Champagne & Shoes

 Had a pleasure to pop in to the opening of Marita's new 

shop in Helsinki last week. 

The interior of the shop is fabulous!

(sorry for not having more pics of the interior,

but the place was getting so packed...)

Wave shoes are ecological, natural and extremely comfortable on.

The body of the sole is made of thin layers of Finnish birch. 

The surface layer can be made of curly birch, pear, cherry or rose wood. The strap is available in leather, clear plastic or different textiles.

Wave combines beauty, comfort and functionality.

 These are my Wave shoes called Kaiku from the Wave 1 Collection.

At first when I saw the shoes I was pretty sure they would be clumsy and awkward to wear... how little did I know!

It must be the combination of design and wooden sole that makes the shoes so comfortable and great to wear.

My feet love them!

Me and my Waves at Heroes Square in Budapest.

Cute pattern in the bottom of the sole - nice detail!

The shoes are available in the sizes XS, S, M and L.

M is about 39 in European size scale.

Opi Nails

Perfect orange-red colour:

"My Paprika is Hotter than Yours!" 

from Euro Centrale collection

(have the same colour on my toe nails)

Popped into Opi nail bar at Stockmann's for Spa Manicure with colour polish.

The light shades are beautiful but Hot Paprika was the winner.

My paprika nails together with my new bunny mug.

Just had to have this cute bunny mug "Piilopaikka" by Arabia.

(ps. all Arabia ceramics 20% off at Stockmann's. Oh, with the regular customer card!)

Light & More

 Had a chance to visit Isku showroom to hear about the latest in design. The showroom on Fabianinkatu in Helsinki is more about office designing but there's only a thin line between home and office furnishing nowadays.

Design is not just a pretty object but a functional and consumer friendly concept.

 After eating lots of delicious organic food from the buffet had some problems to choose which dessert to pick... surprise surprise took both!

There was also a Finnish designer Tapio Anttila from Lahti 

who had design this Tip light.  

Looks perfect and so functional!

Lovely Helsinki

 This weekend it's Lovely Helsinki happening in the city centre.

Not yet leaves in the trees but lots of flowers around 

Esplanadi Park.

 This is quite awesome!

Which one is your favourite?

A Piece Of Lapland In Helsinki

 Had a fantastic Finnish dinner in Lappi (=Lapland) restaurant.

This kind of food should be served in every Finnish restaurant!

Fresh, local, tasty without any extra spices.

Selection of Finnish breads: 

unleavened potato bed, organic rye bread and crispy rye bread.

Starter plate: 

white fish and vendace roe, salmon tartar, smoked vendace, reindeer, moose, forest mushrooms, cranberry jam, lapland squeaky  cheese.

Main course: 

warm-smoked white fish & salmon, chanterelle sauce, omelet and potatoes.

Absolutely perfect! 

After eating all this was already so full but just couldn't resist the dessert...

 Dessert: Lapland squeaky cheese in cinnamon crean with cloudberry jam.

Roman Numbers

 I found it - the table clock Roman by Arne Jacobsen.

The clock was created for  Aarhus City Hall in 1942, it features snooze, light sensors and an alarm.

It somehow reminds The Ant and Seven chairs.

A fantastic design object! 

It was love at first sight when saw it in a German lifestyle magazine Couch.

I was so sure that can't find it in Budapest, but how wrong I was...found it at Aron Design Store in Mammut 1 and they had all the other models as well in black and white.

Pink Peonies

 Heading to Helsinki today so not able to enjoy my gorgeous peonies in such an intensive deep pink for a long...

Hoping the weather will be fine in Finland.