Tile

We recently installed the tile in our bathroom :)
It looks really cheerful,
specially in the morning light.

Phone doodles

This month has been a whirlwind of activity,
with not much time to spend drawing.
These doodles were done while on the phone
with a good friend yesterday :)

Hope you had a lovely Christmas!

Merry Christmas

Isaiah 9:6 (King James Version)

For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given:
and the government shall be upon his shoulder:
and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor,
The mighty God, The everlasting Father,
The Prince of Peace.

Big hug to all :)

Terrarium

I finally put together the terrarium
I wanted for my studio.
The jar is 8 inches tall by 6 inches wide.
I decorated it with some rocks,
one of my hand painted stones & a bunny
I borrowed from my kids.

I am patiently waiting
for this book to be released

Seaweeds

I gifted myself these beautiful
seaweed pressings for Christmas
from Martha's Etsy shop
I am in LOVE with the work she does
with these sea jewels.

Hanging in there

One little birdie is up in the tree!
Few more to go...

Christmas Tree

I'm working on a few
needle felted & embroidered birdies for the tree.
I hope I can finish at least six of them
before Christmas

This is what our tree looks like in daylight.

The shelves next to the tree.

Joy!!!

Our tree is finally up
& it smells so good.

Ready

Even though we were away for just one week,
I really missed my cozy studio.
Now I'm back and ready to work!

I bought that amazing black sea fan coral
in a beautiful little shop
called Seaport Village Shell Co. in San Diego.

I'm back

Refreshed and inspired
by the sea.

You can take a peek at our vacation photos
by clicking here.

I'm ready for Christmas now!
We'll be going tree hunting this weekend.

Greetings from San Diego

This little birdie joined us for breakfast yesterday
at the Cafe 222.

Paint it, pack it, ship it

Having a little shop where I can sell my work
has been such a wonderful experience.

Preparing my prints to be shipped
is as fun as making the art itself.

I want to thank each and every one of you
that has taken a little piece of me into their home :)

We'll be going on a little vacation tomorrow.
I plan to continue posting from our destination,
so come back often, I love to have you here!

The shop will be open,
but anything you purchase
between December 3rd till the 10th
will be shipped on Monday the 15th.

If you buy a Tiny book today I will ship it
from the US to ensure you get it before Christmas.

Tiny, tiny books

After lots of meticulous work
the tiny books are ready!

They will be available at my Etsy shop
tomorrow at noon CST.

I was only able to make 15 books,
and only 10 will be available in the shop tomorrow.

It's December! Can you believe it?
The most wonderful time of the year.

Tiny Books in progress

I hope you had a lovely Thanksgiving day.

I'm still working on the tiny books.
They will be up for sale
at my shop
next Tuesday at noon CST.

The other one

I share this other desk with my boys
in the studio/homeschool.
Manolo made
the blackboard/bulletin board for us.
The desk, and white flower pots
are from IKEA.

On my desk today

Getting ready to work.
It was totally chaotic before I took this photo, for real ;)
I'm going to have to take a before pic one of these days
and share it here so you'll believe me.

Have a beautiful weekend.

Autumn light

I just can't get over how beautiful

the light is these days.

I wish autumn

could go on for ever.

All these photos were taken yesterday.
What's your favorite season?

The Monkey has a name!

Thank you so much
for all of the wonderful names you suggested,
Daniel and I had so much fun reading all of them.
Congratulations to Pina
from Another Beautiful Day blog
who suggested the winning name.
Kristin from Kristin La Flamme,
and Doug of Jonesapalooza
will also receive a little surprise in the mail
for suggesting very similar names.
Please email me with your address as soon as possible.
Thank you so much for playing with us!

Happy birthday Daniel!

We are celebrating
our son Daniel's 11th birthday today!

He's been asking me
to make him a sock monkey all year long,
and I finally made him one yesterday afternoon.
He needs a name, so Daniel would like to ask you
for suggestions.
He will pick one randomly tomorrow morning.
If you're name suggestion is picked
I'll send you a surprise goodie in the mail.
Let's play!

The Making of...

...the tiny books.
Production is full mode
at my desk right now.

I highly recommend this book
if you're into bookbinding.

Two more

Two more prints available in the shop.

There will be 30 new "Tiny Book of Birds"
available in the shop before the end of this week,
I'll let you know beforehand.
They'll make great stocking stuffers
this Christmas ;)

Underwater garden

Watercolor & acrylic ink on paper
5 x 7 inches
I needed to take a break from the birdies yesterday
...so I went underseas with my brushes :)

Collection

Wishing you a lovely weekend.

Thank you for visiting!

Shop update

I just added six new prints

to my shop.

And my good friend Oliver
is selling this gorgeous
limited edition letterpress print
in his Etsy shop

Happy Thursday friends!

On hold

My journal pages for these next two weeks.
My good friend Gustavo Aimar
sent me a whole bunch of little papers
to use in my collages,
so this is a collaboration of sorts.

Gracias Gustavo!
I've got a big deadline on Friday so
my next birdie will be arriving till next week.
Thank you so much
for all of the sweet well wishes yesterday!
It was a joyous day :)

13 amazing years

It was thirteen years ago today
that I was blessed to marry my best friend.
I am the luckiest girl on earth :)

Bird No.32

Watercolor, collage & ink on paper.
10 x 14 inches

Weekend

We had some friends over on Saturday
for a fun "Make your own panini" lunch.
How was your weekend?
I'll be back later with the birdie of the day
...see you then.

Bird No.31

Er...birds No.31 in fact.
Watercolor, collage & ink on paper.
10 x 14 inches.

I'll be back Monday
with the next one.
Thank you so much for
always leaving such lovely comments,
I really enjoy and appreciate them a lot.

Hope you all have a beautiful weekend.

Bird No.30

Watercolor, collage & acrylic ink
on Twinrocker handmade paper
10 x 14 inches

Bird No. 29

Watercolor, collage & acrylic ink
on Twinrocker handmade paper
10 x 14 inches

Bird No.28

Pitangus sulphuratus
This is one of the new birdies I'm doing
to replace those that have been sold out
in my shop.
I will be making ten new birdies
(including this one).
Come back to see a new one every day
till I'm finished :)

Sunday afternoon

There's nothing better
than spending a Sunday afternoon
at home.