I couldn’t have a Scandinavian Holiday special without featuring some elves, jultomten in Swedish and joulutonttu in Finnish. Aarikka’s Christmas...
Month: November 2009
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One of the best known Finnish decorative and gift item companies is Aarikka. Aarikka’s wooden Christmas elves are a collectible...
Holidays are approaching – and so are the winter road trips. If you live in a cold weather state, now...
Land of Nod ($8.95) Advent Calendar Advent Calendar is a countdown to Christmas Eve, one day at the time, starting...
I wrote a while ago how my husband and I have the “remember when..” talk regularly, but in general I...
Every time I speak with local New York store owners who sell Scandinavian design, I ask if they have ever...
I have traditionally only featured modern Scandinavian design, but Finnish Design is so much more than minimalism. One great more...
As promised…. Here are some pictures from Marimekko’s Holiday 2009 Catalogue. All of the products haven’t come out yet, but...
Everyone can have a piece of modern design history in a form of a chair. Ok, maybe not, but at...
Russian nesting dolls, Matryoshkas, are the most famous Russian souvenirs. I shared a shelf full of souvenier Matryoshkas with my...
One of the Finnish Design stables is Maribowl, a glass bowl that started as a sugar bowl, but now is...
