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iHanna
@ihannas.bsky.social
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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.
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BTW, Happy World Embroidery Day everyone!

www.ihanna.nu/blog/2014/07... #embroidery #stitching #slowcloth #sewing #retroblogpost #crafts 🧶
Happy world embroidery day July 30 - today & every year! Celebrate by doing some hand-stitching, alone or with a group. #worldembroideryday #världsbroderidagen Graphic by iHanna, Sweden
July 30, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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July 15, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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Vintage Brocante inspiration on a Friday!

www.ihanna.nu/blog/2005/07...

#retroblogpost #floralFriday #french #ampersand
Floral arrangement and ampersand wooden printing block from a french brocante. Photo copyright H. Andersson, blogged at https://www.ihanna.nu/blog/2005/07/brocante/
July 4, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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Oh no, Pocket is shutting down. Darn it! That's the third or fourth bookmarking service that I have used that went down.

support.mozilla.org/kb/future-of...

#pocket #tech #app
The pocket app icon logo
May 22, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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Here's one of my favorite collages from this year. More green collage art in this blog post:
www.ihanna.nu/blog/2025/02...

The #BlueSkyArtShow is open every Saturday and today the theme is #Green 💚
#retroblogpost #collage #greenery
Square green collage, number 15 of the year, created by H. Andersson aka iHanna. Title: Green Leaves I, made for week 3 of 365 collage in 2025, an ongoing project. #365somethings2025 #365collages2025
May 4, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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Did I tell you I host a DIY Postcard Swap on my blog every year? I even wrote a book about it, which I think that you might like:
www.ihanna.nu/product/diy-...

#diypostcardswap #mailart #diypostcards
Cover of the book of iHanna's DIY Postcard Swap and all the mixed media DIY POSTCARD IDEAS by Hanna. Get a digital copy here: http://www.ihanna.nu #mixedmedia #ihannaspostcardswap #postcards
April 25, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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OUPS! I forgot that I have a newsletter for a few months... again. Sending one out in a bit, sign up now to not miss out!

Perk: You get a link to my printable "inspirational quotes" when you confirm your subscription
www.ihanna.nu/newsletter/

#blogging #quotes #notebook #journaling
Inspirational quotes free download that is sent to you when you sign up for iHanna's newsletter. Print three pages of quotes to use in your own notebook, journal, pages. :-)
April 24, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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Chirp! Currently under a quilt I made, reading a quilting book ARC and drinking coffee (review comming up soon on the blog). What's up in your world? #ihannacurrently 🧶 📚
Glasses, wip embroidery and a few old magazine on iHanna's table, next to a coffee mug with a yellow chicken.
April 23, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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Listening to the audio version of "Threads of Life: A History of the World Through the Eye of a Needle" by Clare Hunter. I have to take many breaks, because it is heavy on the heart as well as beautiful. About textile traditions, art & women's history. 💕

Recommended!

#booksky #ihannareading 🧶
The book cover of the audio book Threads of Life: A History of the World Through the Eye of a Needle by Clare Hunter. White text on richly embroidered cloth of a red, pink & purple bird covering the surface with stitched feathers.
April 15, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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Sharing an old collage that I found searching for "arch". The benefits of tagging your photos/artwork CAN NOT be underestimated folks!

Title: Dare to Enter - Collage no 271 in 2018, by I, Hanna, part of a 365 project blogged here: www.ihanna.nu/blog/2018/09...

#BlueSkyArtShow - Theme: #Arch
A square collage with magazine images and crayon marks titled Dare to Enter - Collage no 271 in iHanna's 365 Collages 2018 project. One of the images is half of a arched window with ornamental frame.
March 29, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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Hi from Sweden!
Artist hand turned palm up showing signs of painting in acrylic paint stains in many different colours. Photo copyright H Andersson a.k.a. iHanna.
March 27, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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Digital download only, but hey, loads of colorful photos, mail art, DIY postcards & helpful hints.

My book:
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www.ihanna.nu/product/diy-... #diypostcardswap #creativity 📮✏✒📝
Book cover of the book DIY Postcard Ideas by artist iHanna. Cover image is a collage grid of small photographs showing postal stamps, handmade postcards, writing hand, piles of postcards ready to be sent out.
March 17, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Today's message is: to feel like an artist you need to make art!

