iHanna
@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.
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.
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iHanna
@ihannas.bsky.social
· Dec 9
Hi! I'm an artist & writer that works with collage, embroidery, book art & mixed media. I also create junk journals. 🇸🇪
I have been blogging for +20 years and filled art journals for almost as long. Colors is my happy place. 🌈
I have been blogging for +20 years and filled art journals for almost as long. Colors is my happy place. 🌈
"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
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#doodles #creativehabit #retroblogpot #drawing #fountainpen
I love this Creative habit of mine - iHannas Blog
Just because it's black in the dark, doesn't mean there's no color... — Laleh My most consistent habit right now is to doodle. To bring a black pen to paper and draw something that is already in my mi...
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January 25, 2026 at 12:47 PM
"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
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
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#artjournal #doodle #retroblogpost #drawing #bookproject
Miniature Art Journal Idea & Drawing time - iHannas Blog
So, after finishing the big 365 Collage project I did last year I have been mulling over new ideas around here. I am working with my one word of the year (willpower), and in January it was a huge succ...
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January 24, 2026 at 1:28 AM
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
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#artjournal #doodle #retroblogpost #drawing #bookproject
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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...
January 22, 2026 at 2:28 PM
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...
Push on, everyone! Coz we need you, your art, & artists, joy, beauty, wonder, kindness, love, hugs, bravery, crafts, light.
I see so many posts on here wondering how to keep creating art while the world is such a sh*tshow. I've been dealing with some personal stuff on top of it. It sucks. But I've been pushing myself. I've got three "dog grids" done so far, one in my sketchbook, two I'll be posting in my shop.
January 22, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Push on, everyone! Coz we need you, your art, & artists, joy, beauty, wonder, kindness, love, hugs, bravery, crafts, light.
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.
#artref="/hashtag/artjournal" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#artjournalashtag/artjournaling" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#artjournaling #artjournal #journaling #creativeblogger #blogef="/hashtag/blogging" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#blogging #blog #art
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.
#artref="/hashtag/artjournal" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#artjournalashtag/artjournaling" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#artjournaling #artjournal #journaling #creativeblogger #blogef="/hashtag/blogging" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#blogging #blog #art
50 art journaling ideas to try this year
I have created a list of 50 art journaling ideas to try in the new year. I made the list for myself, but you are more than welcome to try a few or all of these ideas in your own art journal practice. For this list I have looked through my own blog for ideas. Each art journaling idea is linked to an older blog post where I have shared a page or spread using the material or technique described in the listed "prompt".
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January 21, 2026 at 9:01 PM
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.
#artref="/hashtag/artjournal" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#artjournalashtag/artjournaling" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#artjournaling #artjournal #journaling #creativeblogger #blogef="/hashtag/blogging" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#blogging #blog #art
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.
#artref="/hashtag/artjournal" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#artjournalashtag/artjournaling" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#artjournaling #artjournal #journaling #creativeblogger #blogef="/hashtag/blogging" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#blogging #blog #art
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!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DTY...
#gluebooking #artjournal #magazineharvest #youtube #diy
Enjoy and happy Friday!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DTY...
#gluebooking #artjournal #magazineharvest #youtube #diy
Magazine harvest with me for GLUE BOOK COLLAGES - let's look through an unusual magazine pile
YouTube video by iHanna
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January 9, 2026 at 5:47 PM
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!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DTY...
#gluebooking #artjournal #magazineharvest #youtube #diy
Enjoy and happy Friday!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DTY...
#gluebooking #artjournal #magazineharvest #youtube #diy
Reposted by iHanna
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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Internet Archive Wayback Machine Link Fixer
Automatically fix broken links by replacing them with archived versions from the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine.
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January 5, 2026 at 2:15 PM
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.
wordpress.org/plugins/inte...
wordpress.org/plugins/inte...
