March Inspiration mosaic is full of creative joy, don’t you agree? view big or click the images to see who the awesome individual photographers, crafters and artists are. People who inspire me again and again on flickr. I created a desktop background for my mothers computer – because I noticed today that she still uses […]
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Month: March 2013
DIY Doily Easter Egg
There are a gazillion fun ways to recycle and find new ways to use those old crocheted doilies, but this has got to be my favorite so far. It’s the Easter Egg I received yesterday filled with candy. It’s made by my crafty mom and I love it! For this DIY Doily Easter Egg mom […]
How to decorate Your Easter Tree
I like the aesthetics of Easter better than any other holiday we celebrate here in Sweden. I love how bright and happy everything looks right now, with spring around the corner… And the best part is decorating an Easter Tree. Do you do that? It’s so easy to buy (or pick) a few birch twigs, […]
365 Collages | Week 12 – Easter Edition
Whiskers that Tickle, cute bunnies and yellow chickens. There’s just a lot of yellow and orange in this week’s collages for my collage project #365in2013. I’m feeling the season! How about you? Related Posts365 Collages | Week 1 Gwacka gwacka! Collage: Bacon Lady Swedish Easter Witches My Own True Genius – Collage art – before […]
Every Artist Needs a Scrap Notebook
When you don’t know where to start or what to do with your collage scraps, a Mini Scrap Notebook is the perfect place, get into your scrap inbox and start filling one. Mine is a small spiral bound book that I’ve made myself. In it you add little bits of paper to get started. 2-4 […]
More DIY Painted Postcards
These painted postcards are cousins of the blue paint postcards, and the previous four are their siblings! I have made four cards out of one sheet of painted paper, twelve in total this time. I always make a few extra when I’m in the flow but also because I enjoy keeping at least one for […]
Kantha Heart
I am obsessed with the up-and-down stitch known as kantha. I want to cover every surface with it, going up and down through layers of fabric to sew them together. Related PostsI heart being an artist even though I sometimes lose my nerve Valentine’s day around the corner Thread Nests Artist Trading Cards My Summer […]
Weekly Inspiration: Layer Cakes
Fresh flowers makes me happy. There are some Snowdrops trying to get into the sunshine outside my house, but they look so sad with all the ice surrounding them still… Where is spring? Spring, oh, where art thou? I stayed in a lot this week. Read. Surfed. Painted. These are some of the most recent […]
365 Collages | Week 11 – Typography Edition
DIY Typography, anyone? Typography (from the Greek words τύπος (typos) = form and γραφή (graphe) = writing) is the art and technique of arranging type in order to make language visible. Typography Collage might be the art of arranging words so that the aren’t that easy to decipher… At least that’s what I find interesting […]
DIY Painted Postcards
Don’t look now if you’re in the swap and want suprises in your mail box – but I can not wait to share more of my postcards! I looove these DIY Postcards, made in the same way as the blue one. Acrylic paint in layer upon layer! After I cut the painting into four pieces […]
Painting a paper and Making Four Postcards
Like I’ve already mentioned, this year I’m very inspired by Jane Davies and her postcard tutorial video, where she is painting a big piece of paper that she then cut apart into four postcards. One big paper and then ta-daa, postcards! I love the randomness of that! I’ve already tried the method with my most […]
365 Collages | Week 10
It’s Glue it Tuesday at Artsyville and of course I’m joining! Aren’t you? My most important tool is a glue stick! Right now my favorite brand is Uhu! I ♥ a good glue stick and I’m always buying new ones so that I don’t run out! I need at least three fresh glue sticks in […]