tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55869470672255264852024-03-05T12:19:40.311-05:00Feeling Inspired, Original and Inspirational Art by Valentina RamosOriginal and Inspirational Art by Valentina Harper (formerly Valentina Ramos)Valentina Harperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02501169314674885184noreply@blogger.comBlogger439125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5586947067225526485.post-15632644638746604112015-04-07T09:26:00.002-04:002015-04-07T09:27:23.825-04:00Share my Kickstarter project and get a FREE print!<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19px;">Do you like this print? Share my </span><a class="profileLink" data-gt="{"entity_id":"73182029884","entity_path":"\/pagelet\/pageletserver.php:PagePostsPagelet"}" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/page.php?id=73182029884" href="https://www.facebook.com/Kickstarter" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;">Kickstarter</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19px;"> project with your friends in your Facebook, Twitter, etc...</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">and send us an e-mail at </span><a href="mailto:feelinginspiredapp@gmail.com" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">feelinginspiredapp@gmail.com</a> <span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"> telling us where you share the project and we will send you the free image (high resolution for you to print!)</span><br />
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Valentina Harperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02501169314674885184noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5586947067225526485.post-83898903781801674512014-03-26T19:57:00.002-04:002014-03-26T19:58:00.284-04:00New Belgium BrewingI have been waiting months to show you the globe glass I design for New Belgium Brewing. WoooHooooo!!!<br />
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Get your own <a href="http://shop.newbelgium.com/store/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=GG&Product_Code=101515&Category_Code=GW" target="_blank">here!</a><br />
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<br />Valentina Harperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02501169314674885184noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5586947067225526485.post-85090875018771384772013-01-14T14:33:00.004-05:002013-01-15T13:14:00.422-05:00Wow.. I'm 40 years old and a super special offer!!!Seriously... when this happen? When I came to US (tomorrow 10 years ago!) I was just 30 years old... I blinked and now I'm 40! Wow... that sounds like a lot, right?<br />
Today I'm spending the day snuggling and playing with this little girl... she is the best LIFE present evaaahhh :)<br />
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<strike> Only for today, In honor of my 40th birthday I'm having a big sale on my <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/valentinadesign" target="_blank">Etsy shop!</a></strike><br />
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<br />Valentina Harperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02501169314674885184noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5586947067225526485.post-56207126571284811962012-12-31T10:20:00.001-05:002012-12-31T10:20:21.720-05:002013 Calendar free printableHappy last Coloring Monday of 2012!<br />
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<a href="http://valentinadesign.com/images/printables/2013calendar_vh.pdf" target="_blank">Click here to download your Coloring 2013 Calendar!</a> One month per page... you have to be a little bit patience downloading the file because maybe is a little bit big. I really hope you enjoy coloring each page.<br />
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<span class="userContent">Happy <strike>Monday </strike>Tuesday!</span>Valentina Harperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02501169314674885184noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5586947067225526485.post-51026175737989259642012-09-28T10:42:00.002-04:002012-09-29T13:58:50.254-04:00Time managementFor the past weeks I have been complaining 24/7 about the lack of time I have to create, and it's true, my time to create right now is pretty limited.<br />
Sooo... why if I don't have a lot of time to make new artwork, I always use my little free time to do things like these?<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/valentinadesign/8032811306/" title="hbday-titi by valentinadesign, on Flickr"><img alt="hbday-titi" height="361" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8457/8032811306_625081d9a6.jpg" width="500" /></a>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/valentinadesign/8032811352/" title="hbday-abumery by valentinadesign, on Flickr"><img alt="hbday-abumery" height="362" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8322/8032811352_7426004242.jpg" width="500" /></a>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/valentinadesign/8032811408/" title="hbday-grandma by valentinadesign, on Flickr"><img alt="hbday-grandma" height="316" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8037/8032811408_8f9be929ab.jpg" width="500" /></a>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/valentinadesign/8032811220/" title="hbday-daddy by valentinadesign, on Flickr"><img alt="hbday-daddy" height="800" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8318/8032811220_f29fff8b89_c.jpg" width="505" /></a>
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(these are birthdays "cards" I made for my sister, my mom, my mother in law and my husband to post on facebook)<br />
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I believe my problem is not lack of time, my problem is time management ;)Valentina Harperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02501169314674885184noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5586947067225526485.post-29480860875673196942012-09-26T13:10:00.001-04:002012-09-26T13:10:15.943-04:00Something new and cool!<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/valentinadesign/8027086525/" title="Custom Skins with my artwork by valentinadesign, on Flickr"><img alt="Custom Skins with my artwork" height="500" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8034/8027086525_24bff844b6.jpg" width="475" /></a><br />
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Many times I get email form people asking me for and specific pattern or artwork to create an skin for their devices, and unfortunately I couldn't help everybody, but NOW I CAN!<br />
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Now in <a href="http://www.decalgirl.com/custom/ValentinaRamos">DecalGirl</a> you can create your custom skin for your devices using my artwork. I will be adding new designs every week. If you want to have an specific artwork, let me know and I will add it into my gallery.<br />
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<a href="http://www.decalgirl.com/custom/ValentinaRamos">Create your custom skin here!</a><br />
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I really like this new <a href="http://www.decalgirl.com/custom/ValentinaRamos">DecalGirl</a> featured. What do you think?
