Treasures from Chicago

Here are the art supplies I bought...

Carving blocks, inks, stamps and more.

Papeles para origami, para collage, blocks de dibujo y acuarelables, plumas, un cortante con forma de mariposa, unas microfibras artísticas, unos pinceles y acuarelas.

Some other lovely papers and notepads I found and some Mucha greeting cards (I couldn't resist to my favourite artist).

A few days in Chicago

I'm in Chicago for a few days.
I went to an art store and I felt a kid in Disneyland! I bought some art staff that will be increasing the weight of my luggage!. I'll show you when I return home.
Here are some photos of Chicago, it's amazing architecture and the gardens.

The red chair

I have inherited it, with some other furniture from my great aunt Porota (I remember how much I adored her).
I have to paint one chair for each of my sons (daughter and son). He decided it should be red (he took the colour from his favourite football team),  I loved idea too. 

Before

The process

My son help painting and I told him the story of the chair, and about my great aunt Porota and my great uncle Francisco.

After
The little owner, happy ("I love it mom!" and the mother, happy).

In my table today

A mini painting of Frida Kahlo

I used to decorate family cakes

There was a time, when my kids were small (more than now, at least), when I used to decorate the cakes for them.
Some of the photos are scanned from the printed photos...

Baptism

First birthday (1 year)

 2 years cake

3

And a cake for a courageous friend's weeding.

Everyday sweet art!
I have not quit decorating cakes. But lately I've been buying them!

This is all so far

Carved stamps... for kids?

I've been asked by my kids to carve some stamps with some drawings they gave me... not easy... they are not exactly reflected but they look alike, I guess...

A mother does everything...