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Category: Thrift & Recycle
To thrift means buying second hand (used, discarded, vintage) items at flea markets or thrift shops. To Recycle is to take care of Earths limited resources. Let’s use our creativity and look for cheap finds and fun re-usable items together.
10 Ideas for using scraps of Wallpaper
Wallpapers could go on the wall, but nah… that’s not what I’m talking about here! There are many interesting things to create with ye’ ol’ wallpapers. For example, instead of using ugly envelopes I sometimes wrap things that I’m sending in the mail in wallpaper, like this: Sending stuff is much more fun when you […]
Thrifted Finds | Archive box, Owls and a fat Buddh...
Time for a thrifty post, don’t you think?! Mom thrifted this box for me. It’s a little archive box that is so handy to have! I really like the size and the patterned paper on it, I’m filling it with small pieces of collage ephemera. Neat-o! The inside of the Archive Box. No labels yet, […]
Charming Little Thrift Shop
A house in the Swedish country side, a road less traveled. A quick stop when we spot the welcoming sign – and a wonderful find where I could not help but to take out my camera to snap some photos of all thevintage wonderfulness… Related PostsArtist Date at Hornsgatspuckeln Saint Lucia and saffron buns Höga […]
Thrifting along this summer
When we went to the Craft Market in Dalarna (the area Dalecarlia in Sweden) this summer I sat in the backseat of the car by myself (no brother!) and created! I brought a big plastic bag filled with magazine clippings and my big Art journal, and then I sat there and cut and glued. I’m […]
Beautiful book covers and great titles
There is ample time and opportunity for creative expression in whatever area I choose. a louise hay daily affirmation I’ve been outside almost the entire day. I impregnated the outdoor floors in my parents garden. Painting transparent oil, smelling its sharp ingredients, listening to the birds around me. I also had my coffee outside laying […]
Why a flea market fills the well
Another heavy photo post today. This time with the photos I snapped at Pingstkyrkan’s loppis (flea market) in Viksängen. It’s my absolute favorite loppis right now. Mom and I visit there rather often and we’ve never left empty handed I think. They fill it up with new “old stuff” each day and the circulation of […]
Thrift Girl strikes Sugar again
I am the Great Thrift Girl, always looking for luck. I love thrifting, i.e. finding second hand goods and lovingly bringing them back to my own home. It was a rather long time since I did a post on what I scored on my thrifting adventures. This does not mean I have stopped going to […]
Take a Creative Leap on Leap Day
Today it is Leap Day, an extra day added to our calendars so that we all can fit in more art and play into this year. Isn’t that generous of the Universe? Maybe it’s time to take a creative leap in your own work? Today I’ve created my Daily Art Card #60. Can you believe […]
Tutorial: How to make an inspiration board from a ...
If you are a visual person (like me) you absolutely need a inspiration board in your home, maybe several?! If you don’t have one already, follow along in my tutorial on how to make one! It’s very easy and you need very few supplies! Related PostsRecycled paper beads in a Necklace Time for bed Fabric […]
How to be rich without money
Today I got this message in my inbox from The Universe: I’d say the biggest decisions of your life, Hanna, were not your career, your marital status, or your home… they were choosing to love as often as you have. And that’s a lot! I was told by my friend Lena to join the notes […]
Handbag made out of Old Jeans
Recycle time. Not only old jeans, but old idea…. Because I started to make this handbag out of a very old pair of jeans (that I probably wore 10 years ago or something)… They’ve been laying around in the recycle bin for a while now. I cut them up and sewed in a lining (from […]