Spring is on my mind.

Collage and ink on pap...

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Setting...

We had a fun & casual dinner party at home this past weekend with some friends.I served a mexican corn & poblano chile soup, you can find the recipe here. With what some people call "mexcan pizza" or "molletes" as we call...

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Fly...

I wonder where they're going...Watercolor on pap...

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My beloved journal

My latest journal page.I made my beloved journal a cotton canvas slipcover todaywith a pocket embelished with some little flower pots.The new Martha Stewart Living magazinehas a gorgeous article on silk ribbon embroidery.It got me...

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Illustration Friday: COMMUNICATION part 2

Little boys and girls just remember to keepthe twine tense and straight or else it won't work :o)Chalk on blackboard.***I just realised I put both of the kids with the cup in their ears, heehee...so they won't hear a thing, I should've...

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Illustration Friday: COMMUNICATION

My "graphic designer" side got a hold of me today ;o)Something a bit different for this week's Illo Friday.I could call it a digital collage of my pen & ink drawings.Have a gorgeous weekend friends!Thanks for stopping ...

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Almost spring...

Backround painted with oils, branches collaged from old journal pages of mine and all the leaves are collaged from my discarted watercolor paintings. Getting ready for spring around here :o) The canvas is 20 by 20 inch...

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iKnit

I thought I'd share my other hobby with you: I love to knit.This indigo colored scarf is my latest finished project.I made this little soft box/tray out of the same wool fabricI made my love + birds pillows with and lined it with...

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love + birds

The other half of the love+bird pillow duo is finally do...

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Bird pillow...

This is part of a pair of pillows I'm making for my bed.The other one will say: "birds".The pillow is 100% wool with wool felt appliq...

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Illustration Friday: GRAVITY

Gravity: it's what keeps us gluedto this beautiful blue marble we live in.This is a digitally colored versi...

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Journal pages

I went stamp crazy and prepared the pages for next week's entries...I usually do some collage before hand and then add to it during the week.I'll post these pages in two weeksso you can check out how they turned out.Thank you so much...

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Love

Happy chocolate eating d...

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Birdish

I was feeling birdish today and this little guy appeared.Ink & colla...

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I like to draw.

I drew this today while taking a breakfrom painting the walls of my house back to white.It's Windsor & Newton ink on Fabriano paper.This is Manolo painting away in the afterno...

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Sofia's shelf

A friend asked me to paint this little shelf for her daughter's room.Painted with acryli...

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Gracias Graça

I got this amazing mobile from Graça Pazin the mail today all the way from Portugal!You can see more of her beautiful art if you click hereGraça's beautiful cards next to my computerto brighten my days!Thank you so much, they're so...

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Illustration Friday: CRASH

A recenty discovered species has given scientist new hopeof finding a long awaited solution to birds crashing into windo...

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Kiddin' around

Having fun with the boysand a piece of cha...

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Cheery wednesday...

This week's Flickr inspired...something pretty and freshto chase away the winter blues,based on this loveliness.Watercolor on paper, stamp & colla...

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Mi cocina

This is the new shelfthat replaced the blackboard in the kitchen.Click here to see more phot...

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Blackboard

This handy dandy blackboardlived in our kitchenfor a whilebut it came back to our studio/schoolthis weekend,along with a metal shelffrom the linen clos...

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Illustration Friday: SPROUT Part 2

Watercolor on pap...

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Initials

When I was a little girl my dad had this beautiful metal sculpture of his initials on his desk. I remember I was always fascinated by it because they were in fact my own initials too. I've always admired everything my dad makes and...

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Illustration Friday: SPROUT

A year and a half ago I tooka two week course on organic gardening.These pages are from the journal I used to take notes.Done with micron pen and watercolo...

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Journaling the days...

More pages from my journal. I've had this particular leather journalfor three whole years now,and it will last till april 2008.I'can't believe so many yearscan be crammed up in a little black book like that!Mixed media and micron...

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b.i.g. l.o.v.e.

Watercolor on pap...

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