This transparent make up bag is a great holder of my embroidery floss – I don’t need to empty it out to find the color I’m looking for – love that! Though maybe I need to organize my threads it a bit better some day… This summer I have been doing some free form embroidery, […]
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Month: November 2009
Black acrylic background and popping colors
Paint some pages in your Art Journal black and come over to the dark side with me! Gee, my black paint was starting to dry in the tube, it was about time I got around to using some black. But what to do with the page now, it’s so… dark… You dig through your stash […]
Let’s have a TED-Moment…
I’ve mentioned the TED Talks to a few friends recently and to my surprise found that one didn’t know what it was and the other thought the talks were only about technologies and therefore not interesting. So I thought that I would write a post to inform anyone who might have missed this eminent information […]
10 Ideas for using scraps of Wallpaper
Wallpapers could go on the wall, but nah… that’s not what I’m talking about here! There are many interesting things to create with ye’ ol’ wallpapers. For example, instead of using ugly envelopes I sometimes wrap things that I’m sending in the mail in wallpaper, like this: Sending stuff is much more fun when you […]
Peak in the Art Journal: Orange Cat + Autumn Color...
Art Journal spread: Smilla love – on a page with a clear sense of autumn orange and autumn leaf inspiration. I used both pressed leaves collected on one of my walks, and half transparent stickers with leafs! To view this spread in more detail and leave a comment read on… Related PostsTake your skelletons out […]
Knit time: Stock up yarn for Winter Days
I’ve cast on for a pair of socks that I’m going to knit a bit on this weekend. Right now it ain’t much, but it looks like this so far: I bought this yarn recently at Syfestivalen, and lots of more wool with close up pictures because yarn is so beautiful. Even in these photos […]
Practice how to draw in your Art Journal too
Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing. /Salvador Dali I did not accomplish my goal to fill my handmade Art Journal this summer, but I’m about half way through it now. I’m using it to learn it to learn how to draw and paint from other artists. There is so much to […]
Random Act of Kindness
A Random Act of Kindness, RAK, like those of Amelie in the fabulous and beautiful movie Le Fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulain, are selfless acts performed by a person wishing to either assist or cheer up another individual. A Random Act of Kindness, for example, is to send someone a nice gift without expecting to get […]
I caught The Teesha Bug – atchoo!
After watching (and posting about Teesha Moore’s Art Journal Collage Videos) I was inspired to create a spread in my own Art Journal. I had already painted the page black so that was the background I went with – it feels fitting to this season as darkness is ascending in Sweden. The body part figure-girls […]
Collage Class with Teesha Moore
Teesha Moore is a well known Art Journal Guru in the internet world. Her collages are colorful, bright and personal. She recently made a whole series of videos showing her journaling style, and watching them is like taking a free online class! I’ve spent my day with them today; I’ve posted this “playlist”, with all […]