The Great FAN ART Competition — The last Finalist!

Congratulations Sarah Jordan!

                               Oh,  I love this one too! Lovely colors and harmonic composition, good job! 

There's never too many heart shaped balloons, if you ask from me. 

Thank you all who have sent these truly amazing pictures! 

I'm going to pick the winner of this fan art competition from the finalists 

and four other WMBD-book winners from all who took part.

at Valentines day, 14.2.2012!  

BTW, Which one of the finalist is your favourite?

                                                                                                      //Adele

The Great FAN ART Competition — The 7th Finalist!

Congratulations Queenie Liao!

                                Oh my...this is so cute! Very nice composition and I actually like that little 

photoshopping with carpet colors. ♡

Hey, you can still send me your fan pictures, 

Competition is on until the Valentines day, 14.2.2012!

whenmybabydreams (@) gmail.com

                                                                                                      //Adele

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PSssst! Now we may take a little false start to a Valentines day and here's one gift...

Bookperk.com has a great offer:

  When My Baby Dreams & Goodnght Moon together only $14.99! 

Last time I checked there was ONLY 9 left, hurry!

The Great FAN ART Competition — The 6th Finalist!

Congratulations Kirsi Vuomajoki!

                                 I love your Winter Wonderland picture! Beautiful background and harmonic colors.

 Good Job! 

Hey, you can still send me your fan pictures, 

Competition is on until the Valentines day, 14.2.2012!

whenmybabydreams (@) gmail.com

                                                                                                      //Adele

How did it start? Read it from the ETSY blog!

I just wanted to show you the pictures where I got the idea. 

One day Mila fell asleep on a blanket and looked like a little fencer.

 Next day, when I was looking that picture, I thought it could be funnier if 

there was something else happening on a background. They could be her dreams illustrated!

So I waited until she was sleeping again and 

built this little forest from a pillows and blankets...

Read more from the Etsy Blog

The Great FAN ART Competition — 5th Finalist!

Congratulations Tearson Morrison & Mom, Jason and Easton!

                                   Such a cute chef and elegant implementation. He just might be the future Top Chef!

I've received so much these great and funny pictures, thank you so much, so don't worry if I didn't pick yours yet. 

I might do it later. And of course you can still send me your fan pictures. 

whenmybabydreams (@) gmail.com

Competition is on until the Valentines day, 14.2.2012!

                                                                                                      //Adele

Our 15 minutes in fame - Today Show

I was so nervous but I survived, mostly because all hosts were so warm and lovely in person,

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
With Kathie Lee and Hoda

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With Ann Curry

Thank you Kathie Lee, Hoda, Ann Curry and all the others, who I had pleasure to meet during my short stay in NY.

The Great FAN ART Competition — 4th Finalist!

Congratulations Kylee Leonetti!

                                   Oh my god, this is so gorgeous and soothing image!
 I like the way there's movement in this pic, she really looks like she's walking through the snow blizzard. Love it!

Pssst! You can still send me your fan pictures. 

whenmybabydreams (@) gmail.com

Competition is on until the Valentines day, 14.2.2012!

                                                                                                      //Adele

The Great FAN ART Competition — 3rd FINALIST!

Congratulations Caitlin Carson!

                                   This aeroplane picture made me smile, I love the baby's expression and it reminds me of  

Snoopy playing The Red Baron in the Peanuts. Only thing missing is tiny pilot's cap and goggles, haha. 

 Great job!

Pssst! You can still send me your fan pictures. 

whenmybabydreams (@) gmail.com

Competition is on until the Valentines day, 14.2.2012!

                                                                                                      //Adele

The book — It is OUT THERE!

Today is the day! Yay! I can't believe my book baby is out there somewhere.

Have you seen it yet? If you see it, please take a picture and send it to me.

I want to see with my own eyes that it's really out there and it's not alone :)

"Please, take a good care of my book baby. With love, Adele"

The Great Fan Art Competition — Second FINALIST!

  Congratulations Iris and little baby Ava Gillian!

                                   Ava Diva - Live in Concert is funny and lovely photo with such a cute star! 

I like the way you used fabric patterns to create this picture. Well done!

Pssst! You can still send me your fan pictures. 

whenmybabydreams (@) gmail.com

Competition is on until the Valentines day, 14.2.2012!

