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It's that time of the year again! Time to put on soft warm wolly socks, light some candles and enjoy a huge cup of tea. It's really autumn and I love it! I've found a new perspective and I'm going to do some serious layering with my style this year. That would mean that I don't have to hate the cold anymore! I can enjoy the warmth of my sweaters and wolly socks ♥ I'm having the rest of the week off so I'll have time to do some photographing. Leaves are changing and this whole town is soon to be in the colors of autumn.

I've been thinking why it is so important to stop and enjoy the moment and I got this thought.. Everybody wants something and as soon as they get it they move on to wanting something else and we cannot be satisfied and therefore be one hundred percent happy. But when we stop for a moment, just for a moment we stop wanting for things and concentrate in the now and that is when one can be truly and purely happy. So love, stop and enjoy the moment. I know I am.

treasures

I admit it. I am totally obsessed with stripes, polka dots and collar blouses. I've bought so many stripy and dotty pieces lately I'm fearing that soon my whole wardrobe is all about those :-D I've been 2nd hand shopping a lot lately. I actually had a bit of a style identity crisis for a month or two but now I feel like I've gotten back to track! This fall is all about chunky soft knits, layering and cute patterned socks ♥ My current key pieces are my black high waisted jeans and fjallraven backpack.

Now what have I found from fleamarkets.. Like I said.. It's all about stripes, dots and collar blouses. Also I got some warm knits and bags.. These three pieces in the first picture are anyways my favourite ones! The blouses are made of really soft and comfy material and the "coatigan" is just adorable with any top!

H&M collar blouse - 2nd hand - 2e

Polka dot collar blouse - 2nd hand - 3,5 e

Harvest London coatigan - 2nd hand  - 1 e

Genuine leather backpack - 2nd hand - 8 e

Leather satchel - 2nd hand - 4 e

DIY shorts of Levi's jeans - 2nd hand - 0,75 e

Vintage floral shorts - 2nd hand - 2e

Knitted jumper - 2nd hand - 1 e

Stripe miniskirt - Lindex

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best things about life

Hey guys! It's done. Finally my matriculation exams are over! At least for the next six months.. Exams went well and I'm so relieved right now. I had a total stress overload for weeks and for the first time in a while I can really relax without having to think about studies! I've done a lot of fleamarket shopping lately so I'm gonna have a huge post about that in a day or two :) This friday we're gonna celebrate and have fun with my friends. It's been a while since we've had a girls' night so that's gonna be fun! 

At the moment I'm feeling kinda happy. I'm not stressing about anything and I've been rediscovering my style and my identity. It's interesting to see how I've changed during the summer and I'm only noticing it now when there's change in the air. I feel more confident and comfortable in my own skin. Also there are so many upcoming things to be excited about this fall and I don't even mind the cold. I've really been enjoying the little things in life. Every day there are reasons to smile and feel happy ☺ Life is just generally good! 

Best things about life at the moment:

-friends

-upcoming trip to England (and to Emmi ♥)

-tea 

-weekends

-fleamarkets

-music

photos tomorrow! :-))

Back to England

Hey guys! I've been super stressed out about my matriculation exams (coming up next monday..). I haven't gotten enough sleep and basically I'm freaking out rn. I still have some studying to do this weekend but... guess what? I'm going back to England in November!! It's real now! I booked my flights today and I'm really looking forward to my trip! The poin of the trip is to visit my dear friend Emmi who's currently working as an au-pair there. We're gonna visit London of course and also we got tickets to a Vampire Weekend gig in Birmingham (omg can't wait) so I'm really excited ☺☺☺ I'm gonna get back to blogging as soon as my exams are over! Hang in there ppl :)) Have a nice weekend everyone ♥

