Heart of gold - Birdy (Cover by Elina)

Here's another cover song by me! I love this song by birdy ♥
Hope you like it and share if you do!

Autumn break

Hello peeps! I am currently drinking tea and enjoying our little autumn break :-) We're having a week of from school yay! My second school period only contains finnish and english lessons so it's not too bad but it's still nice to have some time to relax after the crazy first period. We did a roadtrip to Espoo to a friends' housewarming party like I told earlier and it was a interesting and fun trip. I posted some funny photos to my instagram account (anja_elina) haha :D don't take them too seriously!

Before the trip I did my usual thing aka went to fleamarkets and actually did a few really really great finds! I found my size genuine leather ankle boots for only two fifty! I also bought a blue velvet jumper for one euro and a oversized grey printed t-shirt (which I really like!) for two. I am pretty sure that at this point at least 50 % of my wardrobe are 2nd hand  haha :-D I just think it's cool to have unique and different pieces!

This morning I went for a long walk and after that I made some oatmeal pancakes. Let me just say that I have found a new favourite breakfast! The recepie I used can be found from here. It's healthy and nutritious recepie and tastes like heaven! I put some apples and syrup on the top. yummy!!

Anyway that's all for now and have a nice week everyone ☺

Current book I'm reading: In abundance of Katherines by John Green
Current favourite track: Strange birds by Birdy

life and london

I just realized that I'm already planning my next London trip and still haven't made the post about the last one.. whoops! It's just that I have about 800 photos from the last time and it's really difficult to choose which one I should put up on here. I'll make the post some day but maybe even about the next London trip 'cause I won't be staying there as long as the last time so I'll have fewer pictures to edit :-D
Only 32 days to go now! It's the first time I'm flying alone, first time I'm exploring a new country with a friend (if Tallinn and Stockholm doesn't count :-D), first time I'm going to see Vampire weekend live, first time in Birmingham.. A lot of first times I guess! That makes the upcoming trip so exciting!!
I already had almost a week long school-free period and next week we're having an autumn break yay. I've had enough of watching tv-series on the internet and laying on the sofa doing nothing so I have the whole week planned out. Finally I have time to see many of my good friends properly and also visit my dad. We're heading to southern Finland next saturday for our friends' housewarming party and It's gonna be a hell of a roadtrip I'm telling ya :-D Also next week we've got some girls' nights planned out and maybe going hiking to Koli again with my mom. I just loved it last time and I felt like I didn't have enough time to enjoy the peace of nature. One thing that's a little bit scary.. I'm gonna have to start preparing my university applications soon, write my personal statemens and get letters of recommendations etc. It's just crazy how I'm already at this point of life. Did I mention that I'm taking part to a project called "meatless october"? Well you get the idea so I'm a vegetarian for now haha! I really like vegetarian dishes and I've been thinking of leaving red meat completely out of my diet even after october. There's also another diet thing.. and this is a promise! I'm not eating chocolate untill christmas starting from this moment. Healthier lifestyle here I come!!

woah so that's a lot of information for one post. Actually you know what.. I'm gonna upload some London pictures right now!

chilling at Hyde park!

On top of the world

Photos from Koli national park. All photos by me/mom. 

Happy october!

Hey guys! I can't believe it's october already! This whole year has gone so fast. My second last term at high school starts next week. It's just absurd to me how much has happened in such a short time.

Anyways we went photographing with Milja today. It was a little bit rainy and windy.. and chilly but guess what! I've finally learned the secrets of layering :-D My 2nd hand 1 € coatigan is really really warm and comfy with any of my collar blouses and looks really nice if you ask me! I don't know why but I'm really lookign forward to winter this year. (I can't wait for christmas.. ♥) haha okay maybe I'm getting a little bit too excited too early! Either way, Happy october ppl! ☺☺

Coatigan: 2nd hand - Stripe blouse: 2nd hand - Jeans: BikBok - Socks: Lindex - Scarf: H&M

Genuine leather backpack: 2nd hand

light

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

 ♥♥♥

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