TIME TO ANNOUNCE THE WINNER

Ok.
So the Hoochie Mama Jane Art Deco earring give away is over.
And.
The winner,
who will receive these,

is...
(drumroll; trrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr)
Pinup Candy!

And for the rest of you, there will be more give away's coming up still ♥

and

the winner

is...

The Sock Theory giveaway has ended and the winner has been drawn. This time luck landed on commenter no.8; Rubyredruca - who I'm sure will look lovely strutting around in her tuxedo stirr-ups! Congrats!

And for all you others, remember you can still get the discount from Sock Theory (see the banner in my right column) - and don't worry, there will be more chances of winning something small and lovely soon again!
♥

ONE THOUSAND AND MORE

The Freelancer's Fashion Blog has over one thousand followers trough blogger and some hundreds at other places. I think that's pretty amazing! And it makes me all honoured and humble.

See, very humble and full of appreciation.

You know I always visit each and every blog of yours through the comments you leave me, even though I may not always comment back. Thats if I don't have anything smart to say. And as said before, I have a terrible lot of things to do, so sometimes it may take me shamelessly long to answer an email of yours. But eventually it will happen :)

Now I'm off for a wedding elsewhere, but keep you eyes open in the near future since there will be more giveaways and treats coming up...

But until then, have a lovely weekend everybody!
♥ ♥ ♥ ♥



Cherry Goes Chinoise
Photo : S.Korhonen
Hair & Make-up : Karoliina Purala
Post Production : Yours truly

EARLY BIRD

There will be a pyjamas party over at Dotti's blog.

As I tend to sleep like Marilyn I'll just join in my morning kimono instead. And as much as I would've wanted to take it easy this morning and stay in bed all day long I had to get up early, pack a whole lot of stuff and head to a studio far out of town. But more on that tomorrow.

WINNER

As you know my "All that was before 2010"-competition/giveaway ended last week. Thanks to all who participated, and thank you for all your ovely comments. I always appreciate every comment and all feedback I get on any post (except for those copy-paste-read-my-blog comments, spam and sneaky marketing of course :) and I do always pay a visit to everyone that leaves me a comment, even if I do not always have the time to comment back. The same goes for email I receive, sometimes it may take a very long time for me to answer, but one day I eventually will.

The winner will receive this lovely vintage mirror necklace. If you fancy it but weren't the lucky one this time, and if you're around Helsinki, there are a few more similar ones at Hoochie Mama Jane, from where I also got this one!



And our winner is....


...Prefecta!

Her favorite post was this one; a post I was rather happy with when made, even though I didn't know how to code the images larger back then:

SWEET TEETH

The mail man dropped something very nice through the mail drop this morning; my Milk Toof book I had ordered not that long ago but almost forgot about already! Which of course made me very happy since I've been in love with these small theeth a long time.
Oh ♥









If some of you are not familiar with My Milk Toof yet, I suggest you take your time and browse trough the whole site. You'll love it! It's the sweetest blog I know. The book is sold out by now though, but I'm happy I was there in time to get myself a copy.

WE HAVE SOME NEWS AND WE HAVE A WINNER!

Hehe, time for some FFB-News again...

* First of all: I drew the lucky winner of the BB Dakota dress in the Chickdowntown giveaway and miss Fortuna's choice landed on Sanna from Finnflair! Congratulations!
(I will be eagerly waiting to receive some pics of the lucky winner in her new dress then :)

Anyway, thanks to all who participated and don't worry, there will be more chances to win later on...

* Then there are more big burlseque happenings coming up later this summer after Psychorama too as we (we as in the Itty bitty Tease Cabaret) stand for the burlesque in the Burlesque Goes Kapakka happening on Saturday August 20th at Wanha! The evening is part of the Art Goes kapakka city festival and the bands of the nigh will be Gun Molls and Gansters and Sweet Jeena and her Sweethears. But more on that later!

* Also a thanks to Cheryl Lynn for giving me an award in her blog :)

* Last but not least; I've set up another blog where I will be auctioning away some of the items in my wardrobe. First up are the two dresses below. If you want to stay tuned then start following! Anyway, I'm not sure yet as which is the best/most reader friendly/ most practical way to do this so if you have any comments or ideas let me know.