                                                                                                      //Adele

The Great Fan Art Competition — The First FINALIST!

       Congratulations Farrah Beller!

                                   Amazing composition and peaceful picture with the lovely colors! I love it!

There was plenty of other great pictures too, so don't worry if I didn't pick you right now,

 I might do it later. And remember you can still send me your fan pictures. 

whenmybabydreams (@) gmail.com

Competition is on until the Valentines day, 14.2.2012!

                                                                                                      //Adele

Ciao my friends!

A while ago I gave an interview to one italian magazine called D – La repubblica delle Donne (Magazine No.770, pages 128-129 and 130-131, article by Valentina Pigmei) and I liked that article a lot, well I can't speak italian, but I translated it with google translator, so I believe I understood the most of it. Grazie mille!

PS I've received a lot of lovely fan art photos, thank you so much for you all! You can still send me your photos, I'll pick the first finalist at friday!

Screenshot from magazine, unreadible.
 If you want to read this article,
go to this link (pages 128 - 131

Quando la mia bimba sogna! (by Sperling & Kupfer)
My book sounds so lovely in italian! Don't you think?

The Great FAN ART Competition!

I have noticed from Mila's Daydreams Facebook page that many of you guys are inspired to make your own dream pictures with your family. (See the photo gallery) That's so cool!

So I have decided to create a competition for you.  You can send your own dream picture to whenmybabydreams(@)gmail.com   (Remove parentheses from @. Only one picture per person. Add your contact details for the prize.)

I will pick the best picture of the every Friday and publish it here in my blog with your name (or preferred nickname.) Between all the best pictures of the week I will choose the winner at Valentine's Day, 14th Feb 2012!

And the prize is…. *drumming*

A lovely basket of gift books, including: GOODNIGHT MOON,  RUNAWAY BUNNY, And of course, WHEN MY BABY DREAMS!

And of course we are going to pick randomly four other winners between all who take part in this competition by sending their pictures before 10th of february 2012. They are going to get When My Baby Dreams -book! 

So now, send your best dream picture to whenmybabydreams (at) gmail.com and you are in the competition!

3 weeks and it is HERE!

...and it's a BOOK! 

Can't believe it, only 3 weeks left until When My Baby Dreams* is here! 

I hope my stork will bring it to you too. 

(*From this book link you find list of retailers and can pre-order When My Baby Dreams in a click!)

Where do dream ideas come from?

BEFORE                                                                                         AFTER

From her real dreams, don't you think? 

Coming soon: More making of dream pictures and some funny before and after scenes. 

                              Also "When My Baby Dreams" -competition for YOU. Stay tuned!

Paintings and drawings

This autumn my favourite thing was to paint or draw meanwhile I listen audio books from my Kindle. Well, until I got so nauseous that I couldn't draw a line without feeling sick. My morning sickness has been quite unpredictable and abstract. I guess now I know how my hubby felt two years ago, when I got nauseous from his composed music and threw up after we saw movies like Avatar and Up! 

It's totally unfair to feel sick from the things you normally love, luckily this state will pass. 

I can't wait to be able to paint something again! 

Saluki.
(I absolutely love sight hounds)

Epiphany.
(as a teenager I realized that
 I'm not going to be ballet dancer, ever.)

Look who's drawing too!

She's into abstract expressionism.

I tried to draw Croquis from a cornish rex cat photo,
but I got carried away and coloured it a bit. 

Siamese. Meow!

Sorry for the radio silence - I've been...

...oh, how to put this nicely? Well, I've been a bit nauseous lately.

"Morning sickness", who ever come up with that term is a very lucky woman or man, who has seen his wife only at the morning time, since the feeling is definitely 24/7 sickness. At least for me.

But Yay! I'm pregnant! Mila is going to have a sibling next spring!

And I promise I try to update this blog more often now that I have likely survived from the first trimester. ;)

Art course - Autumn

After a long break I decided to continue my painting and drawing hobby. I think I have nowadays more patience  for that, being a mom has changed me for good. Mila sleeps now two naps per day, and I try to write during the morning naps and draw or paint on the afternoon. But sometimes I do a little sketches at the morning before I write. It helps me clear my mind and concentrate.

