Blog posts on Artfully Carin may contain affiliate links to products or services I think are awesome. For more information, see my disclosures page..Blog posts on Artfully Carin may contain affiliate links to products or services I think are awesome. For more information, see my disclosures page..When I first started art journaling and was pretty […]
A peek into my art journal
September 8, 2011 By 7 Comments
Just a quick peek into my art journal today because I’m looking after a sickly little boy who wants his mama round the clock… “cos journaling rocks” journal cover “baby days” “strong women” “tickled pink” “tickled pink” detail All the backgrounds in my art journal were made using Caran D’ache Neocolor II, with a touch of […]
How to make a fun rainy day felt activity die
September 1, 2011 By 7 Comments
Aoife is really into games this summer, which is so much fun. We spend much of our days playing hide and seek, I spy with my little eye, board games galore, and whatever running/ jumping/ dancing game she’s just made up. So I was trying to think of a game to make Aoife to keep […]
Kids’ craft kits
August 9, 2011 By 3 Comments
I had first planned on making Aoife some craft kits for when Kirby was born, but ran out of time and energy at the end of the pregnancy, so decided to make them for the summer holidays instead. Whenever the crafting bug hits her (which it does quite often), she can just grab one […]
Half term crafting: butterfly canvas
June 9, 2011 By 2 Comments
With a baby in the house, Aoife hasn’t had quite as much concentrated mummy-time as she’s used to lately. We’ve both missed it, and I’ve been feeling guilty about it (there’s that darn mummy-guilt again), so I made a point of planning daily one-on-one time with her during half term last week. It was fun. We did […]
calendar pages galore
May 9, 2011 By 9 Comments
I may not have posted them here, but behind the scenes I have still been working on my calendar pages each month, which means I have 3 new ones to show you today. February: March April With everything that’s been going on around here, the focus these last 3 months has been on getting the […]
Writing as healing
May 3, 2011 By 9 Comments
At the end of March, I had a medical emergency. I was set to go back to blogging after having Kirby, instead I ended up in hospital for a week with a badly inflamed and severely ruptured appendix. Not nice, let me tell you. I have never known pain like it. I have spent the […]
365 Calendar Challenge: January
February 5, 2011 By 12 Comments
Knowing I’d have little to no time for art or journalling (written or visual) at the beginning of this year, but still wanting to keep some sort of a record of events, I jumped at the chance to take part in Kate’s 365 Calendar Challenge for 2011. Making one background a month and doing a […]
Scandinavian Christmas
December 17, 2010 By 5 Comments
I’m really happy to let you know I’m guest posting two of my favourite Swedish Christmas sweet treat recipes over at the Pickled Herring today, ischoklad and knäck. Kathryn is on day 5 of a fabulous series called Scandinavian Christmas, with bloggers guest posting traditional Scandinavian Christmas crafts and recipes. Come check it out!
Scandinavian felt star ornaments
December 3, 2010 By 20 Comments
I loved making the felt heart tree decorations last year, they added the Scandinavian touch I was after and looked really cute on the tree to boot, so this year I decided to make some felt star ornaments in the same style. Nothing says Scandinavian Christmas to me like hearts and stars. And despite my initial […]
