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During my recent trip to Sanibel Island I discovered these precious tiny suitcases from Lady Jayne Ltd. Of course, these two returned home with me...They are perfect to store pretty papers or to carry my sketchbook and watercolors.
Latest crafty news....
Recently I bought this craft book for my daughter. It shows how to make fairies using wood beads, silk flowers, beads and wire. We are hooked on these cuties !
Here is one of the fairies my daughter made...
Just heard the news! I'm going to be the auntie of a baby girl!
My cool sister Yanira is expecting her first baby!!!!
We are back from our family's summer vacation at Sanibel Island. We spent our 5 days at this place, which was unbelievable!....swimming, resting, shopping and enjoying every minute of each delicious seafood and pastries we ate! The hotel had exquisite cuisine and scrumptious pastries! I loved Palm Court Bakery which had fantastic coffees, pastries, desserts, and gelatos.
Accomodations were heavenly....Here are some pixs from the view from our hotel room...Amazing sunsets!
We also visited downtown Sanibel Island, full of beautiful shells, unique local shops and to top it off we had lunch at this funny cool place. It was a blast to eat there! One of my fav places to shop was at Periwinkle Place were I found one of the stores I love for their eye candy: Fresh Produce
It was a refreshing time for us and we have returned home feeling so renewed and happy!
We are leaving for our family summer vacation • Chat with you next week!
For The Angel Company convention I created several handstamped greeting cards featuring my latest rubberstamp designs to be displayed during my demonstration. The new stamp sets include designs for each holiday and seasons.
Here a couple of my cards....
I stamped this card using my new "Sweet Pea" stamp set and painted with watercolor pencils.
I colored this design using chalks and a Tombow blender.
I'll be scanning more of my displays and the new stamp design sets...
more to come....
"Tell me, what is it you plan to do
with your one wild and precious life?"
-Mary Oliver from "The Summer Day"
This past 2 months have been incredibly busy and almost exhauting...between work, family, art, remodeling our home and trips...there was very little of energy left. (but all this was worth it, trust me) In spite of all the crazy schedules and urgent things to take care of, I was blessed to have my family and dear friends to help me along the way. As a matter of fact I received a super cute card from Yvonne! (don't you love handwritten cards?!!) Perfect timing! Yvonne, how did you knew how much I was needing it?! Thank you so much! (it means a lot to me) It brought me such a joy!
It's so great to be back home after the amazing trip to Kansas City, I attended the annual The Angel Company convention (an action-packed rubberstamp seminar for 4 days).
Thank you to all my TAC angels friends across USA & abroad for all your love and friendship. For visiting with me at the TAC Seminar and for all those awesome handstamped trades. You make a difference in my life! Also, thank you for supporting my art!
Not only I had the opportunity to learn great stamping techniques from fellow designers but I also had the opportunity to teach some of my coloring techniques using Prismacolor pencils (soft lead and watercolor).
This year I have brand new rubberstamp designs which I will shown them to you in the next few days....(I have to scan them for you)
Here is a pix of me at my demonstration table... (check my latest hairdo,a little short and dark)
Here is a pix of my dear friend Mischelle Smith (President & Owner of The Angel Company) while unveling the new catalog!
Here are more eye candy from the convention...(more photos to come)
cute table setting with gifts...
...some of Mischelle's embellished clipboards! (to die for)
Some of the new great products included in the catalog are:
BasicGrey awesome papers!
I love the Lollipop Collection Pack!
I'll post new pixs in a few days. Have a great weekend!
