I started making collages again after a month of doing almost nothing. And I have to ask: Will I be able to catch up? It’s week 10 already, this equals 2 months and 4 days. We’re on day 63 of 2018, and I’m sharing collages number 22 to 28 today, that I made this weekend. Not sure how and if I’ll be able to catch up and still enjoy the process of making collage. But we’ll see.
For now here’s week four of 365 Collages in 2018:
Traveling, a collage by iHanna.
Today I’ll share a quick tips on how to create a customized Note Pad Cover. You know the cheap kind that have ugly covers but are still great to use? Well, I like those too. But I do think everything that is not already handmade will be better if it’s personalized, altered, or customized in some way…
It is no secret that I love pretty notebooks a lot. But did you know that I also use a lot of wire-bound paper pads or note pads too? I love to take quick, scribbly notes without having to think about how they look, or how to sort it, or in what notebook I’m writing it in. That’s why I like to always have a paper pad or note pad close by.
Kawaii Hearts with wings are coming into the air and flying straight for you! Who can resist these cuties? I ♥ them so.
To continue with the heart theme, I wanted to share an easy and fun idea for making your own lovely jewelry using clay. I made these a while back, but it’s still February so I’m just going to continue with my favorite theme…
I love the beautiful symbol of love and its many pains; the heart. I’ve been obsessed with the heart shape for over a decade, and I am just now working on several different textile pieces for an exhibition I want to set up. I think I stopped working on my embroidered hearts last year so that I wouldn’t finish them – in fear of having to actually do something with them.
A while back I worked on even smaller hearts, on artist trading cards, ATC:s. As I have been looking at the photos, and also the pile of ATC hearts I’ve finished so far, I feel a lot of inspiration to keep going on this resting project. The work itself inspired me to continue.
If you want to start stitching hearts on Artist Trading Cards yourself, you should sign up for the awesome Embroidery Workshop I announced this week. It is truly a work of heart…
This weekend I sent out a Newsletter announcing that my darling embroidery workshop Stitch with Love, is up for grabs! I have been wanting to make a stand-alone workshop hosted by me, for a bit over a year now (or is it two years?), but for various reasons, I haven’t. Not until now.
I am super pumped to tell you a bit more about it today, because embroidery is one of my big passions. Yay!
If you want to get started with embroidery this mini-workshop is perfect for you! The Stitch With Love – an Online Embroidery Video Workshop For Beginners can be watched at your own leisure, any time. It’s a beginner level class for anyone curious about embroidery, but I do believe experienced embroiderers will also find new sparks of inspiration and some new ideas to try here. It’s simple, basic techniques, but SO full of ideas to explore!
Video promo I made for the workshop:
Since I’m still not one hundred percent well after the flu, I haven’t made any new collages and feel way behind. I think I’m the only one not posting to the hashtag #365somethings2018 on Instagram, and I invented the thing! Gah! But I digress. I’m trying to go through older photos on the computer, and today I found a few pretty ones from a while back, when my desk was still pink polka dots that I wanted to share.
I think it means that I’m bringing back Dear Photo Diary, as a series of blog posts featuring creative, colorful and just awesome photographs from everyday life. Rather random, but bright and happy. And snapped by me of course, mostly with my big girl camera. ♥
Because, why not?
It took me years to learn to sit at my desk for more than two minutes at a time, to put up with the solitude and the terror of failure, and the godawful silence and the white paper.
Erica Jong
Sorry I have been MIA for almost two weeks. It’s because I got the flue. To make up for it I compiled a Colorful and Free Desktop Background, to spruce up your desktop background on the computer! Yay!
Every day you live is a day for dreaming.
Every day is a day for adventuring.
And every day is for sharing with people you love,
because love’s all that lasts.
It’s the only thing we carry out of this world.
It connects us all, in the end.”
Natalie Lloyd
Long before I started to blog I wrote weekly and sometimes daily, in a regular hard bound notebook and called it “a diary”. I have kept a diary for my entire life, and by this time in my life I know it is something I will not ever loose or stop doing. It is so ingrained in my to write in a diary that I can’t stop. It is not a daily habit, like eating breakfast or brushing my teeth (things I can’t not do), but it’s as much as part of my life as this blog, although a bit more secret…
When it comes to Keeping a Diary and a blog at the same time, this is a question you must ask yourself: Should you Keep it Private or Share it with the online community?
I made seven random collages, and the theme didn’t show itself until I was almost done. But that’s okay too for me. You don’t need to know the end result to start, right? I don’t even think each week needs to be assigned a specific theme. I like random, as you might know.
I like letting my intuition lead the way, not thinking too much about where I’m going with my art. I find thinking sometimes is my biggest hinder…
Time for some doodling! If you feel pressure to make something spectacular and realistic on every piece of paper you get in front of you, you might never start. Right? Pressure is on to create a masterpiece. To not waste pretty paper, to invest in your art. Or to fill your notebook with something instagram-worthy… It’s that horrible feeling of not being able to Start. So my suggestion to you is: re-focus.
Don’t make art, relax a bit and create something simple and fun, a doodle.
My awesome book:
Make your own Book:
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