chasing places

This has been a huge change to me... change and an giant remake of my place... i do really wish this could be faster, but all process takes time. I finally could make it to afford the makeover that i've been dream on, yes, was a big effort, yes, my family is helping me in some way and i'm so grateful with all of them, yes, i finally could find someone that can help me to make this changes and he is so honest working on it, cuz is a big hard work, yes, i earned a lot, taking several jobs to do this makeover and i'm so thankful with all the people that help me in several ways... but in the mean time, i'm still here, busy as bee, working on my paintings, on my classes and taking jobs in between... wish me luck and all the best, i'm still doing what i can and keeping my way to get the art studio of my dreams...luv you people!

 

knock knock...

 Guess i haven't been busy around here... but trust me, i've been quite busy lately! between classes, handling job and art projects... (but at least i've been doing great and having fun too... stressed too but still, has been fun around...) 
news? museums are still my kind of thing to visit... more news? new paintings at my studio of course.... more and more news? traveling this year like i always wanted! and that's a good thing for this fondly routine breaker person of me... like, i wish i do really wish to travel often even when i go back tired but what can i say folks? travel is a refresh to me! breath new air and scents on the roads and cities! eat and try new food around (don't care if i get sick on my stomach...) 
This year was such a nice thing to visit México city, between you and me it wasn't my kind of city... wasn't is the key word... is now for me... walking around in the downtown area, take the subway and praying deeply to not been there if there's an earthquake... God only know how scary could be that...
So, i'll share some of my fav photos that i took there... thank you year 2023 to let me stay busy, working and traveling in things that i totally adore!

Etsy finds au naturel

 Yes, i've been quite busy from here to there, sometimes i procrastinate like a lot, and sometimes i don't even know what day it is... but lately i just try to stay active in Etsy, i do enjoy putting extra gifts to all my customers and make an extra effort to be creative with my garlands and banner quotes and still! this is what i found lately, there's a reason... gonna explain myself..
Lately i've been quite interested in lingerie and undies like... i took classes of how to sew it and now is like a trend and omG! need to keep update on how to sew it, materials and i can't help it! so au naturel because is almost autumn, is nice the warm colors ..
here's my selection of what i see and what you can find in Etsy guys!

Couldn't help it! is nice, is stylish, is sexy and still cute this undies, have you seen the details of the bunnies? i just love love love everything in this shop, you can find more with FRKSLingerie 

so fresh so natural like linen! this shop got everything in natural and gorgeous colors, like everything you wanted for home and cloths, take a closer look a Mooshop

something new and something old... like isn't this dress gorgeous?! me? i want it!! is retro, is feminine is perfect! please take a look! i just found more little vintage treasures that needs new owner in Petrune

Last but not least, a vintage minimal brass mid century lamp yaaY ok this is my kind of style for sure! this shop got an assortment of lamps in all shapes and style, take a look at LongMadeCo

I'll hope you like my selection! for sure is the kind of thing i would love to wear and have at home, visit Etsy, buy local, support handmade shops ! 

i spy with my little eye...

 i've been moving in places and spaces, watching, seeing colors... i would say i kinda see it just like if it's ready to be capture in photo...
Lately, i've been able to move more around this places, still i'm standing at home, taking care of my health, i already got a vaccine but can't risk i still wear a mask everywhere i go...
how is your health? wish you stay healthy and taking care...

something new and something old...

well, as you may notice, i've been kinda off from here but i've got a good reasons, i've been really busy working on my next workshop for the bookfair and also because i've been invited to participate in art exhibitions and oh well... time flies and working under pressure doesn't allow you much to do other stuff, plus i can distract so easily, is hard to keep my attention and focus doing just one thing so this is not a whining post at all, is more like that i'm so glad that i love to be busy doing the things i love to do... and even with that... i sew this tote bag!! isn't gorgeous? i'm really proud of my creation!! so i put it on my etsy shop with a gorgeous pair of heels, not my size otherwise i should be wearing it.. is seriously my type of shoes! so feminine and the color is really bright, vermillion! what do you think about it? i'll try to post more, this is my fav season of the year... is raining (not man..) but is raining almost everyday!!

this rainy days..

This past days has been pretty rainy, not like just a few drops, like pretty badly storms! (in some way i was almost to take a couple of each animal's species and put in an ark!!) was pretty badly, but after all the chaos and else, the air is so fresh, although some trees around town can fall for the rain and the wind... i guess is the bad part when it rains...
I get deeply soak one day when the rain catch me in the street in the downtown area... i took some pics of my town after all, and it was pretty nice the air...

