She's a doll!

It was fun sewing something after a sketch. Making something 2d into 3d. And she does look like my dear and talented friend Sabina Larsson 
Check out her stuff! 

Self portrait

I've promised myself to draw and paint more self portraits. I'm an artist, yet I have somehow been avoiding this great exercise. This is a sketch that I scanned and colored in photoshop. Used a pretty funky color combination. I kind of like it.

Treasures

I've been away for a little while. Illness plus participation in a public art project in Bollnäs. When I get my hands on better pictures than the ones I have now, I will share them with you.

So, what am I working on right now? An installation with text and string that's due next week. Plus filling in applications for scholarships and exhibitions. I have a great idea for some drawings and I have this massive urge to paint. So yes, a lot of art now, and not so many crafts..

These are some of my crafty little treasures I keep around for inspiration. Six glass jars with vintage metal buttons, ceramic dogs and Japanese ribbons.

Plush you!

I made this cute little fella a few weeks ago using felt, embroidery floss, polyfill and glue. All hand stitched! The pattern comes from an amazing book called 'Felt Friends from Japan'.

Speaking of Japanese crafts. I'm also very hooked on amigurumi, and have been for the past 4 years.
I've not really shared my crocheted little creatures before, but that's about to change. Here's a jellyfish I made for my friend Lisa. She bought two paintings (depicting jellyfish) by me, so I though why not include something three dimensional and cute too? (I will post pictures of these paintings soon.) 
I used mercerized cotton and some effect yarn I found in a bargain bin at the local yarn store. Love!
No pattern used. All free hand!

That's it for today. Mycket kärlek! <3

Fishing for votes!

I just entered this bracelet into a facebook competition ran by Swedish hobby store Panduro. Vote for me by liking it and I'll give you a lot of love! http://www.skapanytt.se/gallery/photo/270

Friendship bracelets

I rediscovered an old craft from my past. Friendship bracelets! I used to make a ton of these when I was in elementary school. The unfinished one at the bottom is for my dear and very talented friend Fredrik: http://fksn.tumblr.com/

What colors would you want in your bracelet? :)

My crochet essentials

 
I made this pretty little crochet hook case last summer. I used the pattern from a fantastic book called Kyuuto! Japanese Crafts: Lacy Crochet. I modified it a little and made it bigger than the one in the book, since Japanese crochet hooks tend to be a little bit shorter than the ones I use.

I also made these cute little pincushions, with inspiration from the same book. I use the green one myself, but the other three are up for grabs if anyone is interested. Post a comment if you want one!

Tags

I always want to put my signature on things that I make. It's easy to do so on drawings and paintings, but I find it a bit trickier to do so on some of my crafted goodies. However, a few days ago I made these little cute hand embroidered name tags for some tote bags I'm working on. So much more charming than buying pre-fabricated-one-design-only-name-tags! All I used was some cotton ribbon (that came with a bundle of kitchen towels) and some scraps of embroidery floss. Voilá!

Why Mimli? Because that was what my baby brother Leon used to call me when he was tiny. ^_____^