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2013-08-05Written by iHanna

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Spread in the Purple power notebook with hand-marbled cover

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There are SO so so many ways to do embroidery. My

There are SO so so many ways to do embroidery. My absolut favorite is my own way! ðŸ˜œ

How about you? Do you do any embroidery or hand stitching?

#ihannasembroidery

#freeformembroidery #embroiderylove #embroidery #embroideryprocess #slowcraft #slowstitching #mixedmedia #mixedmediaembroidery #stitchmeditation #stitching #handsewing #handsewingisfun #staycreative #ðŸŒˆ

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I haven't shared it online, but this week I have d

I haven't shared it online, but this week I have documented my life a lot for Week in the Life, and today I painted my balcony flowers in my journal as well.

The photo book is from my very first Week in the Life, 2012, and it was fun reading back on what I wrote, thought and photographed back then today, as I wrap up another intense documenting week with @aliedwards - so much fun to jump back into photography again when it's been perfect weather, midsummer and an all over, great week in my life.

#ihannasartjournal #watercolorjournal
#witl #aewitl #aewitl2022 #weekinthelife #documentinglife #midsummerinsweden #sweden #artjournaling #blurbphotobook #enveckailivet #creativity #aeweekinthelife

Midsummer has passed and this years first sweet pe

Midsummer has passed and this years first sweet pea flower opened up yesterday on my balcony. Yay!

Now I can't wait to see if I get other colors as well. But the balcony is filled with yellow, red, purple and green in little pots all over.

A tiny miniature garden, my garden.

#onmybalcony #witl2022 #aewitl2022

Another page in the square altered book Art journa

Another page in the square altered book Art journal. ðŸ’•

I just have a few spreads left to fill, then I can shelf this one. Let me know if you'd like a flip-through when it's done on here, on my YouTube channel or both? ðŸ˜š

#ihannasartjournal ðŸŒˆðŸ‡¸ðŸ‡ªðŸ’•

#squarejournal
#alteredbook #artjournal #artjournaling #messyartmessylife #markmaking #doodles #acrylicpaint
#artjournalingtherapy #writeitout #pinkismyfavouritecolour #pinkisthebestcolor #pinkjournalpage #artistdiary #visualjournal #visuelldagbok #mixedmediapage #mixedmedia #sketchbook #alteredbookpages #alteredbookjournal #paintinginabook #journalling #journalinglife #studioiHanna

Turning a plain black notebook into something that

Turning a plain black notebook into something that is a bit more me...

This is the back. Wanna see how I covered the front cover - check my previous reel! ðŸ’•ðŸ¦ðŸŒˆ

On this notebook cover, using a glue stick, I've added magazine clippings, printed images, a good quote & a few cute stickers.

Later I covered everything in transparent contact paper to protect it.

If you feel inspired by this video, please let me know.

#ihannacrafts

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Art journal page in altered book, the square one t

Art journal page in altered book, the square one that I am slowly filling with all kinds of yummy things.

Colors, patterns, collage, mark making, images, roses, words, poetry, me - most of all me, as always. I think the purpose of Art journaling just be that: finding yourself within the pages.

#ihannasartjournal

#artjournal #scrapdiecut #heartpattern #heartdoodle #doodledpattern #doodeling #acrylicpaint #artjournalersofinstagram #artjournaling #artjournaldetails #mixedmedia #mixedmediapage #mixedmediadetail #markmaking #colorfulbackground #colorfulcrafts #colorcrushcreative #alteredbook #journaldetails

Swedish summer! From earlier this week... such a

Swedish summer!

From earlier this week... such a beautiful day, before & after (and during) this heavy rain fall that caught me under a bridge.

#ihannaoutandabout

#swedishseasons
#swedishsummer #sweden #svensksommar #midsommarblÃ¶mster #midsommar #withlovefromsweden #regnsverige #witl #documentingthedays #regnvÃ¦r #regnvÃ¤der #sommarregn

Thumbs up, it's Friday! AND the newest video on my

Thumbs up, it's Friday! AND the newest video on my YouTube channel Studio iHanna is an "ode to hands", so click on over and give it a heart, thumbs up or comment - what ever you like - if you too are a fan of having hands and maybe forget about them at times?

They're just there - but oh my, what things they can accomplish, right? They're such useful tools for art, craft, creativity and beyond...

I love using mine for crochet, knitting, painting, drawing, writing, texting, snapping photos, stitching, blogging, doodling, sewing as well as of course, cutting and pasting.

#ihannasartjournal

#gluebook #gluebooking #hands #odetothehands #thumbsup #heartthis #magazine #magazinecollage #enmassegluebook #enmasse #enmassejournal #kagedfish #youtuber #nyyoutubevideo #fingrar #collage #collageartist #artjournaling #cutandpaste #gluebookenthusiast #gluebookcollage #enmassejournal #collection #collectingimages

Tiny textile vessel made by Hanna Andersson (me).

