This past Saturday my sister and I took a trip to the zoo. We have an amazing zoo in our town that we go to at least once. I took with me my new watercolor set that i made HERE and i did some quick sketches. We had a really great time and got the see some really cute babies!
I did some quick sketches and it was so fun, they didn't turned out "amazing" but it was so fun to just do it right next to them!
If you ever found yourself in Borås, check out the zoo. They have beautiful animals and if you check the feeding times your get to see so many of them.
I love my watercolors and I have quite a few... But I would really want to bring them with me and paint "on-the-go". So I found this super cute pen tin that I used way back and thought it would be perfect! Paints on the top "shelf" and water-brushes and pens under.
I used my old tube pains and just a blob of each. I know I will use more earth tones and green so I placed those in the ends and the reds and ultra marin in the middle.
I'm so happy with how it turned out, just perfect!! This will work beautifully with any pen tin but i like that I can have my water-brushes and pen all together (minimizing the risk of forgetting something)
The 30th July I had my first open house in my new studio. The space is in our stable that dad is re-building, so cleaning that took days!. I have to say I was a bit nerves, thinking that maybe no one would show up, the fika to run out or you know, just nerves. How ever it went great! Here is how it looked before everyone came:
"Wildlife" wall
fika table with 3 different traditional cookies and coffee.
the swans
Inside my studio to the right
Studio though the door, just love how clean it is!
and to the left
It really was fun, many came and many of my painting got new homes. I also got a few custom orders. That was really great so now I have so work to do!
My love for my Traveler's notebook keeps going strong. I have started making an insert per month. I love how this works out and that I have a book per month. I still do project life weekly but I have to have my "day books". I these books (now monthly) I have one page/day and there I write what I have done, to do lists and some time just journaling from that day.
For my august book I wanted to use my Felicity Jane kits and I love how it turned out!
On each page I stamp the "details of today" stamp from the "Next Stop" stamp set, then the date with a roller stamp, here I have the Heidi Swapp one. In the right corner I stamp the day and in the left I just doodle the weather. (By the way it's raining big time here today!)
I'm so happy with how it turned out! The book is about a centimeter too short (I had used this striped paper on an other project but really wanted to use it here) but I don't care. Love the flowers and the wood frame and I'm just really happy with it! (can you tell?)
Hello! Like I said in my previous video, I couldn't wait to start playing with my new pocket sized travelers' notebook! This came with three inserts with kraft covers, perfect for making your own design!
I wanted to make some fun and cute designs and using paints and paint pens. Two of the books I know what to do with but the third... not sure.
Can't get over how cute this little TN is. It's the black-brown from Alice's Sweet Castle
First in is my swan book, blank pages and perfect for sketching. I coated the books with an acrylic pearlescent ink and love how they look, a bit hard to photograph how ever.
Next book is for all types of questions so I just did a quick Frans and W on the cover.
The last book still has no job, but i'm sure I can find something, just love the glow on his one!
I think they all turned out so cute! I plan on having this in my bag, ready to sketch on the go. For now I just look at it and smell it...
Hi! Today I thought I would shear some thoughts on shopping at Aliexpress. At Aliexpress you can find pretty much anything for much less then you would normally pay. That is great but they also have allot of awesome stuff for us craft nerds!!
I have shopped there for a few month and think it's great! The best part is the price. You can find so much for so much less. You can find almost anything and some really cool thing you didn't even knew you needed! So what's the catch? Well as any other online stores, you can't be sure of what you get intill you get it... and that can take some time. To Sweden it usually takes about 3-4 weeks. Now sometimes it takes less and some time it's longer. So when shopping at Ali, think of this; -Read all the information, especially the measurements. If you get clothes really read it! -Read the feedback, here you can get an idea for how long the shipping is, if the things are what they promised and how the sellers deal with unhappy costumers. - Look again, with free shipping and low prices you can and should take time to look around. Put the things in your cart and keep looking, go back and look again. Chances are you can find a better or to a better price.
Now here are my top 5 that I have found at Aliexress over the past couple of months. All the photos are from the store so you can see what I saw. Follow the links for more information.
The first i just had to shear is this: The glorious golden scissors *angels singing* These are just so pretty! They cut really well but they are just so pretty!
Another thing I was so happy tho find was this set of bow-dies. They come in a set of three and to a great price. I have used them many times and love making felt-bow-paperclips.
And here is something for my fellow artists; a set of 9 micron pens. Great price but the shipping was a bit longer for these but still, great value!
The 4th tip are these washi-tapes, they come from the same store and I found them to be really good quality and great price!
The best I saved for last; a Traveler's Notbook from Alice's Sweet Castle. In this store you can find traveler's notebooks and all type of accessories. I have really like what i have ordered from them, good shipping time and good quality. I just picked up my new pocket size book and it's so cute, can't wait till I gen play with it! (expect more videos!)
I ordered the "bundle" and got the book with inserts and lots of goodies, really recommend this for those of you how want o try but don't want to spend allot.
Those where my tips on shopping and what to shop at Aliexpress. I hope this been informational to you and that you give it a go!
I had so much fun making this page from Midsommar. Starting with watercoloring a flower reef and then adding photos, pretty papers and journaling. I took inspiration from the photos and actually started the page on the same day as I took these selfies. I wanted a page that really said; Midsommar!
The Felicity Jane -note to self kit is really growing on me and the more I use it the more I like it. the colors and patterns fitted perfectly as did the stamp set.