So here's something I've done lately about autumn colors.

(Acrylics on oil color paper)

Mommy's summer job: Music Video

Artist: Emmi Salo

Director/Writer/Make-up/Wardrobe: Adele Enersen

Producer/Assistant Editor/Lighting Assistant/Playback: Lasse Enersen

Cinematography: Juge Heikkilä

Camera Assistant: Heikki Slåen

Color Grading: Timo Luomanen/Post Control

Editor: Santeri Enstedt

Last summer I had an opportunity to direct a music video. We had very tiny budget and only one day to shoot, but we had a great time and all the people were so great to work with. I would love to do little projects like this in the future too. 

The video was shot by my Canon 5D Mark ii camera with Technicolor Cinestyle color profile. And all the locations are all within three kilometers from our own home in Helsinki.


Since I couldn't find the perfect "Umbrellas of Cherbourg " -style umbrella as a pink, I coloured white one with the acrylic paint. It's kind of unique now, and guess what, after drying it appears to be waterproof! 

Rainy Day Fun

I love autumn and rain...especially 'cause it's perfect reason to stay home and do something funny.
So we built a indoor "swimming pool" to Mila, and meanwhile she was playing with her best friends (Cat theCat & Tigger) a draw some comics etc with my new markers.

1) First you need lot of pillows, 2) put a bedspread or comforter on top of that, 3) swim with the friends in a puddle of fabric!

When I was a kid, sitting in a backseat was the most boring thing ever.
 Except when it rained.
 I used to watch moving drops on window, wonder which drops 
"fall in love" as a giant drop, and fall faster together. 
I guess falling down from the window is a good thing, if you are a drop?

 I got so inspired about drops that when Mila fall in sleep, I stayed up and made this little Stop Motion animation:

Laundry Day Monsters!

... and how to avoid household chores.

Project Nursery - Coraline inspired painting

I just wanted to paint something cute to Mila's new room. I got my inspiration from Coraline book/movie. This is my cutie pie version of those characters. The clue of this painting is real sewed buttons as a eyes.  

These are our snap photos from
Universal Studios ...

...of real Coraline  stop motion
characters, props and sets. Cool!

If you didn't know,
I'm a HUGE Stop Motion
fan! Someday I'll do this too,
I swear!

On the wall of the nursery. 

The man behind my favourite stop motion, Nightmare before the christmas, is Henry Selick. He's also behind this Coraline movie. (the book was by Neil Gaiman, adore that too!) I love the cat character in both movies, and I found this youtube video where you can see them both.:

When My Baby Dreams of reading her books...

Oh here it is! Our first book cover ♡ When My Baby Dreams (HarperCollins, Balzer + Bray )

This book is highly tested with the target audience. Here you can see the test group in action. ;)

The Project Nursery: The reading corner is still middle of progress,
I'd like to make some kind of babyproof divan there,
where we could read or play with Mila.
 Before I figure out how to make that,
there's just blankets and pillows to make it more comfortable.

 Mila's favourite books so far: 

1. Cat the Cat, Who Is That? by Mo Willems

2. Not a Box by Antoinette Portis

3. Beautiful Oops! by Barney Saltzberg

4. Who Will Comfort Toffle? by Tove Jansson 

(Ok, this one is actually MY favourite, but I love to read this one for her. The author was a Finn and incredibly talented woman!)

5. Good Night Moon by Margaret Wise Brown

(Classic!)


Hey, what are your favourite books? I'd love to hear...

Pssst...wanna see something?

Go to babycenter.com !
(She said mystically and winked to all her blog-friends)

Nursery - Cherry Blossom Chandelier

We went to New York too. This is from Central Park.
What a lovely place.
 I loved all the museums and walking around the city. 

And I absolutely fall in love with the Cherry trees.
They gave me an idea...

I bought some water based and non-toxic Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist and lamp shades....

...and this basic "Kronetorp" chandelier.
 I also bought some silk cherry blossom -flowers.

I coloured lamp shades with different colors.
Blue grey as a sky,
pink and darker pink as a cherry blossoms
and light yellow as some buildings and sun.
When they were dry, I took some thin black wire and twisted cherry branches to lamp.
There's also pink silk ribbons tied to loop.

Here it is, piece of New York in Mila's new nursery!