Decoration goals

It was a quick and busy days, my brother and i went to fast visit to CdMx and even when we didn't went to visit some museums or other places, i've got to say that i totally enjoyed having such a great time with my brother! in some way, we been apart not because we decided to be like that but our jobs, lives and else, and yes! we hang out and get along often, with our partners or with our family, but in some way, me and him are so closed and had so much things in common, guess like other brother and sister's had, but since we were kids we used to play along, had lots of friends in common... but well, i may probably loosing my point in this post...
After 2 trippy and bussy days in an Artist and independent crafter's bazaar, we did a quick stop by with a friend of Alfredo... Johnny and his partner Carlos lives in a small and cute apt, that since the first time i saw it, it was pure eye candy to me!
If i can, if i would i may probably had something like this for my place, but, my hubby doesn't agree much with so colorful and kitschy things around home, and actually, i do like to decorate my place according to my paintings... still, secretly, i've got big crush for orange, pinks, yellow and vivid and bright colors... guess i should put some on my paint and forget the blues

pastel crush...

Este será el post del que confesaré un poco mi contradicción con los colores pasteles... acarician mi pupila, son mi deleite visual! pero no los tengo ni en mi casa ni en mi ropa, son también muy girly (me siento muy tomboy para estos colores..) Yo sé que es un tanto absurdo que me agraden y a su vez no quiera incluirlos en nada conmigo, ni yo puedo explicarlo realmente... Me siento cómoda con los grises, azules, negros pero pasteles? en mi cabeza ronda la idea de pintar cielos rosas, nubes color lavanda, edificios en verde menta, tal vez todo mundo tenga ese tipo de gustos contradictorios.. espero no ser la única y de ser así, trataré de ver como poner remedio a ello, quizá deba dejarme llevar por ello y poner en mi vida los tonos pasteles, aunque mi tomboy interno diga que no...
PS: usé filtros de la genial app a color story mientras caminaba por el centro de la ciudad..

This post will be one that i'll confess about my contradiction with pastel colors... it's a tender color for my eyes, is like an eye candy!! although i don't have this colors at my place or in my wardrobe, because are too girly (i'm so tomboy for this colors...) i know, i know is so absurd that i like it but also i can't put it around me, i can't even explain that to me... I feel so confortable with the grays, blues, blacks but pastels? the idea it kinda rounds on my head like use it and paint soft pink skies, fluffy lavender clouds, old building painted in mint, maybe everybody got that kind of contradictions and is not just me... i really hope not to be the one like that and if that's the case, i may probably put some remedy on it, perhaps i've got to let it flow and put some pastel colors here and there, even when my inner tomboy says noup...
PS: i use the great app a color story for my photos while i was walking around the downtown...

quilts and quilts...

Este fue el 2do año en el que mi hermana participó en una expo de quilts y trabajos hechos en casa... Y yo que pensaba que en México casi nadie hacía quilts!!!! pero nooo! hay toda una comunidad, mucha gente que le gusta hacer esta difícil técnica! Había trabajos impresionantes, unos en exhibición solamente y otros tantos para ventas, particularmente tengo un poco de problema para apreciarlo y no por el trabajo y la dedicación con la que están hechos, es mas bien que los colores son muy serios, aunque eso no quita que están perfectamente bien hechos!
Mi hermana llevó un poco de todo, vestidos para niñas (una prima y yo sugerimos que esos vestidos deberían ser mas bien blusas para adultos..), accesorios y quilts.. sólo que no quiso salir en la foto cuando la tomé.. pero esos ganchos que ves ahi con cara de niña? fueron pintados por mi! :)

This was the 2nd year that my sister participe in an shop and exhibition of quilts and handmade goodies... And silly me, i thought that in México nobody made quilts!!!! but oooh no! there's a big comunity, a lot of people likes to work in this hard technique! There was a very impressive artworks, some in exhibition only and other for sale, I particularly got a problem to appreciate it and is not because the work or dedication to requires because are quite nice, is more about a color thing, is just i found it so serious, although I'm not saying that are perfectly made!
My sister put a few of her own but a very mix and variety of what she made, dresses for girls (a cousin and I suggest her that those dresses could be work for an adult..) accessories and quilts... she doesn't want to appear on the photo when i took it... but those hangers that you see there with the girl face, was painted by me! :)

currently working on...