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
#MondayBlogs #analogcollage #collage #365 #dailyart #artistlife #2025 #creative #artonpaper #cutandpaste #contemporaryart
This is Not the End | Collage week 52 2025
I caught the Collage Bug many years ago, and I love him so much. It’s one of the few things in life where I totally love all the steps of the process, from finding material, to sorting through papers, to collecting and saving to cutting, gluing and making somethings new out of something that previously was something else… — iHanna…
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January 5, 2026 at 10:15 PM
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
#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
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#stickers #kidsbooks #junkjournaling #collagefodder #thrifted #thrifthaul
Cute STICKERS for my JOURNAL from Activity Books for kids #thrifthaul
YouTube video by iHanna
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January 3, 2026 at 11:11 PM
Who likes stickers and cuuute images? Meeeeee!!
youtube.com/watch?v=taFi...
#stickers #kidsbooks #junkjournaling #collagefodder #thrifted #thrifthaul
youtube.com/watch?v=taFi...
#stickers #kidsbooks #junkjournaling #collagefodder #thrifted #thrifthaul
Reposted by iHanna
New blog post today!
BTW: If you have a blog too leave me a comment on my blog, and I will come visit yours and check it out. :) cheers.
#blogef="/hashtag/blogging" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#blogging #newyear #creativeblogger #analogcollage #yearlongproject #creativeproject #newblogpost #blog
BTW: If you have a blog too leave me a comment on my blog, and I will come visit yours and check it out. :) cheers.
#blogef="/hashtag/blogging" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#blogging #newyear #creativeblogger #analogcollage #yearlongproject #creativeproject #newblogpost #blog
The beginning is today | Collage week 51 2025
Today is the first day of the rest of your life, I hope you are doing something you enjoy and are planning for a creative and yummy year ahead! I used to try to set goals, make plans and create a new calendar for myself in a January first frenzy, but this time I admit it: I have no idea…
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January 3, 2026 at 7:39 PM
New blog post today!
BTW: If you have a blog too leave me a comment on my blog, and I will come visit yours and check it out. :) cheers.
#blogef="/hashtag/blogging" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#blogging #newyear #creativeblogger #analogcollage #yearlongproject #creativeproject #newblogpost #blog
BTW: If you have a blog too leave me a comment on my blog, and I will come visit yours and check it out. :) cheers.
#blogef="/hashtag/blogging" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#blogging #newyear #creativeblogger #analogcollage #yearlongproject #creativeproject #newblogpost #blog
Happy new year!
#blogging #collage #analogcollage #newyear #oldproject #creativeblogger #hoarder #artist
#blogging #collage #analogcollage #newyear #oldproject #creativeblogger #hoarder #artist
Being a Paper Hoarder | Collage week 50 2025
I have created a lot of collages over the years, and in 2025 I created 365 new artworks. I am very proud of this fact, and happy to have reached my goal before the year ended even though I have 2 more posts of collages to share on the blog because the days run out to blog them. This week I was really feeling that I need to work on my paper hoarding tendencies a bit in the new year.
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January 1, 2026 at 10:48 PM
Happy new year!
#blogging #collage #analogcollage #newyear #oldproject #creativeblogger #hoarder #artist
#blogging #collage #analogcollage #newyear #oldproject #creativeblogger #hoarder #artist
Christmas is over. I hope you had a lovely holiday. Continuation today with some big collages on my blog. Let me know if you like 'em.
#analogcollage #collage #cutandpaste #contemporaryart
#analogcollage #collage #cutandpaste #contemporaryart
Liberation is near | 365 Collages | Week 49
Liberation is near, so near... 337. My spirit animal, art collage by iHanna, 2025. Christmas is over. I hope you had a lovely holiday. Cont. with some big collages. Yes, I'm back with seven newly made collages, ready to liberate myself of this project and you of this blog format. Soon, very soon. Here I'm showing you collage number 337 to 343.
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December 28, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Christmas is over. I hope you had a lovely holiday. Continuation today with some big collages on my blog. Let me know if you like 'em.
#analogcollage #collage #cutandpaste #contemporaryart
#analogcollage #collage #cutandpaste #contemporaryart
Merry Christmas from Sweden to you!
💕🩷❣️🇸🇪🌈✂️🧶
💕🩷❣️🇸🇪🌈✂️🧶
The cozy Christmas Vibe
It's time to celebrate Christmas around here (in Sweden we celebrate on the 24th of December), so I just wanted to pop in here to say hi ho ho ho. To wish you a merry Christmas if you celebrate the holiday, and a wonderful rest of the week to you all! Global warming snowman in Sweden, 2025. My 365 has been going well…
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December 24, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Merry Christmas from Sweden to you!
