Hello 2012 ~ Tea Towel Calendar!

My design is in the Top Ten (in the Spoonflower Tea Towel 2102 calender contest)
I'm sooo happy!

You can get your fabric here in this link.
The calendar fit in a Fat Quarter.

Happy Thursday!

Doodles and a butterfly

I really liked this week Spoonflower contest. The theme is “black and White” and you know how much I love drawing in black and white, right?
Well… I couldn’t help and I made some doodle/flowers for the contest. This is my submission.



I really like this pattern. I’m not sure if works perfectly for fabric but you can bet I’ll use it for other stuff like iPhone cases ;) I’m planning to color a little bit the pattern and sell it as fabrics but also in skins for laptops and phones because I think will be cool ;)
I would love to ask you to vote for my design, but I think this contest is a little bit overwhelming. Tons and tons of entries and because all the designs are black and white I found difficult to find a specific design, make sense? You can click here and check the contest. And of course, if you find my fabric, you can vote for it. Thanks in advance!

Ok. And now about the Butterfly!
Today I have this cute little Butterfly for sale here in my blog.
I painted this Butterfly in a 6x6 (1.5 deep) canvas.




The Butterfly
$55 + 10 shipping

Happy Thursday!

Super Random

1.- Last week Spoonflower fabrics contest was “Squid”. For some inexplicable reason, I didn’t show you my submission… and I didn’t ask you to vote for me! Weird right? Well, this was my submission. And you want to know something? I finished 2nd! Go cuteness ;)



2.- And because cuteness is always good, I decided to participate in the Project Selvage, A competition to find Michael Miller Fabrics’ next licensed designer! Cool, right? Well, the theme for the competition is Baby Boy Print, and I think boys always love Dinosaurs, right? Here my submission:



You can read more about Project Selvage here.

3.- I always wanted to draw a whale, and finally last week I finished one I start like 3 weeks ago. My dear whale looks like this:



And after scanning and coloring in illustrator, I uploaded the print in my Society6 shop and now created some cool things like the laptop skin, iPhone case and t-shirt. Mr. Harper picked the name (because that is his job in this business!). Meet Deep Violet:




4.- Last weekend I had an amazing fun showcase at The Stage in the Miami Design District. The picture is really bad because (as usual!) I didn’t have my camera and my iPhone 3 it’s not so good for taking pictures, but you can get the idea of how the wall looks.



5.- Talking about shows. I’m looking forward to create a lot of art right now. I have been trying to find a balance between creating original artwork on canvas and creating art to license. Right now I’m feeling the need to paint. To paint A LOT. I love to paint for the sake of painting, but I realize I’m a lot of more productive and a lot more focus if I have a specific goal in my mind. Right now I’m looking for places where I can show/sale my work. Galleries, stores, restaurants, bar, lounge, you name it... I want to be in a group show or in a solo show! I want to paint AND have a place to show the artwork. You know or you own a place where you my artwork fit? Well, send me an email and we can start planning! ;)

6.- And talking about painting. I have these 2 canvases looking at me here in my studio...

I dont usually paint in large scale. The biggest piece I had made is a 24x20 elephant (my actual favorite piece). But these 2 canvases have been patiently waiting for me. 24x30. Hhhmmm... I think I’m ready to tackle this project this week, but I don’t know what to paint! What you think? Suggestions?

Happy random Monday!!!

Spoonflower "Paisley" design contest

After couples of month’s hiatus, I’m participating again in a Spoonflower fabric contest!
This week theme is “Paisley” and this is my design:



I called it Spring Paisley because the colors are base in the 2011 Pantone Spring colors ;)
You like my design? Go and vote here!

Thank you and happy Tuesday!

here we go again...

Well... looks like I will keep sending designs to Spoonflower contests ;)
Here is my first 2011 submission.

The theme is " Large Scale Botanical (palette-restricted)". I really like the design I made, indeed, I made this a week ago for my "Marisa" collection, I just adjusted the colors for the palette restricted. So, I really like my design and I think works good in the theme, but I was shocking seeing some of the other designs… AWESOME! Wow, so much talent and inspiration there!
Check the contest and vote for your favorites here.

And looks like patterns and fabrics are going to be my main focus this month. Looks the collection I just finished.

Happy Thursday!

