My Tilda house

Finally I have finished the first house of the quilt that I am sewing :-) . I am so pleased with it .

Por fin he cumplido el 1er objetivo del Sal de la manta de Tilda.

A bit of everything

Hello ,

Here is another update . I am sorry it's taken me such a long time to post again .

I hope you are all having a nice summer . I am suffering a lot with the heat and high humidity . I must confess that I am already looking forward to the winter .

Work-wise , I have been very busy but  next Monday I start to have the afternoons off, so that will be nice .I can't wait to spend more time with my children and also spend some time do my crafts and relax a bit , I can't wait !!.

Hola,

Siento haber tardado tanto en actualizar mi blog.

Espero que esteis pasando un buen verano . Yo estoy sufriendo bastante con este calor y la gran humedad. Tengo que confesar que no puedo esperar a que llegue el invierno.

Sobre el trabajo os puedo contar que he tenido mucho pero el lunes ya empiezo a tener las tardes libres. No puedo esperar a poder pasar más tiempo con mis hijos. También tendré tiempo para mis manualidades y descansar un poco :-) .

Here are a few photos that I wanted to share with you .

Aquí teneis unas fotos que quería compartir con todas vosotras.

Today I had a great surprise. I received a Homer. A fb that I had made in 2007 . It has travelled to Portugal , Finland, France, Iceland, The Netherlands, Japan , Norway , Spain , Indonesia, and Marijke from the Netherlands kindly sent it back to me :-) . 

Hoy me llevé  una gran sorpresa . He recibido un fb completo que hice en 2007. Ha viajado a Portugal, Finlandia, Francia, Islandia, Holanda, Japón , Noruega , España , Indonesia y finalmente acabó en casa de Marijke en Holanda , ella  ha sido quien amablemente me lo ha devuelto . 

Astrid from Norway has sent me a very nice letter and included some est fbs. 

Astrid de Noruega me ha enviado una bonita carta incluyendo unos est fbs.

Susanne from Germany has sent a lovely selection of est fbs via a group swap.

Susanne de Alemania me ha enviado  fbs a través de un swap que ha organizado un grupo.

Here is a great postcard that I received from my dear friend Jacqueline from Canada. It always makes me smile when I receive cards from her . Thanks Jacqueline , you are very kind.

Aquí hay una gran postal que he recibido de mi querida amiga Jacqueline desde Canada. Siempre me hace sonreir cuando recibo una postal suya . 

You know I told you that I was going to do a Tilda quilt? , well I haven't really had the time to do much . I still haven't finished the first house  . This is what I have done up to now . Next week I am going to try and finish this first square and start with the next one.

Sabeís  que os dije que iba a hacer una mantita Tilda? bueno , no he tenido mucho tiempo de hacerlo. Aquí teneís una foto de lo poco que he hecho hasta ahora . La semana que viene le voy a dar un empujón y espero acabar este primer cuadrado y poder empezar el siguiente.

Here are some photos that I took from my father's boat on the day of the procession of  "the day of the "Virgen del Carmen". This celebration takes place in the harbour of Mahón in Menorca  to pay tribute to the Virgen del Carmen, patron Saint of sailors and fishermen.Its celebrated with processions and parties and an image of the Virgin is paraded around the city.

Fishermen and sailors gather their boats to be blessed by the virgin , ensuring safe sea travel for the next year.  Once blessed they are sent out to sea , while virgin makes the journey back to the resting place in the local church .

Aquí teneís unas cuantas fotos que tomé desde el barco de mi padre el día del la procesión de la Virgen del Carmen . Esta celebración tiene lugar en el puerto de Mahón en Menorca para rendir tributo a la Virgen del Carmen , patrona de los navegantes y pescadores.

Here are two photos of my son's birthday . On the 10th of July he became 7 years old . I can't believe how quick time goes by ... He is growing soooo fast . He loves spiderman so we decided to order a spiderman cake :-) It looks good doesn't it ?? :-)

Aquí teneís dos fotos del cumpleaños de mi hijo. El 10 de Julio cumplió 7 añitos . No me puedo creer lo rápido que pasa el tiempo ... Está creciendo tan rápido . Le encanta Spiderman o sea que decidimos encargarle un pastel con esa imgen . A que quedó chulo?? :-)

Finally I have managed to hang the wooden shelf that I painted a few weeks ago . I am so pleased with it . It's in my craft room and it holds some of my button collection and my little collection of mini tree houses made by Jessica . They are sooo cute , I can't stop buying them . Finalmente he colgado el estante de madera que pinté hace unas semanas . Me encanta como ha quedado. Lo tengo en mi cuartito de manualidades. Allí he podido poner parte de mi colección de botones y mi pequeña colección de casitas  hechas por Jessica . Me encantan y no puedo para de comprarlas .

