Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats; neither fear nor shame can cure them. Jean de La Fontaine From my Art Journal: A Perfect Mess: I don’t even want to be perfect! Is it a contradiction in terms to call your art and your life “a perfect mess” – or is it the only […]
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Month: September 2010
A Creative Nudge or two…
Diana Trout (who wrote the inspirational Journal Spilling book) wants to nudge all of us into creative action. She is starting a new “thing”, something that everyone can join and play with. And she is calling us The Creative Revolutionaries. I love that name! I feel like I am already a part of that movement, […]
49 Creative things You Can Do Today
A big part of my life is centered around creativity. In todays list you will find a few of the projects I have enjoyed. I believe that everyone is creative in some way or other. Maybe some of these ideas will spark your inspiration… I hope you will want to make something of your own, […]
A fabric rainbow, a foldout zine and other pretty ...
Serendipitous I won a package of these hand dyed fabrics from Kristin a few weeks ago. I love how the fabrics I won makes such a beautiful rainbow. I am planning to use them in some of my embroidery work this fall. Kristin’s blog Stitching hands is one of my favorite fabric-art-blogs to go to […]
Collage: Mr. Walrus and his mustache
Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind. /Dr. Seuss Hoppilandkalle, original art collage by iHanna. Available. On the same vintage book page that I found the sweet imaginary boyfriend I found this older gentleman, an imaginary grandpa perhaps? I didn’t think […]
Tea Dyeing Fabrics
Hi there! You are invited in for tea. What flavor do you like? Nobody around here drinks ordinary Earl gray, so that was the tea flavor that I was brewing for my first batch of tea dyeing. I gathered up little pieces of fabric, lace and scraps and put everything together in a pot of […]
Class: 21 Secrets for your Art Journal
Taaa-daaa! Together with Dirty Footprints Studio today I present to you the online class 21 SECRETS: An Art Journal Playground! It is now opens for registration and I hope that you will want to come along and play… You will receive 21 Art Journaling classes all under the same roof for one low price of […]
You will craft nothing less than epic with your li...
The Swedish cover of Marisha Pessl’s book Special Topics in Calamity Physics is one of my favorite book covers ever. It is so pretty and needs to be displayed. I like the title too. I have been eying this book in the shop for a while… Then recently I found it at a flea market […]
My Magic Mixed Media Bag
The title of this post could be a metaphor for my creative life; In my wonderful and magic bag of mixed media I have many tricks and supplies that I use when I create and alter the world around me. But that was not my intention today. I just need to show you my new […]
Filming for my first online class
Something to remember, from Kerouac’s Rules for Spontaneous Prose: You’re a genius all the time! I mentioned the 21 Secrets class the other day and many of you was exited too. There will be 20 art journaling women and one guy teaching you fun things to do in your art journal, on postcards or canvas! […]
Sew with acrylic painted fabric
Painting your own fabrics is exciting to me. Altering what is to see what you get is an adventure. Exploring new ways to make your mark in the world, little by little… Following Alisa’s advice from the dvd workshop I was working quickly without much thinking, adding layers to my fabric squares. Stamping more colours […]
Image Transfer with Matte Medium
Did you know you can create your own Image Transfer in your Art Journal using matte medium? It’s a bit time consuming to do, but fun to try. You can transfer images to canvas or any other flat surface too. Why not let it be the start of a new art piece? Do you have […]