💕🩷❣️🇸🇪🌈✂️🧶
💕🩷❣️🇸🇪🌈✂️🧶
Go big or go home | Collage week 48
I think the saying "go big or go home" is a bit harsh, but this week I'm going at least a little bigger than usual. Is it a hit? Not yet (for me) but like with everything I think one needs a lot more practice to pull a new art style, form or size off. They're…
I think the saying "go big or go home" is a bit harsh, but this week I'm going at least a little bigger than usual. Is it a hit? Not yet (for me) but like with everything I think one needs a lot more practice to pull a new art style, form or size off. They're…
Go big or go home | Collage week 48
I think the saying "go big or go home" is a bit harsh, but this week I'm going at least a little bigger than usual. Is it a hit? Not yet (for me) but like with everything I think one needs a lot more practice to pull a new art style, form or size off. They're not very big, these seven new collages, but bigger than usual like I said, and that's new.
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December 22, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Go big or go home | Collage week 48
I think the saying "go big or go home" is a bit harsh, but this week I'm going at least a little bigger than usual. Is it a hit? Not yet (for me) but like with everything I think one needs a lot more practice to pull a new art style, form or size off. They're…
I think the saying "go big or go home" is a bit harsh, but this week I'm going at least a little bigger than usual. Is it a hit? Not yet (for me) but like with everything I think one needs a lot more practice to pull a new art style, form or size off. They're…
Blogged seven new collages for my 365 collage-project of the year. Let me know what you think.
#collage #blogef="/hashtag/blogging" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#blogging #creativeblogger #blog #art2025
#collage #blogef="/hashtag/blogging" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#blogging #creativeblogger #blog #art2025
Feeling all the feelings | Collage week 47
I really am feeling all the feelings with this project. Happy, sad, desperate, lonely, joyful, stressed. Maybe that is true for most creative projects you take on that takes months out of your life to complete? It is exhilarating, but also frustrating and hard at times. But we trudge on. 323. Lemons and rain, week 47. These are seven new collages for my 365 collage-project of the year.
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December 21, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Blogged seven new collages for my 365 collage-project of the year. Let me know what you think.
#collage #blogef="/hashtag/blogging" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#blogging #creativeblogger #blog #art2025
#collage #blogef="/hashtag/blogging" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#blogging #creativeblogger #blog #art2025
Tobia's spotted photo challenge for "vintage" - what a cool place!
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#woodwork #woodshop #vintage #ihannalinklove #blog
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#woodwork #woodshop #vintage #ihannalinklove #blog
VINTAGE – Spotted Photo Challenge – craftaliciousme
I have been taking a little break in the Spotted Photo Challenge that Hanna is hosting this year. When the topic vintage was announced I was like I don’t have…
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December 18, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Tobia's spotted photo challenge for "vintage" - what a cool place!
www.craftaliciousme.com/vintage-spot...
#woodwork #woodshop #vintage #ihannalinklove #blog
www.craftaliciousme.com/vintage-spot...
#woodwork #woodshop #vintage #ihannalinklove #blog
Tis' the season! Wishing you a creative & merry December.
www.ihanna.nu/blog/2017/12...
#journaling #christmascraft #junkjournal #retroblogpost #vlogmas
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#journaling #christmascraft #junkjournal #retroblogpost #vlogmas
Christmas Journal with Me - iHannas Blog
Christmas journal with me, will you? Just remember that journaling can be what ever you want it to be. In previous Christmas Journals, both spiral bound, I have mostly glued in found imagery when I ma...
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December 17, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Tis' the season! Wishing you a creative & merry December.
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#journaling #christmascraft #junkjournal #retroblogpost #vlogmas
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#journaling #christmascraft #junkjournal #retroblogpost #vlogmas
I’m not counting down to Christmas or wrapping gifts. I’m counting down to finishing my 365 project and wrapping it up with a bow on top!
