Friday, March 27, 2009

Visiting Teaching Project

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I saw this in a blog and I thought it was cute, so I decided to try it for my girls!!!....First you bake some cookies....
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...then you find boxes, or tubes (the ones I used were the Crystal Light ones), and you cover them with cute scrapbook paper...
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then you put the cute cookies in, and ta-daaaaa!!!!....Love it!

Thursday, March 5, 2009

More D.I fun!

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...yesterday I found these cute ceramic frames for 1 buck each!..Love them!

Friday, February 27, 2009

Candy Buttons, cake and a boring Friday night...

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While Mike is at work and I'm sooo bored at home on a Friday night, I baked a cake for my friend Rene, whose b-day is tomorrow....I decorated it with button candies that I made with a mold that I bought online here. They look cute and they are also yummy!...
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Mike está trabajando hoy hasta tarde, así que gracias al aburrimiento de encontrame un viernes por la noche sola en casa, decidí hacer una tartita para mi amigo René que cumple años mañana. Esos botones son de caramelo, y los hice utilizando un molde que compre aqui. Quedan chulos y además, están buenísimos!

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Bulletin Board

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My friend Marta asked me for instructions to do this bulletin board...here they are :
(Marta, perdona que esten en ingles...hace un tiempo una amiga me las pidio, y se las mande en ingles, pero si alguna o alguno quiere hacer este "corcho", y no las entiende o las quiere en español, decidmelo y las traduzco en un "plis-plas", ok???)
Paint your bulletin board (with normal paint) with a neutral color that matches the one* (spray paint) that you want to use for the lace pattern (*this is the color that it's going to all over your bulletin board. I did mine in black)
Let it dry, and then, buy some cheap lace curtains in Savers, or D.I. or some place similar, and staple it to your bulletin board, very close to the edges (you will remove the staples later, but the lace fabric has to be very tense).
Spray the bulletin with the spray paint, be very generous. The more you spray, the darker the color will be.
Let it dry for a day or two, and then remove the staples and the fabric, and...tada!!!!!!!!!!!...

Monday, February 2, 2009

Didn't I tell you that I was looking for a new diet?

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well...I didn't find one yet, but what I found was this delicious recipe for Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Brownies...AMAZING.... that's all I have to say.

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Tuesday, January 27, 2009

House update: the Office

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This is the room where I check out your blogs, where I work on mine, where I listen to sweet music and where I take care of the bills. I love having my own space.

Monday, January 12, 2009

House update: my new console table and more D.I finds

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...my mom bought us this beautiful console table as a present for Christmas...I love it!. She also brought me from Spain a painting on canvas that I bought in Cuba years ago, and I left it on a place to frame, so when they're done with it, it will go right there on that wall with my favorite table everrr!!!
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...and maybe these are too "old looking" for some of you, but my sister Amaya found them at D.I...there is something special about them...

Sunday, December 14, 2008

House update: guest bathroom, finished!

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My mother in law Susan helped me making this shower curtains for the guest bathroom. it was a fun project!..Thanks Susan, you rock!
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Tuesday, November 25, 2008

House update: guest bedroom...still unfinished...

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..so yep...this is where you will be staying if you visit me...:)...Still need to find a bed head board, some pictures for the walls, more pillows etc...but I love that we have a hot pink guest bedroom!..and of course Mike is so excited too...;)

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we bought these tables at D.I, painted them white and decorated them...I think that, for like 10 bucks, they look pretty cute....
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Este es el cuarto de invitados chicas!!!...Todavia no lo he terminado, me quedan mil detalles, como mas cuadros para las paredes, mas cojines para la cama, un cabecer, y otras cosas, pero por el momento asi es como esta quedando...me encanta tener un cuarto fucsia!!!...y a Mike tambien, por supuesto...jejeje...

Monday, November 3, 2008

My next project...

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My sister Ama made these last year after reading about it in a magazine...I think they are so cute now that Christmas is almost here!...so I'm soooo going to try to make them!
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Mi hermana Ama hizo estas bolas las Navidades pasadas, despues de verlas en una revista. Quedan preciosas como centro de mesa ahora que se acerca la Navidad. Este año me toca a mi hacer el intento!....espero que me queden igual de bonitas!
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Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Cursillo rápido para hacer platos mega super fashion!