Valentina Harperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02501169314674885184noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5586947067225526485.post-28099196475600989032012-09-25T16:08:00.000-04:002012-09-25T16:09:15.694-04:00Cardboard, paint and inkI have been working on Ava's nursery in the past months. I'm not good decorating, but at least I could make some art for the walls. These 2 pieces were really easy and kind of fast to make.<br />
I got a cardboard letter A at Joanns Fabric and a Deer on Urban Outfitters. I got a spray paint and in minutes the deer head was ready to hang in the wall. Easy, right?<br />
The letter A took me a little bit longer, but everyday i did a little. And finally Ava is going to have some artwork in her nursery walls before she leave for college ;)<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/valentinadesign/8024066463/" title="wall-decor-Ava-01 by valentinadesign, on Flickr"><img alt="wall-decor-Ava-01" height="640" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8032/8024066463_4435073aeb_z.jpg" width="480" /> </a><br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/valentinadesign/8024066751/" title="wall-decor-Ava-process by valentinadesign, on Flickr"><img alt="wall-decor-Ava-process" height="640" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8313/8024066751_a9995212c8_z.jpg" width="480" /></a>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/valentinadesign/8024064274/" title="wall-decor-Ava-02 by valentinadesign, on Flickr"><img alt="wall-decor-Ava-02" height="640" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8036/8024064274_e661722a78_z.jpg" width="480" /></a>Valentina Harperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02501169314674885184noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5586947067225526485.post-74587383634044446652012-09-24T14:09:00.000-04:002012-09-24T14:09:31.763-04:00Busy LifeLife have been pretty busy the last months. Having a baby is wonderful.. and difficult! I'm still trying to find a balance and see how I'm going to take care of Ava and work at the same time. So far I just decide to take it easy until she turn 2 (or 3 or 6!) month and after that I will re open my Etsy shop ans see if I can manage everything (crazy, right?. I'm really wondering how other people do it... I guess I will have to take one step at the time. How you do it?<br />
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I owe you million of posts, but for some reason I was waiting to redesign my blog to come back in a new totally different phase of my life... but who was I kidding? I don't have time to take a shower, when I will find time to redesign this blog? Not any time soon!<br />
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Well... one step at the time, right?
And because right now Ava is having a nap (taking about naps, Ava is 7 weeks old today, how many hours she should be sleeping during the day?), I can share with you a little something I start doing the last month.
A few weeks ago I decided to do a little work every week. I wish I can paint a big canvas or do a new print, but usually I don't now how much time I will have available to paint, but I need to create in order to feel better... And if mama is happy, everybody is happy.<br />
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Sooo... Every Monday now is going to be Coloring Monday!
