Favorites Projects of 2017

Happy New Year!! I want to wish everyone a very happy new year, and I hope it will be filled with fun and joy and many creative projects.

As always at the end of a year, I go through my posts and pick some favorites. It is kind of a random process, because I am not good at picking favourites, and to narrow it down, I will pick one project from each month (and two from a few).

From January, I picked this Old Nonsense art journal page. It is happy and hopeful and fits perfectly at the start of a new year.

From February, I picked my Dark Tower Assemblage Clock, inspired by the Dark Tower book series by Stephen King. I had such fun adding all kinds of details relating to the story.

I picked two projects from March, since I really wanted to include this colorful art journal page in a post on New Year's Eve. It has such a positive theme. I haven't picked my one little word for 2018 yet, but maybe it should be one of these.

From March, I also picked this Quilled Flowers in a Frame, since I really like the look of fringed flowers, and because of the lovely sentiment by Wendy Vecchi.

From April, I picked my Bright Words in a Frame project, because of all the colorful words, and the cute photo of Leo.

I wasn't sure what to pick from the month of May, but I really like this burlap panel with a photo of my grandmother when she was young. It now hangs on the wall in front of my desk.

One of my favorite surfaces to work on this year, has been Dina Wakley's Media Journal, and this Stay Brave art journaling page was made on one of the watercolor pages in the journal.  It's my pick for June, also since I really like the colors.

From July, I picked my Distressed Texture Tag, simply because I had such fun using lots of distress techniques andd adding words and details.

This Woodgrain Chalkboard Easel also comes from July, and I like it because of the photo of the three of us from a visit to South Africa. Anton has it in his room, and on the back there is a photo of him on his own.

August was a fairly easy pick, since this Miniature Bookshelf with Handmade Books is something I had planned to do for a long time. I had such fun making all the books and picking tiny photos to go with them.

I still had to pick a second project for August, namely this You Matter wall-hanger, with an education theme.

From September, I picked this Wildflowers in a Mason Jar tag. I like the way the textured background turned out and that it is neutral enough not to take too much attention from the small flowers.

October was another difficult month to pick from, but I really like this Autumn Days layout featuring Leo, made witth dies and embossing folders by Eileen Hull. Other favorite projects from October were my Alphabet Notebook and Sketchbook Journal, but since I posted them in an Eileen Hull recap post a couple of days ago, I didn't add them here.

From November, I picked my Narnia-inspired December Daily journal, not only because it is one of my favourite projects of the year, but also because it started a Chronicles of Narnia reading marathon where I have been reading for Anton. He reads a bit here and there too.

I picked two projects from December. I really enjoyed making these Winter Watercolor Notebooks. The combination of watercolors and stamping holds so much potential. I ended up making ten of these little books.



And let's finish this post with a fun little Penguin card. I love the sweet SSS Picture Book Hugging Penguin and the icy background.

There is just about ten hours left of 2017 as I am typing this. Thank you so much for all your comments and support through this year. I am looking forward to a new year full of adventures, everyday life, happiness and creative projects.

Happy New Year!!

Anna-Karin