My new blog I have moved my blog to this new site and refreshed the format and layout. It has been a lot of work and now I am very exited and I hope you will like it as much as my old blog. For those of you that follow the blog by wordpress.com and… Read More
I am super proud to have been featured on Doodlewas! A big thanks to Charlie O’Shields for featuring Me. You can check it out here see link. There are also many other really great artist and lots of great stuff by Charlie O’Shields like tips and his amazing art!
The author, Liz Gilbert, wrote a new wonderful book named Big Magic last year.(She is already famous for her previous book “Eat Pray Love”) On Saturday I came across a TED talk where she shares her best pieces of advice for living a meaningful creative life. I was truly inspired and it didn’t take… Read More
Spring is finally arriving in Norway. Today I went for my first walk in 2016 in the park near to where I live. It is a lovely park which rins down both sides of a little river which flows from the hills into the big fjord in my town, Sandnes. The park has lots of… Read More
Hi! This is a repost (from 2015), most of you haven’t read it so I posted it again ……. but there are some new photos! I am enjoying my holiday, relaxing and doing nothing. But I like to share some sweet little eggs I had painted to my sweet daughter for Easter breakfast. Creativity has no limits and i… Read More
Spring is finally here! Many birds fly south for winter and when we hear then singing again it is a sign that spring is here. I have been waiting for the birds to come back. I wonder where they went and the nature programs tell me that some of them went all the way to… Read More
I found a lovely book in a second hand store that I remember from when I was young. “The country diary of an Edwardian lady” by Edith Holden. I always wanted to have it and so I grabbed the opportunity. It was written in 1906 but only published in 1977. It was an enormous success and… Read More
David Bowie’s ‘cut-up’ method of writing lyrics. David Bowie will be remembered for his music, being a singer, a songwriter, musician, record producer, painter, actor. For me, it was his dedication to creating art and for being avant-garde artist who has already impacted several generations and created new genres of fashion, music, and culture. Bowie almost single-handedly created the category… Read More
Now I am slowly filling more pages in my sketchbook. There are many small daily experiences, that will, over time, sum up to be my visual diary of the “small things” that I did and saw in 2016. I enjoy leaving my sketchbook open and returning to it during the day to continue to fill it… Read More
My boyfriend knew that I get sad when I leave him, so to cheer me up and to remind me of him he did something lovely. He got different paper and different coloured pens and wrote lovely little messages on the paper and cut them up and hid them everywhere. There was one in my… Read More
Hello, hello! Today I`m very happy, because I have made the perfect, personalized, original Valentine´s day present for my love. Find inspiration everywhere. Yesterday, I went to IKEA to buy some shelves for my daughter’s bedroom. Any of you who have been there will know that they have lots of inexpensive items that have a… Read More
January is a dark month for those of us in the northern hemisphere. But the days are getting longer and, although it is still cold and getting colder, Spring is on the way. I had some news that made me feel warm inside yesterday. A while ago, I was interviewed for this GREAT blog all about creativity… Read More
Review of Schmincke Horadam Watercolours I have a Winston & Newton box which is 25 years old that I am still using! When I bought it, I didn´t know that the colors were chosen for painting landscapes and nature, I don´t often paint landscapes, and now I prefer to pick the individual colors that I will use. I… Read More
A secret sneak peek Some new ideas on how to be creative! I use my sketchbooks for different reasons at different times…. I told you before that breaking some rules can lead to creativity. This time I was multitasking as I was sketching, I was in front of the TV watching “Jane the virgin” on Netflix (and… Read More
Watercolour flowers Hope everyone is enjoying this holiday season! I love giving a present wrapped in a unique and personal way. If you’re like me you often wait until the last minute to buy gifts and then you got to hurry to do your beautiful fun or cool wrapping. Is near to Christmas and I am… Read More
Hey there! With christmas right around the corner, and most of us have to much do and hardly any time to cook, so today I have an incredible easy pizza recipe for you ! And, yes that’s right….. it is white. It is my favourite pizza these days. What I truly love about this pizza recipe is the unexpected flavours, rich smooth and the fennel seeds are the star ingredients.… Read More
How to be creative. “Art is theft” “Good artists copy, great artists steal” – Picasso. In art school we had a professor that said something like this: If you use one idea from someone else it is a copy, if you use three ideas from different artists and put them together your work becomes original.… Read More
Time flies and December is here again. The children are getting excited and we want to help them to count down to christmas. I dont know exactly when it started but in Europe we have made advent calendars for our children for at least 100 years. When my daughter was three, I made this advent… Read More
Wishing everyone a wonderful Thanksgiving, with friends and family. Happy Thanksgiving!
Decorations I have did a fun DIY project that I would love to share with you. All I did was to gather some scrap, some old magazine and then I made a collage. (lots of old stuff I already had around the house.) And this is my best tip for cheap and easy homemade Christmas… Read More