#mixedmedia #artjournaling #art #artjournal #quote #ihannasart
Mixed media, grungy, layered page with collage and acrylic paint in altered book Art Journal by iHanna. Message/quote in the middle of the square image says: " To feel like an artist you need to make art. —iHanna" (detail of the page) #creativeliving #artistlife
March 11, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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If your company or blog is still linking to old social media or encouraging visitors to share your content to those, it's high time to update! The twitter bird has been dead for quite some time now.... Tell your peers!

#twitter #socialmedia #blogging #tech #bluesky #techupdate #wordpress
Screen grab of a wordpress blog where the buttons for sharing the post to Facebook and Twitter are still at the end of every page over a year after Twitter was renamed X and the URL & the logo changed. #wordpressplugin #plugin #
March 9, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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Each year the flock of wild-wood windflowers makes me happy as they show up on the forest floor. (photo from 2010)

www.ihanna.nu/blog/2010/06...

First photo for #BlueSkyArtShow theme: #spring
Green blurry background and in the middle of the photo a wildwood windflower. (photo by iHanna, from 2010) #vitsippa #vårkänslor #sweden #photography #blogging
March 1, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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Some of my many clippings from today's magazine harvest, photos and words by art journaling queen Pam Garrison. About #blogging- her words in a article +15 years old by now, but equally true for me as a creator today. 💕
A magazine layout collage of personal photos by blogger Pam Garrison from Somerset Studio magazine, April 2007. #photography A magazine clipping of text about blogging, with the headline "Are you ready", in a layout about blogger & artist Pam Garrison. From Somerset Studio magazine, April 2007. #creativeblogger
February 27, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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Cutting up my pile of old Somerset Studio magazines, creating three big messy piles: for inspiration, for art collage fodder & one w. images for art journaling or glue books. #collageartist
Somerset Studio magazines from early 2002 to 2006 in a jumbled pile with torn pages. #artjournaling #collagefodder
February 27, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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📽 Movie recommendation time! Just watched Gifted and loved it SO much. Hunky, smart & handy guy, a super talented child actress McKenna Grace, lots of love and drama. 5 out of 5 for me. Do you have any movies that you've watched lately to recommend? 💕🎬 #movie #ihannamovies
Image of actor Chris Evans with the young girl McKenna Grace on his shoulder, ocean in background, add for the movie Gifted
February 25, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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Here, have a pink flower. Detail from current altered book Art Journal on my desk today.

#artjournaling #mixedmedia #alteredbook #artistlife #pinksky
Acrylics on text book page with flower collage element on as focal point. altered book art journal by me, iHanna.
February 21, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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A lovely art sesh: Coffee & audio book, while painting collage papers for my yearlong 365 project. Yes please.

#365somethings2025 #mixedmedia #pinksky #collagefodder
February 13, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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I did not know that superb owls was a thing until I was today years old! But obv. I can not pass a chance to share my favorite of all birbs! Here's a parade of them made from recycled wool sweaters that I made back in the day 🧶
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#suberbowlsunday #suberbowl
Four soft toy owls in a row, made from gray recycled sweaters and decorated with big felt eyes, made by iHanna, available for sale.
February 10, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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Great photography, I like it a lot. But the emoji made me question my eyes, Lol. 🧶 It's green on my android phone:
Screen grab showing a few yarn ball emojis that are green.
February 7, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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Just finished We were liars (although translated to Swedish) and the strory will stay with me for a long time. Great story with a superb ending twist, although a bit dark-ish. 📚
Audio book cover by We were liars av e. Lockhart
February 7, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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Women driving saying I'm going to get some yarn for a project. Man answers I think you have enough yarn at home. Next comic picture: women drives away, man stands outside the car being left behind.
February 5, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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Finished reading Twelfth Knight, a nerdy YA about online & offline gaming. I didn't even know how closely it follows Shakespeare's Twelfth night, but I love that. Would recommend!

🎮🎲🏉🎭♥️🥇

#booksky #yabooks #reading 🌶📚 #nerdculture
Purple book cover of Twelfth Knight by Alexene Farol Follmuth (Contemporary, Romance, Young Adult/Teen 12-18) with illustration of braided girl in black armour and sporty guy in crown on crutches. Photo by Hanna Andersson, 2025.
February 2, 2025 at 9:48 AM