Watercolor painting exercise – meditative, relaxing and fun Doodle and paint along with me in this fun beginner friendly watercolor exercise. It is one that you can do over and over again and use to fill an entire… Categories Draw & doodle/Tutorials
Another One of a Kind and Beautiful Handmade Stitched Cover Junk Journal A look at a beautiful handmade Junk Journal created by Swedish artist Hanna Andersson of Studio iHanna, now available in the shop. Hand embroidered cover and Fabric Guild decorated pages. Categories Bookbinding/Notebooks
Inspiring me right now: #thriftythursday, collage sheets & more June 2023 and I am super inspired by so many cool women that post stuff online (as so often before), and since it’s been a while since I felt inspired… Categories I write Lists/Inspiration
Junk Journal with Embroidered Cover Today I am sharing the finished Summer Junk Journal (no 1) in all it’s glory. I love how it feels in my hands, and how it looks with the decorated… Categories Bookbinding
Embroidered Junk Journal Covers I love creating patchwork collages both with papers and fabrics. In this post I will show you two textile art pieces that took quite a while to finish, but it… Categories Fabric Art
New book coming soon: Share your Joy In today’s happiness announcement section: I am finally allowed to reveal the great news that I am part of yet another beautiful art book! Yay! I am a very small… Categories Book Inspiration/Other's Creativity
Nearing 20 years of blogging The 24th of April 2004 I wrote my very first blog post on this here blog. That is 19 years ago today. Isn’t that a long time to be doing… Categories Creative habits/Digital Life
iHanna’s DIY Postcard Swap spring 2023 Yesterday was my first coffee on the balcony day here in Sweden, and that means it’s almost spring! I know some of you have been having spring weather for a… Categories Mail bliss
Greenery in an Altered Book Greenery in an altered book or “How to start a themed glue book”, where my theme just happens to be “greenery”, i.e. indoor plants in flower pots. I picked my… Categories Art journaling/Thrift & Recycle
Random Magazine Images Glue Book Process I recently started a new glue book with a theme of colorful images, or rather, no theme at all… It’s just going to be filled with colorful images. The kind… Categories Art journaling
What to Focus on this Spring I have been thinking about writing a blog post for quite a while, but could not find inspiration within me. Then last night, I discovered I have been looking at… Categories iHanna's Thoughts
Another New Journal I love a fresh start, don’ you? A few years ago when I was at the Festival of Quilts in Birmingham I got some really lovely art supplies (mostly fabrics),… Categories A Creative Life/Crafts/Notebooks/Pretty things