So Cute It Hurts

I am here because of you

Hope your Thanksgiving was full to the brim. I had a wonderful Thanksgiving with my sister and brother this year. I cooked, we ate and more eating the next days.

In honor of thanksgiving, i want to take this opportunity to say Thank You. Thanks for making my creative journey a great one, and more importantly thanks for all your love, support and your generosity in sharing with me. I am here because of YOU.

I want to start my holiday season off on the right foot; in gratitude, mindfulness, joy and of course, love! I hope to be able to slow down and savor on the simplicities life this season. I still have a few large projects to wrap up before December but for now let the holiday cheers begin!

More to come, friends. More. to. come.
Have a beautiful merry happy week.
Keep warm
Love to you and yours.

learning as i go

Hello there.

I don't know how i managed to get a migraine attack on Saturday morning while i was out shopping for some photography accessories, but i am sick and all i can hope for is to be healthy and back to normal pronto. Being sick and stuck on bed is not my idea of a good way to spend the exciting weekend. No sir. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that my self-prescribed combination of medications, movies and many long naps taken will contribute to a speedy recovery.

Today is day number two and i managed to will myself to get around and do some assignments from my Divas and Dreams workshop. One of my assignment is creating a fine art photo. I made a simple flower arrangement and i played with the light, the depth of field and the composition. I have also used a reflector and a white form board. This is what i came out with. I know they are not the best and i think they are not even close to being fine art photos. Nevertheless, i have some fun creating these photos and it was worth it.

Okay, back to bed.
Hope you are having a lovely time doing whatever you do.
Be well.
Love to you and yours.

loveliness. just because.

Hello friends.

I'm taking Divas and Dreams workshop this month and the following month. Just because, i feel that it's time to take my photography to the next level, to explore my creativity, develop my own style and conquer the fear of using Photoshop. Christina's content is absolutely fabulous so far and not to forget all the talented and interesting classmates i am meeting. Very uplifting and inspiring indeed.

My first assignment is to put together an inspiration vision board of images that inspires me and evokes my creativity. I have a huge collection of images that pulls my heart strings and make my heart sing. It's about time to take some of them out and display them to feed my creative soul.

I'm a huge fan of Leslie's (a Creative Mint) work ever since we met in Blogging Your Way back in 2009. On October 2009, i wrote an email to sweet Leslie asking for permission to use her images on my personal board and she said YES. Ever since that day, i've been collecting her gorgeous images and safely keeping them in my inspiration folder. Honestly, i'm a little embarrassed to admit that this vision board didn't materialize till this day...yes after 2 years.

So here is my board for So Cute It hurts inspiration 2011. A collection of images mostly from sweet Leslie of a Creative Mint, an image from Pei Li of Dollhouse Miniatures by Pei Li and a beautiful image of a Australian home designed by Gardener Marks.

I've toss around ideas for my board. I love patterns, fabrics, sewing notions, lace, tapes, flowers and i'm drawn to the color pink, so i settled on doing a color me pretty with a hint of pink theme.

I had the old one up since June, so it's a good time for a change. My inspiration board now sits back on my sewing table. It makes me smile each time i see it.

Have a beautiful sweet weekend.
I hope it's everything sweet and nice.
Still more stories to come soon.
Love to you and yours.

all things handmade

It makes me really happy to say that i finished that unexpected huge order and delivered it to a happy customer. Now i can come up for air and breathe.

While at Pipit wonderful market 7, i had the pleasure of not only meeting wonderful crafty ladies, but i managed to score some nifty handmade goodies. Purchasing handmade creations by others is one of my favorite things ever. EVER. They make me happy.

Loving my new plush from the super talented lady of Pocoleizi. I love each and every one of her plushes, and she has endless designs which made it terribly hard to choose. I Can't wait to sew a little dress for this little one! I even bought a little chair for her to sit on ~ an Evangelione collection.

A lace ribbon rack for all my loveliness! What a score. This is designed and handmade by the super talented folks at LazyboneHandmade. I plan to make a little cover for it.

I've also used my camera a great deal and i even had the pleasure of meeting readers i knew and i never knew were out there reading. I really appreciate those of you stopping by to say hi. I'll be back with lots of photos and a complete play by play next week.

But for now i wanted to show you some of my newest tote bags. Tote bags with handmade button closure, leather handles and lots of inside organization (very much needed). To be honest, i've been hoarding all of these fabrics for a while now. It must be the bold illustration and the colors. Yep, I'm definitely a fan of the colors.

I finished putting my first batch of holiday totes and handmade journals in the shop. I'm feeling sorta like patting myself on the back for finally meeting this crafty goal. Now i am going to get started on a couple of Christmas projects ~ limited edition holiday goodies. Not sure what my plan is just yet, but i have several ideas in the works.

Hope you're having a lovely weekend.
Stay warm.
Love to you and yours.