When a woman tells me that she is going to be late for our meeting because she has a beauty appointment, my stereotypical mind puts her in the city-girl department. I certainly would not expect someone who lives in the countryside, has two dogs, three cats and three horses. Own stables and all. Snappy and judgmental, but it happens to you too? Right? And that despite me being a firm believer that every woman deserves an occasional beauty treatment and…
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23rd
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The hairy family + 1 | raskausajan kuvaus
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May
20th
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Mixtape Monday: About a Mother’s Day long long time ago… | odotusajan kuvaus
Yep, I know that Mother’s Day 2013 came and went, but I am a firm believer that Every day is a Mother’s Day. (should be – should be – should be) After some brief discussions with my clients, we agreed that it’s nice to have flowers and breakfast in bed, but what makes a difference immediately is relieving us of the daily responsibilities (cooking, cleaning and other largely popular items on the housework list). And in long term a nice…
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May
12th
What’s a mother made of? | Äitienpäivä
You remember my favorite speech? “Love actually is all around.” If you just arrived to a low point of belief in love (& selflessness & humanity), sit at the play-park bench and watch the mothers. Yes, there might be occasional bitter remark about the hardship of motherhood, but all you will see if you really look is the love. Because 99% of a mother is an enormous heart (and the remaining 1% is Swedish steel). Huge, supernonplusultrahuge thanks to…
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May
6th
Mixtape Monday: About being present | 1v-kuvaus
The online world is really just a jungle of narrow twisting alleys, through which the information sometimes travels at speed of light and sometimes it takes years to reach you. I am sure you all have seen this clip, but I just found it on the interweb yesterday – and it had a profound effect on me. Watch it now and let’s talk about it! In 2010 at the MoMa, Marina Abramovic performed ‘The Artist Is Present’. As part of…
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Apr
15th
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Mixtape Monday: They’ve got it all | perhekuvaus
Past weekend we watched with my lil ones the Princess and the Frog once more – I love the jazz flavor – I enjoyed it tremendously. Oh, and it’s funny too. Spoiler alert… if you have yet to watch it, beware spoilers ahead. Half way through the movie there is a song where Tiana, prince Naveen and the alligator Louis all sing about what is going to happen when they become human again. It’s a song about dreams,…
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Apr
12th
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3 musts to mark in your calendar this spring | perhekuvaus
Lapsimessut 2013 26.-28.4.2013 Back and forth, I was swinging between the desire to participate and the desire to have a long warm sunny weekend (if Mother Nature grants us spring this year). Because long warm, sunny and lazy weekends filled with love are always in shortage, aren’t they? And then a quick decision (somewhat detached from my body and soul) was made and I am gonna be in Lapsimessut the stand no. 6e120. This year there are some exciting things…
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Apr
8th
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Mixtape Monday: The humming stories | raskausajankuvaus
I was freezing despite the sharp sunshine but no wonder, the wind was swinging our gondola and the 15 minutes drive to the 3000m mountain peak felt in -23 C like hours. I didn’t want to appear as if eavesdropping on the conversation my two German fellow travelers were leading, so I closed my eyes and rested my head on the vibrating window. The humming multiplied and resonated inside my helmet and when I listened very carefully I could hear…
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Apr
4th
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One of my favorite newborn images ever | vauvakuvaus
I am so in love with this family … ♥♥♥ make up and hair by Anne Rautio assisted by the Baby Whisperer Ireneke
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Apr
2nd
The newborn babies opportunity window | vauvakuvaus
Newborn clients aren’t all that different. Obviously all human beings are unique individuals, but there are a few categories that you can fit the newborn clients into. the early birds – who call up as soon as the baby is conceived, and sometimes the excitement-ringing voice is on the phone with me before the father-to-be is informed (I have an extra-soft spot for these mamas) the well organized planners – who read all they can laid their hands on about…
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Mar
28th
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An image is worth a 1000 words | vastasyntyneenkuvaus
But I still think Anne Frank’s quote and the image compliment each other so well. My heartfelt gratitude belongs to the stunning mother of two who not only withstood a 3-hours long newborn portrait session mere days after an emergency c-section, but on top of that was able to radiate love and humble happiness. I am honored to have been trusted this much. ♥♥♥ Assisted by Blanka. (Thank you.)
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