A Creative Year is shock filled (240 pages!) with colorphotos, creativity, inspiration, projects and encouragement!
- Create something out of each day!
- Find out what makes you happy!
- Experiment in your art and play!
- Make time for your craft (knit, crochet, write, sew, paint, carve, recycle, cook)!
- Thrifting and recycling is fun!
These are some of the messages the author wants to mediate to the reader in this diary book from a Creative Year filled with love for art materials, journaling, nature, photography and documenting the good in life.
From a reader of iHanna's blog:
"Your generous, fresh and free flowing offerings are greatly appreciated and truly lift my spirit to keep trying new and wonderful things as well as just enjoying the works of others. /Jean"
and another one:
"I love love love your website. You are extremely talented. Not a day goes by that I don't covet one of your handcrafted items. /Judy"
sorry I took so long to write this Hanna- I love this book - after the first wonderful read - awe-inspiring, I've kept this by my bed and randomly choose a month (chapter) to read - so many ideas -- thank you for such a creative and delightful book!!!
"Charming and beautiful book" I really, really, really love this book. It's so beautiful and the right size to carry just about everywhere. The book is fun to read and the pictures are cute, lovely, fun, colourful, warm and interesting (actually I think this goes for the words as well). It has it all. Craft, art, life, love, cats, books and everything that makes life worth living. Life without this book is not as fun and beautiful as it could be. Treat yourself to a copy now. You will never regret it.
"I love this book!" I just spent the most delightful afternoon curled up with this book - what a treasure. And I've still got pages and pages left to enjoy so more treats are coming. I've been reading Hanna's blog for ages but to have her book on my night table gives me warm fuzzies. My only problem is that my sixteen year old daughter keeps 'borrowing' it so that I have to go look for it. Beautiful pictures, inspiring projects, and oodles of good reading make for a wonderful book. Thank you, Hanna!
"Delightful Reading, Lovely Photography" I enjoyed this book so much! I read so many craft blogs, including Hanna's, but I found the experience of reading her work in book form to be a whole new thing. I loved being able to savor each page -- away from my computer! There are so many different crafts in this book, and so many resources for inspiration, and all these intriguing glimpses into Hanna's life in Sweden. She writes with great charm and honesty about the joys and challenges of living creatively. Hanna also carries a camera everywhere, so the book is filled with beautiful photos of the people, places, and things that surround her. If you make things, or want to be more creative, this book is a treasure.
"Wow. It's wonderful!" This is a gorgeous book. It details the creative endeavours of a Swedish girl who makes stuff and her attempts to sell her soft toys and knitted items. Hanna's positivity is one of the most appealing aspects of the book as well as her urge to keep creating and learning new skills. It's very encouraging and has kept me motivated. I made myself read it slowly to make it last and now I'm done I'm blown away by her generosity to share her life in this way. Any creative person will love this book. It is inspirational and motivational and I really hope she does another book, maybe every 5 years? It's a thick book and worth the price tag. You won't regret buying it. From Ali in the UK.
