@ihannas.bsky.social
Blogged for +20 years about art, craft and creativity. Loves free-form embroidery and slow crafts as well as collage, mixed media, art journaling and photography/layout and creating books. Oh well, I like it all.
How are you maintaining it and do you have a specific time when you sit down to create?
03.03.2026 16:24 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0It looks yummy! I really want to find such a practice too.
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A sketchbook lying open on a white table. The pages are covered with colourful paper collage elements, including circles and scribbles. There are also pens and notebooks on the desk.
15 minute collages in my sketchbook. They're just a kind of brain dump exercise and don't really relate much to my other work. I do find them really fun, and look forward to this daily ritual now.
#visualart #collage #sketchbook #sketchbookpages #abstractcollage #abstractart #artists #art #play
When you are too stressed to create, that's when you NEED to sit down and be creative the most.
NEW blog post alert!
#creativeblogs #blogging #creativity #artjournaling #stressrelief #happiness
The rebellious act of being creative
When I am feeling lost at sea, like I have no anchor to hold on to, I sometimes loose my connection to my creative work, to the notebooks or journals I am (supposedly) currently working in. This makes me feel like I've lost connection to who I am as a person…
Glue book with me, to relax and use some fun colorful images in my altered book, yeah?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQO1...
#youtube #studioihanna #gluebooking #gluebook #cuteandpaste #magazinecollage #analogcollage
Netflix poster from the series "Diary of a Ditched Girl", which in Swedish is called "Halva Malmö består av killar som dumpat mig", based on a book by Amanda Romare.
Read Amanda Romare's book a while back, and now watched the Swedish tv-series on Netflix and totally loved both! Weird, funny, sweet & realistic at the same time. If you've ever dated online you will recognise yourself. Great actors & sweet ending. Recommend!
#ihannawatching #netflix #malmö #diary
Fab!
22.02.2026 10:37 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0galloping into the new year like a sick horse on fire 🦄
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NEW SUBSTACK! I started another series 😆💕
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#substack #dolls #dollcommunity #dollcollector #bratz #americangirldoll #agdoll #blythe #biythedoll
I use Notion online database for my collection, it's a fun tool.
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"Blogging my happy moments actually helps me re-focus on the happiness of creating a second time and how wonderful is that?" — iHanna
www.ihanna.nu/blog/2011/05...
#blogging #retroblogpost #writinglife #socialmedia #happiness
Art journal prompt: Add your Big Heart to the page
This week I decided to go back to my love of hearts and paint a big, pink heart in my altered art journal. A big heart filled with colors. It is my way of adding myself & my heart into my new art journal. A heart is such a beautiful symbol of all…
Omg, too cute! The Strawberry Shortcake doll is my fave!
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Art Journal Prompt: Swatcheroo
Swatcheroo is a fun game to play in your art journal, sketchbook or paper pad, any time you want to get started with new paints, find your way into a new journal, or re-start your practice. "Swatch" is both a noun and a verb. noun Swatch - a small sample of color…
"I have lots of things inside my head, swirling around. It’s always nice to let some of them out." —iHanna
www.ihanna.nu/blog/2014/08...
#doodles #creativehabit #retroblogpot #drawing #fountainpen
Need more playful, just for fun art journaling in my life. Maybe it's time to create another miniature art journal again? It's January after all...
www.ihanna.nu/blog/2014/02...
#artjournal #doodle #retroblogpost #drawing #bookproject
I know of a good one, but it's in Swedish and unfortunately not translated. Sorry. "Adams bok" by Åsa Moberg.
22.01.2026 16:00 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Coolweavings! I wanted to leave a comment finally, but there's no comment section open? 🥲
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George Saunders on the 3 antidotes to your suffering and how to be an instrument of kindness in a harsh world www.themarginalian.org/2026/01/20/g...
22.01.2026 14:28 — 👍 16 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0Push on, everyone! Coz we need you, your art, & artists, joy, beauty, wonder, kindness, love, hugs, bravery, crafts, light.
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This week’s blogpost is up.
inmyartofhearts.blogspot.com/2026/01/vari...
50 art journaling ideas to try this year!
I have created a list of 50 art journal ideas to try in the new year. I made the list for myself, but you are more than welcome to try them all and let me know how it goes.
#artjournaling #artjournal #journaling #creativeblogger #blogging #blog #art
Lol, this made me think of how I just read a news article asking: how can we "pose" with our favorite books in social media when they're mostly digital these days, and then stating that maybe Prada (!) has the answer with their book cover collection:
www.dior.com/en_us/fashio...
#bookfashion
New on the tubes today, a video of me cutting out images for upcoming collage, glue booking and art journal projects!
Enjoy and happy Friday!
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#gluebooking #artjournal #magazineharvest #youtube #diy
Started blogging in ’95. Nearly all site’s my content from the past 30 years is still up. Sadly, the same can’t be said for most third-party content I linked to. Happily, the Internet Archive Wayback Machine Link Fixer solves much of this.
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Nice. But isn't a silkscreen a print, not a painting?
06.01.2026 12:36 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
It's snowing today too!
www.ihanna.nu/blog/2010/11...
#snowday #collage #retroblogpost
I did it again! A year has 52 weeks and this is week 52 of my 365 collages in a year.
#MondayBlogs #analogcollage #collage #365 #dailyart #artistlife #2025 #creative #artonpaper #cutandpaste #contemporaryart
Who likes stickers and cuuute images? Meeeeee!!
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#stickers #kidsbooks #junkjournaling #collagefodder #thrifted #thrifthaul