FINNISHED! / DIY inspiration

Northern Punk and Shamanism

With my friend Mari we collaborated some new items to the RokRokInc. Jewelry line. 

First of all, check out the cool boho and shamanism inspired earrings and necklaces made out of reindeer horns that Mari brought with her from the northern Finland (from where we both are from). Mari did the cutting and sanding and I did the finishing. I truly feel we came up with a pretty good end result.

...And with the reindeer horn pieces from Finnish Lapland you OF COURSE get the magical powers of strength and wisdom with them. These ones are a must have, especially when we two "witches" charmed the jewelry with the best of luck as well. :D

Then in addition Mari came up with the awesome rockin' animal pattern finish for the recycled leather earrings. These ones are only for tough but lovely ladies like us. Definitely too cute for boring people!

RokRokInc. Handmade Recycled Jewelry

RokRokInc. Handmade Recycled Jewelry

RokRokInc. Handmade Recycled Jewelry

RokRokInc. Handmade Recycled Jewelry

 

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Nailpolishing Stuff

Now I'm totally exited about the nail polish finished stuff. It is fun to make them and nail polish brings bright colors and great texture to my jewelry. ...Though like you see in the video that it is not so easy to hit the target so you might want to cover your floors when making these.

Here some of the ready Products: Star Earrings, Rider Pendant and Rock Star Necklace.

Cassette crafting

 

Upcycled cassette

 

Hitsi...ei osunu yksikään räiske sinne minne piti. ? / It's surprisingly hard to hit the goal. #rokrokinc

Video, jonka Ansku Knuuti / RokRokInc. (@rokrokinc) julkaisi

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80's colours

It's me myself saying but I had the greatest idea to mix puzzles, matt black paint and colourful nail polish. And yes, it smells like hell in my flat and I also have a colourful bathroom (despite the covers) but these will be sooo cool. A bit 80's style bright colours and voilá! They look so delicious I could eat them.

 

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Upcycled Leather Lamp

I'm planning to renew our living room after the ongoing front renovation is over - in September. But I already started the work from small scale chores. This lamp shade is made out of a pair of white leather pants. I'm actually quite happy with the result and qoing to make another piece (maybe black leather or blue jeans) for sale as well. But here the instructions for you too.


For this lamp you'll need upcycled leather, linen, splitrings,
glue, a thick needle, 
scissors, cardboard and a gel pen.

UPCYCLED LEATHER LAMP

  1. Take your leather and glue another fabric behind it to make the back side constant/sleek and also make the leather a bit more stiff. Here, I used white linen from an old curtain.
  2. Cut a square from an old card, draw squares to the leather (I used gel pen because you can wipe it off with a wet cloth after cutting) and cut as many squares as you need.
  3. Make tiny little holes in the middle of the each side of the square. I used a darning needle. Remember to make holes ONLY to the 3 sides of the squares in the lowest row!
  4. Connect each square with splitrings to each other. You'll need three rings per side.
  5. Connect the last and first column and attach the highest row to your upcycled lamp frame.
  6. Your lamp is ready!

 

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Inspiration from Tampere!

A while ago I visited my brother and his better half in Tampere. They have such a cute home and several handmade upcycling details make it even more charming. So here I send to you not only greetings but also inspiration from Tampere. Take a look!

Take a better look in Maija's blog: Poppastelua.

 

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Yo! From Old Hoodies to New Vests

Like said, I'm a 90's teenie and I just still love the hoodie vests or vest hoodies or whatever they are. I found two old hoodies from the flea market pile and decided to take them back to use. The other one I just cut here and there and the other one I sprinkled with white fabric paint. 


You can sprinkle paint with "a tool" made from basic string knotted together.

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Studding This and That

I found a piece of an old studded belt and went a bit crazy with it. It's amazing how many new looks I got from this short piece of belt. Nothing surprising really but a bit more time for one of my old favorite shirt that is aging and looser look for a flea market sweater and a hat that I got from my friend. 


This sweater is my Sunday favorite. It's big, gray and loose and
I also cut the neck to give a bit of a slobby touch.

A new life for an old friend. And thank's Inkeri for the hat!

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HOW TO: Starching Lace

Starching is a good way to reuse old pretty handmade lace table cloths or similar. All you need is water and sugar. With this simple recipe I for example made a wall decor for a birthday present to my almost mother-in-law, an earring holder for my goddaughter, hooks for my friend and a pair of earrings for the RokRokInc. shop.


Hooks for clothes, wall decor and a earring holder: all made of recycled table cloths.

 

So, by starching you can also create small or bigger things, for example earrings from small recycled or self made lace pieces. Here some easy instructions for you too. 


For those who loooove spring, 70's and want to be seen:
RokRokInc. big orange earrings.

 

HOW TO MAKE LACE STARCHING

  1. Take you piece of lace and wash it properly.
  2. Measure about the same amount of water and sugar. Maybe just a bit more sugar than water. The amount depends always on how big your cloth is. For a small piece one desiliter/cup is enough.
  3. Warm up the water and pour the sugar in.
  4. Let the water simmer and wait until the sugar has melted and desappeared completely.
  5. Soak the cloth in the hot water until it's thoroughly wet.
  6. Take the cloth from the water with some heat protecting gloves and squese the excess water out. NOTICE: You can not wait until the water cools down because in that cade you end up with sugary lumpy outcome.
  7. Place the cloth on a gladwrap (to protect) and then on an even ground, like on a table.
  8. Tap the cloth gently with your hands even and flat.
  9. Let dry. This may take a couple of days depending ot the size.
  10. If you want, you can modify the end product with spray paint or different kind of accessories.


 

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Summer Memories

My friend has her birthday today and I decided to give her, in addition to a present, some summer memories. ...Two and a half years ago we did a small road trip in southern Europe. At Garda Lake in Italy we enjoyed the warm summer nights, ate great Italian ice cream and drank some bubbly Prosecco. It was a great trip.

There, at the beach, I also collected pretty little stones that in the end travelled all the way up to Helsinki. So, with glue I combined the stones and a picture with a frame found from a flea market in Munich and got a present full with memories. Happy Birthday Meri!

With some hot glue I combined stones from Lake Garda with a recycled frame
and a picture taken at Garda to make a present full with summer memories.

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RokRokInc. Workshop - Fall Edition

Yesterday it was a lazy autumn Sunday afternoon and a real fall atmosphere lingering in the air. But with wonderful company, Leonie, Isabel, Maria and Gio, and with Gio's relaxing music we got so much done at the RokRokInc. - Do it yourself jewelry workshop. 

But what I loved the best was to get to know a bit the people that I have already many times met at the night markets. And was cool to see how everyone had their own distinctive style. I hope you all get many comments and compliments on your new fabulous creations and I really hope that we meet again before we go back to Finland!

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