I love nature...

Photography eyh? Well yes indeed!

I found out some while ago that I have a little of a photographer in me. Every once in a while I find my self inspired by nature and find myself enchanted by it's small but yet so beautiful stuff.
Makes me feel like a little kid again when I sink in to the small details that mother nature creates.

The photo of the frog staring at it's tiny tiny pray was taken approximately 2 inches away from this long tongued "wild" beast. I was at a festival called Pipefest in august 2010. While running in and out from the sauna that we had at our cabin we spotted a frog hopping around in front of our porch. And so happened that a friend of mine had his camera with him and I asked if I could take a few shots. And this one frame came out as a success.

I love nature after the rain. There's just something so beautiful when everything sparcles freshness and you get a feeling that we should all take more time to enjoy nature as it is.

This second photo was taken with my iPhone on my daily walk with my dog.

Photography is one of my new but still very beginner level hobbies.. Gonna put more photos up when I get some nice ones.

80's style "BadAss" Jacket Backpiece

This here is a backpiece I did for my homegirl Marika from the infamous BadAss Crew.

Backround shaded blend of many colors that fade into the jackets fabric plus the 80's style "BADASS" piece in the middle.

Freshhh...

Custom Hand Painted Caps

It's been a long time.....

So by now you've probably got the vibe that I like to do a lot of stuff hand made... Here's some new stuff.. Did a bunch of Fitted caps for sale to the webshop so If you like any of them go get your before they are long gone. ;)

Gonna get a grip on this blog again and will post new stuff real soon so peep the site again soon.

Peace out ma fresh people!

Hand made Graff jewellery!

So I started a new way of making jewellery by hand. This edition is graff style with words such as "FUNK", "GROOVY", "MUSIC", "COOL" and so on..

I already did a few sets of these along with some necklaces etc but they all sold out.. here's a new set of earring for sale made by yours truly.


Materials are plastic and nickel free paltinum.


Prices:
Singles 6€/each
Pairs 10€

Shipping costs will be added to the total.

Orders to: wartecs@hotmail.com

Best chicken meal ever by far!

So I went to Amsterdam, Holland with my crew Flow Mo to do a judging job plus a shocase at the finals in an event called Spin Off. After that we went to Rottardam to do our theatre piece "Response" for Hip Hop House at Zoidplein theatre. The trip was all and all a success cause we had so much fun with my crew and we got to meet some of our friends around the world along with some new acquaintances.

How ever in Rotterdam my life was yet blessed with one more surprise..

We went to eat at a local Surinami place called "Warung Mini" and my friends told me to taste the the satay chicken as it would be the best they have ever eaten. Since everyone in our crew are big fans of good food I had to try it out........

Words can not explain the experience.

If you're ever in Rotterdam I suggest that you try to find this place. The address? I have no idea...but you can bet your sweet ass I'm gonna try to find it next time I'm in town! :D

Money laundering? - Why yes!

There comes a time in every ones life when its time to do some money laundering... Especially if you found it off the streets of Naantali. :D

Don't get me wrong.. Dirty money work just as good for me but this one was plain filthy... and with Euros it's great cause you can wash them even with soap or if you have bigger ammounts, you can even wash then in your washing machine and they come out just fine...wrinkled but fine.

For more info of money laundering of a different kind click HERE.

;)

//M

My Interview @ TopRockCity

Check out my interview at a fresh new website that is run by two of the illest Top Rockers ever.

TRC website has everything you've ever wanted to know about Top Rocking and it's history. Video clips updated frequently with tutorials aswell with inspirational videos. These guys are doing a great job spreading the truth about Hip Hop and it's dance BBOYing.

Top Rock City

CPS™ - Glamour edition 2010

Check them out!

For this year I desided to flip the game with something totally different for my glamour loving people.

For this summer I'm gonna do a "Custom Painted Sunglasses™ Glamour" - edition that consists of sparkling glitters, outarageous colors and something that you have to witness to believe it. Stay tuned for this years CPS™ sunglasses.

"Pursuit Of Freshyness!"

If you ever doubt my devotion.. think again...

My first tattoo finally in place. Design by Jani Tolin from my crew and done by "Tete" @ Legacy tattoo.

Flow Mo since 2002.

"Wartecs Of Flow Mo" - Back piece.

This one I made for myself.

For more of my custom stuff click here to visit my store.

CPS™ I love Super Mario - edition "Bob-Omb 2"

Another piece added to the webshops gallery:
Custom Painted Sunglasses - "I love Super Mario" - edition presents "Bob-Omb 2"

Who doesn't like Super Mario? Beats me...

For more special editions go check them out from my store:

www.custompaintedsunglasses.com

and join me in the "Pursuit Of Freshyness!"

Flow Mo & Adidas Star Wars - edition.

Flow Mo participated in the launch of the new Adidas Star Wars edition @ Popot Helsinki on March 5th.

We did a walking parade in Helsinki with some of the Imperial army members such as Darth Vader, two Stormtroopers, a snowtroopers, a Tie Pilot and Obi Wan Kenobi.

I've been a huge Star Wars fan since I was a small boy, so it was a dream come true to me to hang around with these characters for the evening.

To see more of the Adidas Star Wars edition go to:
Adidas Star Wars - edition collection

"Bboy Focus of Flow Mo" Back piece.

"Bboy Focus of Flow Mo" Back piece.

Custom jacket back piece for my crew member Focus.

Focus had a jacket that he wanted me to customize for him. He had a rough vision how he wanted it to look + a photo of the freeze that he wanted in it.

So I took the photo but changed the jeans and collar shirt into a classic red tracksuit with shiny white fat laced superstars. Of course topping the outfit with a pair of square framed bboy "cazal" styled glasses and a "Kangol" on his head.

I decided to do the backpiece with these colors, cause Focus has a pair of Evisu jeans to match the colors perfectly.

I think it came out real nice.

For more of my custom stuff visit my store:

www.custompaintedsunglasses.com

Tosca pie...mmm....

I did some great Tosca pie the other day. That + coffee made me a very happy man. :)

I'm not so accurate with all the measures and if something goes a bit wrong or not in the right order that it "should" go...well... I don't mind so much.. :D

All that matters is that you have fun while doing it and in the end you have something delicious to eat.

This one made my day and hopefully it will make yours too.

-Mikko

Here's the recipe:

Base:

4 Eggs

3 dl sugar

100 g of melted butter

2 dl cream

3 teaspoons of Baking powder

1,5 teaspoons of vanilla sugar

4 dl wheat flour

Frosting:

225 g butter

2,5 dl sugar

3/4 dl wheat flour

400g almond (sliced!)

3 tablespoons of milk

Melt the butter and add in the cream. Mix the flour, backing powder and vanilla sugar together. Whip the eggs and sugar in to a nice fluffy foam. Add the flour/sugar/backing powder mix in to the foam followed with the butter/cream mix as well. Stir all of it into an even paste and pour it on a oven plate. Cook it in your oven in 200 degrees celcius for about 12 minutes. During that time prepare the frosting: Melt the butter in a pot and add all the other ingredients to the mix. Let it just start to boil before you take it off the stove. Take the pie out from the oven and spread the frosting over tha base. Cook the pie still for about 10 more minutes, until the frosting gets a nice golden color.

Enjoy!

My store: www.custompaintedsunglasses.com

Check out my store that I run with my one man army.

Individually hand painted sunglasses and accessories.

www.custompaintedsunglasses.com

It's now officially open. My Blog.

Hi everyone!

I finally took some time to open my own blog.

Here you can find a lot of my stuff that I've done either work related or just stuff that I've done or found worth sharing with all of you.

-Mikko