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!

Book review: Freestyle Embroidery on Wool by Karin Derland

I think that Swedish artist Karin Derland makes a time-consuming and seemingly tedious craft like embroidery look like so much fun…

Book Inspiration/Fabric & Sewing

Create along with me: Cute Doodle Monsters

Get ready, grab your pencils, and let’s doodle some (not scary at all) monsters! They’re going to be very kawaii (cute…

Draw & doodle/Inspiration

Create along with me – a new blog series

Today I am starting a new blog post series called Create Along with iHanna. Please join in! It will be a…

Inspiration/Tutorials

Summer is for Reading {Fantasy} Books

I think that autumn and winter is for writing. To cozy up inside, preferably under a quilted blanket with a cup…

Book Inspiration/Creative habits

Sarah’s Juicy Postcard Process

A mixed media process video and some fun mail art inspiration today, I hope you like it. I was thrilled when…

Creative People/Mail bliss

Please don’t hesitate: You CAN Create a Postcard

A new friend of mine is joining the DIY Postcard Swap that I host, and I’m thrilled about it. Not for…

Inspiration/Mail bliss

Making Luna Lapin – a book by Sarah Peel

Last year my mom (who loves sewing and quilting) bought the book Making Luna Lapin by Sarah Peel, and we got…

Book Inspiration/Fabric & Sewing

In Pandemic Times: Living in a Creative little Bubble

None of us know what will happen. Don�t spend time worrying about it. Make the most beautiful thing you can. Try…

Creative People

You’ve gotta have Moxy

Moxy is definitely not a word I learned in school when the English language was on the curriculum… But when I…

Creative People/Textile Art

Planning a Creative Year

If you’ve been reading my blog for a while you might already know how much I like the time between November…

Creativity & Life/Inspiration

How to become an artist and other books on creativity

It’s almost December, and since books are always high up on my own wish list (and especially in December) I thought…

Book Inspiration

Join iHanna’s DIY Postcard Swap 2019

Each year I host an international and easy-going mail art swap that I call DIY Postcard Swap. It’s a great way…

Inspiration/Mail bliss