It is the last day of June, and also the last day of the first half of 2010. I have had the January desktop image on my computer background for 6 months, so today I took some time and created a new one! You are welcome to download the desktop image and right click to […]
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Month: June 2010
Little Scraps of Magic…
Tonight I’ve been at a Craft Social event, but before bed I just wanted to show you what I got in the mail today. You know sometimes days and weeks go by and there is nothing fun in the mail, nothing at all, and then all of a sudden – mail bliss! Not one, not […]
Grid of Pretty Papers
Continuing with grids, this time more of a Paper Sampler, as suggested for the June crusade. I have only used papers I’m really drawn to right now, so this sampler is really showing “my style” when it comes to papers. Lots of green, pink and yellow. Lots of polka dots and flowers, some letters and […]
Finishing an Embroidery – Glue Framing Tutorial
Because the embroidery itself is not traditional in any way, my framing is not either. I’ll show you what I did though, maybe you can use it in some way. I was inspired by what I remembered from Britta Lincoln’s exhibition that I saw last fall, where she painted the visible raw edges with gold […]
Mixed Media Embroidery Happiness
Something other than paper today… The first of my mixed media embroideries presented to you in full colour and many details. My new found happy maker. When I finished it the name just came to me, in English Fly photo over a Inner Landscape (in Swedish Flygfoto över inre landskap III). I love this name! […]
Protect your work surface
Now that I’m in love with rolls of brown wrapping paper I want it everywhere. I’ve rolled some out on my work surface. This paper has been protecting the desk from getting dirty with acrylic paint while I was painting. Actually I think it is extremely pretty. Call me crazy, I don’t care… If you […]
Ruby Red Page
Isn’t red a beauuuuutiful colour? And the different names are so beautiful and magic, like Carmine, cherry, crimson, ruby red, cadmium, quinacridone, blood red, maroon, cardinal red, scarlet, magenta… It is the colour of our heart and the blood it pumps out every second, and the symbol of strong emotions like passionated love… Mmm! One […]
In change there is power
It takes a lot of courage to release the familiar and seemingly secure, to embrace the new. But there is no real security in what is no longer meaningful. There is more security in the adventurous and exciting, for in movement there is life, and in change there is power. /Alan Cohen The 40th Art […]
Make a Library Book Pocket for your Journal
Let’s make library pockets that we can use in our journals! When I made my Owl Journal I mentioned the importance of adding at least one pocket on the inside of each notebook cover. If you don’t have those plastic corners you can make your own Library Book Pockets. I like the old fashioned feel […]
The Therapy of Magazine Cutting
Are you aware of the therapeutic value of cutting out magazine images? I know some of you already do this regularly. Saving images to a personal imagery archive of clippings (to be used in future diary pages, collages or art journaling) is very calming and always cheers me up. Recently I have “swiped through” and […]
Garden photos with texture
Early in May the magnolia buds was twirling… the violette Penses moved outside. Related PostsPhotography is happiness Explore Colour in a Sketchbook My very first ATC Angelina fibers – inspiration book in Swedish The start of a wool embroidery
Fun finds from my inbox
Today it has been raining all day, so a great day for sorting stuff. I have been rummaging around everywhere today, and the dust is thick in the air… Away away with old DVD:s that no one will watch again, VHS tapes, unmarked CD:s, some of my own children’s books from the attic (but saving […]