** Terrific Tuesday ** Kaija Rantakari








 I didn't know what I saw when I landed on her blog.
All these unbelievable matchboxes.
So small,with beautiful treasures in it,handmade or found.
Not only this but also....


Beautiful hand-bound books.

And...
brooches.
O, and...
also necklaces.
In all her work is so much sensitivity.
I love those matchboxes, so precisely made !

A beautiful train of thoughts of her ;

 " I started making the matchboxes as a fun little project some years ago. I had just started at a new job and found that being creative after a long day at work was really difficult. So I decided to make something tiny, every day, until I could find the balance between work and creative work again. I first made a matchbox a day for sixteen days. Later I began to miss to little pieces of art and began making them again, this time as gifts for my foreign friends. I wrote them letters in Finnish, a language that none of those friends could understand. I wanted to share my deepest thoughts, but still be able to hide behind something, the language barrier. I wrote apologies, love letters, confessions, or just something about my everyday life or a story I just made up or remembered. I wanted to feel closer to those far away. And from that idea the project started to develop. I want to share a little something about myself with strangers; I want to create something beautiful and affordable; I want to have a routine of creating and sharing. So I now try to create a matchbox every week and post it on my blog and Etsy shop (if it's for sale) on a Monday. I call this my Letters to You -project. Most of the matchboxes have a message of some sorts inside them, a letter, a poem, or rearranged words or sentences from vintage books, but some are wordless, filled with other kind of meaning."


Take a journey through her blog called Paperiaarre and her shop !

Enjoy!

15 reacties:

  1. thank you so much for sharing ingrid!
    wonderful tiny things!
    I love to look at work that seems to be totally
    contrarily to my own stuff.

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  2. Oh my these are beautiful and delicate.

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  3. i'm with you, seriously cute work and great statement...

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  4. Oooooh....!
    En wat een fijn idee: elke dag iets kleins te maken. Misschien iets voor mij, want ook ik zoek nog steeds naar een balans tussen opdrachten en eigen werk....

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  5. Oh wow! These are stunning! And her attention to detail is incredible. Thanks for sharing her work, I'm now a fan!

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  6. thanks for this lovely post- i love the work she makes. :)

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  7. you clever lady!
    where do you find these people!
    i didn´t know her, well done!

    dear friend, my computer is done and i´m going to a little trip with my daughter- so i think i will have to buy a new computer after the trip- see you then again- take care!
    hugs!

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  8. Thank you so much for sahring this; her work is quite amazing! I really wouldn't know what to choose... :)

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  9. Kaija is a very dear friend of mine and her work is exquisite. She deserves this tribute.

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  10. thank you (for the proposals, the comments, the beauty you collect and share), all the best to you, wholeheartedly

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  11. Wow! Geweldig mooi...heerlijk om zulke kleine lieve dingetjes te hebben!

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  12. indeed it is terrific! these are all fantastic :)

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  13. yes, paperiaare is amazing, as much her work as her philosophy. thx for reminding me of her work, i had forgotten a little, but she is now, again found!

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  14. oh how beautiful and delicate. Absolutely delightful! :)

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Thanks for stopping by and lovely to read your thoughts! I read every post and try to answer here.Maybe it will take a while :)