Pantone has chosen green as the colour of the year. It's actually called "Greenery" which is refreshing and revitalizing shade and symbolic of new beginnings. Perfect spring colour! 

As it's February and winter is still here, I've chosen a bit more paler tone of green which I'm calling frosty green. It is said that green is emotionally balance and calm colour, so it's a good choice for a reading nook. Different textures bring the colour alive and create cosy and welcoming atmosphere.

Even though it's not really spring yet I just can't resist springish bulb flowers - daffodils, hyacinths, crocuses...

It's so easy to create a new look at home simple by changing the textiles - cushion covers, a blanket, a carpet, and, of course, some flowers!

(FI) Pantone on valinnut vihreän vuoden väriksi. Itseasiassa väri on nimeltään "Greenery", joka on virkistävä ja piristävä sävy sekä uuden alun symboli. Täydellinen kevätväri siis!

Nyt on helmikuu ja talvea on vielä jäljellä, joten valitsin hieman haaleamman vihreän sävyn, jota voisi kutsua vaikka huurteiseksi vihreäksi. Sanotaan, että vihreä on emotionaalisesti tasapainottava ja rauhoittava väri, joten se on sopiva ratkaisu myös rauhalliseen lukunurkkaukseen. Erilaiset tekstuurit elävöittävät ja luovat kodikkaan ja kutsuvan tunnelman.

Kevättä ei vielä pahemmin ole ilmassa, mutta siitä huolimatta tai juuri sen takia en voi vastustaa keväisiä sipulikukkia - narsisseja, hyasitteja, krookuksia...


Kodin tunnelmaa on niin helppo muuttaa vaihtamalla tekstiilejä - muutama uusi tyynynpäällinen, torkkupeite, matto, unohtamatta ihania kukkia!

What is your favourite shade of green?

Keep The Flu Away With Super Smoothie

This is the time of the year when everyone is suffering from a flu. If you're a lucky one and not yet caught it, perhaps you can avoid it totally with this this green smoothie. 

By picking up the right ingredients for your morning smoothie you will improve your immune system. Fresh ginger has incrediable health benefits (btw, I add it to everywhere!). Having ginger in your diet helps decrease inflamations, improve digestion and your body gets rid of toxins in a natural way. It can also reduce period pain.  Ginger is a sort of natural ibuprofen: strenghtens the immune system and works as inflamation preventative.

In this green smoothie there're also spinach (lot of iron), cinnamon (lot of antioxidants) and cardamom (detoxifying). 

Green Banana Spice Smoothie

3 cups spinach

3 cups coconut milk

1 banana

fresh ginger

1/2 tsp cinnamon powder

1/2 tsp cardomom

Mix spinach and coconut milk in a blender. Add banana, ginger, cinnamon and cardamom and blend until smooth. 

Enjoy!

(FI) On taas se aika vuodesta kun lähes jokainen kärsii syksyisestä flunssasta. Mikäli olet onnekas eikä flunssa ole vielä iskenyt, voit ehkä välttää sen kokonaan tällä vihreällä smoothiella.

Valitsemalla oikeanlaiset raaka-aineet aamu-smoothieesi parannat vastustuskykyäsi. Tuoreella inkiväärillä on uskomattomia terveysvaikutuksia (lisään sitä lähes joka ruokaan!. Inkivääri vähentää tulehduksia, parantaa ruoansulatusta ja poistaa elimistöstä myrkkyjä luonnollisella tavalla. Se lisäksi lieventää kuukautiskipuja. Inkivääri toimii jonkin sorttisena luonnollisena ibuprofeiinina, sillä se vahvistaa vastustuskykyä ja estää tulehduksia. 

Tässä vihersmoothiessa on lisäksi pinaattia (paljon rautaa), kanelia (paljon antioksidantteja) sekä kardemummaa (poistaa kuona-aineita).

Green Banana Spice Smoothie

3 dl pinaattia

3 dl kookosmaitoa

1 banaani

tuoretta inkivääriä

1/2 tl kanelijauhetta

1/2 tl kardemummaa

Sekoita pinaatti ja kookosmaito tehosekoittimessa. Lisää banaani, inkivääri, kaneli ja kardemumma ja sekoita tasaiseksi.

Nauti!

Green by Butlers

Butlers has several nice items in summer green!

There's a great sale going on as well!!!

Green is most commonly associated with nature, youth, spring, hope and envy in Europa and the US - sometimes also with death, sickness or the devil. In China its associations are very positive, as symbol of fertility. 

Green is also the traditional colour of safety and permission; a green light means go ahead, a green card permits permanent residence in the US.

So let's have something green at home!

Shanghai Garden by Designers Guild

The new Shanghai Garden collection by Designers Guild is so spring-ish.

 

Check the whole new collection from here!

In Budapest you can find Designers Guild at Mobili Mania on Victor Hugo utca 45, XIII district.

Green for January Home

Picked up some nice & green items to cheer up the not-so-colorful month of January.

Green for January Home by tibstips 

Mixing different shades of green creates fresh & warm interior.

Looks cosy, doesn't it?

Mint Smoothie

This color is not the most delicious looking one, but the taste is delicious - and something different.

This is what I put into it:

1 banana

2 apples

A bite of ginger

Chia seeds

1/2 spoonful of spirulina powder

Lots of fresh mint leaves

Soya milk

Healthy week to everyone!

 Yummy!

Ei kaikista herkullisimman värinen smoothie, mutta sitäkin herkullisempi - ja aikas erikoinen...

Näitä aineksia pistin siihen:

1 banaani

2 omenaa

Pala inkivääriä

Chia-siemeniä

1/2 lusikallista spirulina-jauhetta

Runsaasti tuoreita mintun lehtiä

Soijamaitoa

Hyvää on! 

Terveellsitä alkanutta viikkoa kaikille!

Green It Is!

 Apparently green is my new black! Well, not quite. First green things ever were these apple green Bose headphones, then came green sporty tops & shoes and now this green scarf. Actually the scarf gives some color for my black outdoor running/walking outfit. It's made of 100% soft lamb wool in Scotland and it's by Donna Wilson. 

I bought this cosy Graph scarf by Donna Wilson at MyoMy.

ps. started running again this morning!

Green Panther

 Just before Xmas I heard about a pop-up store selling shoes at CityCenter. (First I had to find out wtf is CityCenter! Been away from Finland for such a long time. Well, it's the renovated Kaivopiha area). Parisi pop-up store was open from October till xmas, and they will open again in February in a new place. 

I just had to get these Portuguese leather kind of loafer type of shoes. They are almost like Toms, aren't they? Extremely soft and comfy! Proudly made in Portugal!

Green is not really my color but recently have been buying several green items!!! No idea why! 

Curious to find out what colors there will be for spring for Aerobic Shoes!