Casi termina Noviembre! me prometo de no entrar en pánico pero.. casi tengo que trabajar en la feria del Libro y eso me causa emoción y nervios!!, quiero salir a vacaciones también, tengo cosas que terminar de mis estudios, también tengo que terminar esto que estoy haciendo! ¿qué es? oohhh es algo que he estado trabajando inspirado en uno de mis cantantes favoritos, espero terminarlo y ponerlo pronto en mi tienda en Etsy!  claro! tengo que terminar mis otros deberes antes!! una voz en mi cabeza suena y grita: apresurate!!! pero también suena esta canción

It's end of November! i promise myself not panic but... is almost time to work in the book Fair and it causes me being excited and nervous!!, i want to go out in vacations too, and also i've got to finish some stuff for my studies, and also i've got to finish what i'm currently working! ¿what is it? oohhh is something that i've been inspired by one of my fav singers, i hope to finished soon and put it on my Etsy shop! and of course! i've got to finish the rest of my errands before!! a tiny voice in my head sounds and yells me: hurry up!!! but also sounds this song

in my hands...

No soy una persona que le gusten mucho las flores, vaya no me mal interpreten, si acaso me regalaran un ramo de flores con gusto lo aceptaría! me refiero a que no soy ese tipo de personas que toman fotos a las flores todo el tiempo!.. si lo sé, son lindas y demás, aunque con este post estaré contradiciendo todo lo anterior, tengo una fuerte razón.. tomé foto a una orquídea! no es algo fácil de encontrar, y menos si está en la naturaleza... o acaso ves orquídeas en cada árbol?... ahora entiendes mi punto..?

I'm not a person who likes flowers, i mean, don't misunderstand me, however, if i get or someone gave me a bouquet of flowers i'll definitely accept it! what i'm try to say is i'm not that kind of person who just took photos of flowers all the time!... and yes i know, they are pretty and else, although i know that with this post i've been in it totally contradiction about what i just said, but i've got a reason.. i took a photo of an orchid! which is not easy to find, unless if you buy it but find it in nature?.. or did you see orchids in every tree??... now you've got the point...?

etsy romantic finds

He estado muy ocupada últimamente, entre estar trabajando, estudiando y ayudando en la boda de mi hermano, casi no he podido pintar o coser o hacer otras cosas que me gustan.. aunque he hecho recetas que he querido probar... Es Octubre, casi le digo adios a este lindo mes, no puedo dejar pasar la oportunidad de compartir lo que he encontrado en etsy, es algo muy romántico, tanto como este mes, esta es una muestra de ello, de izquierda a derecha:
-Alfiletero en crochet de bearlove1
-Tarjeta invitación rasca-rasca de InklingsPaperie
-Labial vegano de UrbanOreganics
-Guirnalda en papel de LaMiaCasa
-Casa de juguete en tela de LyuToys
-Mason Jar pintados de BeachBlues
-Aretes minimalistas de XenaStyle
-Cuaderno de caperucita roja de Ciaffi
-Jabón de canela de DancingMooney

I've been pretty busy lately, between working, studying and helping to my brother on his big fat wedding, i barely had time to paint or sew or do another things that i like to do.. although i've been cooking some recipes that i really want it to try it before... Anyway so before to say good-bye to October, a pretty month, i can't leave the chance to share what i've been seeing on etsy, is something romantic, almost like this month, so take a look! from left to right:
-Pincushion in crochet by bearlove
-Scratch-off card by InklingsPaperie
-Lip vegan butter by Urban Oreganics
-Paper heart shaped garland by LaMiaCasa
-Stuffed toy house by LyuToys
-Painted Mason Jar by BeachBlues
-Minimal style earrings by XenaStyle
-Red Ridding Hood notebook by Ciaffi
-Pink Sugar Cinnamon soap by DancingMooney

