MY COLORFUL NOOK

February 1, 2016

My host family and I moved to a new house 9 months ago in the same neighbourhood and many friends have asked me to see pictures of my new house and room.

I decided to show my room and some facts about me and my space. I love spending time in it, creating, working, reading and taking naps.

My room is the place where I get to decompress from the day, where I dream and where I get to create most of the time.

BOW CAPE #2

December 15, 2015

I made these capes after my tutorial collaboration with Wild + Free and I've already sold 5 capes to friends and a few followers from Instagram.

These two are my favorite ones and I've had plans to keep them until one day I had daughters, but since by the time my future daughters will be old enough to wear them it could be in at least 10 years, I decided to sell them so that two lucky girls can enjoy them instead of sitting in my closet.

They are both reversible with one side in a beautiful quality velvet and the blue one has a soft flower pattern on the other side and the green one has a soft lilac flannel fabric. The cape ties around the neck with the softest most gorgeouse handdied velvet ribbon.

I listed them on Etsy and you'll be able to find a few ponchos aswell. I am a little sad to let them go, but I know I can always make more and I am happy someone can love them as much as I do.

Practically Perfect in every way!

November 17, 2015

Practically Perfect in Every Way! That's how I remember Mary Poppins. Her impecable style, her perfectionism, and her beauty.

"In every job that must be done there is an element of Fun! You find the fun and... SNAP! The job's a game!" Mary Poppins.

Who knows me, knows I love Mary Poppins so much. Mary was part of my childhood, actually, I don't know how anybody can make it through childhood without this classic. In our home we even named a meal after Mary.

My mother was also a fan of Mary Poppins, she was probably 4 o 5 years old when the movie came out. My grandmother made her one of the dresses from the movie for one of her roller skate performances. We still have this dress today (see below).

That dress got a lot of love and countless ours of playing dress up... and when I couldn't fit in it anymore, I made my brothers wear it. I really wanted a sister, so that was the closest I would get to have one. I was probably quite bossy (perdoneu germans!! :D)

Foto: Xavier on the left and Jordi on the right.

Ryan and I decided to be Bert and Mary for this year's Halloween. This has always been one of my dreams (it's the little things) and I decided to make my costume from scratch.

We chose the scene below, one of my favorites of the movie:

I began my search for a similar pattern that I could use as a reference. I knew I would have to do some changes to it but I found the top and the bottom patterns from McCall's; for the jacket this one and for the skirt this one .

I wanted to make the hat myself, but I couldn't find the right shape of hat I wanted, so I found this one in Etsy and it was perfect!

Disney store makes a replica of the parrot umbrella thanks to the Broadway Musical in New York.

Oh, and this video... I will cherish it forever! #pressplay and enjoy!

Mary and Bert are back 2015

A colorful breakfast

November 17, 2015

Beatriz de Pepa y su Maleta e Isabel de Mariposas Blancas tienen un bonito apartado en su blog llamado Something Beautiful, donde invitan a alguien que quieren conocer más a preparar un desayuno en un lugar favorito mientras explican cosas sobre sus proyectos y aventuras.

Hace ya un año coincidimos las tres en un curso online de Hello!Creatividad y yo conocí en persona a Bea en mi paso por Madrid en Abril de este año.

Pasaros por sus blogs; aquí el de Bea y aquí el de Isabel para saber más de lo que cuento sobre mis proyectos, propósitos y sobre mis aventuras en Seattle y para ver el desayuno que preparé con Tania de República Checa y con Lucile de Francia en ese bonito día de otoño.

Vuela pajarito, vuela!

June 19, 2015

"Vuela Pajarito, Vuela!"

Summer has officially started for me which means 'bye' code and math!! Go torture someone else!

#thestruggleisreal

June 2, 2015

A right brainer learning HTML:

Not the teacher's fault but my attention levels disappear around 20 minutes after the class started.

So, while I'm supposed to be following along with the class, building a website from scratch and trying to make sense of all these symbols and strange signs... I get lost and then I start dreaming of an html file full of color, flowers, birds flying and some imaginary music playing in the background.

TARTA·DI·FIORI

May 5, 2015

"Flowers are Love’s truest language; they betray,
  Like the divining rods of Magi old,
  Where precious wealth lies buried, not of gold,
But love—strong love, that never can decay!"
        Park Benjamin

Paper hats for Wild+Free

April 23, 2015

Here's my latest collaboration with the beautiful homeschooling community Wild + Free for the March bundle called FAMILY, inspired by the classic children's book 'The Swiss Family Robinson' and is packed full of articles, how-tos, downloads, tutorials and other resources...

Duchess and Lion Screen Printing

January 18, 2015

This is one of my small collaborations with Duchess and Lion, the beautiful children's clothing company based in the Bay Area, California.

I drew the graphics that are now screen printed in the 'Camp' jumpsuits for the Fall Winter Collection. This is a very versatile romper inspired by flags from summer camps. They are unisex and they tie at the shoulders for easy on and off, made with a soft french terry fabric.