MY first HAT

Robert is back after 3 months in San Diego, CA., I've been missing him so much!!!!!, .......and it has been hard for me to run the gallery by myself, I'm not a good art gallerist at all! the gallery is not an easy business to run, it's so hard to sell art!!!..... but now that Robert is back the gallery looks back alive!!!! and everything it's much easier or lighter on me........, and it feels great to have time for me again, I spent the whole weekend reading my favorite blog the moldy doilly, she is like a dream, inspires me so much, and love her energy and everything she does, her world, her free spirit!!!! ,......also this weekend I made my first hat!!!!!, I didn't went to my sewing classes in the last 3 weeks, so I had to catch up and I finished the hat because we are starting making the weekend bag, that I already bought the fabrics!and they are very colorful!!....I enjoy so much sewing and I waited sooooooo loooong to finally start living my dream, and finally things are happenning!!!!! and I guess is never too late to make your dream come true, now that I'm 37 years old I feel I'm starting to be who I want to be..........and also thanks to Robert that supports me 100% in everything I do.

RAIN IN SPAIN

It has been raining for the last 2 weeks on and off, and the plants in the patio of the gallery look so happy, I got an ivy plant I found on the trash and is doing so well,....all our patio is from what Robert has found on the streets, clay pots, plants, floor tiles, arquitecture elements that people throw away,......and Robert is in the rescue of all those beautiful things, last week we found a "saco" full of those tiles but they were all broken in small pieces, it is so sad because all these apartments that had these beautiful mosaic morish tiles are disappearing, and Barcelona people don't appreciate it and think they are ugly and old and replaced them for hardwood floors or plain tiles.

My first Client Vonblum

I'm so happy, today I have my first client Vonblum that bought a series of magnets to sell in their café, I want to go next week to try one of those delicious sandwitches by Barbara and to see with my eyes the great work Jessica has done with the café www.vonblum.com & blog.
I'm very encouraged to go and distribute my products in other stores, I'm a little bit lazy about it, but it has to be done!!!!.....from the gallery I realized my market is bigger than I thought, always thought my illustrations would be towards teenagers and female and I was so wrong, I have so many men that had liked my illustrations and bought mousepads, magnets or paintings. And it's good to know who buys your products, it gives me even more freedom to create with no judgments of who is going to like it, because I know now is pretty wide range of people that like it!!!!!!.

Website

I've been working in my website and since is not my thing it took me longer and consumed all my time and still have to finish 2 pages but I needed a little break......I'm very happy with the results and finally I have my web page YES!!!!! it is one step after another, and also I've designed very cute businesscards.

my new illustrations

chica ye-ye

This illustration is dedicated and inspired in my friend Bruna. Check her blog and learn portuguese. www.vidaembcn.blogspot.com

My studio & the gallery

My studio is upstairs in the gallery where I have a great view of the gallery and the street. In my studio I have 2 long tables one for my computer and design work and the other table for all the sewing and crafts, and I need a better shelving system to put all the bits and rest of stuff. Downstairs is my husband's space where he works the gallery and also has a workshop. The neighbourhood is great because there are lot of young people doing their crafts and art, great to be inspired and be creative.