About Me

Wilna is your family, wedding and lifestyle photographer in Prince Albert, Born in South Africa, Wilna immigrated with her family of 3 girls to Prince Albert, Canada, in 2005. She is proudly Canadian but hasn't lost the South African accent.

Wilna paints paintings and is a scrapbooker, digital designer, photographer and art journaler who has spent years applying her background in fine arts to her passion for preserving memories. A popular online and in-class teacher, she has honed the fine art of balancing her logical and organized side with her free-spirited expressive side. And she definitely knows how to have fun along the way! Wilna has been working in the Scrapbooking Industry for 11 years, and it all started when she was one of 25 winners of the Creating Keepsakes Hall of Fame in 2006. She designed for Making Memories, Jenny Bowlin, October Afternoon and Two Peas in a Bucket until 2013, when she started her own company, iHeartstudio. Wilna is a popular event teacher at retreats and has been fortunate to teach classes in the US, Canada, South Africa, Spain, Germany and Australia. She has taught online for Studio Calico, Big Picture Classes, and Craftsy and has many classes on her website, iheartstudio.ca. Wilna is also a frequent guest on the Paper Clipping Roundtable.

Her photography business iHeartphotos was established in 2011.