Category Archives: Creativity

How I infuse creativity into my everyday life.

Peek into the doodle diary

Posted on 2012-02-14 by iHanna

No, sorry. It’s not really a doodle diary, but it could be. On some pages there is just not much room for anything else. But on most of them, I leave a little room for later writing: The diary pages … Continue reading →

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Pen love and black flowers

Posted on 2012-02-02 by iHanna

The most recent pen is often my favorite pen, but I do love all my pens. Since filling the Lamy Safari with black ink it’s become my favorite pen both for writing and doodling. I love how the black ink … Continue reading →

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The Blue Watercolour Tide

Posted on 2012-01-25 by iHanna

It’s already week 4 of 2012! I just noticed how quick the days roll by. I think I haven’t taken good care of those days. Sometimes I feel like I don’t know how, but I really want to make an … Continue reading →

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Creative Photography with a Smart Phone

Posted on 2012-01-19 by iHanna

I’ve had my smart phone, a HTC wildfire, since last year and I really enjoy some of its features… I started playing with a few simple free games (like TouchBlock etc) and I still play, sometimes when I’m feeling stressed … Continue reading →

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Art Journal number 17: Creative Discovery

Posted on 2012-01-06 by iHanna

My new journal for the year. Instead of writing this post I’v been sitting here looking at stacks of journals. I had to walk to the bookshelf to take out older volumes, and check dates and years in them. I … Continue reading →

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List of Creative Achievements 2011

Posted on 2012-01-02 by iHanna

The Year in Photos. Click play to watch the slide show. Last year I compiled a list of my creative achivement of 2010 to celebrate the year. I am doing the same this year, and here is my list: The … Continue reading →

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Embroidery: Captivating

Posted on 2011-12-20 by iHanna

Captivating, embroidery by iHanna, a.k.a. Hanna Andersson, 2011. Speaking of candles and lights… I created this embroidery for a challenge with the theme “captivating” (fängslande). I got my idea rather late and only had a week to stitch this up, … Continue reading →

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Build a rainbow

Posted on 2011-12-01 by iHanna

Want to build a huge beautiful rainbow? This is my advice: pick just one colour and start there. If you try to start with all of the colours you end up with what is known as brain overload. The millions … Continue reading →

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Fabric, watercolours and embroidery

Posted on 2011-11-09 by iHanna

Human beings… have an inherent tendency to seek out novelty & challenges, to extend and exercise their capabilities, to explore, and to learn. /Daniel Pink ATC “Gotland”, a keeper. I made this on the boat to the island Gotland this … Continue reading →

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Inkblot creatures revealed

Posted on 2011-11-07 by iHanna

My inkblot number 1. What did you see? In my last post I asked if you could see or imagine anything in these inkblots that I made into my art journal, and I got some fun answers. Thanks everyone! The … Continue reading →

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