envelope

//when I purchased a new laptop I wanted a cover for it. I was after a simple sleeve, nothing else.
I still had some leather left from an old project, even though I've been using the same leather for countless gift items as well.
logically, I decided to make the computer sleeve myself. I'm quite happy with the result; the object has already been in everyday use for half a year, and it doesn't show any signs of wear. it just does what good leather always does; gets better with age.

black hook

//my new chain earring, the easiest thing to make. finally I have some use for the second piercing on my ear lobe.

tell me anything you want, any lie will do

//after looking at leather totes for a long time, after never finding the perfect size or colour or price, I decided to make one myself. 

finding the leather wasn't easy, neither was sewing the thick leather with a normal household sewing machine. 

anyway, here's how my bag turned out. I'm very happy. 

the leather is slightly too soft for this purpose though, so if I ever attempted to make a sturdy leather tote again I would have to go for a waxy, sturdy leather instead of this one. 

needless to say, they didn't have that where I bought my leather, but whatever. 

tiny, insignificant details. 

all that matters is that it looks good, is made by me and fits everything I need. and has a spacious side pocket with a zipper.

what do you think?

soft

this is how my clutch turned out.... the real deal is so much better, this ended up looking a little bit too box-shaped because the skirt I used was made out of several, not just one or two patches of leather.

//the A5 sketchbook is there to demonstrate the size of the clutch

like a distant tree

tonight, instead of going out, I plan to take out the sewing machine and see what I can do with an age-old leather skirt I got at the flea market for the mere price of 1€... with this Maison Martin Margiela clutch in mind.

blås den bort

I finally got around to making a ring out of an agate slice my dad bought me years ago from a trip down the French Alps. the problem was that I couldn't find a ring base robust enough for the large stone from anywhere, well, until this past Friday when I found a great sterling silver ring base. 

the ring is so good I don't want to take it off my finger.

geometric necklace

shown above is the latest addition to my necklace collection.

I really kind of do collect necklaces. I very rarely wear them though.

this particular one, however, looks stunning paired with plain black clothes and that's why I love it.

I decided to keep that black blazer by the way. too much of a classic to let it go. 

+ I came across the ugliest pleather jacket of all time yesterday and for some reason tried  it on---it looked great. the price was even greater, 15 euros. I gave up the whole idea of adding any extra things on the blazer lapels, but I think this new black pleather jacket just screams for some additional metal pieces. now all I have to do is find some studs of different sizes. I want small and big pyramids and conical studs and dome studs. does anyone know where to get some in Finland? I'll go and check some random goth shops tomorrow.

ps the necklace idea wasn't mine, I saw it on some blog. can't remember how I got there let alone the name of the blog but it was a great one written by a cute girl from hong kong. 

EDIT///it was the lovely Denise whose blog I found this from! check it out, I'm a fan!

corrupt without being charming

I promised a glimpse of the little sewing project a while back, so here we go.

it's a stupid little bag that was meant to resemble a football (got the idea from this bless football bag) but the fake leather I used was a little too thick.

I know the outcome would have been totally different and better had I used actual leather, thin black suede for example, but I'm happy with the thing anyway. the only problem is that it looks stupid empty and that nothing really fits in there....but never mind that.

I'm off to spending my 19th birthday right now ++ will be back with photos of some beautiful things I pampered myself with earlier today :-)))

bermuda triangles

my shameless, self-made, asymmetrical and crooked knockoff of the angle necklace by the wonderful alex&chloe.