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ICAD – Joining the Index Card A Day Challenge
I’m joining ICAD again this year, are you? I hope so, because I’d love to see what you make. Last year I filled 61 index cards with abstract art and learned a lot about what I like to paint. ICAD … Continue reading
Posted in A Creative Life, Art Experiments, Creative habits
Tagged creating together, Get Started Ideas, icad2017, index card, video by me
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A Fun Craft-a-Doodle Challenge for kids
During studio time (a now sought after thing) that includes crafts, creative exploration and lunch, we doodled for quite a while. We were really inspired by the book Craft-a-doodle that I reviewed yesterday. We (two grown ups and two kids … Continue reading
Sewing a very red Owl Tote
Red is such a beautiful, strong colour. I love red, but sometimes, in my passion for pink and turquoise, I forget about red. But today red has its moment of glory! Because we’ve got this Nature Trail Curtain Fabric with … Continue reading
Posted in A Creative Life, Fabric & Sewing
Tagged crafty business, creating together, owls, sewing, teddy bear, totes and bags
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Handmade Campervan Bowling Bags
Even better than collecting fabric in transparent boxes is using that fabric to create everyday objects. In that way you get to see a lot more of the fabric’s pattern, right? That’s why I wanted a sturdy, usable bag from … Continue reading
Cut & Paste with Kids
Everyone loves cut and paste – if they get the chance to try it out. You get to choose images from a magazine, images that you really like. You get to use a scissor. You get to glue them together … Continue reading
Getting her hooked
If you haven’t tried a Semla yet you really need to hop on a plain right now – and come to Sweden to try one. They are delicious, especially as we swedes (mostly) eat them only in February while waiting … Continue reading
Posted in A Creative Life, Other's Creativity
Tagged background papers, crafternoon, creating together, momcraft, painting
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Stitching on Wool
Wool embroidery, where you use wool floss on wool fabric, is something Swedes have been doing for a long, long time. It creates durable, warm items that holds together through wear and tear and time. Most common are cushions for … Continue reading
Posted in Other's Creativity
Tagged creating together, finishing, kids, momcraft, wool, wool embroidery
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Summer time crafting
One of my favorite creative habits in summer is mom and me craft-time. Well, it’s a favorite any time of the year but in summer we often set up camp in the veranda of my parents house. If it’s a … Continue reading
Posted in Creative habits
Tagged creating together, glue book, glue stick, mom, summer, the veranda
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Embroidery Evenings together
Me and my friend Christina had a creative get-together last year. We made accordion books out of folded paper. Then we added in tape, collage and words. We had wine and food too, and it was very inspiring to create … Continue reading
Posted in Other's Creativity
Tagged angelina, ATC, creating together, embroidered atc, embroidery
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Stamped Cats on Mom’s Postcards
In this year’s postcard swap my mom went into total paper play mode, cutting out paper shapes, gluing stuff down, stamping everything and then also adding decorative patterns with her fancy sewing machine, making her 10 awesome stamped postcards. I … Continue reading
Posted in Other's Creativity, Paper Crafting
Tagged creating together, momcraft, paper sewing, postcard idea, postcard swap
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