Tiny textile vessel made by Hanna Andersson (me).

I jump around a lot, starting projects of all kinds, all the time. This was one idea I had, looking at it I wish I'd kept at it, made more, explored it further. But as is, I love this tiny vessel.

Should I try to make more?

#ihannacrafts

#ragrugcraft #textileart #textileartobject #textilkonst
#stitching #SlowLifestyle #SlowCrafting #MindfulStitching #SlowLiving #SlowCraft #SlowCraftMovement #SpiderwebStitch #StitchMeditation #BlanketStitch #ModernMakers #SewnByHand #TextileVessels #textilevessel #tinyvessel #yellow #CraftIsMyTherapy #IntuitiveStitching #HappyStitching #crafting #gult #mattrasorfunkartillnÃ¤stanallt

Star gazing, exploring new planets, traveling beyo

Star gazing, exploring new planets, traveling beyond the limits...

Watercolor doodle in watercolor art journal / sketchbook by HahnemÃ¼hle.

#ihannaswatercolors

#watercolors #watercolours #abstractwatercolors #abstractartist #galaxypainting #watercolordoodleart #watercolordoodle #starpainting #hahnemÃ¼hle #watercolorsketchbook #sketchbook #mixedmedia #doodles #doodlesofinsta #doodleaddicts #colormeditation #meditation

Altered postcard idea! For example, the great tit

Altered postcard idea!

For example, the great tit image is an altered postcard that I created and used as a tip-in on this spread. I love that.

I need to use more postcards in my journals!

I think I created this page last year, but now that I was looking at it I was thinking how much I like it, there's so many ideas here to re-use or re-examine.

I hope you like it.

#ihannasartjournal

#artjournal #polkadotpattern #heartpattern #heartdoodle #doodledpattern #doodeling #acrylicpaintingfun #postcard #artjournaling #artjournaldetails #mixedmedia #mixedmediapage #alteredpostcard #greattit #polkadotstickers #colorfulbackground #colorfulcrafts #collagefodder #alteredbook #journaldetail

Is it even finished? And can you share "work" / id

Is it even finished? And can you share "work" / ideas / art / projects before they're 100 % done? Before you've had to digest it yourself, then arranged them, think about it - and moved on? I don't know, so no answers from me. What do you think?

I'm the kind of person who needs time to "think" before I post, so it's rarely in the right now after I finish something that I share it. I just need time, I guess. How about you?

#ihannasartjournal

#mixedmediapage #wip #artjournal #artjournaling #mixedmedia #visualjournal #pink #markmaking #pinkisthebest #abstractartjournaling #abstractpage #makingmarks #paperlove #journalinspo #journalcommunity #visualdiary #creativity #kreativfrihet #mixedmediajournal #makingmarksmakesmehappy #sketchbook #alteredbook #alteredbookpage

Saturday stitching / WIP. I started this little p

Saturday stitching / WIP.

I started this little project last night while watching the new Batman movie, just because I really felt a need to do some hand stitching.

My May page for the Journal of Stitchery is done, and that video is uploaded to YouTube (hint: it's applique / textile collage of a bird) so I guess I was feeling a little stitch withdrawal, but now my fingers are aking after sewing through acrylic paint for a while, so maybe I need a coffeee break? But stitching is so soorhing for my soul, I just want to keep going! â˜ºï¸

#ihannasembroidery ðŸ¥°

#journalofstitchery #mixedmedia #mixedmediatextiles #handstitching #sewingtherapy #handsewing #embroideryfloss #embroderylove #embroidery #WIPjournal #acrylicpaint #slowcrafting #slowstitching #wipembroidery #seedstitch #paintedcloth #enjoytheprocess #doitfortheprocess #artistlife #roxysjournalofstitchery #broderigarn #broderi #frittbroderi #blandteknik #colorfulbackground #colorfulcrafts #textilecollage #textileartistsofinstagram

My new diary is ready for summer journaling! Wan

My new diary is ready for summer journaling!

Wanna see the back cover too, let me know in the comments! ðŸ’•ðŸ¥³ðŸ‡¸ðŸ‡ª

On this notebook cover, using a glue stick, I've added magazine clippings, my own strawberry doodle, printed images & a few favourite stickers. Later I covered everything in transparent contact paper to protect it.

I'm also making the lined pages inside A LOT more colorful for journaling.

There's a similar process video on my YouTube channel of how I covered a previous diary if you want to learn more and give this idea a try on your own. It's so fun!

