Using Hand Decorated Papers

A greeting card, available at Etsy

One of the most popular posts in my blog is How To Make Your Own Patterned Paper. If you have made some, I want to encourage to use those!

Or buy some that I have printed from my artwork, available at Etsy!

In one of the previous posts, I gave a glimpse of an art journal that I made recently. I want to show better pictures this time! In this journal I have combined my artsy photos with the papers, some printed, some originals.

I hope you enjoyed the art journal!

It's Always about Fabric

I made this post card design by scanning illustrations and finishing them with Photoshop. Like the title of this post says, I am constantly inspired by the idea of prints on fabric. I haven't got new fabric designs for a long time so I think it will be time for those soon!

After the Craft Fair

Digital scrapbooking layout using my own background papers. The template and few other elements are from Scrap Orchid collaboration kit All About Me, purchased from The Daily Digi.

The craft fair is over and I have had few days to take it easy. Like the layout says, it feels like an achievement. It was hard work to prepare the sales table but definitely worth it. I love talking with people about creativity and creating stuff. I really loved the experience!

Sacred Things

When making this illustration, I was thinking about sacred things. What is sacred for me, how to go towards it and how to share it with others. Very difficult to express in words but so easy to visualize!

Sneak Peek

If you have followed me on Twitter, you know I have been preparing for the craft fair in Helsinki like crazy. Have a sneak peek with these photos!

The Color in My Mind

I had been dyeing wool and playing with acid dyes when I suddenly got this obsession about bright tomato red.

I could almost feel the color and there was no way escaping it. I had to put it on paper. With some doodles of course!

See the description at Etsy to get the explanation of the whole process.

Harvest, original collage, available at Etsy

Preparing for a Craft Fair

Set of 3 handdecorated papers, available at Etsy.

I am attending a craft fair in Helsinki after a couple of weeks. I have been spinning, dyeing, doodling and painting like crazy and even if it's fun, it is also hard. I do have my day job too. And it is always nerve wracking to put stuff for sale. People might not like it. They might find it too expensive. And the biggest fear: they might not get inspired at all!

I love seeing people who are passionate about what they do. I can tirelessly listen to anyone who talks enthusiastically whatever their specialty is. And I want to be one of them too. Even if I can criticize my own work endlessly, I want to forget all that critique when going to the fair. Being able to talk what I have been doing in the late evenings and weekends for years, it is a luxury. Like this blog is. Hopefully the things that inspire me will inspire some others too!