Creative summary of 2022

Om jag skulle summera mitt kreativa år 2022 med en topp tre lista... Ja då skulle det se ut såhär.

Nummer 1= Påskhararna. Påskhare presentpåsar i tyg som jag efter en del trixande och testande fick till. Kul med trix när resultat blir bra. Ett alternativ till påskägget till påskpresent för t.ex en flaska av nåt slag som får plats i dom högre påsarna.

Nummer 2 = Glada örhängen. I våras lekta jag fram en hel kollektion av färggranna örhängen. Det var en vårkväll och barnen hade lekt med nån slags fluffig lera som jag köpt på Teddi ( en affär för typ allt inklusive stort utbud av pysselmaterial.) Mila hade skapat nån slags stor grej med olika färger på och jag kunde inte låta bli och testa om jag kunde göra något liknande till örhängen och det var då min skapa örhängen mani började. Den fluffiga leran var lufttorkande och sen lackade jag och limmade på örhängesploppar och fixade display pappbitar. När jag hade slut på fluff lera övergick jag till Fimo. Sen tröttnade jag, men får se om jag får lust igen under 2023

Nummer 3 = Illustrationerna in i det digitala. Jo alltså det var en stort halleluja moment för mig och mina illustrationer när jag med hjälp av ett dataprogram som kändes så mycket enklare än Adobe Illustrator och Photoshop som skrämmer mig lite att jag inte ska klara av att göra vad jag vill kunna göra. Med hjälp av programmet Canva kunde jag använda en av mina illustrerade världar som bakgrund och flytta in en av mina figurer som jag kunde placera i världen. Alltså sååå länge som jag vetat kulla göra sånt men inte vetat hur. Detta ska jag leka vidare med under 2023

Det var ett bra kreativt år för mig eftersom jag har haft lyxen att kunna hålla på med detta även detta expat år.

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