Action is no less necessary than thought to the instinctive tendencies of the human frame. Mahatma Gandhi Taking Notes 1 It’s week 30 of my project 365 Collages and I’m still loving every single aspect of this project! This week though my seven collages are a bit different than before. They’re all made from my […]
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Month: July 2013
DIY Skirt with a lot of Embroidery
Happy World Embroidery Day today! Whether you are celebrating with stitching on an old embroidery project or starting a brand new today in honor of this special day, I hope that you take the time to embroider something. Today on July 30, it is namely the World Embroidery Day, a day when we feel a […]
365 Collages | Week 29 – B/W again
Collage: Tasting Like Salmiak Using only black and white is one of many great exercises in Plowman’s The Collage Workbook. I already made a week similar to this one (Week 22 – Black & White Edition), but I said then I wanted to create more works like those and here we are. Another batch of […]
The Glue Book Adventure Continues
The definition of a Glue Book is a nice looking notebook where you glue in anything and everything that you fancy! It’s meant to inspire you while you create it – and afterwards! iHanna After going through the fashion section of my Glue Book last week, we’re back to the random pages. I can not […]
Acrylic Solutions Exploring Mixed Media Layer by L...
Have you seen this book, Acrylic Solutions: Exploring Mixed Media Layer by Layer, yet? I’ve just finished reading it and I want to recommend you to check it out. To paint with acrylics you don’t need a tutorial or how-to book, that’s for sure. You just get out a paint brush and start to smudge […]
Link Love: Recite this and that
Recite this is a online tool where you can make a quote into a masterpiece! This is the site I used to make the poster above. Neat huh? Here is another example I made from the same e-mail message as above (it’s from a note I got from The Universe). I would like to print […]
Flower Decorating Idea
One of my favorite flower arranging ideas is still my own flower in a coffee cup that I came up with many years ago now. This is another one, from my mom this time, where you take small glass vases, put a single flower in each one and arrange them in a simple row on […]
365 Collages | Week 28 – the Yellow Edition
Creativity blooms within limits. Too much freedom leaves me not knowing what to do with myself, but when my days are structured I’ve given myself focused time within which I can be even more creative. Jo Reimer Giving it Away I think I love every single one of these collages! I think all of them […]
Glue Book with Ideas for DIY Fashion
I love the idea of altering and making clothes, jewelry and accessories myself. I talked a bit about DIY Fashion inspiration a while back, and one idea already executed is dyeing clothes to alter them. Love that! This is the fashion section! And lately I’ve found myself looking through magazines to cut out items of […]
I bring a pencil when I go fishing
Gone Fishing – Not! I doubt you imagine me sitting outside for hours fishing, huh? And you’re right. I rarely do. Instead, if I am going fishing I go for the fika and to be outside in the sunshine. And I bring a book… Related PostsFrom a cats point of view Quick Craft | Stamping […]
Eye Candy: Back to Visby
I enjoy looking at other people’s beautiful photos in full size, and I hope you do too. In today’s Eye Candy I one again go back to my May visit to Gotland, the Swedish island that is so full of beauty both inside the wall of Visby and the surrounding countryside. And I love frogs, […]
In my window: Lupins
One of the simplest joys of summer is to pick wild flowers – and bring them home… …to keep the other tamed plants company. Related PostsDear Photo Diary | Newness in the air O’Hoya hi! Poetic words and a Wire Flower Art Journal Peek: Pink Geraniums Eye Candy | Peonies at home