Here the free coloring page for this week: (<a href="http://valentinadesign.com/printables/time_to_fly_09-24_VH">click here to download the 8.5 x 11 page</a>)
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/valentinadesign/8020354065/" title="Coloring Monday! by valentinadesign, on Flickr"><img alt="Coloring Monday!" height="640" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8435/8020354065_df2e9c1675_z.jpg" width="494" /></a><br />
And here you can get the pages I made the last weeks ;)<br />
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- <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=462570600431523&set=a.130140483674538.18491.114797828542137&type=3&theater">Dream Big</a><br />
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- <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=460135454008371&set=a.130140483674538.18491.114797828542137&type=3&theater">2 Birds</a><br />
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- <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=457511434270773&set=a.130140483674538.18491.114797828542137&type=3&theater">Little Cardinal</a><br />
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- <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=454903447864905&set=a.130140483674538.18491.114797828542137&type=3&theater">Prairie</a><br />
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Hope you enjoy the free coloring pages, and every Monday you will have a new one!<br />
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And if you want to know why I haven't post ion this blog for so long, you can blame this cute face ;)<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/valentinadesign/8020219178/" title="ava-1month by valentinadesign, on Flickr"><img alt="ava-1month" height="500" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8320/8020219178_442a055aed.jpg" width="500" /></a>
Valentina Harperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02501169314674885184noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5586947067225526485.post-10853334909434756092012-08-15T17:17:00.001-04:002012-08-15T17:17:46.709-04:00Meet Ava RoseBorn August 6 at 12:09 am<br />
7 pounds and 4 ounces of cuteness.<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/valentinadesign/7790964868/" title="1-week by valentinadesign, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8425/7790964868_3c90025917.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="1-week"></a>
<br />She is sooo sweet and she is keeping me pretty busy.<br />
<br />Valentina Harperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02501169314674885184noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5586947067225526485.post-42172195465086128562012-06-04T17:31:00.000-04:002012-06-04T17:31:37.811-04:0012 weeks - 12 paintings2 weeks ago I decided to challenge myself (as usual!) to create more before the baby arrive. I know I already made a huge list and goals of things to do before the baby, but I needed an specific project to push myself... because it's fun ;)<br />
My new challenge is to paint a canvas (any size) per week until my due date. Hopefully the baby got the memo and she is going to be happily inside my belly until I finish the project.<br />
I was planning to post about the challenge as soon I star it, but I wanted to be 100% commitment with it before posting. I already made 2 paintings because I start the project on my week 28 :)<br />
Sooo here we go. My new challenge "12 weeks - 12 paintings"<br />
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<b>- Week 1:</b><br />
<b>Tarquien. Watercolor and ink on canvas 8x8</b><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/valentinadesign/7338620178/" title="tarquien by valentinadesign, on Flickr"><img alt="tarquien" height="640" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7089/7338620178_d342e9e4fd_z.jpg" width="480" /></a>
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<b>- Week 2:</b><br />
<b>Billy. Acrylic and ink on canvas 6x6</b><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/valentinadesign/7338619610/" title="billy-painting by valentinadesign, on Flickr"><img alt="billy-painting" height="222" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8147/7338619610_733e4b5e89.jpg" width="500" /></a>
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Tonight I should decide what I'm going to paint this week ;)<br />
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And BTW, believe it or not, I finished to organize <a href="http://valentinaramos.blogspot.com/2012/05/one-shelf-at-time.html">the supplies closet!</a> Yeah me :)<br />
Now it's a lot easier to find the art supplies, shipping materials, prints and goodies. And to be honest, only took me a few hours to do it... Why I had to procrastinate so much?<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/valentinadesign/7338786488/" title="closet01 by valentinadesign, on Flickr"><img alt="closet01" height="640" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7211/7338786488_457cfd326a_z.jpg" width="480" /> </a></div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/valentinadesign/7338786762/" title="closet02 by valentinadesign, on Flickr"><img alt="closet02" height="640" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8153/7338786762_7bf6469460_z.jpg" width="478" /></a>
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Happy Monday :)Valentina Harperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02501169314674885184noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5586947067225526485.post-78462234816807609862012-05-24T16:47:00.003-04:002012-05-24T16:53:20.576-04:00One shelf at a timeThe other day I opened my supplies closet and I could find anything. Of course, who can find something in closet like this one?<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/valentinadesign/7263799460/" title="closet-01 by valentinadesign, on Flickr"><img alt="closet-01" height="640" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7098/7263799460_1ce805b141_z.jpg" width="480" /></a></div>
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I think it's time to put myself together and start organizing here. The first step was buying some simple plain bids. The bins arrived 3 days ago and were sitting really comfortable on my dinning table with a bunch of other stuffs (like prints, canvas, fabric, etc). I some point today i start to feel a little bit bad for not only having a big disaster in my studio but for spreading my disaster all over the place.
Soooo.. today was the. Today (after my nap) I start organizing the closet...<br />
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I only did one shelf.<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/valentinadesign/7263799864/" title="closet-02 by valentinadesign, on Flickr"><img alt="closet-02" height="640" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7097/7263799864_ffce0455cb_z.jpg" width="480" /></a>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/valentinadesign/7263799696/" title="closet-shelf by valentinadesign, on Flickr"><img alt="closet-shelf" height="375" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7220/7263799696_809afd9e1d.jpg" width="500" /></a></div>
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Blame it to this belly ;)<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/valentinadesign/7263515766/" title="27-weeks by valentinadesign, on Flickr"><img alt="27-weeks" height="500" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7089/7263515766_fc3a6320a6.jpg" width="431" /></a></div>
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One shelf ready... 4 to go!
