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 and embroidered cover. I like how the soft fabric art piece changes when you make it into a hard cover for a journal like this, […]
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 was a joy to stitch them together. Both have a found pink rose embroidery that I recycled from the thrift shop and included here, and […]
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 part of someone else’s art book and I feel really proud and happy that I got to be in this particular book, because it is […]
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 something like this you ask? I think so too, yeah. Tomorrow we start our 20th year of writing blog posts, hence the title of this […]
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 while now, as I have seen all kinds of spring flowers on instagram, but here it’s been snow all through March and Easter. But now, […]
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 theme because I am very inspired by looking at potted plants and the idea of “urban jungles” created indoors. One of my longest lasting Pinterest […]
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 of images that was making my day a bit brighter during winter and always do. I crave colors! We still have snow on the ground […]
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 it all wrong. Just “sitting” with the thought of blogging/writing something new for the blog has left me feeling empty like a leftover shell, like […]
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), and in that I include a few packages of gift wrap that I bought at a toy shop. I have actually never seen gift wrap […]
Full Moleskine Art Sketchbook
I have officially finished another Art Journal on my list (it was on my list of multiple art journals at the same time – from two years ago). Yes, sometimes it takes a long time to reach the end – that doesn’t mean you should give up (if you don’t want to of course). I […]
DIY Postcard Swap Autumn 2022
Each autumn I host a swap of handmade postcards and right now you can sign up to join in. All the details are on the swap page, but here’s a quick list for easy reference in case you need it or this is your first time joining a swap. If you’re at all hesitating on […]
Glue Booking! Finished En Masse Glue Book
Do you need a relaxing, fun and inspiring project to do, then this is for you! It is called an En masse Glue Book, and each spread has a specific image theme that everyone gets to choose for themselves. Having a themed glue book is new to me, but I liked filling it a lot! […]