FOR CHRISTMAS ____________

Christmas is the best time I know and I will never get tired of giving Christmas gifts and getting some as well! And I've already got one of my Christmas gifts that I wished for, time for myself. I wanted to have few undisturbed days, just to do what I wanted to do. Like my own a mini-vacation. So earlier this week I took the train to Stockholm. I hade time to buy some Christmas presents and meeting my brother and friends. I ate lunch together with my mentor Lotta Agaton and got so inspired of just talking to her. I met Emma Fexeus and joined her ​​when she got her tattoo at my brother's newly opened tattoo studio La roibe Noir. So I've already got the most important gift this Christmas, time with people I value and time for myself. But yes of course there are some things on my wish list too!

image (1,5) Prints and photo art from Lotta Agaton shop. Photos by me.
image (2) corals also from Lotta Agaton shop. Photo by me.
image (3,4) Maison Martin Margiela; Magnifying glass, russian dolls, 
candlestick in the shape of a large stearic formation of burnt candles. From Artilleriet.

Reminder: winners for my product competition will be drawn on Sunday so you still have time to compete here.

GIVEAWAY! _____________

Here comes a little sneak peek of my new design square lamp shade that will arrive to my shop soon. I´m so exited about this product and it has become already one of my personal favorites! But now one week before the Christmas I wanted to thank you my readers for following my blog by give away two optional products from my shop!

To enter the competition all you have to do is to tell me where you would place the product you want to win! You can enter your answer in the comment section below or on the blog's facebook page. Enter to the shop here.

Good luck everyone!

DEKO __________ my christmas home

As I mentioned in previous post my Christmas home is featured this month in Finnish interior magazine called Deko. I love Deko magazine and I think it communicates the Finnish design/interior style amazingly well and makes it relevant even to international audience! The story is coordinated and written by Jonna Kivilahti and photographed by me. Jonna has even a blog called MRS Jones where you can find more pictures from the story. Published in Deko (no 84) december 2012

INSPIRATION ______ Transparent Picture Frame

I´m having a serious crush right now for interior stuff made of plastic and perspex! I just love the transparent and light feeling with the material and that you can see throug it. Like when used acrylic meny holder as a picture frame for my boy´s initials, it looks like the characters almost floats in the air. I love that!

*postcard letters from theresesennerholt.se

SHOP _________ new stuff!

My new products candle holder collection has finally arrived in the shop! See them here. Happy weekend!

shop: annaleena.se/shop

DIY _______ advent calendar

My advent calendar became this year really simple again! Even the first calendar dates are already opened, I still wanted to show you what I did, I call it -one day at a time calendar. I think it's never too late to start making this one!

DEKO MAGAZINE+shop

Sorry it's been so quiet here on the blog lately! But I promise I have had some really nice reasons for it! I´ve been working with some new products that will arrive to my shop next week, as lamp shades (show you them later) and these candle holders in steel and brass. I can't believe it's already the season! But now is the time to start thinking about Christmas! So just as a reminder the delivery time for international shipping during the holiday season can take longer time so I recommend that you place your order soon if you would like your orders to arrive before 24th December. You can also set the recipients' address to other than yours so we can directly ship what you purchase to your friends and family worldwide! One more thing, my Christmas home is featured in the latest Finnish Deko magazine that is out now, but more of it later! Now I just want to wish you all a wonderful first advent sunday!

*Scandinavian Deko magazine
*Diamond

DIY_________ X-mas decoration

To do these you need;  scissors, paper binders, staple set, thick paper. 
Cut out strips of a paper in various sizes and staple or use paperbinders to fix the strips from both sides. Hang them up with a string or use as a table decoration. Done!

INSPIRATION_______ white

The first sign of christmas is now on my wall, lots of white paper pom poms. The more the better! 

( You can find these white pom poms in Sweden from Rusta )

RANDOM ____________ X-MAS MOOD

CHRISTMAS CALENDAR DIY _______________ 

CHRISTMAS TREE DECORATION DIY

It´s only few days left until the first advent sunday and I have started making this year's advent calendar to my kids and some new christmas decorations. But before I´ll show you all the new nice stuff, here´s some black&white christmas inspiration and diy´s from last year!

INSPIRATION _____ Lotta Agaton home

My dear interiorstylist teacher Lotta Agaton´s new home is featured in the latest issue of the Danish RUM magazine that is out today! She and her interior style is like the rolling stone, it just keeps rolling on fresch and always inspiring! Can´t wait to get my magazine and see all the pictures, happy also to see my metal pyramid and diamond in her livingroom!

(images from RUM magazine, photographed by talented Pia Ulin) 

DIY__________magazine holder

One of my secret addiction is magazines. And since I have tons of magazines at home and soon running out place to stash them, I always try to come up new ways to store them! Here is a magazine holder that I made ​​of metal wire but you can also use some other strong string or rope to do it. This magazine holder does not actually take a lot of time and it's very unexpensive! Goood luck!

INTERIOR _________faye toogood

The most difficult question that I get sometimes is what is trendy right now or not. Sure we are all inspired by others but I belive that true creativity begins in the heart and from a freedom of thought where everything is allowed. Therefore, there is no right and wrong when it comes to art and furnishings. Like Faye Toogood the incredibly talented British interior designer who creates interior design with courage and curiosity. All of her pieces are handmade by small-scale fabricators and traditional artisans, with an honesty to the rawness and irregularity of the chosen material. Her interior design shows the way away from trend slavery and current trends. What she creates is freedom from all that is allowed or not!

all images from fayetoogood.com with thanks