I've been looking forward to this trip for 3 months now and we're finaly close, soooo today I went shopping for presents to bring to the family. Since italian people (I'm talkin in general right now) have a thing for Finnish design, I decided to buy some "famous" Finnish labels. I bought stuff form Marimekko, Iittala, Fazer and Lumene.
I'm just gonna tell some small stuff about these labels if you guys haven't gotten to know them before, if you DO know the labels you can just skip this part. So basically Marimekko is a fashion label it makes everything from plates to dresses, its main patters are stripes and these HUGE flowers (which look a bit creepish to my eyes) but still people buy them f.ex Sarah Jessica Parker has worn Marimekko for many occasions.
Iittala is known for the glass design, Iittala does like vases, glasses, plates and other decorating pieces. Iittala is also known for the shaping of the glass, they have these pearly pattern and vases that look a bit like amoebas.
Next is Fazer, the pride of Finland! It's the best chocolate you can find from the whole wide world! If your in Finland or you friends or relatives are coming to Finland an absolute MUST EAT is Fazer Blue. It's also the best souvenir you can buy, but I'll say... It won't last long.
And the last one is Lumene. It's a Finnish cosmetics brand, it based on something natural. Or so they say. But anyways you can buy from Lumene all the cosmetics and facial creams, scrubs and stuff like that and it has two lines. The actual Lumene and Lumene Natural Code. The Natural Code is ment for the "younger people" they are less expensive and colorful and... Just younger in some ways. :D I'll post some photos of the brands, if I can find photos.
Tomorrow I'll start pacing, and I'm gonna also go through my clothes and check if there's anything I can give away or donate. :) I usually donate the clothes I don't use anymore, I think it's the best way since your not throwing stuff in to the garbage and it's a type of recycling, even though I don't usually recycle anything. But I only donate them if there in good shape, cause it's really hard for the people in the business to get decent stuff, since people throw to the donation stuff that isn't usable. OK, now I'm lecturing. :D
I think I'm gonna post tomorrow or the day after that some photos of what you should take with you for a about two week length vacation with you. I'll just put together some outfits with just a few clothing, so that you can see that you don't really need that much stuff with you. But I'll talk about it in the next post. :)
I hope you'll start following my blog, and some comment would always be nice! Have a great day people! :)
Fazer - Chocolate - Fazer Blue
Iittala - Glass design - Amoeba looking vase
Marimekko - Fashion - Bag with the flower print
Lumene - Cosmetics
I like that picture on the top. It made me hungry... It was nice to read about your preparations for the trip. Keep on the good work. I'm sure that your blog will get so much more attention in the future. You rock! ;]
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