Lovely Morning

We just arrived home from spending a really lovely time in San Miguel de Allende.
I found this pretty embroidered blouse and two beautiful
handmade bracelets woven from some kind of palm.
The blouse came in that cute market tote with a pretty paper flower.
Such a nice detail from the shop isn't it?
Makes you want to go back there and shop some more :)

Sticky Notes

I had totally forgotten to tell you that my super cute sticky notes set made by Galison
is now available exclusively at an Anthropologie near you (or online).
Oh! and they're also selling my Pocket Planner!
*Photos from anthropologie.com

Thank you so much for all the lovely comments on my self-portrait.
I felt SO loved it warmed my heart. You guys are the sweetest!

Self

I mustered all my nerve to share this.
I'm sketching for a self-portrait.
Much idealized... I am not as young or pretty.
Going to do it in watercolor and hopefully finish it
before my impending 44th birthday in two weeks.

Manolo's Shelves

Manolo finally finished installing the beautiful shelves he designed
for the living room's concrete wall. His talent just blows me away.
Love the combination of concrete, wood and stainless steel.
I can't believe we've been living here for a whole year already,
it seems like we moved in yesterday.

La Liebre, el Zanate y el Garambullo

New stamps I made yesterday of some critters & cactus
that are very typical of this area.
You can get an alphabet rolling stamp like mine at this link.

Small Pleasures

My mind wanders every time I look at this beautiful rock specimen by Cori Kindred.

My brand new washi tape dispenser made by Daniel.

New Shelves

I just inherited these shelves that were in the entrance/hallway
because Manolo is building new ones for that space.
These look so at home in the studio, it almost feels like he designed them just for me.

My dear handmade deer by Stephanie Congdon Barnes

Felt flower from Lola's cover. Lola is my sewing machine ;)

Bird & Brush

A recent close encounter with a cute vermillion flycatcher
& the fine round brush I use to paint my stones.
It's called a Script/Liner. You can find the inks I use here.

The Dog Who Knew Too Much

My handsome dog Turbo is in the cover
of the aptly named The Dog Who Knew Too Much by Spencer Quinn!
Cover design by the fabulous Anna Dorfman of Door Sixteen.

Tie Dye

Tie dyed & sewed a linen panel for my one of my studio windows this morning.

Love that it looks like stained glass. I might have to make more for the other windows.

This is the drawer where I keep all the rubber block leftovers from my bigger projects (aka my book for Lark). I plan to make lots of little stamps with them.

Sea Biscuit

A newly painted stone for my tiny Mac beach :)

Air Mail

A few tiny stamps I made this morning
to use in the packaging for my lovely Etsy customers :)

*Update: For those of you who wanted to know
I used ColorBox Pigment Inkpads in colors
Aqua, Sky Blue, Scarlet and Orchid.

Zzzzzzzz

Turbo wishes you a peaceful, restful weekend :)

Things That Are Round

Digitally altered photo of a beautiful vintage scale at La Aurora Gallery
in San Miguel de Allende and yesterday's loaf.
Bookhou tea towel. No knead recipe.

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Three things i finished yesterday:
a heart shaped box, a moth stone & a fabric pendant.
Can you believe these beautiful pebbles are actually candy covered chocolate?
Prettiest candy ever! And they taste really good too!
They're now decorating my coffee table.

Midnight Blues

Last night I needed to unwind so I painted stones.
Queretaro is always windy so it's great to have lots of paperweights
on hand around the house to keep stuff from flying away.
I painted these with acrylics and a very fine round brush.
The beautiful triangle pattern is from one of my favorite Bookhou bags.

Diamonds

Daniel is into woodworking now and he made me this awesome box and I LOVE it :)
Square number three of twenty is almost done. Slow but steady.
The beautiful pincushion inside my box was handmade
by the talented & lovely Liane from Enhabiten.

Prickly Pears

My favorite fruit right next to mangoes are the sweet & juicy prickly pears.
They're in season right now and I eat at least two every single day.
Manolo eats lots more than two, he's the fruit monster of the house.
I love to photograph and paint them too!
'Tunas' as they're called in Spanish are the fruits of the Opuntia or Nopal cactus.
You can read more about the fascinating paddle cactus here.
My little mariachi bird was featured in a tiny section of an article
of the September issue of Food & Wine magazine
about Nate & Salli's awesome site They Draw & Cook!

Atelier

Photo 1: That pretty fabric poster above my covered printer is from Bookhou.
The drawings were made by her very talented husband John.
Photo 2: Fabric storage baskets from Bookhou as well :)
Photo 3: I brought back my framed Cyanobird from the Winged Migration show at Bookhou in Toronto. Margie did a wonderful job choosing the frames for my originals. I'm happy i got to keep this one for my studio :) I hardly ever frame my own stuff.
Photo 4: It's the pretty view from my desk.
Photo 5: My beautiful kalanchoe tomentosa

Morning Fog

We've had beautiful thick fog in the mornings for the past couple of days.
There's a giveaway of my latest collage going on at my Facebook page
in case you want to participate :)

Things With Wings

My little vintage boxes & ephemera living in harmony
with my little winged creatures at the studio.