#ihannacrafts

#pimpednotebook #notebooklove #notebookaddict #notebooktransformation #collagefoddercreation #collage #cutandpaste #gluebook #diary #journalcover #journallove #stickerbombing #stickerlove #stickercover #beforeandafter #colorfulcrafts #colorfuljournal #personalized #writeme #diarycollage #diarybook #artjournal #gluestickartist #summerjournal #teeshamoore

You don't have to be boring, you're allowed to be

You don't have to be boring, you're allowed to be your own colorful glorious self!

Alright?

Let me know if you want to see the collage process too?

xoxo

#ihannacrafts

#notebookaddict #notebooklove
#pimpednotebook #colorfulcrafts
#colorfulnotebook
#diary #alteredbook #artjournal #writingnotebook #watercolorpages #linednotebook #skhlm #artistlife #collagejournal #collageproject #decoupage #bookcoverdesign #notebookcover #newjournal #newdiary #turningred #beforeandafter #beforethepen #creativeliving #summerjournal #cravingcolor #fÃ¤rgglad #fÃ¤rgfÃ¶rfan

Picking and choosing in my lovely stash of vintage

Picking and choosing in my lovely stash of vintage lace...

I'm making textile journal pages for my Journal of Stitchery, and in the most recent video on YouTube you can see how the first couple of pages were made. I included the thought process as well as a bit of embroidery and hand stitching, and of course the final result.

I hope you will like it.

#ihannasembroidery

#ROXYSJOURNALOFSTITCHERY #journalofstitchery #textileart #vintagelace #lacestash #stash #textileartist #textilematerial #judehill #honeyfolkclothing #studioihanna #roxyinspiration #youtubeinspiration #flosstube #embroidery #frittbroderi #broderi #spets #loppisfynd

This is my art - this is my life. ðŸ’• On a handm

This is my art - this is my life. ðŸ’•

On a handmade tag inside a A5 notebook that is my Fauxbonichi, a kind of colorful diary where I document some of my days.

I don't work in it daily, but try to document life when I have something fun to add in.

I have a video on YouTube showing how I set this one up and got started with using it in case you feel the need for some journaling inspiration. :-)

#journaling #fauxbonichi #fauxbonichicover
#fauxbonichipage #fauxbonichijournaling #notebooklove #paperlove #thisismyart #journalingtag #journalling #journalcommunity #journalinspo #journaldetail #visualdiary #visuelldagbok #doodleflower #doodles #handwriting #journaltext #journalsmile #A5notebook #a5journal #ruledpages #notebookobsession

May is always an intense birthday month for the th

May is always an intense birthday month for the three guys in my life, and one of them, my little brother, turned 30 years old! He made us dinner, because that was he wanted to do for his birthday. ðŸ¥³ðŸ’•

New leaves & beautiful blooms everywhere, an intense worry for how I'll spend the summer months & a whole heap of embroidered book pages done (coming to YouTube tomorrow) - that was my May.

Shared very little to Instagram but started to write in my diary again, and I consider that a BIG progress in the right direction!

Bye bye dear old May, hello crisp & sweet June!

#ihannaoutandabout

#mayflowers #maytheforcebewithyou #maymonth #monthincolour #monthinconclusion #monthlygrid #onmygrid #studioiHanna #gettingold #gettingbetter #journalling #journaling #heart #foundheart #magnolia #pinkmagnolia #rosamagnolia #mosaic #monthlymosaic #may2022 #pinkflowers #fabricstash #frappÃ© #iskaffe #pÃ¥minbalkong #majmÃ¥nad #porslinsdjurpÃ¥vift #loppis #returdjur

A little bit of magic, here you go! I shared some

A little bit of magic, here you go!

I shared some clips from my visit to the Butterfly House outside Stockholm in the beginning of the month, but then didn't think my clips from the ocean-part was very good, but now looking at them again I still wanted to share them with you guys.

This place is magic!

All of these animals are so exotic to me, so it's just exciting to see them in real life - hope you enjoy too.

If you have the chance, visit FjÃ¤rilshuset ðŸ¦‹ðŸ¦ˆ @fjarilshuset_haga_ocean

#ihannaoutandabout

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Letâ€™s do something creative together today, shal

Letâ€™s do something creative together today, shall we? Get out your glue stick, folks. This is part of a traveler's notebook collage that is now up on my blog, click on over to watch me create it and talk about my thought process of creating "this kind of thing", what ever you want to call it... If you feel inspired, just join in!

The link to my blog is in my bio, or click on over to YouTube directly to become a subscriber there.

I love making: collages, art journal pages, videos, embroidery, blog posts, and all kinds of other fun, creative stuff. How about you?

Can't stop, won't stop.

#ihannasartjournal

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