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
One of the best known Finnish decorative and gift item companies is Aarikka. Aarikka’s wooden Christmas elves are a collectible...
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...
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...
Marimekko’s Holiday 2009 Catalogue just came out – can’t wait to share more photos and ideas how to incorporate Finnish...