Take your friends with you, have a drink / a brunch / a coffee and a cupcake, check out the great selection of vintage and retro clothes and items and handmade jewellery, and just enjoy the atmosphere! See you there on Sunday!
29/08/2012
BVM next Sunday
Brussels Vintage Market will be organised for the second time at Halles Saint Géry next Sunday 2nd September from 12 to 7pm.
Take your friends with you, have a drink / a brunch / a coffee and a cupcake, check out the great selection of vintage and retro clothes and items and handmade jewellery, and just enjoy the atmosphere! See you there on Sunday!
Take your friends with you, have a drink / a brunch / a coffee and a cupcake, check out the great selection of vintage and retro clothes and items and handmade jewellery, and just enjoy the atmosphere! See you there on Sunday!
10/07/2012
01/07/2012
tutorial: electric wire ring
What to do with old electric wire? Make a ring!
1 You need: about 40cm of old electric wire, wire cutters (sharp ended scissors would probably do, too), pliers, a round object of approximately as thick as your finger (e.g. a marker).
2 Fold one end of the wire into a little hook.
3 Roll the wire around the round object three times.
4 Slide the ring off the round object and start rolling the free end of the wire around the ring. Before rolling too many times test the size of the ring, and adjust if necessary. (It'll be impossible later!) Take into consideration that the wrap will take some space and make the ring a little bit smaller, so leave it rather slightly bigger than the exact size of your finger. [TIP: If you want to have a "diamond ring", slide some pearls or beads to the wire every second round when rolling it and place them on top of the ring.]
5 Continue rolling. Pull the wire quite tight around the ring, so that the hook will stay solidly under the wrap.
6 Go on until the the hook is covered by wire loops. Leave the two last loops a little bit loose.
7 Slide the end of the wire under the two last loops.
8 Pull (with the pliers if needed) to tighten the last two loops.
9 Cut the excess of the wire off. Tuck in the end of the wire as much as possible, and push the loops closer together if they have been separated.
10 Your upcycled electric wire ring is ready!
1 You need: about 40cm of old electric wire, wire cutters (sharp ended scissors would probably do, too), pliers, a round object of approximately as thick as your finger (e.g. a marker).
2 Fold one end of the wire into a little hook.
3 Roll the wire around the round object three times.
4 Slide the ring off the round object and start rolling the free end of the wire around the ring. Before rolling too many times test the size of the ring, and adjust if necessary. (It'll be impossible later!) Take into consideration that the wrap will take some space and make the ring a little bit smaller, so leave it rather slightly bigger than the exact size of your finger. [TIP: If you want to have a "diamond ring", slide some pearls or beads to the wire every second round when rolling it and place them on top of the ring.]
5 Continue rolling. Pull the wire quite tight around the ring, so that the hook will stay solidly under the wrap.
6 Go on until the the hook is covered by wire loops. Leave the two last loops a little bit loose.
7 Slide the end of the wire under the two last loops.
8 Pull (with the pliers if needed) to tighten the last two loops.
9 Cut the excess of the wire off. Tuck in the end of the wire as much as possible, and push the loops closer together if they have been separated.
10 Your upcycled electric wire ring is ready!
08/06/2012
printer!
I finally got a new printer, and it opens endless opportunities! I made today my first trials on customised découpage earrings based on self-printed images. On the left my grandmother, on the right my great-grandmother:
Just send me your photos by email, and I'll make a unique pair for you. Your parents, grand-parents, children, pets, house, boat, favourite landscape... A nice gift idea, too! Different shapes and sizes according to your wishes. Available on Etsy (English), ALM (français) and Taitomaa (suomeksi).
Just send me your photos by email, and I'll make a unique pair for you. Your parents, grand-parents, children, pets, house, boat, favourite landscape... A nice gift idea, too! Different shapes and sizes according to your wishes. Available on Etsy (English), ALM (français) and Taitomaa (suomeksi).
31/05/2012
brussels vintage market
icebubble will be again, after a little break, on Brussels Vintage Market this Sunday 3rd June from 12 till 19pm at K-nal. There will be vintage and second hand market, handmade jewellery and other creations, delicious bio food, music... (And in case it rains, no worries, it's indoors.)
It'll be fun! Join me there on Sunday and bring your friends, too!
It'll be fun! Join me there on Sunday and bring your friends, too!
22/05/2012
summer clothes
Even if it's not particularly sunny or summery in Brussels, icebubble is still trying to keep up the spirit. Here a couple of new light cotton jersey t-shirts I've made. This model is super simple to make, and could also easily be made out of recycled fabrics, like old t-shirts. This time I chose rather neutral colours - would you like to have a more colourful one?
10/05/2012
green, green, green!
Brussels in April-May 2012: rain, clouds, grey, dark.
Fortunately icebubble's "atelier" got a fresh spring green look with new curtains and sofa pillows. And those giant piles, heaps and stacks of fabrics, materials for jewellery, and random to-be-recycled stuff was neatly arranged in these drawers. Oh, happiness!
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