#collage
#collage
Endless grids | Collage week 46
316. Orchids and roses for dad, collage by iHanna, 2025. In endless circles we move, in endless grids we live... I will come back to grids next year, but for today some more grid collages from yours truly. These seven grids represent week 46 of 2025, although right now it's already week 51. Only 1,5 week left of this year, say what?
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December 17, 2025 at 3:38 PM
I’m not counting down to Christmas or wrapping gifts. I’m counting down to finishing my 365 project and wrapping it up with a bow on top!
#collage
#collage
Have you ever made a grid collage? It's such is a fun collage exercise / concept, and I love playing around with it! A grid can be glued down in endless different ways...
#collage #grid #365 #creative/hashtag/creativeblogger" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#creativeblogger #creative #artonpaper
#collage #grid #365 #creative/hashtag/creativeblogger" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#creativeblogger #creative #artonpaper
The Nine Patch | Collage week 45
Playing around with squares in grids is a fun collage exercise. The grid can be glued down in endless different ways, and it's the artists perogative to decide what, when and how to go about each one. It's really fun to make this kind of art, but not easy. Finding a balance takes a bit of fiddling around with the squares, but to me its satisafctory to see them coming together.
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December 14, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Have you ever made a grid collage? It's such is a fun collage exercise / concept, and I love playing around with it! A grid can be glued down in endless different ways...
#collage #grid #365 #creative/hashtag/creativeblogger" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#creativeblogger #creative #artonpaper
#collage #grid #365 #creative/hashtag/creativeblogger" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#creativeblogger #creative #artonpaper
From the Stitching Diaries: Hand sewing my version of Ann Wood's free pattern of the World's Sweetest Needle book!
Blog post and video!
🧶 #embroidery #needlebook #crafting #slowcraft #creativeblogger #stitching #vlogmas #blog #sewing
Blog post and video!
🧶 #embroidery #needlebook #crafting #slowcraft #creativeblogger #stitching #vlogmas #blog #sewing
The World’s Sweetest Needle book – process videos
I wanted to sew my own version of Ann Wood's free sewing pattern World's Sweetest Needle book. It took a while, but I am stubborn. I finished it, then I photographed it, then I edited three videos of the process of me creating the needle book, the World's Sweetest Needle book as she called it. Well, two, because in the first one is connected but not really in the series.
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December 12, 2025 at 9:37 PM
From the Stitching Diaries: Hand sewing my version of Ann Wood's free pattern of the World's Sweetest Needle book!
Blog post and video!
🧶 #embroidery #needlebook #crafting #slowcraft #creativeblogger #stitching #vlogmas #blog #sewing
Blog post and video!
🧶 #embroidery #needlebook #crafting #slowcraft #creativeblogger #stitching #vlogmas #blog #sewing
Hi friends! Today you're getting seven new collages that are rather brownish, click on over to see them all. Feel free to share this post.
#collage #365somethings2025 #brown #colourjoy #cutandpaste
#collage #365somethings2025 #brown #colourjoy #cutandpaste
The Brown Edition II | Collage week 44
I actually love the color brown. I know, strange. But it is true. I might not reach for it a lot when I am painting, but a warm brown feels welcoming and homely to me. It might be because it is the color of my childhood, or it might be because it is just natural and beautiful, but in any case, I like it.
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December 10, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Hi friends! Today you're getting seven new collages that are rather brownish, click on over to see them all. Feel free to share this post.
#collage #365somethings2025 #brown #colourjoy #cutandpaste
#collage #365somethings2025 #brown #colourjoy #cutandpaste
Can all art pieces be strung together to create a story, a narrative, a letter? Who knows, but yes, I'd say yes.
#creativebloggers #collage #365somethings2025 #art
#creativebloggers #collage #365somethings2025 #art
A red rose greeting | Collage week 43
Once in a blue moon life will blow you a rarity and it will leave you with astonishment. ― Giovannie de Sadeleer Here. A red rose greeting for you: 295. Symbols of Good Maybe a love song to ease your worried mind: 296. Once upon a moon A view over the beach, where the wind slowly is ruffling the wings of the palm trees...
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December 9, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Can all art pieces be strung together to create a story, a narrative, a letter? Who knows, but yes, I'd say yes.
#creativebloggers #collage #365somethings2025 #art
#creativebloggers #collage #365somethings2025 #art