Category: Inspiration

Inspiration is everywhere, from nature walks to comic books, from blogs like this one to happy mail or beautiful, big coffee table books. I document my inspirations and share them with you here. Let’s inspire each other!

Postal Update & Link Love

All address lists have been sent out to participants in the DIY Postcard Swap that I host (#ihannaspostcardswap), and over 2000…

Creative People/Creativity & Life/Inspiration

Spotted Photo Theme May: Finding Repeating patterns everywhere

When ever I am out on a photo walk or out on any excursion where I’m bringing my camera and have…

Inspiration/Photography

Found bits to welcome Cherry Blossom Season

Queer things happen in the garden in May. Little faces forgotten to appear, and plants thought to be dead suddenly wave…

Collage/Inspiration

Art Journal Prep: a color explosion on the page

As a birthday present for you, since April is the big birthday month around here – I shared a Free Mixed…

Inspiration/Mixed Media Experiments

Book review: Freestyle Color Collage Quilting by Carly Mul

Here’s my review of Carly Mul’s book Freestyle Color Collage Quilting: A Unique Method for Creating Bold Designs with Fabric, that…

Fabric & Sewing/Inspiration/Read a book

iHanna’s Free Mixed Media Workshop

Last week was my birthday and in a few days this blog’s 21st blogoversary will occur. So this is my gift…

Inspiration/Mixed Media Experiments/Tutorials

Finding joy by cutting out images from old Somerset Studio magazines

This essay is about the comfort and inspiration that can be found while cutting out images from magazines.

Collage/iHanna philosophy/Inspiration

Set a reading goal: Thoughts about the anti-library idea, TBR lists and book influencers

This blog post is a little about setting a reading goal for next year, and a lot about my thoughts on…

Creativity & Life/iHanna philosophy/Inspiration/Read a book

Visual Wish List for Christmas

I made this visual Christmas wish list in an app called Shuffles. It’s directly connected to your Pinterest account, so it’s…

Home Comforts/in list form/Inspiration

Create 365 somethings in 2025

As I have previously alluded to I have been thinking about doing another creative 365 project next year, and now I…

Collage/Digital Life/in list form/Inspiration

Alterknit Rebellion: Radical patterns for creative knitters

I bought a new knitting book for the first time in years this year. It’s not (just) because it has a…

Crafts/Inspiration/Read a book

Down Memory Lane: Art Journal Pages I love

Actually, it’s only my body that is getting old. I am ageless. I attribute my youthful spirit in part to the fact…

Art journaling/Inspiration