To finish off this post I wanted to show you the prizes that I won from the blog of Cathy Peng.  This great bag , that my daughter loves :-) , and voucher to spend at her great Etsy shop .

I also won a wallet but I forgot to take a photo of it .

Thanks Cathy for such great prizes :-) Love them all . 

Para acabar queria enseñaros fotos de los premios que me tocaron en el blog the Cathy Peng. Esta bonita bolsa que a mi hija le encanta y un vale de 10 dolares para gastar en su tienda etsy.

También gané una carterita pero me olvidé de tomarle un foto.

Gracias Cathy por unos premiso tan chulos. Me encantan.

Well that is all for today . What a long update , I hope I haven't bored you too much...

Y eso es todo por hoy . Vaya actualización más larga , espero que no os haya aburrido mucho..

Adios , Bye bye ..

Lovely package exchange

"oh, hello friend" is hosting a  a package exchange . Danni , the owner of the blog says " The lovely package exchange is a swap of lovely things with an emphasis on ... packaging , it is for anyone who appreciates a good package : both receiving and sending them.

Tomorrow is the last day to join . So if you fancy joining be quick !

Update

Hello , here I am again with a little update.

Here is a photo of a great swap that I received of est fbs from Scottland .

Aquí teneis una foto  de un swap de fbs que he recibido desde Escocia. 

Here is another great swap that I have received of est fbs but these are from Germanay . 

Aquí hay otro swap pero este viene desde Alemania.

Here is swap made by Joy from Honolulu . Thanks Joy , they are great.

Este swap son unos fbs hechos por Joy de Honolulu . 

Here are a few photos of the last fbs that I had to make for a swap .

Aquí teneis un par de fotos con los últimos fbs que he hecho para un intercambio.

Look at this great parcel :-) . It is an order that I made of Tilda fabrics to make the quilt that I told you about a few weeks ago . These fabrics are gorgeous !!

Mirad este paquete :-) . Es un pedido que hice de telas Tilda para hacer la colcha de la que os hablé hace unas semanas. Estas telas son preciosas !!

This week in my free time I have been painting a lovely wooden shelf that I bought a few weeks ago . I am going to hang it in my craft room . I want to use it to put all my jars of buttons :-) on it. 

I also started to paint a wooden box for Andrea . Her box is still not finished , I want to decorate it ...but still haven't decided how .

Esta semana en mi tiempo libre he estado pintando una estantería que compré hace unas semanas . Lo quiero colgar en mi cuarto de manualidades . Quiero usarlo para poner mis tarros de botones :-) .

También he empezado a pintar una cajita de madera para Andrea , pero todavía no está acabado . Tengo que decorarlo pero todavía no he decidido como .

I also wanted to share with you this photo of my son . He is soooooo pleased with his new t-shirt . Adrián had seen a drawing of one of Cathy's cat, the pirate one and he really liked it so I asked Cathy if she could print a picture of it onto a t-shirt and she kindly did  . Thanks Cathy , as you can see Adrián is more than pleased with it . It has become his favourite t-shirt now :-) .

También quería compartir con vosotras la foto de mi hijo . Está tan contento con su nueva camiseta. Adrián había visto un dibujo hecho por ella de un gato pirata y le gustaba tanto que decidí pedirle a Cathy si me podia imprimir el dibujo en una camiseta. 

Gracias Cathy , como puedes ver Adrián está más que contento . Ahora es su camiseta favorita.

I had a very big surprise a couple of days ago . Cathy was organizing a giveaway between her customers .... and guess what.... YES YES !! I won . I couldn't believe it when I read her blog .

http://cathypengart.blogspot.com/

Tuve una gran sorpresa hace unos días. Cathy organizaba un sorteo entre sus clientas ... y adivinad que ... pues SI SI , me tocó a mi . No me lo podía creer cuando leia su blog . http://cathypengart.blogspot.com/

I have no more news, so that is all for today ..

No tengo más noticias , o sea que esto es todo por hoy .. 

Bye , Adios .

Little update

Hello again .  

I don't know if you know Emily from the back apple .