a little break

Es Junio, en Guadalajara el calor es húmedo, en el aire se siente y huele la humedad en el aire, claro, es peor si estás dentro de una gran ciudad, pero cuando tuve la oportunidad de salir fuera unos días con la familia, pues claro que no dejé pasar la oportunidad!!!
Tengo familia en Denver, así que a veces vienen a visitar a mi gran familia o a veces nosotros vamos para allá, esta vez decidieron tomar vacaciones en la playa y nos invitaron a mi y mis papas y oh woW! que dias con la familia! estuvimos en una casa que se rentó cerca del mar y el calor no se sintió pues pasamos unos días geniales, los atardeceres eran espectaculares y todo fue realmente maravilloso!
Mis sobrinos cada vez crecen y hablan mas el español, jugué mucho con ellos, nadamos, vimos los paisajes y la naturaleza que es realmente hermosa, árboles llenos de mangos, piñas por todos lados, flores y muchas palmeras, me recordó esta canción que dice: en el mar la vida es mas sabrosa! 
Espero poder volver a ir otra vez a la playa y disfrutar muchos días de sol y arena.
Is June, in Guadalajara the weather feels so humid, in the air you can feel and smell the humid, of course, is so much worst when is in a big city, but when i had the chance to going out and spend a few days with my family, of course i didn't think it so long and we went to there!!!
I've got family in Denver, and sometimes they come to visit my big family or sometimes we go with them, this time they decided to spend some days at the beach and they invited us my parents and me and oh woW! what a days with my family! we stayed at a rented house near to the beach so we didn't feel the heat because we spend an awesome days, the sunset was just spectacular and everything was really wonderful!
My nephew and nieces are growing and they speak more spanish, i play a lot with them, we swim, we saw the gorgeous views and the nature that is really beautiful, big big mangoes trees, pineapples everywhere, flowers and lots of coconut palms, it reminds me this song that said: en el mar la vida es mas sabrosa! (in the beach the life is very joyful!)
I do really wish spend more days again in the beach and enjoy the sun and sand.

from granny wardrobe...

Confesión número, ehm... perdí la cuenta!, igual lo diré, últimamente he estado viendo y buscando por todo pinterest acerca de algún tutorial para darle un makeover a prendas viejas, he visto muy buenos blogs al respecto (creo que esto de las 3R no está nada, nada mal!), así que hice un intercambio con unas lindas señoras que tienen un bazaar de caridad afuera de un templo, doné unas prendas a cambio de un sólo vestido (creo que pertenecía a una monja), el vestido en sí es bastante simple, creo que si lo llevé, fue por que tenía bolsillos, no es vintage y es mas bien de confección de alguna costurera, no tiene etiquetas ni nada... de lo cual concluyo lo siguiente:

-Busca un buen tutorial, tal vez encontrarás muchos y varios pero si tienes dudas al respecto sigue consultando la web, yo usé varios de mi tablero de pinterest
-Conoce tu talla, mi vestido es algo como L, yo soy talla CH o igual hasta petite, tenía un poco de temor en cortar mas de la cuenta pero, si tu caso es como el mío, seguro cortarás mas tela de la que te imaginas..
-Identifica bien la tela de tu vestido, en mi caso creo que tiene una ligera o tal vez nula cantidad de algodón, asi que fue un poco de trabajo porque la tela se estiraba
-Sé creativo, me gusta el estampado aunque es un poco aburrido, mi idea inicial era usar sharpies pero pensé que a la 3ra lavada el color no resistiría, así que utilicé pintura para tela y el resultado me agradó bastante...
De ser un vestido sacado del closet de la abuela, lo hice un vestido con un "sexy back"...

Confession number, ehm.. i just miss the count.. i'll tell it anyway, lately i've been watching and looking all around in pinterest about some tutorials to makeover some of my clothes, i've seen so many blogs that posts about it (i think the 3R are not, not bad at all!) so, i made an exchange with a few lovely ladies who had a charity bazaar outside of a church, i gave them a few of my clothes in exchanges of one dress (i think it used to belong to a nun), and the dress is quite simple, i think if i choose it was because it had pockets, it is not vintage and i do think that is homemade, it doesn't have any label... so this are my conclusions:
-Look a good tutorial, you may find a lot and different but if you got doubts about it just keep looking on the web, i find some in my pinterest board
-You better know your size, my dress was something like L, i am a S or even petite, i hesitate when i was going to cut the fabric, i didn't want to spoil it, but if your case is like mine, for sure you gonna cut more fabric that you thought..
-Identify the fabric of your dress, in my case i think it had a small amount or maybe non of cotton, so it was more difficult due the stretch of the fabric
-Be creative, i like the patterned fabric although is a little bit dull, my original idea was to use sharpies but then i thought that i wont be last forever and it will be washed away, so i use a fabric paint and i like it so much...
It was a dress from granny wardrobe, i made a "sexy back" dress...