With autumn just around the corner

This side of the planet is preparing for autumn. Today I was walking around the garden, just looking everything... and I noticed a few plants that are already preparing themselves for the incoming autumn.
I felt a little nostalgy, I enjoy outdoor living a lot. 

In winter, we tend to stay indoors, right? I must confess that a few sunny mornings and afternoons I took a blanket and went outside for some quality reading.

And you? what season do you prefer? My preference: spring, no doubts.

I guess I am not prepared still to see my garden looking a little bit grey and empty.
But that is what autumn is for, right? it is a transition, a time to rest.

Little bench/table Fridita

The little table/bench Fridita from the series "dejarse habitar" or "let live into you" in English (like my studio chair and this canvas) is ready!!!!
I really enjoyed all the process of doing it... It transmits lot of joy to me, with all its colors, phrases and drawings!
It can be used both as a bench or a little side table.

It is made of pine wood, painted with acrylics, acrylic ink, protected with wax and also decorated with ribbons.
It is: 35cm long, 35cm wide and 25cm tall.

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There are two more to come: Bench Frida (like this but larger) and another one with a different shape.

Double project: little chair and a painted stone

These days I have been busy painting this little chair. This is a peek of what is coming next.
This new project is part of the series of works called "dejarse habitar" or "let live into you", like the chair of my art studio.
Is very important for me to be able to reflect through my art what I feel and think. I already told you how much I love to be surrounded by phrases.  Phases are so good to make a stop in daily routine and  think what we want, what we want to do or just laugh.
This is how is looking so far:

I'm still working on it!.


Meanwhile, I made a short stop to paint a stone with a phrase. "Enjoy life now, this is not a rehearsal".

Have a nice week and enjoy!

My short pass through pottery

I love pottery.  Some time ago I went to study with a teacher for a couple of months, but being a mother of young children, I concluded that everything is not possible... my passion would need to wait ...

Making something with your own hands from a piece of clay, out of nothing, and then put it to use, is wonderful.

In that short time I did some things, was just beginning, but I am very happy with my pieces.

All of them are in use: one with detergent and sponges, a soap, a comb holder, a small salad bowl and a bowl....

Also, some images from the weekend

The roses in the door of my studio

Recycling a pine wood dresser

Another piece of furniture for my daughter´s bedroom...
We bought this simple dresser made of pine wood.
After sanding and painting it, changing the handles and polishing it, the new dresser is ready for her to fill it.
Here it is:

Our bedside tables

Our room is in process of change. Finally is its turn! 

We often change things. Sometimes consists of changing the location of a furniture, sometimes on giving a coat of paint. Change is good!

We have bought the bedside tables we are using now in a hurry. We paid almost nothing (they were really useful at that time to replace the boxes we had when we married) and I must admit, they are not really nice... but we don't want to be ungrateful, they were very functional. Now that we have gave thanks, we can let them go!

Today I got into restoring the bedside tables that I inherited from my grandmother .... nothing better than a furniture that keeps lots of stories.

I am in the process of restoring. One of them is already finished:

In this following picture I took while I was restoring it, you can see how they were originally (the one on the right).

My home

This is how life is here around the....

kitchen...

patio...

 

 

living room...

the garden...

the bathroom of the studio...

the studio (not my art studio)...

And those are my collections of little pencils (from my kids, I love to keep the small pencils they have been using since the kindergarten).