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Happy Easter! Easter here in Norway is the world’s longest Easter holiday. It´s a time to go skiing in the mountain and stay all day long outdoor in the fresh air, or to relax with family and friends in a cabin just talking, reading crime novels, and playing Yahtzee. Today I am posting some photos and DIY from earlier blog posts. And if you don’t have much… Read More
Today’s tutorial Make your own cool little watercolor paintbox for traveling. You can make your own cool little delightful travel paintbox using any small empty tin. This is pure upcycling, which I love. This little tin box takes up no space in my bag. I love having my painting materials with me so that when… Read More
Make a proper sketchbook for holiday sketching in just 5 minutes HI there! It is finally summer holidays here in Norway, and I am looking for new inspiring projects to do. I am thinking of something not too difficult, just something nice, to get me in to the summer mood. In today’s post, I would… 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
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
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
Sometimes I have to save my ideas, that I don’t have time for. By recording them somewhere safe, you know that you have them for a “rainy day” (we get lots and lots of rainy days in Norway). Create a secret store of creativity. No idea is a bad idea. Maybe it won’t work for one project, but it might be… Read More
Hundreds of vintage silk scarfs. As you know I have a collection of hundreds of vintage silk scarfs. I can’t seem to resist a beautiful silk scarf when I find them for a couple of dollars in a charity store. I have absolutely no idea how to make it look great around my neck, it always seems to be to much So I… Read More
Put a memory in a box What do you give to a very good friend? Someone you have known for years? Someone, you have a very close relationship with? It is not to easy. You look in the gift shops and on-line and you find good ideas, but a great idea? Something personal? and if you… Read More
Make some new perfect and brilliant summer towels. Enjoying the summer? Any fun summer plans? Mine is turning out to be rather creative and magical but I’m seriously wishing I had a warm lovely summer like last year… I just upgraded my beach towel and added a secret little pocket. Away with the old boring towel and welcome cool, new exotic… Read More
Make a style statement! My shopping bag got an upgrade today. Out of beautiful old silk scarves, way not make your favorite silk scarf into the most luxuriant shopping bag? For a long time I have been hunting for beautiful silk scarves on flea markets and secondhand stores, for no other reason then that they are beautiful. It is… Read More
Upcycle Hi Everyone! Here is something fun I did with my left over paper. If you are going to a party an like to bring something unique, be creative and give a little box and put in some lovely chocolates. These boxes are much easier to make than they look. Once you get the hang of it, a box will take less then… Read More
Upcycled pencil cases and decorating. I was completely inspired by my friend Katarina. her knowledge on details is just amazing. The sewing skills are a clear boost and my energy level goes from 0 to 100. When she came we did a little workshop on my diner table. She came here to show her new bag collection to a… Read More
Some of my favourite things at the moment are my sketchbooks. I have lots of them, and also journals and pocket notebooks everywhere. And I use them for different things. I have one that is for doing my minimum 15 minutes artwork each day, I have one for the sketches I do when I am sitting… Read More
Good morning, No matter what, I have to have coffee to get me up in the morning. And one of the little things in life that make me very happy, is when someone special bring me a mug full of coffee before I slide out of bed. And for a lot of us the tea and… Read More
DIY Lavender Sachets. Just Vintage fabric and lavender! I am full of the joys of Spring – my small handmade sachets are filled with dried lavender. These make great handmade gifts and are always special. They are super easy to make and they require very little time or sewing experience. As your sweaters and winter clothes are packed away… Read More
I don’t have a lot of words today for I am enjoying my holiday, relaxing and doing nothing. But I like to share some sweet little eggs I had painted for my sweet daughter for Easter breakfast. Creativity has no limits and I believe that the more creative things you do the more creative you will… Read More
Easter here in Norway is the world’s longest Easter holiday. It´s a time to go skiing in the mountain and stay all day long outdoor in the fresh air, or to relax with family and friends in a cabin just talking, reading crime novels and playing Yahtzee. Other people including my mom, like to stay home and spend some time gardening. The winter is over so Easter is a… Read More
Happy Easter! I found some white wooden eggs in the store for Easter decoration and I just had to get them. I look forward to drawing and paint and then I will give these eggs as a present. I am going to make them last for years, you know, it will last much longer… Read More
IKEA hack Personalising the gift box. Materials: RYSSBY 2014 I’m always looking for new fun ways to wrap a gifts. This time I was inspired to try out drawing on these black box with my POSCA pens. all you need to do is to have a pen that can draw on black. And find something you want to draw, it can… Read More