Bueno chicas, aqui las teneis:
* Primero: tenéis que comprar los platos, o buscar algunos que se os hayan quedado desemparejados...el color del plato es el color del que será vuestra silueta.
*Segundo: teneis que comprar una pintura negra especial para cerámica. Supongo que la podéis comprar en cualquier tienda de manualidades. Además vais a necesitar una brocha.
*Tercero: Buscad en internet las siluetas que mas os gusten. Yo encontre las mías, es en google, bajo: "shilouettes"
*Cuarto: imprimid esas siluetas en papel adhesivo, de ese que se utiliza para hacer etiquetas, pero que sean hojas grandes, sin que estén precortadas en rectangulos.
*Quinto: Tras recortar las siluetas, las pegáis en el plato que previamente habéis limpiado y secado bien.
*Sexto: Aplicais un par de capas de la pintura negra, de manera homogénea y dejando unos minutos entre capas para que se sequen bien. Tened cuidado cuando apliquéis la pintura en los bordes de la pegatina, porque por culpa de la pintura se pondrán mas blandos o incluso se podrían llegar a "abombar" (si os pasa, que no cunda el pánico!!! que se puede arreglar!!!)
*Séptimo: después de esperar unos minutillos con las dos capas, con mucho cuidado y con algun objeto punzante, empezais a levantar la pegatina...No os preocupeis si la silueta no os ha quedado perfecta a la primera, porque como la pintura todavía está un poco fresca, podéis quitar el exceso de la misma con un bastoncillo o dar un retoque con un pincel fino.
*Final: No sé cómo será la pintura que uséis, pero siguiendo las instrucciones de la mia, despues de este proceso tuve que meter mis platos en el horno a 350 grados media hora para que se secasen bien. Mirad y seguid las instrucciones de las vuestras...
VOILA!!....los platos mega super fashion estan listos!!!!

*****Yo los míos los he hecho mayoritariamente en blanco y negro, pero se pueden hacer de cualquier color, sólo tenéis que jugar con el color de los platos y de la pintura que compréis!!....Ya me contaréis qué tal!!!*****

Monday, October 13, 2008

House update....

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the plates...final product....
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shelf: D.I, knobs: Anthropologie, coffee set: Spain
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shelf: D.I, plates: Anthropologie
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Plate obsession: Round two...

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So Ama and I decided to do more plates..I have a project that I want to get done for one of my bathrooms, so it should be cute...this time it was easier and I tried with different colors of plates...

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Halloween decor update...

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Yesterday I hung out with my friend Caroline, and we made cute Halloween plates that we wanted to try after getting the idea here. It was a fun project and even tough I tough my plates were not going to turn out that great, I love them now!...(if you are going to try making them, remember to not put them in the oven with the sticker on.....good lesson learn the hard way:)
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..here we are...working hard...
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...and also I've been looking for more things to decorate my house for Halloween....loved this black roses...
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...this cute little frames...
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...and I got two of these...I don't know what am I going to do with them, but I will think of something!...I'm loving this Halloween decorating thing!
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Ayer estuve en casa de mi amiga Caroline hasta las tantas haciendo estos platos para decorar mi casa por Halloween...Podeis ver como se hacen aqui. Tardamos un monton, pero merecio la pena...todavia no se donde ponerlos!..Ademas hoy he comprado algunas cosillas mas para la casa, como estas flores negras, los marquitos y lo ultimo que ni se lo que es ni donde lo voy a poner!...en fin que me lo estoy pasando bomba con tanta decoracion!!!...

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

~Candy~

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This beautiful drawing of suggestions for the kind of candy that I can put on the candy machine, was left on my door by our neighbor's little girl Maddy. I refilled the candy machine the other day..(I guess she did not like the maltesses or the other ones) ..I wonder how would I make lollipops work in the machine...
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Este dibujo me lo ha dejado una de las niñas del vecindario en la puerta de casa. Son dibujos de los caramelos que quieren que ponga en la maquina que tengo. Que rica. No se como voy a hacer que la maquina funcione con piruletas, helado o una tarta de cumpleaños :)

Thursday, August 28, 2008

House update

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Still not done with any of the rooms or bathrooms completely...but I'm getting there. I'm loving my purple (the light in the picture is terrible) bathroom. More pictures to come.