Sometimes I feel a little mad But don’t you know that no one alive Can always be an angel When things go wrong I seem to be bad But I’m just a soul whose intentions are good Oh Lord, please don’t let me be misunderstood Baby, sometimes I’m so carefree With a joy that’s hard […]
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Month: August 2011
Happy Summer 5 x 5 Lists
I decided to make my own titles and write five summer inspired lists today, as a meme of sorts… If you feel like tagging along, then you’re it! :-) 5 favorite things this summer 1. wonderful live music under the open sky (at the festival Peace and Love etc.) 2. Reading novels from the library […]
A fresh pile of creative books
A pile of Creative Books! A pile of new fresh books about different methods of artistic expression on my desk today. I’ve ordered this pile via amazon.com that ships from USA, because there is nothing like this in the Swedish book shops (though you can find some of the titles from Swedish online shops). Each […]
The Color of | I like the colour of lips
Mmmm, colours! I can never get enough of them. Right now I like the colour of… …lips! And the colour of… …the Swedish forest. And what about these colours: Related PostsStop smoking please Spotted Photo Theme: My Favorite Color Link Love: RSS, Feminism and Flickr Colour swatches and poetic words Build a rainbow
Last post of Index Card Collages
I have made over 60 collages in two months. I love this kind of project, something that pushes me further. A daily project that shows me what I have time for when I push myself a bit. It doesn’t seem possible at first, and then you’re doing it anyway. In this pile only the June […]
Right now on the sewing table
The sewing machine joins what the scissors have cut asunder, plus whatever else comes in its path. /Mason Cooley Related PostsA Very Pink Flamingo Bag now finished – voila! Tiny Elephant softie and dreams Pretty little purses & pouches Weekly Inspirations: Free Form Quilting Fabric flower inspiration
Yet another yummy index card post
Index Card 18th of July. The monkey guy is a copy made from one of my diary drawings. In my previous index card post I shared July 14-17. This posts starts with the above index card, from July 18th, and it will end with a index card from July 24 that has yummy paper weaving! […]
The importance of a Home
The simplest questions are the most profound. Where were you born? Where is your home? Where are you going? What are you doing? Think about these once in a while and watch your answers change. Richard Bach I have longed for a place of my own for a long time now. In June I drew […]
Review of a book about Book Arts
A few months back I wrote a review of a book in the series Masters from Lark Books, called Collage. But while I love that book and everything about collages, I’m not over the moon about this new one… It is all about Book Arts and that is also the title of the book. Book […]
Dala Horses in many colours
The traditional base colour of the Swedish Dala Horse is orange, I’ve already mentioned that, but there is a big variety of colours to choose from these days. What about… Yellow. Dark blue. Baby blue. Related PostsArtist Date at Hornsgatspuckeln Treasure Hunting at the Flea Market Thrifting in Sweden Walking alone Summer is my favorite […]
Index cards piling up on me
I have not made an-index-card-a-day but I have made a card for each day so the pile is really big now! The June cards (above) are all scanned but the book I had planned to do with them is not. I actually think that the pile is too thick for a spiral binding! 30 index […]
Pinterest visual image party
Home is a place you grow up wanting to leave, and grow old wanting to get back to. John Ed Pearce Pinterest Last week when it was raining I was hooked on Pinterest for a few hours. It’s a great visual party going on over there, and you should join in and start to collect […]