I have been working on a piece of textile art that was destined to become the cover for a personal art journal project of mine. I was going for a soft, romantic look so that my journal would be calm on the outside and then (as it happens most of the time) an explosion of […]
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365 Collages | Week 27 | Shabby Chic Style
iHanna’s 365 Collage Project in 2018 is proceeding on the blog as usual, and in her life. If you’re not clicking over to visit the blog a couple of times each week, you’re missing out on the exciting adventure of cut and paste on squares… Spelling bee, collage by iHanna. We are now on Week […]
Shabby Chic Collage
Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are. Marianne Williamson Writing three posts each week is not as easy as I thought it would be. Right now it’s because I have loads of other things to do, like write articles for work, and I really need […]
365 Collages | Week 43 | Rather Shabby Chic
We don’t have to worry bout nothing Cause we got the fire, and we’re burning one hell of a something They gonna see us from outer space Light it up, like we’re the stars of the human race… Ellie Goulding (Burn lyrics) Hello again! Since last week was black and white this week I felt […]
Creativity in Snapshots | Shabby Chic Winter
The view from my window. I never tire of my two big windows and the constant ebb and flow of light they yield. Right now it’s snowing, slow big flakes, outside my window here in Sweden. Falling like there is no hurry in the world. I’m about to wrap some gifts, clean of my messy […]
Spray paint a flower pedestal
Before and after time again! About three moves ago I had a white pedestal that I really liked a lot. In that place I only had one window and the pedestal gave me the additional flower space that I wanted. Now I don’t have that pedestal anymore, because I couldn’t take it with me at […]
Before & after: the turquoise table
It’s time for a new series on tis’ little blog, and it’s about my re-painted furniture and stuff in my new apartment! I could call it turquoise bliss because turquoise is my new favorite colour, but I’m calling it before & after, because I myself looove seeing how old stuff can become new with some […]
An Artist Date in town
One day last week was spent with a friend in town. We had lunch, exchanged gifts, talked and laughed – and then went out and looked at pretty spring things that are in the stores now. I had my camera up all the time and snapped a lot of pictures. Related PostsWorkshop in my Livingroom […]
A Cat is great Shabby Chic Decoration
Only cat lovers know the luxury of fur-coated, musical hot water bottles that never go cold. Susanne Millen I have the privilege to share bed with this one beautiful cat lady. As a crafty blogger I feel it is my duty to share her with you all, hoping you know the joys of having an […]
Shabby Chic Roses on Mom’s Postcards
10×2 postcards in a pile…. Both my mom and I went with roses for our postcards. Who can resist the look and feel or roses, even if they are only 2D? And we both went ahead and sewed in papers, though I added paper to fabric and mom added fabric to paper… Mom’s postcards are […]
Tutorial on how to make decoupage magnets (pdf)
Here is an image of my finished magnets in shabby chic style! At my journalistic education we worked with Macs and did magazine layout in Quark Express. I’ve installed Adobe’s layout program InDesign because I want to know it too. While trying it out I did a tutorial on how to create decoupaged chipboard magnets! […]
Smilla’s quilted cat blanket
Quilted cat blanket – because all cats need one! Right? While I made a couple of log cabin pillows this autumn I started to add the scraps and uncut pieces together at random. When I had two big pieces I sewed them together and made quilt for my cat Smilla. I wanted to create a […]