A Little About Me

Hi I'm Merike! I started the Little Sea as a small floral accessory endeavour in highschool, making flower crowns for girls for prom and for a few photoshoots and named it after myself, since "Merike" means "little sea" in Estonian. Now it's turned into this! A blog about my adventures in coffee shops & restaurants, cities around the world, design and style inspiration, a place to showcase my portfolio and a small line of products on Etsy and Society6. I've started to sell my handmade knitwear, flower crowns and stationary on etsy and doodles / designs on products on society6. A little selection of all of my products you can look at here!

Right now I'm a student at Ryerson University in Downtown Toronto, where life is bustling 24/7. I'm in the Creative Industries program, learning all about business know-how that goes behind creative entrepreneurship etc! I'm also getting a minor in fashion because I love designing knitwear and wearing / making funky clothes so I hope to combine my media and business know-how with fashion in the future. I've already started doing this a little bit on my Etsy shop as I mentioned.

Sidenote! A few years, ago I randomly got Pinterest famous, climbing from a respectable few hundred followers to over 300K in a few weeks! So its safe to say I'm Pinterest obsessed. I use it every day for inspiration for everything I do from decorating my room, to colour palettes for my designs to finding a new breed of dog to be obsessed with.

I love drawing, designing logos, making flower crowns, embroidering, collecting pretty vintage things from packaging to coloured glass, going out for coffee and croissants, running bare foot, playing with my pets, long walks in the cold and ridiculously long phone calls and love notes.

I'm sure there's more to know, but those are the basics! Happy you're here to follow along and feel free to contact me anytime.

Featured

Jan 31, 2018

5 Yarns I Want to Knit with ASAP!

Jan 31, 2018

First of all.. disclaimer: I am not what some of you reading may call a knitter. I am happily knitting my third or fourth successful knit project, but my job at Koigu Wool Designs last summer has given me a whole new love for fibres, knitting and YARN! Oh how I love yarn. I want to start a collection of beautiful yarns to someday be able to make all of the beautiful garments I'm constantly imagining while being surrounded by stunning colours and wools all day at the Koigu farm.

Here is my little list of beautiful yarns that I have recently discovered and fallen in love with:

Jan 31, 2018

Jul 16, 2017

Infinite Card

Jul 16, 2017

My oldest sister has always been an inspiration to me. She's a very spiritual, artistic and passionate and person so I thought it only fitting to create a card that reflected the infinte possibilities of her 30's for her 30th birthday. The big 3-0!

Jul 16, 2017

Jul 12, 2017

Dockside Inspo

Jul 12, 2017

I've been happily living in my tiny cottage on Georgian Bay for the past few months and have made it a goal to be creative and relax on the dock as often as possible. My laptop perched on a log has become my office and the view along with the soft swishing of the water underneath me has been the perfect background for inspiration.

Jul 12, 2017