The family is growing. My 2012 collection of dolls, most available in my Etsy shop, except for Harrieta (2nd to the left), my daughter's doll.
Monday, December 17, 2012
Small Notebooks
Thursday, December 6, 2012
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Flower Girl
Latelly, I have been quite fascinate by the work of artist Emily Martin , from the blog The Black Apple, so if you seen any similarity to her flower girl Wild Rose to my sweet girl below is not coincidence it was meant to be.
Fotos para Natal , tive inspiracao para essas fotos no blog The Black Apple, e lindo !
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
A nature walk at Huntsville State Park
Huntsville State Park is a 2,083.2-acre recreational area, six miles southwest of Huntsville, in Walker County
This heavily wooded park adjoins the Sam Houston National Forest and encloses the 210-acre Lake Raven. The park offers camping, hiking, biking, boating , guided horseback trail rides, fishing, swimming in an unsupervised swimming area, canoe and paddle boat rentals, and nature study.
The Nature Center features live animals, a fish tank, bird nests and other collections, as well as information on a wide variety of topics. Programs and special events are planned on a regular basis.
Fui com a minha familia visitar uma area natural quase 1 hora da minha casa, um parque estadual , muito bonito. Essa area e predominada por arvore de pinha. Com lagos e muitos animais selvagens. Pica- pau, esquilos, jacare, cobras... Tirei algumas fotos.
We enjoy walking and taking nature pictures ,unfortunately the nature center was close when we visited.
The park is located in the southern pine belt, so the predominant trees in the park are pines( loblolly pine) the trees are majestic and add so much beauty to the park. But among the pines there are sweergum, sassafras, red maple, oaks and dogwood.
Pileated Woodpecker
Purple Beautyberries (Callicarpa Americana)
A unknown berry to me
A bracket fungus, common form of Polyporus found on dead wood.
Fall webworm
Gulf Fritillary
Caterpillar unkown to me.
This park is peaceful retreat, I hope to visit often. Just in case you are curious, here is the park web page.
Monday, November 19, 2012
Sewing up a deal
Sewing runs through our blood, I could say that about my family and myself, and if so, my daughter got those genes too. Fabric, needles and threads are parts of her gift requests . Her room is her studio, where many creations from dolls to beaded rings are created almost every day. Her dolls have super creative wardrobe. Tiny bits of fabrics are everywhere, pins and needles too (ouch!!!)
Her passion for sewing start just about 3 years ago, I gave her a cross-stitched project and she went after. The project didn't look perfect, but my goal was to get her expose to sewing, and to practice something that would require hands/eyes coordination . Also using pieces of fabrics(mostly burlap) with plastic needle gave her more practice and more confidence to start with other small projects. Later on, she start using my needles to make little bags and little quilts, where she would join 2 pieces of fabrics together to make a bag (right sides facing) or little square to make a tiny quilt.
So after teaching her to use my sewing machine, she got her own. Learning to use the sewing machine wasn't hard ,the hardest part is learning to control the speed, and that has to do with getting used to the pedal. I just had to get her some time . Also remind her to concentrate and to pay attention, since she loves to talk and can get easily distracted.
Little doll above was all hand sewn by her.
Using my sewing machine...on low speed.
All her dolls have a heart," So they can love", she says.
Letting my daughter using a sewing machine still scares me, but I can see that by setting the time to teach her the correct way to use the machine has pay off. I am always surprise with her abilities, but in truth children are capable beings that when given the right tools amazes things happens!
Now that she is a accomplished seamstress ,she tells me that she wants to sell her goods on Etsy too.(oh, what have I done ?! )
Our favorite sewing books:
Made by me by Jane Bull (the pattern for the dolls on this post came from this book, perfect for handsaw or machine.)
Sew It, Stuff it by Rob Merrett (cute soft toys, and some simple for beginners)
Mollie Makes Magazine
Her passion for sewing start just about 3 years ago, I gave her a cross-stitched project and she went after. The project didn't look perfect, but my goal was to get her expose to sewing, and to practice something that would require hands/eyes coordination . Also using pieces of fabrics(mostly burlap) with plastic needle gave her more practice and more confidence to start with other small projects. Later on, she start using my needles to make little bags and little quilts, where she would join 2 pieces of fabrics together to make a bag (right sides facing) or little square to make a tiny quilt.
So after teaching her to use my sewing machine, she got her own. Learning to use the sewing machine wasn't hard ,the hardest part is learning to control the speed, and that has to do with getting used to the pedal. I just had to get her some time . Also remind her to concentrate and to pay attention, since she loves to talk and can get easily distracted.
Little doll above was all hand sewn by her.
Using my sewing machine...on low speed.All her dolls have a heart," So they can love", she says.Letting my daughter using a sewing machine still scares me, but I can see that by setting the time to teach her the correct way to use the machine has pay off. I am always surprise with her abilities, but in truth children are capable beings that when given the right tools amazes things happens!
Now that she is a accomplished seamstress ,she tells me that she wants to sell her goods on Etsy too.(oh, what have I done ?! )
Our favorite sewing books:
Made by me by Jane Bull (the pattern for the dolls on this post came from this book, perfect for handsaw or machine.)
Sew It, Stuff it by Rob Merrett (cute soft toys, and some simple for beginners)
Mollie Makes Magazine
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
A cidade dos Carvalhos
A cidade de Houston e uma das maiores do Texas e ate do pais, porem nao e nada como eu imaginava das cidades desse lado do planeta, Houston em comparacao a Nova York, Rio, Sao Paulo e uma cidade bem pacata. O centro e uma area profissional ,mais por alguns anos a cidade vem tentando modificar essa impressao com novas atracoes como teatros, shows,jogos, e ate um parque.
Uma coisa bem interessante aqui em Texas e ate no E.U.A., e que as cidades sao bem distintas ,como por exemplo temos o CENTRO, DISTRITO DOS MUSEUS, DISTRITO MEDICO e os SUBURBIOS. O centro por maioria e area profissional, o distrito dos museus e uma area sempre legal para visitar, o zoologico, museu de ciencias, museu de crianca .... O distrito medico onde tem muitos Hospitais e clinicas e algumas universidades tambem e suburbio e onde a maioria da populacao vive.
Porque Houston e uma cidade grande, trafico e distancia e sempre um problema por aqui. Carro e realmente uma necessidade, apesar que termos uma linha de onibus, porem tem que ter um carro para ir as linhas de onibus nos suburbios (as ruas nao sao realmente feitas para pedestres).Porem no centro e nos distritos e um pouco mais facil de pegar onibus.
Tirei algumas fotos do centro e algumas do distrito de museus.
O centro de Houston - Downtown
Gostou do passeio? Sempre queria compartilhar um pouquinho sobre o Texas.
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