Monday, February 27, 2017

♥ Ildera - The Spirit of Winter ♥


Oletko koskaan miettinyt miten talvet pärjäävät kylmänä talvikautena? Miten luonto selviytyy ja tulee eloon jälleen jäätävän kylmien ja pimeiden kuukausien jälkeen? Sitten et olekaan kuullut vielä Ilderasta, Talven Hengettärestä ja Metsän Hoitajasta.

Luontoäidin ensimmäinen tytär sai ensimmäisen elon kipinänsä pienestä versosta lumen alla. Oli kylmä päivä, mutta muutama auringonsäde ulottui pieneen kasviin ja kuin avunhuutona se puristi itsestään ulos vihoviimeiset lehtivihreänsä ja näin Talven Henki oli syntynyt. Aivan kuten äitinsä, Ildera on aina huokunut rakkautta luonnon hoivaamiseen ja erityisesti villejä metsiä kohtaan. Hänellä on kypsyyttä, empatian tunnetta ja erityinen yhteys kaikkeen vihreään. Hänen kykynsä kommunikoida puiden ja muiden metsän elävien olentojen kanssa, on tehnyt hänestä osan sitä kaikkea. 💚


Have you ever wondered how the forests cope with cold winter season? How nature survives and comes alive again after long months of freezing cold and darkness? Then you have yet to hear of Ildera, the Spirit of Winter and the Caretaker of the Forest.

The first daughter of Mother Nature came to life from a little sprout under the snow. It was a cold day, but a few rays of the sun reached the tiny plant and as a cry for help it pushed out the very last leaf greens it had and a little green Winter Spirit was born. Like her mother, Ildera has always shown love for taking care of nature and especially wide forests. She has maturity, a sense of empathy and a special connection with all things green. Her ability to communicate with trees and other living beings of the forest made her a part of it all. 💚


Photos & Copyright:  Eliza Rask Photography



Hän kävelee äänettömästi jäisiä polkuja, tanssahtelee, samalla kun lumihiutaleet laskeutuvat maahan. 💙

She walks the frozen paths without a sound, dance all around, while snowflakes touch the ground. 💙



Kiltteyttä sydämessään, hän hiljaa hoitaa nukkuvaa metsää alla kirkkaan ja kiiltävän lumen. 🌲

With kindness in her heart, she quietly takes care of the sleeping forest under the bright and shiny snow. 🌲



Laulut maan kirjoittaa muusikin hänen sieluunsa. 💙

The songs of the earth write the music in her soul. 💙



Kuiskaukset leijuvat ilmassa, kun Ildera kantaa sisällään kasvun voiman ja vihreyden, antaen metsän talvehtia. 🌿

Whispers float around the air as Ildera carries the power of growth and green within, letting the forest hibernate. 🌿


Peruukki | Hair: Wig is Fashion

Syvällä talvisessa metsässä voit löytää taikanomaisen paikan, minne Ildera Talven Hengetär lukitsee lehtivihreän, sen voiden kevään tullen jälleen kukoistaa. 🍃

Deep within the winter forest, you can find a magical place where Ildera the Winter Spirit locks away the evergreen for it to bloom again in the spring. 🍃



Kylmyyd ja uva täyttää taivaan jäisen maan, kun hän kuuntelee kuisketta puiden vanhojen, kärsivällisyyttä rakkaani, metsän uni ei kestä ikuisuuteen. ⚘

Chills and haze fill the sky in the freezing land, while she listens the whispers of old trees, patience my dear, the sleep of the forest does not last eternally. 



*Ildera ja hänen tarinansa on itse keksimääni fantasiaa, joka ei perustu mihinkään tarustoon tai kertomukseen. Luonto ja metsät ovat iso ja tärkeä osa elämääni ja tämä kuvasarja kertoo jostakin itselleni tärkeästä. Halusin sen jakaa teidän kanssa ja toivon, että siitä välittyy omia tunteitani tätä hyvin rakasta asiaa kohtaan~ ♥

*Ildera and her story is a fantasy made up by me, which is not based on any mythology or stories. Nature and forests are a great and important part of my life and this photo series tells about something important to me. I wanted to share it with you and hoping, that it shows you some of my own feelings towards this precious thing~ ♥

❤~ Saija Sasetar


Monday, February 13, 2017

✨♡ Dressing up a friend in lolita ♡✨


Hello Darlings! ❤

Time to get back into blogging and end my little hiatus. Been concentrating on everyday life for a while, on myself and being with my lovely daughter. We've been playing games and been outdoors and had some lovely quality time. I've been thinking about all the things I want to share with you in my blog and gonna start with this~


💙 Kawaii fluffy pastel cuteness overload -day! Yay! 💙

I got this awsum friend, Agony von Grim, she usually wears black and a kind of a pastel / nu goth style and this time I dressed her up in lolita! We talked about it at some point and we agreed about her coming for a visit just for this. Of course considering her normal style, I wanted to dress her in sweet lolita style and as yummy cute cake -like. This was so much fun, like a more or less every lolita's secret dream to dress up others.



We actually had a blast and a super fun day! We should have recorded everything, because Agony's commentary was hilarious! Stuff like "This is what it must feel like being pregnant" x) I laid out some of my pink sweet lolita dresses before she arrived, so I could check which one would be perfect and  I decided on this cute frilly Angelic Pretty Colorful Sherbet JSK. Coordinated it with pink boots, pink top, pink ringlets and hair accessory. We said she was too sweet to get a diabetes from. Hihih~ Yup, we had fun and joked around all the time while we were dressed up! ^-^





Well of course we had some photoshooting fun out in the cold! We had to take evidence of this pastel poofyness and post them online. I think Agony von Grim looked so cute, she had the perfect level of attitude and crazyness to look like this was actually her thing. I'm gonna dress her up again some day, maybe in more gothic and actually go out into some public place, like the city center, because this time we just hanged around at my place.

Naturally I dressed up as well.. Last year I bought this second hand Unicorn Fantasy skirt by Pink Macaroon and haven't had the chance to wear it yet, so I put together something a bit casual and simple. I felt like a kind of sweet I haven't been in a long time, made me feel really good! Somewhat nostalgic as well, because this is the kind of style I used to wear more a few of years back. I have moved more towards classic style, not sure if it's an age thing or what, but I still love sweet lolita style and not giving it up! 💙
..I know my petticoat is peaking a bit, had some trouble with the the skirt length and pettis, but nah, it's not the end of the world :)



Pastel blue sweet lolita


Cutsew~  Angelic Pretty
Parka~  Baby the Stars Shine Bright
Skirt & Bow~  Pink Macaroon
Shoes~  Montreal
Socks~  Offbrand
Hair~  Gothic Lolita Wigs



I gotta admit, that when I saw the skirt at some sales group in Facebook, I made the decision to buy it for my daughter..well to alter something out of it for her..but after I received, it was so cute and fit well and wasn't tight at all, I decided I want to wear it myself first. Well we discussed it with my babygirl and it was fine with her. She has a bunch of dresses herself, some princess ones, some lolita and some handmade by me. Like mother like daughter 💕


💖 Happy Valentines day! 💖
💗 Big hugs for all of you 💗


❤~ Saija Sasetar