gift list on Etsy

Can't help myself i love a loooot of things on Etsy... from vintage shoes to all decoration stuff... i was really busy this past weeks, and i'll be so busy this next weeks, can't complain! i love to be busy and full of ideas and projects... after my workshop in the bookfair i had a really bad time with some food poisoning and awful flu... it was kinda obvious the flu, i spend 11 hours at day working with almost 300 kids at day... life happens tho... (gotta write a post about that..) this post is about all the eye candy things i love in Etsy, yes is a Gift list for her, i promise had one for guys...

This could be by far one of my fav accessories for the kitchen! and is hand printed!! is just gorgeous!!! you'll find more in TheHighFiber 

Lately i've been into dresses like a lot! this shop had dresses, jumper and skirts made it with natural fabric and with beautiful designs... more in OffOn 

Put a sugar on it! found this shop with adorable ceramic designs, this sugar and creamer set are made by NYC artist Samantha Booth, her Etsy shop is adorable! SamanthaBoothArt

this shop is totally an eyecandy!! so fresh and with very bright colors...!! there's nothing i don't like from this awesome shop... MokuyobiThreads

J & G wedding quilt

Once upon a time... (i always wanted to started a post with that..!), well, after Julie told me to save the date for her wedding, i started to think what would be the perfect gift, i should let you know that i totally refuse to give as a present any of my paintings, just for very and merely personal reason... you may remember that some year ago or so i gave to one of my friends a baby quilt for of course, their first baby... (i finished that quilt the right day of the baby shower!).. so i though myself not to do the same thing and being in hurry sewing and quilting days before the wedding! so i started the quilt in all Easter week and my vacations... it really was vacations even when it seems like not, but sewing can be soooo relaxing (if you are not in pressure...), so i didn't use any pattern, i like to do a free design and choosing colors by my own preference of colors and schemes... i thought that i'll finish it in August but then i barely had time to sew... darn... i had everything, the fabric, the bias tape with a gorgeous color, the lining... except the time... duh! so after a very awful flu, a very stressful days working on my workshop and test, and else, i finish the quilt the same day of the wedding haaaahaha i know... i'm a case!
But they totally love it! can't express myself and tell you guys the feeling of making something to someone you love, i mean, is quite different, i love and i adore to paint but the sensation of making both is really different...
If another of my friends invite me to their wedding, i may do another quilt... or should i learn to knit and make a granny square blanket or so? dunno, for sure give love materialized in a quilt or a painting or a blanket or whatever handmade is, for sure is something totally made with love

Love will be the reason

I meet Julie when i was a teenager, we became so close and share the same sense of humor, interests and dunno i guess our friendship matches because... i guess some friendships can last...
We went to the same high school, different classes and even had a little rough time because we were in love of the same guy hahaha....

So college was a different story, we barely seen each other but also life put our friendship back, we give each other the update of our lives while we were in college and after that ... we saw again to talk about our lives and jobs and loves and else
Then we worked together for the book fair, we make a team! we were like partners in crime!!
Did i already told you that she was roommate of my brother?! well they were and they also they hang out well...
So yesterday was her wedding and i couldn't be more happy for her! she get married with a wonderful women and i'm so proud for them!

so i guess friendship can be like that, they can last and change or evolve in something always better and great

Sunday will be for...

I went to the Art Museum and it was a pretty cool exhibition.... So this is what it looks like the earth library... is a project of an artist collaborating with other persons that can contribute to this peculiar and different library... the idea is to collect earth, pebbles, stones or dirt from around the world, so you can deliver the souvenir with all this proper data about the place where was collected and then see all this big collection... i totally loved the idea!! don't you?!

oh me oh my...

i've been really busy lately!! oh me, oh my..! can't complain about that.. i've been sewing like maniac, spending time working outside, spare my time between working and else i barely had time for taking deep breath and put myself down working on my paintings... yes, i had 3 exhibitions almost in row... planing my workshop and taking classes and also workshops... yes, i love to be in workshop as a student! is quite nice! i really really enjoy taking classes! i won't stop doing it, i'll should take more and more... my last courses was about making soaps, having a herb garden and i'm planing more and more... yasss i miss school...! did i mention that i had a really nasty flu? well i was under medication and i feel so much better now... plans ahead?! what do you expect!? of course more work and classes and workshop... wish me luck!!

PS i barely could finish the books i'll use for my workshop in the international book fair... oh me, oh my...!

custom...

a year ago my brother asked me if i could make a paint for him and his husband... both are disney fans... my brother asked to my brother-in-law to married him in front of the Disneyland castle... it was so emotive in so many reasons, so this painting is so symbol of many things for both... although... i haven't finished yet!... (hush! don't tell him..!!) i dunno much how to finish it, in some way i kinda know but to be sincere and to me it really need more details (i'm so obsessed with it..) what else should i put? i do really know wha, i can't tell you but is a surprise... i only hope that they like it and keep them as a memoir of their love and affection from me to them... 

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!!