I’m planning to be Creative next year too. I hope you will join me. Not that creativity could be held down, right? It’s the force that can not be stopped. The planning and deciding is slow over here, so I’m just going to jump in here and make a list with words. Yes now. On […]
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Year: 2009
On a Playdate with a child and a glue stick
My littlest cousin came for a visit. I thought we’d have a play date at the kitchen table. Sure, small hands can use a glue stick! I gave her a magazine and scissors. She was very handy with the scissors, but not as interested in cutting paper as in using the glue stick – on […]
Collage time during the Holidays
Today I must say like Jeannine of four rooms blog who wrote; So much to “report” but my inner-reporter is – surprisingly – feeling very quiet at the moment. I think I’m also still a little rusty from my blogging break. I’ve come home from my holiday and celebrated Christmas with my family. Straight from […]
Quote of the Year: Make your uniqueness tangible
Blogger, writer and crafty podcaster Sister Diane of CraftyPod blog recently introduced (together with some of her friends) the very cool site Making Meaning. It is fabulous, as it covers many of the subjects I’m interested in and write about too. Related PostsYou will craft nothing less than epic with your life Notebook Idea: Save […]
Smuding, scraping and scratching up art
Today some pages in my Art Journal inspired by other Art Journal girls around on the net. All spreads have links to each of my “inspirations”, images and art that makes me wanna try getting messy myself, pages that tickles my fantasy, that makes me wanna paint… Scratch page in black and white, with some […]
Are you Proud enough
This is a vent. Be warned. Do you tell new people that you meet that you have a blog? Do you give out your blog address first thing? I don’t. Some people I’ve spent a lot of time with do not know that I keep a blog and was never really told. I have been […]
Fabric Art Books I want – wish list
I love both collage and patchwork, maybe the ultimate thing for me will be exploring both these topics together creating mixed media fabric art? So I want some new books on collage and also these, books on fabric art: Collage Fusion by Alma de la Melena Cox looks yummy! In the preview at amazon I […]
Sewing paper – a Travel Journal is evolving
After all that Travel Journal Inspiration in my earlier post I have been sewing happily away in all kind of papers! The sewing machine can take it, but the needle will need to be replaced after a while (though not yet!). I’m making spreads, adding illustrations, sewing, folding and having a blast over here! Sewing […]
Mixed Media Art Books – wish list
There are so many nice new books out right now! These are just a few I’ve got on my wish list that I thought I’d tell you about. I get inspiration from just looking at these beautiful covers, I bet the inside of these books are great too. I want to stamp and print with […]
Deep Blue makes me think of…
Deep blue makes me think of my mother! It’s just her color. This Art Journal spread is about my mom and her colors, patterns and symbols. Here is a mosaic I just did with mom-photos, just to prove it; See? She really really loves blue, and always has. The deep blue color is for ever […]
Visual Wish List for Christmas 2009 (pink)
My wee cousin did a visual Wish List for Christmas this year. It drove her poor mom mad as there were no directions on where to buy anything, just “inspiration” in green. I was inspired to make my own, and of course mine is pink! Related PostsMy visual wish-list Cravings: I want pretty journals Visit […]
Published a Creative 2010 Calendar
For 2009 I put together this very cool looking wall calendar, and now I’ve updated it so that it is a brand new 2010 calendar with matching cover! Just look at it, isn’t it pretty? Each page has a mixed media artwork print by me iHanna, and a new inspirational quote each month! Yummy stuff. […]