We're enjoying
our holiday vacations in the States visiting family.
I'll be posting pics of our trip here.
Hope you all have a beautiful
Christmas full of love and in good company.
Big hug!



Museum of Modern Art in Fort Worth, Texas.
Thank you for all the
beautiful comments and
best wishes :o)

For Hailey

Click on the image to see it BIGGER :o)A Christmas gift for my sister's little girl Hailey.
It's a wall border design for her room.
Watercolor on paper.

I've been busy, busy, busy
making stuff for Christmas!
I hope I've inspired you
to make some handmade goodness
for your loved ones.

Big hug to everyone that visits!

Lupi

Handmade
Christmas present
for Lisbeth, she collects pigs :o)

Lupi is made out of wool felt with embroidery.
You can find the template
and "how to" here.

C'est fini!

You can see the completed project here.
The bear was definitely
our favorite :o)

Window Art cont...

I'm done with window#2...tomorrow: window #3, a polar bear.
Those paper snowflakes are real easy to make,
you can find a very good tutorial
on how to make them here.
From Martha Stewart Kids Magazine HOLIDAY 2002

Winking Owl

Another winter illo for the collection ;o)
Nut brown Windsor & Newton ink on Fabriano Watercolor paper.

ONE year!

Thank you all for a wonderful year of blogging,
it's been a pleasure to share with you!
BIG BIG hug!
xxooxx

Window Art

This post by Design*Sponge just blew me away and got me so inspired that I got some plastic sandbasted 3M film that my hubby had left over from one of his remodel projects and made this hansome deer to decorate our studio/classroom window.

View from the outside of our studio/classroom

View from the inside.

Illustration Friday: HELP

Watercolor and ink on paper.

More Christmassy goodness

Green button wreath inspired
by this loveliness by Pixiegenne

My son Daniel and I made a snow globe this week. I had the perfect jar!
The little house inside is a polymer clay house I made
based on a beautiful drawing made by my son Israel when he was 4.

You can fin instructions on how to make a snow globe here.

I made this embroidered felt gingerbread family
as a gift for my friend Mariana that makes
the BEST gingerbread cookies ever!

Oldie but goodie

I was going through some of my old jurnals today
and thought this drawing was worth sharing.
It's an ink drawing of Valparaiso, Chile
I made back in 1993.If you want to see an amazing night shot of Valparaiso
click here

Keeping busy

A nifty little cover for my beloved sewing machine
with a wool felt birdie to keep me company.
It looks like my sewing machine has a poncho..heehee.

A detailed look at my embroidered little friend.

The Christmas Song game

I have been tagged by Doug for the Christmas Song game.
I am to list 5 of my favorite Christmas songs and then tag 5 others to do the same.

My FAVORITE Christmas songs:

1. Carol of the Bells
2. Good King Wenceslas
3. The Christmas Song
4. Joy to the World
5. Hark! the Herald Angels Sing

I'm taggin':

1. Alina Chau
2. Amy Zaleski
3. Rrrramone
4. Teresa Sheeley
5. Fernanda Guedes

Illustration Friday: MASK

In keeping with my latest love of all things snowy.
This little masked bandido was made today
with watercolor on paper.
I added my handwriting
in the backround digitally.

Decking the halls!

Christmas decor in our classroom/studio.
Soft trees were made with the pattern from
Little Birds Handmade blog.

Winter bliss

I'm going through a "snowy illo" phase...
Watercolor and ink on paper

It's been a while...

...since I posted one of my journal pages.
I'm doing a bit of collage these days and using the stamps I carved out.

Line drawings

My latest line drawings... "Fuchsias" and "Sunflower"

Studio Friday: MY FAVORITE COLOR COMBO

I can say with certainty
that my color combo of coice is
orange/turquoise-blue :o)

Illustration Friday: MIGHT

Something a bit different today,
a bit goofy & quick but fun :o)
Ink drawing and digital.

Making stuff with a view

I changed the position of my desk on sunday
to get a better view of the gorgeous Moctezuma tree outside.
The leaves mobile was made from three placecards
I kept from our Thanksgiving dinner.
It's hanging from my lamp :o)

I made myself two little purses this week.
The orange one is knit & the other is just sewn wool fabric
with appliques of wool felt, inspired by the pillow I made for my friend Ana.
They both have natural color linen liners inside.
I got the idea from Martha Stewart's Holiday Handmade Gifts Special issue

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...

Postcards of this little red birdie
are available in my Cafepress shop.

The tree is up and from now on

I'm guessing it will be Christmas illustrations galore :o)

Setting the mood for Thanksgiving...

The kid's table.

Illustration Friday: INVENTION

I'm into lists these days.
This is the list of the greatest inventions according to Ideas 21.
Micron pen & digital collage.
Click on the image to make it BIG.

My "Thank you God" list:

Happy Thanksgiving friends!

Hope you have a wonderful holiday with your loved ones.

*the complete list is here

Daniel's 9th. Birthday!

Even though it rained and we had to have the party indoors,
Daniel's 9th. birthday was a BIG success,
we lit up the fireplace, roasted marshmallows, the little guys played and played and played.
The kids loved their goodie bags filled with chocolate and some small little toys.
I made them the week before, out of wool felt.
A different one for each boy and girl.

Daniel LOVED the present we got for him...
I'll post his creations as soon as they dry up :o)

Mr. T

Watercolor on paper.