Some of these earlier pages you can see the process of in the December Daily videos. Some of the pages I have changed but in all I'm so happy with how it turned out!!
You can see the previous December Dailies on this Pinterest board.
Some of these earlier pages you can see the process of in the December Daily videos. Some of the pages I have changed but in all I'm so happy with how it turned out!!
This year I have signed up for Ali Edwards One Little Word class. I have a word that I like and I think is what I need right now. I'm so happy with this word and ready to work with it. Brave for me is not only jumping out of planes or riding wild horses (I think I'd rather do the first one...) but I want to be more brave in my everyday. I want to be brave a Tuesday afternoon, picking a new restaurant or painting something I can't (that I have told myself I can't paint)
Here is look at the first pages I have done with the prompts from Ali:
I have this little sketchbook where I do nothing good. I have it to play and try new things in it. It feels so good opening this book knowing I can do anything. Yesterday I was inspired by a house in our village. It's an old traditional Swedish keyhole-house.
It's a rough and fast sketch in gouache and colored penciles but I had so much fun while doing it.
2016 was a year of ups and downs. I have had sad moments and very happy ones. I made some big decisions, like going back to school. Wiola and I have learned allot during our rally and trick courses. My dad and I turn parts of our old stable into an art studio. I have found a few things that doesn't work for me and some that makes life just a bit more... sweeter. So I though as a goodbye to 2016, a list of the sweetes things.
1. A new podcast. I love reading and I love Agatha Christe and I'm in love with the podcast "All about Agatha". Here they go through each of her books rating they to later pick the best Agatha book! I can re-listening to the episodes several times and I just can't recommend it enough if you are a Agatha-fan.
Another podcast that I listen to as soon as it comes out is of course "The ScrapGals". I just really enjoy the mix of topics and randomness that they bring. A perfect podcast for a ScrapGal.
2. Ice coffee. I don't drink coffee but this stuff is just amazing. Well maybe not amazing but pretty darn good. I think it is that taking a glass of this is part of my afternoon. I sitt down, drink this that is just for me and do my french lessons.
3. That brings us to french- Duolingo.com
I have for more then a year visited this site, or app, to do a few french lessons each day. It is the best way I have tried to learn a new language. The site is easy to navigate and there is so much color. I started doing this sens I just wanted to learn to speak french. I do this as a gift to myself. I invest time is learning but also giving myself something that I can accomplish every day. I don't have to be awesome, I just have to do it.
4. My travelers notebook. This little book has been by my side for almost a year. In it I have planed, journaled and drawn. I make a new insert every month and I just love that this book grown with me. And it's really beautiful!
5. Instagram. I really enjoy instagram but more to the point, I like many accounts. One of the many is Kirsten Sevig. She is an amazing artist and her work inspires me daily! She has a gift of colors and patterns. She mixes mediums and she has a playfulness that just makes me smile.
6. Watercolors. I love to paint and last Christmas my parents gave me a 24 hole pan set of the White Nights by S:T Petersburg. These paints are so nice to work with, rich and smooth. If you want to start or considering an artist grade set, I highly recommend these!
7. YouTube. Youtube is a drug. I can't seem to stop watching! Some I have followed for a long time and one is Ali Brown. She has such a lovely person and always makes me happy. She often makes artsy video and showing her beautiful TNs.
One that I did find this year was The Reset Girl. I really enjoy her new serises; The late night crafty club. Sitt back a watch or do something crafty along side.
8. I have to mention some crafty things and as I was thinking about crafty stuff and what I've really enjoyed one thing stood out. The stamps from Papier Projekt. I have used them and talked about them before so I just have to have them on this list. I really like the designs but also the fact that it's a small business in Europe and they have such a nice and quality feel to them.
This is the Brentano set and it is the first set I got.
9. When it comes to books I think it acutely was the last one I read this year that I liked the most. Still not sure, you know what, let's call it a tie.
"My True Love Gave To Me" is a book put together by Stephanie Perkins. It's an adorable book of 12 short stories that will make you feel all warm and fuzzy on the inside.
The other book that I really enjoyed was "the watchmaker of filigree street" by Natasha Pulley. This book was so well written and challenging and I love that I had no idea of how it was going to end. I can't wait for her second book!
10.Now this is nothing new but a favorite no the less. I have already mentioned dame Agatha but the tv-series miss Marple is by far my favorite. I can have it on repeat for days. Geraldine McEwan is just perfection! The setting, mysteries and humor. Just right to have in the background while painting or filming a process video.
Worth to mention is also Hercule Poirot, Miss Fisher & Father Brown.
Sensing a theme here...
The very last favorite is all of you how read my rambling blog-posts and watch my video. Thank you for this past year and I hope that you will like what I'll bring in 2017
It's here! The new year! Time to get organized after the holidays, honesty I had totalt forgotten what day today is, good i checked because I have school tomorrow...
The stamps I used in this insert are:
Amy Tan Roller Better Togeher
Papier Projekt Elchendorff
Paper Projekt Rilke stamp set
I like to do my insert per month and I have found that I like to have a month on a spread, then a week on a spread and the rest of the book for som memory-keeping or scrapbooking. This year I will do more scrapbooking in my monthly inserts instead of 12x12. Let's see how the goes but for now, that is the plan.
I started with the colors, inspired by a super cute sticker sheet from Ninja Washi on Etzy.
Amy Tan Roller Better Togeher
Papier Projekt Elchendorff
Paper Projekt Rilke stamp set
-Last I sheared a post about my reading-insert, where I document what books I've read and what I thought of them.