In the meantime, the living room still looks like this<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/valentinadesign/7263799594/" title="living-room by valentinadesign, on Flickr"><img alt="living-room" height="640" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8016/7263799594_1ccf190185_z.jpg" width="480" /></a></div>
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Well, lets see what I do tomorrow.Valentina Harperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02501169314674885184noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5586947067225526485.post-45971945423743007122012-05-17T14:06:00.001-04:002012-05-17T14:06:16.756-04:00Doing my best<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/valentinadesign/7216801418/" title="hand by valentinadesign, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7071/7216801418_2fd3ccc950.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="hand"></a>
A couple of months ago I was reading a post in <a href="http://lovelife.typepad.com/my_weblog/2012/02/reinventing.html">Kal Barteski blog</a> about a pain she had in her hands, and my heart ached bad for her. Being an artist I get super worry about my hands and eyes, and readings her posts, inspire me and make me more aware of spending time doing the art I love. Just a few weeks after reading her post I woke up with a weird new pain on my writs and I assumed I slept with my hands in a weird position or something like that. After a few days with the same pain in booth hands, I start wondering if the pain was a pregnancy related thing. I did a quick search and BOOM! I found that is "normal" to suffer of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome during the swelling during the pregnancy. I never felt morning sickness the first trimester or other uncomfortable symptoms, but I got the pain in my hands... NOT GOOD FOR ME.
So far I have been handling the pain pretty good. I tried to don't complain because my pregnancy have been easy, no reason to complaint ;) But lately the pain have been bad.. really bad. Indeed I cried a little bit 2 nights ago and yesterday I couldn't work :( I know the pain is going to pass in a few months, and I'm grateful because this is is just something related to the pregnancy. In the meantime, I'm using my wrist braces and working a little bit more slow than usual.
I'm just doing my best...Valentina Harperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02501169314674885184noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5586947067225526485.post-51226940801766154422012-05-09T18:36:00.000-04:002012-05-09T18:36:20.925-04:00DowntimeRight now I'm fighting a phase of lack of inspiration. I have been trying super hard to keep myself working, but I have to be honest... the inspiration it's not with me! And the I think one of the majors reason for this "downtime" have been my own mind pressuring myself to create as much as I can before I have the baby. I have been super worry thinking in how I'm going to work when the little one come to join our lives. And that pressure and worry is what make my mind just freeze and I don't know how to tackle my To Do's list... and that makes me mad and worry, and the circle of unproductive time start again. I'm making sense here? I feel like I'm going a tiny bit crazy :)
Yesterday I really had a bad day. I was feeling super BLAH and I didn't wanted to do anything. I tried hard really hard to draw something new. I tried to find inspiration and feel better, but the only thing I really wanted was to laid in the couch under my blanket and sleep. And I did that.
This morning I woke up without great expectations. I was planning to go with the flow and see if I could accomplish something meaningful. I sat in front of my computer (and I mean in front of my laptop, because my computer is still broke and I'm trying to figure out the next step) with my cup of coffee and I saw a little basket I always have on top of my desk. And out of the blue a little light came to my mind! In that basket I have a couple of inspiration things and I have a box with of Tea Leaf Fortune Cards (don't ask me, I have a bunch of things like that here in my studio) and I decided THAT was exactly what I needed to boost my inspiration a little bit! I'm not so sure how often I'm going to do this, but I wish I can push myself to do it at least one time per week as a challenge.
And this is what I did... really easy and silly, but worked for me!
Put all the "Tea Leaf" cards on my desk
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/valentinadesign/7167136610/" title="tea-2 by valentinadesign, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5459/7167136610_9fde456c91.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="tea-2"></a>
I picked one
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/valentinadesign/7167136154/" title="tea-card01 by valentinadesign, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7088/7167136154_62a351cbfa.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="tea-card01"></a>
Saw the drawing (and smiled with the message)
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/valentinadesign/7167136470/" title="sun-tea-card by valentinadesign, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7238/7167136470_d09d47840a.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="sun-tea-card"></a>
And drew the image on watercolor paper with pencil
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/valentinadesign/7167136306/" title="sun by valentinadesign, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7104/7167136306_8d9fab8a7c.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="sun"></a>
Now, it's time to start adding the ink.
I'll be posting the progress of this drawing on my <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ValentinaRamosArt">facebook page</a>.
