Velcro - Proyecto de Arte Funcional

I turned 27 last week. Yes, 27. We celebrated doing a few things over the weekend like going to a veggie food festival, having a nice picnic, going to Ensenada, and having some tapas and wine on my birthday night. I was a quite pleasant long weekend. It eased my mind/thoughts on turning one year older because i kind of didn’t want to do anything and just let it pass. I know it’s a bit ridiculous to still not want to get older but it happens some years, i get that feeling, strong feeling and i realize i AM getting older. Hahahaha. I know.

I feel sometimes that each year starts on march and i have all these plans and ideas in my mind for the coming months and I just can’t seem to travel as much as i would want to, or save up for a whatever it is i want/need that year, or take more trips to the beach or park, all those plans, you know, nothing big or work plans (those are actually made at the start of january; these are more like existential and emotional stuff), but after all has passed, at the end of the year i notice that this or that didn’t happen, I do realize that as long as i am better (or at least the same) than last year, happier, full, healthier and still dreaming and progressing, it’s all good with me.

v

I’m going to take a moment here to be super cheesy without apology because as i was checking my email and stuff, i heard a mocking bird singing by my window and it totally made me feel all warm and happy inside. So here i am being super cheesy with my favorite things about spring and the coming of spring: 1. mocking birds singing {cenzontle is their name in spanish, one of my favorite words haha}, 2. the huge amount of wild flowers that bloom all over the place here in Baja, the native ones are the bomb; 3. more walks to explore and take photos of the pretty flowers blooming; 4. my birthday; 5. longer days; 6. Festival with music and tons of foood!; 7. season fruits and the fig trees in my street starting to bloom; 8. can’t think of anything else but i’m sure there’s lots of other things good about spring.

p.s. the flowers in the photo above actually bloom in the summer, but, you get the point.

Hi. I haven´t been blogging as much as i used to because i haven’t felt like it and not because i don’t want to or have something to share, i do, but i’m in one of those moods that when i make time and sit down to write something, nothing comes out the way i want to share it so i don’t.
I am planning on starting back up with my regular routine because i’m about to get out of that silly mood and i’m ready to share and post photos and all that good stuff. I want to share the books i’ve been reading because i’ve been reading more as a goal for this year. I, also, want to share some bread making and other food experiments. Thing like that will be coming up. More writing and less fluff.

Hope you’re having a good week.

P.s. the lovely photo above i shot on the first day of january where we stayed and passed the new year celebration. It’s the gorgeous pacific ocean, just south of Tijuana. I love the blues and the angles and textures.

Hola. No he estado escribiendo aquí tan seguido como lo hacía y realmente es porque no he tenido ganas de hacerlo, como que perdí la viada y no quiero forzarlo. No es porque no tenga cosas que quiera compartirles, todo lo contrario, solo que cuando me he tomado el tiempo y ya que me siento a escribir, no me sale nada, así que termino sin entradas para compartir.
Estoy planeando regresar a esto de escribir seguido, como la rutina que ya tenía antes para salirme de este humor raro de no poblicar nada así que ya estoy lista para compartirles cosas suaves. Quiero compartir sobre lo que he estado leyendo, porque he estado leyendo más como una de mis metas para este año. También quiero compartir mis aventuras con los primeros panes que he horneado y otros experimentos con comida. Cosas como esas vienen en camino. Más escribir y menos relleno.

Qué tengan una buena semana.

P.d. La bella foto de arriba es el hermoso oceano pacífico como se veía el primero de enero de este año desde san antonio, al sur de tijuana, donde pasamos las celebraciones del año nuevo. Me gustan tanto las texturas, los azules y los ángulos de la foto.

I found a roll of film I hadn’t developed and that I didn’t know existed until I saw the photos and remembered it was one lot of missing shots from my ‘photo a day’ project.

I love these two photos, the light and texture of the fabric.

Happy new year!
I wanted to write this long post with my thoughts on this past year, the new year and other bits but it’s not working out. I haven’t made time to sit and think and put down something meaningful. 2012 was a weird year, both good and not so good. It’s a bit more difficult that i thought to put it into words.
So, to at least share something {for now} about my 2012, how about a few photos for each month. Here we go:

January. We Started our year with a lot of hiking, a friend’s rockabilly birthday and dyed totes.

Febuary. Working on a drawing project.

March. My birthday, thrifting and Save the Beach :)

April. More hiking & hydroponic veggies

May. Backpacks, wild flowers and more drawing.

June. My loves, summer parties and watching the eclipse.

July. Mexico’s election, interactive textiles workshop and the summer heat getting to us while hiking.

August. The beach, gatherings with friends with homemade pizza and the late david bowie betta fish :(

September. Dying a lot of backpacks, the alley at night and gorgeous Mika.

October. A long awaited trip, colder night and we built a planter.

November. Wool backpacks, family reunion with my mom’s delicious desserts and painting the walls white.

December. Crafty bits, my brother’s graduation and enjoying alone time.