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FIVE FAVS

Some time ago I was tagged by darling Vintageportalen's Jessica to list five of my favorite following:


Acessories
Oh, you know how I can never choose between things or make up my mind but this is what I'm feeling for the moment then:
Brooches - since those apparently are the only jewellery I seem to wear these days
Scarves - as bows around my neck or in my hair. Preferably polka dot ones.
Belts - At least half of my outfit contains belts. Around the waist only. Never on the hips.
Lingerie - an important part of what's beneath any outfit, but having anything of it show is a big no-no for me (unless it's a burlesque performance of course :)
My leather jacket - may not count as an accessory in the eyes of many, but for me it kind of is, since what jacket I choose to wear defines how the outfit end up looking, making it more lady, cute or rock chick. A jacket can actually change the whole outfit and that's why this is my favourite item to accent things up with.

Clothes
Trashy Diva silk dress - because it's so pretty
My mother's old safari dress - because it's so easy to wear wherever, whenever
My Rock Steady Dress - because I look great in it ;)
The black skirt - because it has a huge hem and is endlessly versatile.
My mom's old wrap-around skirt - because it has such fresh colours.

Shoes
My granny's old black suede ones - too small for me to ever dance in, but great for small steps and makes my feet look tiny
My purple pumps - the perfect shape of toe, heel and everything
The Minna Parikka's - a quality shoe is comfortable no matter how high the heel and so are these. And very pretty too of course.
The Blue Ones - new shoes are always one of the favourites. And the bow is like the bow!
My Raspberry Sandals - The best bargain ever. And so summery!

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I'm not really in to tagging anyone myself, it somehow reminds me of exchanging stickers in elementary school, picking out girls to do a N.K.O.T.B dance for morning assembly, or choosing the baseball team in gym class (pick me! link me! you know...). Well not really, just a little bit, sometimes...

But, but, since there are some tags I haven't (yet, sorry :) answered I'll go and tag those who tagged me in return! Because that's just, eh, fair. Hehe. So I'll tag Ilona, Nataly and Sam. That makes only three even though this tag wants you to go on and tag five. Oops.

DEER AS CUPCAKES

I have been awarded by Parapluie with this cute cupcake-y award. Thanks!

OH SHOES!

When it comes to material things in my posession, my shoes are what I love the most. Of all pretty things one can wear shoes are for me what crowns the outfit. I've always been fascinated with the sculptural shape of the high heeled shoe; the shapes of the heel, the line of the shoe, the rounded toe.

My appartement is full of shoes in different places; I have more shoes than I have time to wear, but why hide all of them in a dark closet for no-one to admire? I wouldn't decorate my kitchen with a pair of shoes but they can look pretty nice elsewhere at home, while waiting to one day be worn...

I'm alowing my shoe collection to grow by the principal "if it's in a colour I do not yet have" and I recently cheered myself up a bit by finnally getting myself a pair of blue shoes!

Just like you can vary your clothing with different accessories you can actually also vary or re-new your shoes, by adding a ribbon, brooch or bow to them to make them go better along with some outfit for example. I got a tip from a reader of mine about a site called Bling My Boots, from where you can order different chains, ribbons and other apparel to customize your boots with, and give the same shoe many different looks. Rahter brilliant yes, but even more brilliant -and affordable- it is to do all of this yourself. Like when I bowed my bootlets for less than two euros, like Nanó did with her boots, or like Oriane does all the time, boots and heels alike! Basically there's no limit for what you couldn't do - paint, glue, attach- but do it with precision. Personally I don't like the too "home made" look, that just reminds me of hippies and emo teens with felt-marker decorated shoes (been there, done that and thank god that was ages ago).

THANK YOU

Wohoo, my fringe is back again after accidetally cutting it too short last month. I had to hide it in different ways to avoid looking like a medieval monk...

I been slightly abscent from the blogosphere lately, I know; I've been so busy so there has actually been rather little to post about. I haven't really answered any comments properly either. But with shows every week, some propblems with our lovely tax office latley and a personal life resembling a rollercoaster, what can you do...

Well, anyway, as you may see from the picture; I got my leopard gloves! Thanks to a tip from a Finnish reader I found the exact same gloves I had but lost, for sale at a auciton site, unworn. So now they're mine again, phew :) But thanks to everyone lese for great suggestions too!

Also a big thanks to Kate and Madeleinemiranda for awarding me! Highly apreciated every time :)

Last but not least; I can be terribly unorganized from time to time, and I'm no better here either. If I don't do something immidetialy, it will most likely remain undone. This time I'm referring to my link list - if you feel you've been left out or want in then send me an email! (But if you don't really read my blog and just want more traffic then don't bother ok).

