a birthday card for my nephew

 

On 5th of november is the 4th birthday of one of my nephews in Germany. Today I went to the post office to bring a birthday present on the way. Of course the artsy aunt also put a little self painted card into the package. I had fun this morning painting, whittling and sticking. I was in quite a hurry, so when I walked out the post office I remembered that I had forgotten to give the sun a face!

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El 5 de noviembre uno de mis sobrinos en Alemania cumple 4 años. Hoy fui a correos para enviar un regalo de cumpleaños para él. Por supuesto como tía artista también añadí una tarjeta de felicitación pintada por mí. Me lo pasé bien esta mañana pintando, cortando y encolando. Tenía bastante prisa, así cuando salí de correos me acordé, ¡que olvidé de dibujarle una cara al sol!

another surprise arrived

Postcard Design and Copyright by Stephanie Levy

Another surprise from the postman: an artistic postcard from Venice from lovely Stephanie Levy arrived - thank you so much Stephanie!!
Ps.: Did I mention that I love to be in her e-course?
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Y llegó otra sorpresa en mi buzón de correo: una postal artística desde Venecia de la maravillosa Stephanie Levy - ¡muchas gracias Stephanie!!
Pd.: ¿Os he dicho ya cuánto me gusta el curso que imparte?

a surprise arrived

The other day I got a reminder from the post office to pick-up a parcel that arrived. And look what a surprise! My dear friends Tina, Sonja and Catrin from Munich sent me this gingerbread heart which they bought at the Oktoberfest to send me something from homeland. Oh sweet girls, I love this surprise!!
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El otro día recibí un aviso de correos para recoger un paquete que había llegado para mí. Y mirad, ¡qué sorpresa! Mis queridas amigas Tina, Sonja y Catrin de Múnich me enviaron este corazón de alajú que compraron en la Oktoberfest para enviarme algo de la tierra natal. Ay que majas son, ¡me encanta!

Wish Jar

I have to tell you how much I am enjoying this e-course I am doing with the wonderful artist Stephanie Levy! So many inspiration, helpful activities and tools to realize your creative dreams! HIGHLY recommend it to anybody who has creative dreams and thinks of setting up a creative business. For me there is a long way to go to make these dreams true, but every step counts, right?

One of the activities is to do your personal Wish Jar, an idea inspired by the incredibe Keri Smith. It really feels good to get clarity and write your heart´s desires down. Then you can keep them in this sacred place where you can always reread them, edit, add new desires... which helps to get focussed and vizualize the things you wish to manifest in your life.

j´aime ce chanson...

...do you know this song? I can´t even describe how much I like it and the lyrics (*ahem* I don´t understand everything, but the essence I think I do)

Les gens qui doutent : A. de la Simone, J. Cherhal, V. Delerm - YouTube

taking guitar lessons again

(this is me and my guitar when I was 10 years old)

On this way to bring back more creativity and art in my life it´s inevitable to reflect on what I loved to do as a child. Well, drawing and painting were always there, but also I remember that I loved to play the guitar. When I was 9 years old I started to take classes because it was my mother´s wish (well, back then I had preferred to take riding lessons). Although it was not my idea to learn the guitar, from the first lesson on I just loved it and continued taking classes once a week until I was 15. I really appreciate that my parents gave me this opportunity, not for granted having 4 children!
I continued playing for myself for some years more but then the guitar collected dust in the corner...
I have been thinking to restart playing the guitar for years and finally I signed up now for a groups class in a local cultural centre here in Madrid. It´s a mixed group of about 12 people, some of them never had a guitar in their hands and others have been playing for years. I am really curious how the teacher will arrange this class but I am sure it will be fun!

I need a view

I painted this picture back in 2005 from a photograph taken by me in the alps during a hiking tour. What a phantastic view!

 At the moment views fail in my every day life: in my day job I am just looking to a white wall at 1 m from my interior window. The flat I have been living in for the last 1,5 years is interior, too. The only views are to the neighbout´s bathroom and kitchen window at 2 m distance and aerating pipes. Into the bargain due to necessary works on the rooftop I have been surrounded by scaffolds since july and I don´t know when works will be finished. I really try not to become desperate, but living in the darkness needing electric light during the whole day is really frustrating. To get light, blue sky and sunshine I always have to go out. That´s ok so far, but I am a homely person and I don´t like it to have to escape from my appartment in order to get some day light! And the fact that I am sort of tired of living in this city anyway, my flat situation doesn´t make this better.
The good thing is that this situation makes me ask myself important questions: how do I want to live? Where do I want to live and why? How do I imagine my ideal home?

What about you? How do you live? Where do you live and why do you live there? How do you imagine your ideal home? And, is home important to you?

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Pinté este cuadro en 2005 usando una fotografía tomada en los Alpes durante una excursión por la montaña. ¡Qué vistas!

En este momento en el día a día mi vida carece de vistas bonitas: en la oficina miro a una pared blanca a 1 m de distancia de una ventana interior.  El apartamento en el que llevo viviendo año y medio tambien es interior. Las únicas vistas que tengo allí son a las ventanas del baño y de la cocina de mi vecino a 2 metros de distancia y a tubos de ventilación. Por colmo ahora debido a obras necesarios en los tejados, llevo rodeada de andamios desde julio y no sé cuando terminan con las obras.  Estoy intentando mantener el buen humor, entiendo que son obras necesarias, pero vivir en la oscuridad necesitando luz eléctrica durante todo el día es verdaderamente frustrante. Para ver un poco de luz de día, el cielo y el sol tengo que salir. No pasa nada, siempre salgo en algún momento del día, pero soy una persona muy casera y quiero estar a gusto en mi casa. El hecho de tener la necesidad de escapar de mi casa para ver algo de luz de día me resulta frustrante. Ya estaba algo cansada de vivir en esta ciudad, y ahora la situation en mi casa no ayuda para mejorar este malestar. 

Lo bueno de esta situación es que me hace hacerme una serie de preguntas importantes: ¿cómo quiero vivir? ¿Dónde quiero vivir y por qué? ¿Cómo me imagino mi hogar ideal? 


¿Y tú? ¿Cómo quieres vivir? ¿Dónde quieres vivir y por qué? ¿Cómo te imaginas tu hogar ideal? Y, ¿es tener un hogar importante para tí?

Happy Birthday Stephanie

Today is the birthday of a good friend of mine. Although we won´t meet today (she lives in Germany) I want to send her a nice and artsy greeting. I will take this watercolour sktech as background as colours fit very well with october and also I like to send her the slogan "relax", as she is a mum to 3 little girls between 6 months and 4 years. Happy birthday Stephanie!
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Hoy es el cumpleaños de una buena amiga mía. Aunque no nos vamos a ver hoy (vive en Alemania) quería enviarla un saludo bonito y artístico. He elegido este boceto de acuarela como fondo, por que los colores van muy bien con octubre y también me gusta enviarla el lema "relax", ya que ella es madre de 3 niñas pequeñas entre 6 meses y 4 años de edad. ¡Feliz cumpleaños Stephanie!