Finally got the camera working!

I've been trying desperately trying to get pictures off my camera with no avail, until today! (Yay!)

I've been up to a lot of things since the last time I posted...
The pocket workshop never ended up happening, as no schools signed up for it.

My classmate and I will be going to the Muotoiluakatemia Christmas fair on Saturday this week.
Her blog: http://neidonommel.blogspot.fi/ 

I've been making pencil cases/makeup bags out of recycled materials for the fair.

This one has a butterfly I salvaged from a scrap of fabric.

This one has the silkscreen print I made.

   

This one has a satin ribbon as a decoration.

 Making them takes more time than I would have thought, since I have to choose the zipper, the pieces of leather and the fabric for each bag.

Pocket Workshop And Silk Screen Printing

I'm going to be volunteering next week at a children's pocket-making workshop. The pockets (or pouches) will take inspiration from the Finnish national costumes. The pockets in the costumes come in lots of different sizes and shapes. Last Saturday I went to a workshop that was held by some folk-dancers, so that me and the organizer of the children's workshop could learn more about the pockets.  I made some of my own.

On Monday I bought myself a silk screen, for silk screen printing... Today I got the silk screen into a condition where I was able to try printing my design.

The Nature-inspired print

The print itself was inspired by a nature walk, and the text is the name of my Young Entrepreneur "company". I found that silk screen printing was pretty fun, even though it's a new thing for me.

Tikki-Tyttö Ny Logo

The Beginning

The NY-yritys course has started in our school, and I'm really excited. I'm fairly interested in being an entrepreneur, but I haven't really felt like I've been learning enough about it during the theory classes, so I figured I should take this optional course to better understand what it takes to be an entrepreneur in Finland.

I turned 21 in August, and I was born in Canada, New Market. I've moved back and forth between Canada and Finland. I started showing an interest in handicrafts (especially crocheting and sewing) at a young age. I'm bilingual (if not almost multilingual), but I feel more comfortable writing in English, as Finnish has a lot of serious grammar rules that I have yet to memorize.
I did high school in Finland, and moved on to Ingman College of Crafts and Design (Ingmanin käsi- ja taideteollisuusoppilaitos) to study sewing and fashion.

I've already started to do some prototypes of what I might end up selling, but I'm finding that the idea is getting more and more refined. I'm getting ideas all the time about what might make it better. Also, the teachers in my schools have been giving me some feedback on my ideas, and I have to admit, they do make a good point.

Web-address of the program:
http://ny-yritys.fi/