I have come to the realization that you can take a girl out of Finland but you can’t take Iittala out of the girl.
Today I realized how I have only about six days time to pack as I will spend the entire Christmas week at my family’s cottage – like I have done every Christmas for 24 years. This realization motivated me to go through some of my things and to separate must-takes from everything else. I was actually happy to see that my must-take box for little mementos is a lot emptier than I had expected – maybe because I already put my Babushka-dolls and Dala-horse in my SO’s bag when he left (and maybe also a couple of Aalto-bowls – who wouldn’t need six of them? There needs to be harmony!).
At the moment my box consists of some 60-year-old hand-made towels with my grandmother’s initials, some (more) medium- and mini-sized (these are amazing to use as salt & pepper-bowls!) Aalto-bowls, fridge art, Marimekko-pillow cases and Iittala Satumetsä-mug and bowl – the mug that makes my day every day.
I may be still getting a friend or two for my Iittala Vitriini as Christmas presents but otherwise that should (hopefully!) be it!
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