Your eyes they shine so bright, I wanna save that light

Hey guys! It's been a while since my last post... sorry for that! My matriculation exams are coming up and I've been studying like crazy (atleast I'm telling myself I have :-D) and it takes the most of my free time. Anyway I've been loving school for some reason :-) Our senior year has started with some nice events. We baptized our freshmen to our school which is a tradition. Our theme was horror and me and my friends were dressed up as zombies! It was a blast! I posted a picture on my instagram: anja_elina. My conservatory studies has also started again. This year I'm taking singing lessons, band and history of music. I'm really realy excited about this year and future overall. Can't wait to see what life has to offer!
I've spent this evening packing and cooking for our hiking trip tomorrow. I'm definetly not the person who goes hiking but it's an optional school trip so we're gonna go and have some fun with the gang in the forest :-D I'm trying to take some more ootd pictures in the future. Here is my yesterday's denim-denim outfit :) I really loved it myself and especially the statement necklace I got from the sales. Have a nice weekend everyone! ♥

Skirt: Cubus - Vest: Primark - Sneakers: Converse

Color splash

Bought this super awesome dress (and earlier these awesome white sunnies) from Anna and I absolutely love it! ♥ Today was the first day of my last year in high school and I have to admit that it's nice to be back. I haven't really seen some of my friends at all during the summer and it's so nice to hang out with them! So here's my back to school look. yay!

Luna

Knitted happiness

Our short trip to Kuopio was very nice and I found what I was looking for. Two soft and comfy knitted sweaters (+I got third one from my mom) ♥ Even though I looove summer I feel kinda happy that it's autumn soon. When a new school year starts it feels like it's new year and you get to start from a fresh table. Unfortunately that feeling fades away too quickly when the actual school work and stress begins but oh well at least I can enjoy this happiness for a couple of days ☺ Have a happy week everyone! ♥

ps. I'm starting to edit London photos right now ☺

Gotta keep moving

There are exactly three days left of summer 2013. I feel like I'm ready to start my "senior" year but a part of me doesn't want this amazing summer to end. ever. But oh well that's just how it goes. Life keeps on moving and you gotta move too because there's no way to stop. This is a huge cliche but life is like a rollercoaster and it's up to you whether you scream or put your hands up and enjoy the ride. For me that saying is just so accurate. I believe that one's life is what one makes out of it so today I'm deciding to smile and enjoy these last awesome days of vacation ☺ Tomorrow we are heading to Kuopio and IKEA (once again) and I can't wait to get some new comfy and warm sweaters for the fall. I seriously don't have any warm clothes and I'm always freezing during the finnish winter so this time I'll be prepared!! Also it's always nice to get some cheap decorating stuff from IKEA ^^I hope you all have a nice weekend!♥

Jumpsuit: ONLY - Knitted kimono: Lindex - Backpack: Urban outfitters

“The world lies in the hands of those who have the courage to dream and take the risk of living out their dreams – each according to his or her own talent.” -Paul Coelho: Valkyries-

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Hair heaven

Hey so school starts in a week. It's crazy how fast these years have gone by.. It's like I just started high school and now I'm starting my third and last year! I'm really excited about the future and I can't wait to find out where will I be in a year from now. woah.. anyaways our finals are also coming up and I've been already stressing about them and studying like crazy. Altough I actually find hisrtory interesting even as a school subject there's a LOT to learn in these seven books. Well all I can do is do my best and that'll have to do :D but I didn't come here to write this post about school. As you guys know I cut my hair short last spring and I've been kinda struggling with it during the summer.. but now I've found two amazing hair products! (haha) I wouldn't advertise if I didn't really recommend these. So I ran out of my four reasons spray hair powder and also regular hairspray. I went to buy some and decided to try different brands this time. I got Swartzkopf got2b roking it hairspray and powder'ful hairpowder and I've been extremely satisfied with these two! Basically this is the best hairspray I've ever tried and I'm a huge hairspray consumer trust me :-D

and this is what these do to your hair. Love me some seriously fluffy hair!♥

ps. Gonna do the London photo editing soon.. (hopefully!) and sorry for the pixelated photo I took with my phone ☺