The Folding Chair

LUCAS'S BABY SHOWER

It's that fun time in life when a lot of important events are happening to people around me. Some are getting married, others are having kids, changing jobs etc. Which is super fun for me because it allows me to use my crafty hands to help with all these events. A couple weeks ago we had my friend Adri's baby shower. She is having a boy (L U C A S). She didn't want the decoration to be blue or green but instead to have a neutral palette. My lucky friend has a lot of creative people around her and we all helped a little to make this baby shower something beautiful. I helped by making the invitations and doing all the hand written signs. The beautiful pictures were taken by Gabi (click on her name to go to her website). 

Anddd some of the not so beautiful pictures were taken by me..  :)

WEDDING INVITATIONS DESIGNED FOR MY FRIEND

I had the opportunity to design the wedding invitations for one of my closest friends back in Colombia. This project was extremely fun because she gave me the freedom to design something without a lot of direction other than the colors we needed to use. And we know that is a fun project for any designer. 

I was able to design the save the dates (which I left in Colombia and couldn't photograph), the invitations, cocktail party cards, maps ,envelopes  and even an extra "participation" card as we call in Colombia, which is almost like an announcement card that you give to people that are not so close to the family but that you care for them to know that you are getting married. We printed everything in Colombia using a custom purple ink and a gold powder that looked almost like tiny tiny glitter. We were both really happy with the way everything came out. And, I am glad I was able to make this for her and her now husband that has also been my friend for many years now.

I'M BACK!

It's been almost a year since the last time I shared the things I like and create on this little space that for a while was my escape from many things going on in my life.. Work, relationships, and some of those other things life comes with. This past year came with lots of changes, all good (extremely good) changes. Things that also kept me busy and distracted from my passion to create, being crafty and design my own stuff. But, everything is a little more stable now and I think I can start working on more things I enjoy and that make me happy. I've also been more interested in learning calligraphy and creating fonts which has always been one of my favorite things to do. And, with that said I hope my blog helps me find that path for the things I want to do! I am sure I am not the only one who loves so many things at the same time that can't figure out what to start with and what to work on first. But, We have to start somewhere to figure these things out.. 

PUT YOUR DREAMS ON PAPER

I always carry a notebook/agenda and a pen with me. I've been surprised how you get ideas from random things even in your daily routine. So, it's always good to have a back up of the things that are going on in your mind. I also write the things I would like to do later that day or maybe during the weekend. Things for the blog, things for freelance etc. And every once in a while I would write what I REALLY want to do. Like.. what I want to do when I grow up kind of things.. But, since I have so many agendas and I go through so many pages in a notebook so fast those things that I really want to do get lost. In other words.. my dreams get lost. Lost on the papers I wrote them.. and lost in my memory. Because there are so many things that I want to do that one becomes a priority over the other one until I just forget. So I want to keep them in some place where I can see them everyday and remind my self that I have to work on them. There are 5 things that I've always dreamed of doing. 1. Baby clothes 2. Furniture 3. Jewelry 4. Stationery 5. Textiles . Those things I've dreamed of doing since I was a little girl. So I made this little card to write them on it and put it up where I can always see them. Like next to my computer because is guaranteed that I would see them everyday. I hope this helps you remind you of your dreams everyday and hopefully achieve them as well. Click here to download the print version.