A couple of weekends ago, i went to a friend’s baby shower which was held in a pretty yard with lots of plants and trees. One of the organizers, the super talented Paola, made the party hats which were AWESOME {yes, in caps}. The food, the cupcakes, the ladies, everything was great, it was a fun celebration. I totally forgot to take photos of the pretty baby leggings I made for the tiny new person coming to this world, oh well, the good thing is that i made them the correct size {i was stressing about it so much because they looked tiny but i guess that’s how babies are} and the parents-to-be loved them.

Hace un par de fines de semana, fui a un shower de una amiga, en un patio muy bonito con plantas y árboles. Una de las organizadoras, la talentosa Paola, hizo unos gorritos de fiesta muy muy muy bonitos. La verdad, todo estuvo muy bien, la comida los pastelitos, la compañía, todo, estuvo divertido. Totalmente se me olvidó tomarle foto a lo que les hice de regalol, eran unos pantaloncitos de tela suavecita, lo importante es que le atiné a la medida {me estresé un poco porque quedaron chiquititos pero al parecer así son los bebes, ya se me había olvidado} y que les gustó a los futuros padres.

Today, that i wanted to stay in bed for ever because i wasn’t {still not} feeling so well, stuff just kept happening… like 5 monkey wrenches in my way, one after another. One can’t just stay in bed sick for one day of rest. That’s ok. I felt better by this afternoon and made myself some tea.
This week i’m sewing brooches, coin purses and pouches for a couple of big local shows next week. I’ll show a peek in the coming days.
Have a good wednesday. Any TV or movie recommendations? {random question.. hehehe}.

Hoy que la verdad solo quería quedarme en cama para siempre porque no me estaba sintiendo muy bien, no pude porque una cosa trás otra sucedía que tenía que resolver, de esas que te avientan cada situación sin avisar que ni modo de quedarte con los brazos cruzados. En fin, no se me hizo quedarme a descansar y pasar/curar el malestar. Está bien. Para la tarde me sentía mejor {obligada, casi}, me hice té y seguí. A veces hay días así.
Esta semana estoy cosiendo broches, monederos y bolsitas para un par de eventos locales en los que estaré participando la siguiente semana. Les comparto algunas fotos en estos días. Que tengan un buen miércoles. ¿Alguna recomendación de tele o película que tengan? {pregunta al azar.. jeje}.

A couple of days ago I took my ‘photo of the day‘ from my front door, looking at my view of the city and when I uploaded it, I realized that I have taken a lot of photos from that very spot.

Maybe I should take one a day, or once a week…

Hace un par de días tomé mi foto del día desde la enfrente de mi casa, viendo hacia la vista que tengo de la ciudad y, cuando la subí, me di cuenta que tenía algunas otras fotos tomadas desde ese mismo punto.
Talvez tomar una foto desde ahí todos los días estaría bien, o una vez a la semana…

Hello. It’s been quite a week. A lot of sewing and other work preparing the new stuff, some rest and naps trying to catch up with regular sleeping hours and some sickness because at one moment or another, one or two of us has been sick and yesterday and today was my turn, with a very sore throat, just when we’re preparing to go camping. Oh the change between summer and fall came from one day to the next. Fun.
I’ll share more peeks next week and hopefully have a batch ready to list. I’m also making a batch of dyed pouches for something i’ll share in the middle of november, it’s pretty exiting, it is!
Hope you have a wonderful weekend.

Today i stayed home all day tending to the little one because he woke up with a stomach bug. By the afternoon, after a few cups of chamomile tea, lots of electrolytes and rest, he was doing a lot better.
It had been a while since the last time he fell ill and i had forgotten the feeling i get for a moment when i see my little one sick, it’s heart breaking. It was a good thing that it only lasted a short time.

I did sneak in some sewing of totes that will be ready this weekend, yay! Then i’ll start with the winter and fall backpacks, bags and other bits i have in mind.

This weekend we had our plans changed last minute but we’re still making the best of it, or at least trying. I want to go to Entijuanarte, i’ll take photos to share. Have a great weekend.

Hoy me quedé en casa todo el día atendiendo al pequeño porque despertó con malestar estomacal. Para la tarde, después de algunas tazas de té de manzanilla, un suero y algo de descanso, ya se sentía mucho mejor. Ya había pasada bastante tiempo desde la última vez que se había enfermado y como que ya se me había olvidado cómo se siente verlo enfermo… me parte el corazón. Lo bueno fue que solo le duró poco tiempo..

Pude coser un poco algunas bolsas de tote que tendré listas este fin de semana, yey! Y cuando termine estos totes, empezaré con las mochilas de otoño e invierno, bolsas y otras cositas que tengo en mente.

Los planes de este fin de semana cambiaron de último momento pero estamos tratando de hacer lo mejor de ello, a ver qué tal. Yo quiero ir a darme la vuelta a Entijuanarte. Que tengan un buen fin de semana.