CANDY AND OTHER GOODIES

I just received a little box full of goodies from Emilyfate, who makes her jewellery out of vintage materials!I love candylicious things. And you know I also love packages.I also got a cute little top hat which wil be perfect for some show of mine, so thanks to Emily for that!

And more goodies; remember you can get a lot of eye-candy if you come to see our show at Botta tonight! It's a girls-only party, but it doesn't matter which way you bend if you want to see our show and have a fun night :)

Watch out for a toothache since I have even more sweetness coming up here;
I've been given the "Fabulous Blog" award by amazingly talented Mothersvea and super chic Janet, both quite fabulous themsleves! Thank you girls! I'm not going to tag anyone further since ther are many fabulous blogs out there and I don't like to choose betwen things.


Have a sweet weekend everyone!

PAIRING GREY / 7

I haven't done any christmas shopping yet ... except for myself - I gave myself this grey little bag as a pre christmas present. (Umm, or I didn' t actually, my Visa card did. Porridge time in January!). I paired it with a pair of grey shoes and felt rather grannyish until i added the big red bow in my hair. Then I felt like an overgrown seven year old.

Dress - Jenny Hällström
Bolero - old H&M
Shoes - Bullboxers
Bag - Global Accessories
Bow-thing in hair - Selfmade

And speaking of seven (Ha! I'm being real smooth here now :); I was tagged by Betsy (lovely blog, make sure to pay it a visit!) some time ago to reveal seven facts about myself.

So, one has to tell 7 things about oneself, both normal and a bit more strange, and tag seven people (+ the regular : link the one who challenged you and leave a comment about this to the tagged ones...)
Here we go:

1) I don't believe in horoscopes

but

2) I still consider myself to be a very typical libra: I'm very much of this and that black and white; there are a lot of opposites and constrast about me. Plus I am the worst ever to make desicions or to choose between two things

3) I'm a vegetarian. I used to be a vegan, but then sushi and milk chocolate took over... these days I use both dairy products and eat fish (and therefore feel a bit guilty from time to time).
But I'll never have meat or puoltry again.

4) I'm totally addicted to Powercow Chocolate milkshake (those small ones in ugly packing) and Dr.Oetkers Vanilla- and berry pudding. Must have once a day, at least :)

5) I can be quite the heartbraker, both intentionally and unintentionally. Mostly the later.

6) I like fashion as a phenomena and as an artform, but in general I don't really give a damn about whats happening on the catwalk and have no understanding whatsoever for the sort of worshipping of models that some girls have (now some readers are going to hate me I guess :)

7) The other job I have, apart from running my design business, is being a supervisor in the harbour, where I work twelve days out of 21. That's labour in grease and boots, bossing the boys around. As mentioned above, I am all about contrasts.

Uuuh, I always find it hard to tag others and I have no ida how many have ansvered this... This time, in honour of our Independence Day (which was last week), I'll tag only fellow Finnish bloggers: Kitten, Jenni, the Evil Dressmaker, Ranna, Nanó, Ilona and the Suburban Queen!

UMMM...

I'm not usually not much for contests and stuff but if I find myself in one it would of course be nice to, well, win or something.

So if you find me nice and fabulous and stylish and all that why don't go on and put in a little vote for me in the Supermelons Best Real Style Contest?
Time's until December 19th!
Thanks in advance, heheh :)

EDIT : ...but in order to vote you have to register first. You'll get a membership to The Supermelon then, but they won't start sending you any emails or such though.

SOME MORE OF THAT YES PLEASE!

Mission for today; visit Dear Martha!



Dear Martha, run by Josefin, is a delicious blog about crafting, baking and deily luxury. It is full of good looking recipies and decorative, pretty small things to do for your home or to perhaps make a rainy day a little bit more fun. I love looknig at things like that, it gives me a lot of ideas and makes me wish I had more of that luxurious free time! There are also some great links listed at Dear Martha, like one about Tiki cupcakes!

Today Joesfin has posted a little interwiev with me, where I also give a quick tip om how to alter a dress in a simple way.

WELL YES, PLEASE!

I'm still busy and boring (for the ones who wishes me to update my blog more frequently. Otherwise I'm not boring at all :) Well, in such times it's nice when others do somtehing about you instead! Yes please. I'm featured in the Supermelon's latest Real Style section here.

The Supermelon is a lifestyle site with a wide range of articles and features about style, trends, art etc. Their Real Style interviews feature style/fashion bloggers of which some are propably known to you from before.


