A Midsummer Night's Dream

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Miscellaneous

Some small things have been made here, at chez Kudos:

These cards I made to my youngest sibling and mother include origami in a girly way from Cindy Ng's "Girligami", combines with pretty stamps with branch motives. Fun to make!

As everybody else, I'm getting acquainted with Yoshiko Tsukiori's book on dresses and tunics

It's lovely. Me like. I also like Betz White's "Sewing Green", and the latest Burda magazine, in case you are interested.... :)

the sea, the sea

Well folks, after almost 20 years of being a total landlubber, yours truly ventured out to sea finally last week, for a total of 5 days.
The weather could've been better (I think I'm still freezing), but it was great to see some new places and enjoy the sea air. Our route started in Helsinki, and then we headed towards Viipuri and through the Saimaa canal - the boat which we sailed will be spending the summer in Saimaa area.








Here are some pics from the trip - old fishermen's tools, for example..

The first (of June)

Hi there, I bet you can see more clearly now, right? With my new laptop, everything looks great :)

The first of June, the official first of My New Life. Brace yourselves!

Today's the day

My last working day, after almost 10 years in the same company.
It's sad, but it's also a good feeling.

Change.

My boss just asked me what were the most positive things over these years, and I said: the people.

Gladly I'm not disappearing from the face of the earth - so there are ways to keep in touch still.

And who knows where we meet again.

Korean, anybody?

I received a farewell gift (next week is my last week at my current job) from a business contact in Korea - it's something that every home should have, and I didn't even know that I needed...
It's an electronic photo frame. You can download pictures from digital camera / computer / memory card, and they will then show in the frame in a slide-show mode.

Well, its lack of usefulness and its total un-necessity put aside, there is a one minor detail which makes the use of it a tad difficult. All the menus and user advice in the screen itself are in Korean. According to the user's manual, there are language options - but what's "English" in Korean..

It's like the classic practical joke - take your friends phone and go to language options and change the overall phone language to ... well, for example to Korean. And then just watch closely as your friend (who, at this point, is quickly turning into an enemy) tries to tackle the usage of the phone with the new, improved language.
Do not try this at home.

Birthday girl

Yesterday we had some cake and cookies and sparkling wine, to celebrate somebody who's turning 14. (Well, obviously she didn't have any wine..). She got presents, and on top of all the festivities she had the honour to model my latest FO - which kind of reminds me of a birthday girl outfit, anyway... it's very feminine and pretty, I think:



So, finally, it's the "Auburn Camp Shirt" (Chrissy Gardiner, IK Spring '08), made with Sirdar BabyBamboo, Olive color. I like it's tailored effects:

I modified the sleeves a bit (leaving out the folded cuff-link with button). This cardi is a bit big for 14 year old's size, as you can see especially in the sleeve department, but hopefully will fit perfectly the person who's going to receive it as a present. But don't tell her yet! :)