Yay! My Christmas journal / December Daily is all done! I’ve filled every page of it and it is now so chunky I need the silk ribbon to close it. I love how it turned out, with all the Hello Kitty images, the glitter tape and the yummy snowflake cover. Before Christmas I recorded a […]
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December Daily Flip-through | Traveler’s Notebook
Dear all, I hope that those who celebrate had a nice Christmas holiday? And that everyone else survived the madness. I feel a bit silly coming in with this post today, after Christmas. It was meant to go out on the 22nd, as it contains my Christmas journal video number three, and it was filmed […]
Getting Started with Christmas Journaling
I journal all year, all the time. I fill up notebooks with text, images and what-not like a it’s my only task in life. But in December, I do Christmas Journaling, or what might be called December Daily journaling. A little switch turns on in my head and I’m all into glitter washi tape, snowflake […]
Valentines Day Love List
I love creating art, craft, text, books – you name it. Here is a list of other things that is on my love list right now. Because, you know… love is in the air. I love Related PostsDon’t waste one minute of this life A year later… Craft Project | Embroidered Heart Where to take […]
Mmm! The Smell of Home baked Saffron Buns
The smells of Christmas are the smells of childhood… Richard Paul Evans Around here saffron buns in December is a tradition. We make a yellow dough, we leave it to rise on it’s own, we cut it, roll it and make kittens out of it. Well, at least the buns are called cats in Swedish. […]
Dear Photo Diary | Pumpkin Season
Dear Photo Diary, last week was Week in the Life photo documentation week, but I didn’t join. I have way too many things on my to-do-list right now to add another big photo project (I did print my 2012 book last year, but so far I have not even started working on my 2013 one […]
International Day of Happiness
You might not know that today is International Day of Happiness, because it is a new idea. It was established by the United Nations General Assembly on 28 June 2012. They said that the pursuit of happiness is a fundamental human goal, and I agree with that. It sure is a fundamental goal in my […]
It is Candle Time
It’s candle time around here. Stay warm, be good. xoxo /iHanna Related PostsMerry December! La Catrina dances in Sweden Christmas gifts that I made Christmas coming up… Fun Adventures in the Kitchen
Week in the Life | Friday Photos
Continuing with how I documented last week, in photos. Friday I had a lovely calm morning, sipping my iced coffee and writing a bit in my journal before doing computer work. Related PostsAdvent Annual Craft Accomplishments Report 2008 (part I) How to make a Photo Book for Week in the Life Week in the Life: […]
Video | A Swedish Midsummer
Found the video above that shows you how to celebrate Midsummer the Swedish way. I hope you enjoy! Wishing you a great day! Related PostsSweden #fail or @Sweden #win Dia de los Muertos 2005 On Midsummer’s Eve Let’s have a TED-Moment… Craft Accomplishments Report (part II)
Christmas Food Odyssey
The Advent Candles are burning down and Christmas is almost over. I took some food photos, since I am @sweden this week and I feel responsible to share what I can! I thought you’d want to at least see some of the traditional Swedish food we have at our table every year. A few things […]
31+ Creative Christmas Ideas
There are way too many “must do” and “have to fix” things crammed into the month of December if you ask me. Since it is the last month of the year I think we should calm down a bit and only do fun, creative things that makes us happy. Make your own list of December […]