Happy Holidays

We wish you a Merry Christmas and relaxing time with friends and family!

Felted jewelry

You find lovely and high quality felted jewelry in our online store. Now we have added beautiful felted bracelets to our collection. Matching felted necklaces and earrings are also available. This jewelry will make a perfect Christmas gift! We love the felted jewelry especially in the winter time when the wool feels lovely and warm next to the skin.

Orange felted bracelet

The felted jewelry sets are available in eight different colors. The color options are orange, white, pink, baby blue, dark teal, greyish green, red and lime.

Baby blue felted necklace

The felted bracelets, necklaces and earrings are all handmade in Finland. The jewelry is felted from Finnish high quality wool.

Dark teal felted earrings

Click here to visit the felted jewelry selection in our online store.

Handmade wool socks for men

We are happy to have these traditional Finnish handmade wool socks available in our online store. The wool socks for men are knitted from durable sock wool and machine washable. The pattern and colors are classic, and these socks are guaranteed to keep the feet warm during the colder months.

Light grey wool socks for men

There are three sizes and two different shades of grey color available for the men's socks. If the color or size you'd like is not available at the moment, you can make an inquiry about the exact delivery time. Usually we are able to make and mail the socks within 2 weeks.

Dark grey wool socks for men

If you're looking for wool socks for women or for children, please check our full selection of handmade wool socks. Each pair is handmade in Finland, and of high quality.

Summer shopping handmade gifts

It feels like summer has finally arrived to Finland! The beginning of the summer was so chilly and rainy, now we are enjoying some sunshine and a bit warmer weather. In July and August, Finns head out to their summer houses, 'kesämökki', for sauna and swimming in the lakes. If you ever visit a Finnish family at their summer house, you might want to bring something little for the sauna, like this ceramic thermometer or home elf (suitable for the heat in the sauna as well, but not to be put on the stove). To make a perfect Finnish gift wrap these nicely together with a bag of coffee, the most traditional Finnish gift when you visit someone.

And of course, these are suitable to decorate homes and saunas all over the world. :)

Ceramic thermometer

Ceramic home elf

These handmade woven linen washcloths would fit nicely together with the sauna ceramics...

Handmade linen washcloths

Check out our selection of sauna and bathroom products behind this link.

Recycled denim quilt

I love browsing crafty DIY ideas online. These days Pinterest has made it so easy to bookmark the best projects with illustrative photos. Are you already using Pinterest and what do you think about it?

This week I saw this lovely idea (and illustrative tutorial) how to recycle old jeans into a cool denim quilt that can be used for example as a picnic blanket. The project is definitely not very quick to do, this one used 64 denim squares that were first each individually padded. The project was introduced in iCandy handmade. Such a lovely blog by the way, and fantastic tutorials!

Old jeans into a denim squares quilt, iCandy handmade

I would love to take this quilt with me for a picnic in the park or to the beach in the summer. Old jeans are already washed so many times that the fabric is perfectly soft and I'm sure the whole family would enjoy this, seeing their old pairs of jeans reused in the quilt.

My thoughts are definitely already in the summer time. This weekend is going to be another one full of gardening and preparing the home for the sunnier and greener season. The weather is not too warm in Finland yet, how about over there where you live?

I hope you're all having a great weekend and enjoying whatever you are doing. Sunny greetings from Finland! :)

Visit to glass art shop

Over the Easter holidays I visited Ossi Palmu, our shop's glass artist. Ossi’s creations are truly beautiful and polished to the last detail. You can see the selection of his works here. During the visit I took some photos for you to get to know where he works and what the glass art process is like.

Ossi’s ornaments are all hand cut and finished individually, to special one of a kind gifts. The small fisher boys and all kinds of pretty flower ornaments for the home are one of his most popular items. Here is one tiny Cherry Flower piece on its way. 

Cherry Flower

Lately Ossi has also been  trying out and making some glass jewelry. The jewelry is very detailed, see for example the gorgeous reindeer figures in the middle. 

Glass jewelry trials

Here are some glass plates made in Ossi's workshop. The first one is made from mosaic like glass pieces and the second has a tree branch reaching over the plate. Even though it's wintery, I find the branch plate quite stunning. Ossi told me that lately the mosaic type fused glass plates have been a popular project among his students.

Mosaic glass plate

Fused glass plate with a branch figure

Ossi also teaches students who want to learn tiffany technique, and fused and melted glass technique. I have been trying myself every now and then, too irregularly to really get good at it! I have made some tiffany flowers and small birds. For a beginner, fused glass seems to be easier and at least faster method! This time I made these Tree figures. The trunk of the tree is cut from one piece and the leaves and the grass are made from tiny glass pieces that are glued to the square glass that forms the back of the glass work. So this one is not ready yet, it is still waiting to be fused in the specialty glass oven.

Fused glass art piece

Making these fused glass and tiffany technique glass works is quite interesting and rewarding. I really recommend trying it out yourself if you get a chance and find a good teacher! As gifts, I like to pick out the pieces made by Ossi though, the quality is quite a lot better than in mine. :)

Happy Easter!

Wishing you a relaxing and peaceful Easter weekend!