Tea Towel 2011 Calendar

Remember the designs I made to participate at the Spoonflower Tea Towel calendar?
Well, I submitted this Calendar to the contest,

and I finished 3rd! I got my calendar last Saturday, and seriously I LOVE it! I’m super please with Spoonflower quality. The colors are great and the resolution in the details is awesome.







Now you can get your Hello 2011 Tea Towel Calendar in Quilting weight (Fat Quarter (21" x 18")) for only $11! (+ shipping) ;) Here the link.

Happy week!!!

Mixed feelings

Today I’m feeling:
-Disappointed. Every time I participate in any of the Spoonflower contest, I really do it because I enjoy the challenge and the contest gives me a little bit of “push” to design something. Of course, if my design finish in the Top Ten, that is awesome. Well, my last design (In woodland) wasn’t in the Top Ten yesterday :( I usually NEVER get disappointed for something like that because as an artist you learn to grow thicker skin for those situation, but honestly I feel a tad sad yesterday. I REALLY liked my design, I mean REALLY. Indeed I’m working a whole collection base in that design because I think have great potential. So… doesn't matter what they say, I still love so much little fabric ;)

Ahhh and BTW, this is my submission for the 2011 Calendar :) Here the link if you want to vote.

-Pleased. I can’t help, but every time I see my work in real products, I feel super happy.
I ordered a runner from my Envelop shop and I think looks great!

BTW, my sister Andreina have the same runner in her apartment in Amsterdam ;)


A couple of weeks ago, my husband ordered a cover for his iPhone 4. I took a picture of the case next to the original drawing :)

And the same week, Jeanne from Dirty Laundry got the same case ;)

-In love. Seriously… I love this cow now!

You can check My Mooooo friend (and iPhone cases) here.

-Exited. The weather is super beautiful today. I can’t wait to go out tonight and party to celebrate the first Friday!

Happy weekend everybody!

Dear November

Oh sneaky November… what are you doing here? Who told you to come so soon? Unbelievable! Only 2 months left and 2010 will be history :(
Usually I’m always super excited with the beginning of each month, but this time is a little bittersweet. Don’t get me wrong, I ABSOLUTELY love this time of the year, indeed October and November are my favorite months, but I feel a little bit sad about this wonderful 2010. I’m not ready for a new year full of adventures.
Well… I don’t have other option and start preparing myself for 2010 farewell. I promise to do my super best and get the maximum of the next 2 months. This year has been REALLY good to me. 2010, I’ll always remember you ;)

So… how about MORE calendars to start getting in the 2011 mood?
One of these designs is going to participate in the next Spoonflower Contest. Today is the last day to send the design and I’m still thinking which one I should send.
What you think?



P.S: My newsletter is going out of my inbox later today ;)

this and that

I have a few things to share with you today.

First, FINALLY I made other design to participate in this week Spoonflower contest. The theme this week was "Creatures of Woodland". My idea was to create a design with a quilt feeling. In my mind I could picture a cool duvet with cool forest animals. In my mind, I could see the duvet in really vibrant colors. For some crazy reason,(no idea why!) while I was working in the design my mind switch to a more warm pink palette and now the design looks like this.



I still like it a lot (and you can vote for it if you want ;) just click here to go to the Spoonflower contest), but still I wanted to see the design in the vibrant colors I previously had in mind.
Soooo... I create some images to update my Society 6 shop. The cool thing about Society 6 is the ability to create cool things like iPhone cases, laptops and iPads skins, t-shirts, canvas and more.
I REALLY like how the designs look in these colors... What you think?

You can check my whole shop here ;)



And taking about cases and skins. Now you can get my designs in skins for blackberry, iPhones, Kindle, laptops and more in DecalGirl.com :) I got some samples last week and I LOVE IT!!!

You want to check my shop? Just click here.



And talking about samples. I'll do a little giveaway with some of those samples! This time it's going to be a little bit different. Next Monday (Nov 1), I'll send my newsletter with a couple of new things, a little freebie and the giveaway info. If you want to participate, you have to receive my newsletter ;) If you are not in mailing list, you can ckick here to suscribe right now!

OK. That is all for the day. Now I have to start looking online for my Halloween makeup ideas. I think I'll just take my Japanese robe and paint my face like geisha. I'll be a Geisha with short hair ;)

Happy Thursday!!

Spoonflower "border fabric" contest

This is my submission for this week Spoonflower contest. The idea was to create a "Border Print". I really like this design. I would love to see some pillows with this fabric :)



If you like the fabric too, you can go a vote here.

Thanks!