2011 vs 2012

2011 fue el año en que…

…pasamos nuestras primeras navidades en Lake Jackson

…comí por primera vez en un restaurante griego

…preparé con emoción e ilusión todos los detalles de nuestra boda

…hice algunos cambios para mejor en mi habitación

…me prepararon dos despedidas de soltera

…aprobé tercero con las mejores notas de toda la carrera         

…conocí a mis suegros

…pasamos un único día en Paris

…conocí a amigos de la infancia de Valéry

…me casé con el vestido más caro y precioso que he comprado

…nos fuimos de luna de miel a Las Vegas

…nos prepararon una “wedding shower”

…empezamos a decorar nuestro apartamento

…monté un escritorio de Ikea yo sola

…compré mi primera taza de Anthropologie

…cenamos en un restaurante de renombre “Killen’s Steakhouse”

…me quedé embarazada

…volví a España de un día para otro

…asistí a dos bodas a parte de la mía

…empecé cuarto curso

…fui a Madrid con mis padres por la boda de mi primo

…fui a una cena ambientada en Halloween “made in Nieves”

…me hicieron una primera ecografía

…me volví a cortar el pelo

…empecé un negocio con Maria

…compré figuritas de belén para montar el nuestro en EE.UU.

…grabamos un vídeo para Marta, roomie de Cristina

…me hicieron una segunda ecografía

…supimos que tendríamos una niña 

...Valéry vino a pasar las Navidades a España con sus dos princesas

…decidimos el nombre de nuestra hija: Allison

2012 será el año en que…

…retomaré mis clases de yoga

…seré mamá

…Allison llegará a este mundo

…acabaré la carrera

…obtendré mi “Green Card”

…empezaré una nueva vida en EE.UU. con mi marido y mi hija

…nos mudaremos a un apartamento de dos habitaciones

…decoraré el nuevo apartamento

…me sacaré el carné de conducir

…celebraremos nuestras primeras Navidades con Allison

…no me faltarán motivos para sonreír

Amigo Invisible

At work, every year for Christmas we do the "Amigo Invisible". We all participate so somebody puts all of our names in a bag and each one of us pick one paper with the name of the person that they have to give a little gift. 

And today is the day. We have to bring the gifts and after classes we will open them and try to guess who has given it to us. 

This what I got for my "amigo": 

I got one for me too because I loved the quote, mine is the red one. 

I hope he likes it :)

Back to the blog world

It's been a long time since I last posted, a whole season to be precise. But, I have to say that, as I announced in the previous post, fall makes my creativity flow and I'm going to prove it to you. 

First of all, I finished my Fall Minibook. Here are some of the pages:

This is the first time I decided to do something on a daily basis and I succeed. Just to make sure it hasn't been something temporary, I'm going to start a Winter one. I haven't bought it at Elise's shop like the Fall Minibook, I had some Christmas and winter look patterned papers and I'm going to assemble it myself, let's see if it works... 

My purpose is to document a whole year using four minibooks. So, three to go :)

Apart from that, I have had an idea for a while in my mind now. Valery wanted me to do it by myself when I definitely moved to the US but I need somebody to tell me: "hey, this needs to be done by friday!"So I called my friend Maria, I explained to her my idea and she loved it! She actually had that too but she also needed somebody else, ha! 

So, a couple of weeks later we started this:

Right now we are in the "making stuff phase", we are going to start uploading pictures on our page in Facebook and trying to sale it to retailers. 

Busy like crazy at this moment but I'm going to make it, definitely! I'm motivated and excited. 

World, there we go!

P.S.: Another tiny big announcement will be made soon :)

Fall, Fall, Fall?

I got up this morning and... surprise! The sky was all grey, it was cold and windy! 

What does that mean? What is that sky bringing? Is Fall coming back? 

Quick Update

Lately, I have been working on the Fall MiniBook that I bought at Elise's shop. Here is the first page, more on that this weekend. 

I have also finished the CD and Thank You cards for all the friends and relatives that came to our wedding, they should be receiving that by now. 

And I have also started our mini honeymoon album...

I'm totally busy with my classes and work that I can hardly focus on my hobbies. Anyway, I always find a little bit of time to work on it. 

 

Oh, quick update on the previous post. It looks like Fall went back to where he was before appearing a few weeks ago... it's sunny and hot all day long :(

Finally here!

Yesterday it finally arrived :) 

Happiness and inspiration all around.

Today, it is raining. Light rain. Fresh and clean air. Umbrellas against the sky. Rain boots playing on puddles. Jackets and cardigans out of the closets. Happy faces.

Enjoy Fall!

Waiting for you, Fall

Yes, I can't wait for the summer to finish! I'm a bit tired of it. I want to go for a walk and say: "oh, it's chilly outside, let's wear a cute cardigan". 

I confess I'm a fan of Fall, of watching leaves falling off the trees, of wearing long sleeve, of the smell in the streets after a rainy day, of using new books, of starting new classes...

This is going to be a special Fall for me. It's going to be my last Fall in Spain for a long time, I guess. And I'm excited because a friend told me that Fall is even more amazing there in the US, changes are more obvious and nice. Can't wait to live that! (of course, my friend loves Fall too ;)

I haven't post for a while, but I'll post more during Fall, it's way more inspiring to me!