She is one of my favourite Etsy sellers . She sells lovely drawings , prints, stationery and what I like most is the dolls that she makes . They are just gorgeous but I have never been lucky enough to be able to buy one. Each time she makes a sale of dolls they just disappear in seconds.  A few months ago she sold some kits to make dolls . I managed to buy 3 of them . Here is the photo of the first doll that I have completed  . I now have to decide how to decorate her face , painting it or sewing it. My daughter is so funny , she says my doll is blind at the minute :-)) .

Another of my favourite Etsy sellers is Cathy Peng . She is a great illustrator . I specially like her stationery . Here is the last order that I received from her. Her writing paper is sooooo cute . 

I haven't been in the writing mood lately but having received the new stationery it makes me feel like getting back to my writing again .

Here is a photo of a bunch of est. fbs that my dear friend Jolanda sent me last week. I love them all . Can you see any of your fbs in this photo? . I don't know about you but when I see fbs in other blogs the first thing I do is to see if I can spot any of my fbs  :-) . 

My dear friend Jacqueline from Canada sent me a great swap of embellishments last week . I love everything she sent . A great swap indeed . 

Here you can see the last 3 fbs that I made for a swap . I hope you like them . 

I have received more swaps that I want to update but I need to charge my camera first. Maybe tomorrow.

I hope you have had a great weekend. 

Tilda's quilt

Hello friends.
Yes, I know , I am a bad "blogger" , I can't believe it's a month since the last time I updated my blog. I am very sorry ...
The other day reading some blogs I found a girl that is organizing a Tilda "SAL" ( Stich ALong) . I have never tried to do a project like that before so I have joined to have a go .
In a SAL someone organizes a project , and week by week you get the instructions from that person of how to make step by step a craft creation . We are going to do a Tilda quilt. Up to now I think more of 70 people have decided to join this "SAL" .

Hola amigas,
Si , lo se , hace mucho que no publico ninguna entrada en este blog. No me puedo creer que hace casi un mes que no escribo , lo siento mucho...
El otro día estaba mirando unos blogs , y me encontré con el glog de esta chica que organiza una "SAL" de una mantita Tilda. Nunca había hecho un SAL antes o sea que decidí apuntarme y probar.
En un SAL alguien organiza un proyecto y semana tras semana vas recibiendo intrucciones de como hacer un proyecto de manualidades , en este caso una mantita , paso a paso . Vamos a hacer una mantita Tilda . Creo que ya hay más de 70 personas que han decidido apuntarse a este SAL .

Once I start my quilt I will take some photos so you can see how it is looking . I think we will start in July . I can't wait :-).
In the next few days I will add photos of all the swaps that I have received recently .

Una vez que empiece mi manta , tomaré fotos para que veais que tal está quedando . Creo que empezaremos en Julio . No puedo esperar :-).
En los próximos días pondré fotos de los swaps que he recibido ultimamente.

Bye for now...

cycling

Hello again ,

Last Sunday my children , my husband and I decided to go for a ride on our bicycles. I wanted to share a few photos that I took  :-)

Andrea found a tortoise :-) 

And after 4 hours we arrived home :-) . It was a great day . 

By for now.

another craft course

I have attended another craft course . 

This time we decorated a wooden frame for a mirror . 

I have really enjoyed this course , like always :-) . 

The course took place at the shop "Art Manual" in San Luis , Menorca

He asistido a otro curso de manualidades.

Esta vez consistió en decorar un marco para un espejo.

Me ha gustado mucho el curso , como siempre :-).

El curso fue en la tienda "Art Manual" en San Luis, Menorca.

And here is the final result . It looks great , doesn't it?

Y aquí teneis el resultado final, queda genial , a que si?

Here is a photo of all the girls that we did the course . 

Aquí teneis una foto de todas las que asistimos al curso .

This last photo is blur and it is a shame because it's a real funny one.

I hope you have a nice weekend.

Esta foto salió borrosa y es una lástima porque es una foto muy divertida.

Bueno , espero que paséis un buen fin de semana.

Mother's day

Last Sunday it was Mother's day here in Spain . Bruno and my children really surprised me with...

a lovely bunch of flowers  ..

a delicious little cake ...

a felt broach made by my children ...

and a lovely card that my son made at school for me . The picture inside of the card is me :-) , I look pretty don't I :-))) .

my fbs

Here are photos of the last 3 fbs that I have made, theme "Forever Friends" made via Creative-Crafty-Booklets group  . These are going all the way to Isabelle in France . I hope they arrive soon and that you like them Isabelle..

Bye for now ..