Then I'd like to thank always positive and nice Pratishtha for giving me the Brilliant Weblog Premio! Recently I haven't had time to read any blogs properly or to answer comments or post any myself, but I'll still pass it on this time; to some darling bloggers that read mine and always leave me nice responce (and that I think I have not 'awarded' before...) :
Sal, Andrea, Wendy B, Mrs.Munster, Pretty Pirate and Sueper.
These are only a few; of course there are a lot more of you out there! So thank you all. And have a great weekend!

I LIKE IT WHEN YOU LOVE ME

Thank You Thank You Thank You.

I have been given a lot of awards; one from the darling Alice, two awards (oh my :) from talented Sam and last but not least one from sweet Jess!

Thank you lovely ladies so much for the appreciation! I'm going to be a total bitch (but a very loveable such) and just keep these for myself without passing them on this time.

On top of it all I was given the biggest lollipop in the world by a colleague of mine! It's huge.

Shirt - S&M
Skirt - Selfmade
Grey tights - H&M,
Shoes - Sixtyseven You

BOOM BADINBANG!

Have you ever visited bang bang industrie?
It's a french style site in blog format. They have a quite fun section with style profile features and the latest is on moi. How nice! You can check it out here to see some of my, heh, words of wisdom.

Or why not sign up to see if they'd perhaps make one of you too?

WE'VE HIT ONE YEAR NOW!

The knitted cake is a b-day present form K via Etsy.

The Freelancer's Fashionblog is now one year old and I am also officially one year older on paper (or well, I've actually been that for a couple of days now but anyway)!

A lot of things have happened during the past year; I actually freelance a lot less now than then since I got a promotion and raise at this one place I'm empoyed at, I have one ring less on my finger but a tattoo that says Forgive me, I moved to the smallest but perhaps nicest flat I've ever lived in and my wardrobe constantly kept growing a bit bigger.

Most of you started reading my blog during spring, so then you might not know that this blog was just about drawings in the beginning. I remained rather incognito for almost half a year before actually posting any pictures of me.

A little flashback on some drawings (read:outfits...)





And, since 'm writing blog-stuff here I'd like to thank The Evil Dressmaker for giving me the Briliant premio and Miss Urbanita and Alice's White Rabbit for giving me the "I love you blog" award!

Merci aussi à Oriane qui m'a donné le prix de la gentilesse!



I'm going to be a total ****-head (you can choose whatever four letters you like there) and not pass these on to anyone specific since I feel a bit of an inflation coming on here soon; I've be posting and linking these a lot lately...

However, I do appreciate the appreciation given to me, so thank you all.

AWARDED / TAGGED

I've been given the Arte Y Pico award by Casey (she has a very pretty blog so be sure to check it out if you havnen't yet). Thank you sweet Casey :)

The "rules"of Arte Y Pico are - you must pick 5 blogs that you consider deserve this award for their creativity, design, interesting content, and also for contributing to the blogging community, no matter what language! Each award has to have the name of the author and also a link to their blog. Each award winner has to show the award and put the name and link to the blog that has given her or him the award itself. The award winner and the one who has given the prize have to show the link of the Arte Y Pico blog, so everyone will know the origin of this award.

There are many blogs I could pass it on to, I always find it a bit hard to choose... There were some similar awards in the summer, so I will try to "award" different blogs each time.

So here are the five ones I picked:

*Chick n' Kistch
* Lady Melbourne
*The Cupcake Diary
*From Betsy with Love
*Esme and the Lane Way

(the picture above is made from pictures of these five blogs or the blogwriter's etsy)






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I was also tagged by Ranna to list seven of my favorite songs for the moment. Now this is fun but also really hard because I listen to a lot of music all the time, (some of which you can read about under my label 'music') and I mostly listen to a band at the time, not a song. I did a similar tag early in the summer but since it's autumn now I'll try to pull myself together and list onlyseven songs or bands that I've listened too a lot lately...

1) Fatboy. They have a great new album out.
2) The Mustangs (well, and a whole lot of similar bands too...)
3) Kings of Leon - Sex on Fire . Hot.
4) Batmobile - Lucie.
5) The 22-20's in general. Hot band. Wonder why they split up.
6) Echo and the Bunnymen - The Killing moon. It's been playing in my head for some while now. (Sometimes also the Nouvelle Vague version.)
7) Volbeat - Sad Man's Tongue.

I'm not going to tag anyone specific this time either so if you want to give this a go then go ahead! (...but I would be a little bit keen on knowing what for example Never Love you More, MissWoo and Betty Lou are listening to for the moment...)