Wednesday, October 19, 2011

eye candy




hace tiempo que no comparto con ustedes imagenes y sensaciones que han caido en mi camino.  solia hacer esto a menudo.  con tanto que compartir en linea, con tantas revistas y libros para las que nos gusta crear, he ido dejando de lado tiempo "sapeando" para dedicarme mas a tiempo "logrando".  pero, de vez en cuando, se me hace imperioso ver que es lo que otras/otros estan desarrolando.

asi es que aqui va un gran surtido de las cosillas que a mi mas me tocaron. tratare de poner a quien pertenecen (autor, link, etc.) aunque no siempre soy tan organizada al bajar fotos.


 
tienda etsy de un blog que sigo llamado sweet cottage dreams
etsy, creo
misty mawn, artist
no me acuerdo, me enamore de esta foto
ventana en casa ruchi, el tigre, argentina
color sepia, blog que sigo

blog bicacolors

blog de susan lenz
la incomparable chichi
blog ozma of odds
y su blog header

etsy
misty mawn painting




the paper mulberry blog


 jane ray


facebook, christiana montagna, amiga








http://lesoursduzes.blogspot.com/







sophie marceau
 y
julia ormond
dos de las mujeres famosas con las que mas me identifico

blog, a heart in provence






 sweet magnolias farm

baumcat

malphi



sugarloop, etsy

TODAS DE ETSY

esta ultima foto es la que ha hecho que se me paren los pelos
mi hijo con su polola dandose un besito al atardecer
que siga la buena onda
creo que con esto las he dejado con un monton de inspiracion

Monday, October 17, 2011

cottage monday

 you have no idea how long this shelf just sat on the floor waiting to be hung
i bought it instantly when i saw it tucked at the far end of one of my favorite local stores called homespun.  you see aqua is my favorite color.
 but there it sat, for months.  i think i was concerned about hanging it up and ruining the wall since it very heavy, a true vintage, real wooden upcycled cupboard.

i lknew the inspiration to give it life would eventurally come to me.
 cielo's cottage monday linky triggered that momentum.

 so i am proud to present......
"the shabby aqua corner"
 on a once empty wall in my bedroom
as always when you're shuffling, ideas keep popping into your head as you go so i worked on one of my nightstands too.  believe me, this was NOT at all what it looked like before.  i work alot with my hands at night propped up in my bed so it is usually filled with threads and needles as well as the night creams, colognes, nail file, scissors, vitamins, tums, and all sorts of odds and ends that i have now decided to put in a basket under my bed so that that corner of the room doesn't look so unseemly.
take into consideration that all these things i already had.  all i did was shuffle them around a bit a make them new.





another treasured gift from my friend marcela at colorin colorado

i'm linking to

Saturday, October 15, 2011

night and day, bright and cheery garland


hemos tenido una de las semanas mas hermosas que yo recuerde en california.  pleno octubre y aun soleado y con temperaturas veraniegas. por lo que yo, amante de los colores y lo alegre, sigo arriba, volada, volando.



 casi siempre creo en las tardes e incluso de noche, casi siempre en mi pieza viendo alguna pelicula antigua. anoche me dio por sacar misaltos de telas y coser una guirnalda para celebrar este milagro de otono. unas cuantas horas y presto, estaba lista. 

y ahi, al despertar, estaba para darme los buenos dias.
abro las cortinas y el milagro continua,
otro dia de sol
me da por irme a la marina a comer mariscos con mi gordin a cuestas
pero a la tarde ya encontre mi proximo proyecto en la ultima revista de somerset life


estoy particpando en
artistsinblogland 

Friday, October 14, 2011

gees bend revisited

 back to english for an a explanation
of my latest embroidery in progress.
i have long been and admirer of the gees bend
quilts and have several books about them.
since i can't own one, i decided i would make my own (sort of) but embroidered.
and here are the results of the work in progress.  i have stitched for almost a month now, at intervals, since i always have several projects going simultaneously.
 i added this square in the centre after submitting some feathers to jude hill's magic feather project.
isn't this a contrast with my home decor?
although my living room and dining room are a little whimsier and funky than the kitchen and bedrooms which always draw from my growing up in england.
hope you enjoy
 one of my favorite gees bend quilts
gees bend, alabama back in 1937
while i'm at it, why not share my favorites from this week's flickr
and a bird inspiration piece

as well as another brilliant quilter
harriet powers