I really feel a lot better today!Valentina Harperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02501169314674885184noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5586947067225526485.post-59925175547973515952012-05-07T17:56:00.000-04:002012-05-07T17:56:22.961-04:00Vacation is over<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/valentinadesign/7154095572/" title="chile2012 by valentinadesign, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7076/7154095572_9022f1f092.jpg" width="500" height="500" alt="chile2012"></a>
I just came back from Chile! Andrew and I went to Santiago de Chile to celebrate my brother's wedding. Well, indeed we went to Santiago de Chile (9 hours flight), took other flight to Calama (2 hours) and a bus to San Pedro de Atacama (1 hour 15 min)... looooong trip!. My sweet sister in law and crazy little brother decided to get married in the Atacama Desert... in the middle of no where ;). We had a blast! The town and landscape was awesome. The weeding was super beautiful and the party tons of fun. In general lines the trip was SUPER DUPER amazing. One of the most important parts of the trip was being with my family. After 11 years or so, the 4 siblings were together in the same place and at the same time! It's not easy to coordinate something like that. We all live in different really different places (Amsterdam, Caracas, Chile and US)... You can imaging it's not easy to have a reunion like this every year.<br />
Well, vacation is over and now is time to go back to my work. Before my trip, I had some serious computer problems and now I have to buy a new computer. I realized I wasn't super good backing up my files in my dropbox (oiischh!) And that it's not good but I guess that will teach to be better on that.<br />
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Cheers for a new week! Hope it's a productive one (I only have 3 months before having my baby... OMG! I have to start getting ready!)Valentina Harperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02501169314674885184noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5586947067225526485.post-33977758054072661422012-04-18T15:19:00.002-04:002012-04-18T15:24:08.193-04:00Spoonflower contest (again!)After a long break, I made a design for a <a href="http://www.spoonflower.com/contest_voters/new?contest_id=131">Spoonflower contest</a>! :)<br />The theme this week is 'Sewing Celebration" and this is my submission:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/valentinadesign/6941519566/" title="Sew and Smile by valentinadesign, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7211/6941519566_98deee6d5b.jpg" alt="Sew and Smile" height="500" width="500" /></a><br /><br />If you liked, you can can vote <a href="http://www.spoonflower.com/contest_voters/new?contest_id=131">here</a> ;)<br /><br />Wish me luck!Valentina Harperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02501169314674885184noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5586947067225526485.post-31558037633336382722012-04-16T20:23:00.002-04:002012-04-16T20:37:40.705-04:00My artwork in VenezuelaRemember I had 2 art festivals in February and March? (and I think I haven show you the pictures about the shows!). Well, my sister Clementina came from Venezuela to visit me in perfect timming to help me with the shows ;). I'm SOOOO HAPPY she came because I was like 14-16 weeks pregnant and I really needed her help!.<br />After a couple of weeks working with me in my little studio and in the shows, she decide all that work was A LOT of fun, and wanted to sell my artwork in Venezuela!. So, now, when she is not writing fitness and diet articles (she writes for her own blog and also for other blogs, because she is a rock star!) or training people, she is looking for venues to sell my art. I'm telling you, she is a rock star ;)<br />Last weekend she had her first bazaar representing <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Valentinaprints">Valentina's Prints</a>. I think my sister and brother in law made an amazing work! Look all the cool things they made:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/valentinadesign/6939628956/" title="Valentina's Prints in Venezuela by valentinadesign, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5152/6939628956_4db2199cd7.jpg" width="500" height="500" alt="Valentina's Prints in Venezuela"></a><br /><br />They have prints, mugs, wooden boxes, pillow cases, iPhone covers...<br />Love it :)<br /><br />Now you can like <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Valentinaprints">Valentina's prints on Facebook</a>. And if you are looking for amazing tips on diet, exercises, fitness and more, you have to check <a href="http://www.clementinaramos.com/">my sister's blog</a> and like her <a href="https://www.facebook.com/NoTeLoComas">Facebook page, No te lo comas.</a>Valentina Harperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02501169314674885184noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5586947067225526485.post-19442710538827298102012-04-10T13:21:00.002-04:002012-04-10T13:31:16.991-04:00Fab.com sale!You know <a href="http://fab.com/sale/">Fab.com</a>? This site <span class="st"> features daily design inspirations and sales of up to 70% off retail. I love it, you really can find awesome things there. And guess what? <a href="http://fab.com/sale/4753">I'm having a sale there! </a>For the next 3 days, you can get some of my prints in photographic paper (11x14) for only $19.50.<br /><a href="http://fab.com/sale/4753/">Check my sale here</a><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="st"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/valentinadesign/6918921340/" title="fab sale! by valentinadesign, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7092/6918921340_5861ab01eb_z.jpg" alt="fab sale!" height="640" width="423" /></a></span><br /></div><span class="st"><br /></span>Valentina Harperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02501169314674885184noreply@blogger.com1