Headbands

I like making headbands. They are easy and quick to make. The tricky part is deciding the design and the fabric...but once you have it....it is a piece of cake! These are the new ones, Luca gave them as a present to his friend from school.

Me gusta hacer diademas. Son faciles y rapidas de hacer. Lo unico complicado es decidi el disenho y la tela....pero una vez lo sabes...esta chupao! Estas son las nuevas, Luca se las regalo a una amiguita del cole.

Swimmer

Now that it is already so hot and we have several pools available, we've been enjoying going to them. Luca still doesn't swim by himself when he cannot touch the bottom of the pool, he gets nervous and starts swallowing water. But he can actually swim when he feels comfortable that he can touch the floor. I hope he can soon learn, so I can worry a bit less when we are at the pool.

I like this picture of him, all wet and shiny.

Ahora que hace tanto calor y que tenemos varias piscinas a nuestra disposicion, hemos estado disfrutando de ellas. Luca aun no nada independientemente cuando no toca el suelo de la piscina, se pone nervioso y empieza a tragar agua. Pero la verdad es que si que sabe nadar un poco cuando esta comodo y sabe que puede pisar. Espero que aprenda pronto, para que me tenga que preocupar un poco menos cuando estamos en la piscina. Me gusta esta foto suya, todo mojado y brillante.

Elegant babies

The other day I went for a walk around shops that were selling handmade products and I just wanted to start sewing! I got inspired! as a result, I made these 3 things, and I'm not stopping!

El otro dia me fui de paseo por unsa tiendas donde habia articulos hechos a mano y me entro el gusanillo de ponerme a coser! me inspire! como resultado, hice estas tres cosas, y no paro!

Sewing

I have been sewing lately; I have so many projects around my desk, unfinished or ideas hanging around...that I decide it is time to organize and sew. I started organizing my fabrics, they were all in the wrong places plus I had forgotten how many I have. It is good to take them out and look at them once in a while. I have also started creating a new bag. A friend lend me her bag so I could make one like it, and it proved quite easy. Although as I was putting it together I really didn't know how was I going to make it so that you could hardly see the last seam. Well, I just did it, and it turned out quite cute. I have cut two others that I plant to sew one of these days...

He estado cosiendo ultimamente; tengo tantos proyectos por mi escritorio, sin acabar, o ideas que me pasan por la cabeza...que he decidido que es hora de organizar y coser. Empeze por organizar mis telas, estaban todas puestas en lugares qeu no correspondian y ademas se me habia olvidado que tenia tantas. Esta bien sacarlas y verlas de vez en cuando,. Tambien he empezado a crear un boldo nuevo. Una amiga me presto el suyo para que hiciera uno asi, y la verdad es que salio facil. Aunque mientras lo montaba no sabia muy bien como lo iba a acabar y donde iba a cerrarlo. Bueno, al final lo hice, y salio mono. Tengo otros dos cortados y los pienso coser uno de estos dias...

I have also been quilting Luca's new quilt...it's looking good.

Tambien he estado haciendo el acolchado de la colcha nueva de Luca..me esta quedano chuli...

501

501, that's how many posts I have posted so far! wow, so many years of doing this...and how much longer to go? who knows? I guess as long as I have time and things to talk about. I have lots of things going on these days. Photography, that has kept me busy and keeps on being something I like to do...I have been learning tricks, or rather, playing with photo editing and photos I took. I have been trying to convert regular pictures into model looking images. This is my first attempt. I didn't even do it the way I was supposed to because I didn't have the tools for it, but I made an attempt with what I had. I hope you also think it kindda looks like a model image...

501, esas son las veces que he escrito en esta ventana de momento! guau, cuantos anhos haciendolo...y hasta cuando? quien sabe? Supongo que hasta que deje de tener tiempo y cosas de que hablar. Pasan muchas cosas por mi vida. La fotografia, eso me mantiene ocupada y es algo que me encanta hacer...he estado aprendiendo a hacer trucos, o mas bien, jugando con edicion de fotos que hice. He estado intentando convertir fotos normales en fotos que parezcan maquetas. Este es mi primer intento. No lo hice como debia porque no tenia las herramientas adecuadas, pero lo intente con lo que tenia. Espero que tambien penseis que se parece un poco a una maqueta...

4th of July

Now that I am an American, and the 4th of July is around the corner, what an opportunity to celebrate my newly adopted citizenship with the red, white and blue colors!! Luca did his part at school, they were so cute...yelling "red white and blue!". Now it's my turn, lake party, fireworks, concert...a packed weekend ahead! Happy 4th of July!

Ahora que soy Americana, y el 4 de Julio esta a la vuelta de la esquina, que oportunidad para celebrar mi nueva nacionalidad reciend adoptada con los colores rojo, blanco y azul!!! Luca hizo su parte en el cole, tan graciosos...gritando " rojo, blanco y azul!". Ahora me toca a mi, fiesta en el lago, fuegos artificiales, concierto...un fin de semana lleno de actividades! Feliz dia de la Independencia Americana!