Matryoshka

I think Russian nesting dolls have such an adorable shape—so I decided to make one of them the subject of my most recent papercut. I cut my design out of 18 x 24 white watercolor paper, and mounted it against a lovely textured teal drawing paper.





A few Sweden Pics

There was not much salvageable from my Swedish photo efforts—I think my lack of interest in this being a primary documentation method and a poorer than usual performance from my camera itself combined in the perfect storm to create a just a huge pile of crud. Here are a couple I pulled from the wreckage...

Uppsala Cathedral






Uppsala Graveyard



A lake somewhere in northern Sweden



Caitlin and the swan


train station




swedish meatballs





pretty picnic!



smorgastorta (fish sandwich cake)



Old Stockholm



Old Sotckholm



Old Sockholm



Old Sockholm



Old Sockholm



Old Sockholm



Stockholm Waterfront



Umlaut! {I love umlauts.}


Movie Theater


Uppsala


A very typical Swedish house {they're all adorable}


Viking burial grounds


Viking burial grounds


Viking burial grounds


Viking burial grounds


Swedish wilderness


Anders Zorn estate

Amanda Goes to Sweden!

This 58 page adventure documented my recent trip to Sweden in real time—I dew each page as the trip unfolded. It was a vacation, so I made one rule to keep this from becoming a burden—no digital editing! The whole thing was done entirely in marker and colored pencil. Click here to check it out!