sweden. I don't get to see the rest of my relatives that oft.

This is my LO. Journal is hidden behind the photo.


Journaling: I don't get to visit Finland as often as I would like to. Whenever I have free time I go to Sweden as it is my "home", but what about Finland? I am finnish and my heart and roots are in Finland but when I am there I feel swedish. I am confused.

Credit: PP Fancy Pants
Chipboard letters chatterbox
Monograms Basic Grey

3 New LO's

I've managed to do 3 new LO's this weekend!! I had a good flow going on after I came home from the workshop that Nat, Christiane and Liz held yesterday. I had to work yesterday so I could only attend to the one that Nat held. I had a lot of fun and I learned a lot about how to combine color.

I did this LO at the workshop. It's of my sister Eve (Evelina) who broke up with her BF a while ago and this LO is telling her to start fresh, start over and be positive to find someone new.

I finally got my photos that I had stored at my parents house. Now I can scrap more about ME as I didn't have any older photos here. This LO is made from the Scrapmuse kit. And it is showing me dressed up like a smurf with a red nose... hmm maybe it's a sick smurf? *LOL*

Journaling: I loved to play dress up when I was a child. This photo is taken back in 1983 when I had turned me into a smurf. I have no idea where the red nose comes from.

The third LO. Is made from a kit from Scrapfever. Photo shows my godson Emppu in Finland.

Easter Goody and photos from Berlin

Today I finally got to open my easter goody bag that I got from Mirija. It was a really nice surprise!! Look at all I got!! The foam stamps are exactly what I have been looking for and I love the buttons and flowers!! Thank you Mirija for the GREAT goody bag!!!


Now I only wish that my goody bag partner likes her gift :)



Last weekend we went to Berlin. Here is a slide show of the photos. You can also check out my flickr page.

Sneak peak revealed and other new LO's

This weekend I went to Berlin. We had a wonderful time discovering Berlin. Photos will be uploaded this week. I got the chance to meat Andrea and give her the birthday LO.

This is a LO about ME that I did for Melanie. She wanted to have Layouts from all the members in our forum.


This one I did using the material from the March Muse kit. It for a sketch challenge at Scrapmuse.

This last one is a photo swap that I did with Cia.

Sneak peak

Here is a small sneak peak of a Birthday LO that I've made for Andrea who owns one of the best online scrapbook stores in Germany.

A surprise at work!!

Today was a fun day!! There I was at work trying my best to be polite to my customers and who do I see standing left of me??? ... Dani !! That was really a fun surprise!! If we get something similar in stock again I will let you know ;)

I hope the weather stays good tomorrow. If the sun is shining tomorrow I'm going out with my camera.

These photos are taken by me with a normal underwater camera you can buy at every photo store. It's one of those you can only use one time. It doesn't take soooo god photos but it's fun to have it while snorkeling.


Credits: PP: Fancypants, Dreamstreet, Rouge de garance. Chipboard: BG.