Celebrating

Eleven years ago, in October the 28th we got married and this year is so special for us because we have a new member in our little family ; )) And we´ve been blessed for having great friends, a nice place to live with a wonderful view ( and wind as I wished so strongly...), a beautiful family and this time to celebrate. We are so greatful for everything that surrounds us and for your friendship , many of you, blog readers that became real friends.

We´ve celebrated eating what I love most: Paella

And for dessert I baked some banana cake that´s so very easy to make , I could bake it during my baby boy´s naptime and he doesn´t sleep that much...

And as a big present for myself, this book by Amanda Soule arrived just on time to celebrate this special occasion, I started reading it and it´s quite amazing how she writes about life and celebration . It´s a beautiful book with breathtaking pictures.

So now, I´ll get back to read my new book and I´ll leave you with our family´s picture taken yesterday before our dinner.


Thank you for stopping by and we wish you a wonderful weekend full of laughter , happiness and magic!

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Weekending

Hello! I hope you are doing well and you had a great weekend.
Yesterday we headed up to a little town called São Roque and we had a really great day together although we are all trying to forget we are sick! Last week was painful to all of us and finally we are getting better after lots of boxes of tissue paper, homeopathic medicine, visiting doctors and so on and so forth...
We deserved to have a great lunch, don´t you think?

Kids LOVE pasta!

And after lunch ...

Camila went to the chair lift with her dad because I am sooo scared of heights!And I had a baby to take care of.


Talking about heights...
Camila wanted some more adventure and climbed those high trees

... go little girl!
And on our way back home we stopped to buy some pumpkin and there are some pretty visitors at the local market, so pretty!

Some interesting tropical fruits in the box

Oranges and tangerines...

and of course> pumpkins!
Wishing you lots of joy to this new week ! Thank you for stopping by!

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Seven months

Hi there!I am sorry I´ve been away from this space for a while... it´s been quite busy but finally
I can show you some pictures of my baby boy who turned 7 months last week!

And I´ve been taking some pictures around my house and after a rainy day the plants became so exuberant that my heart is so happy and I wanted to share with you.







Inside home I love these little birds that decorate my fireplace

It´s not a collection but I have a few birds everywhere and this pretty one in the nest is one of my favorite.

Tomorrow , the 12th it´s Children´s Day here in our country so I have big plans to play and do many funny stuff with my kids and for now I´ll leave you with this smiling boy´s picture.

Have a wonderful day and I wish you all a day full of enchantment, magic and smiles, lots of smiles!

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Welcome Spring!

Finally we are entering Spring season which I do love because of the explosion of colors everywhere, the dark green turning into beautiful light green, bees and flowers, birds and seeds celebrating this new season, these little simple things make my day.

So, sometimes I sit and just look around and think how beautiful life is and then I turn to my left and see this smiling face ...

Oh, dear, I love you so!
And here we go


...wishing you a wonderful Spring and to you , from the North Hemisphere, a happy Autumn season, too!

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Happy 6 Months!

Hi everyone!
Last week little César completed 6 months and we celebrated with a small party at home, only the four of us.
I made some cupcakes using Sinhana´s pretty cupcake set that decorated our dinner table so wonderfully!

Some fingerfood...


Then I cooked some codfish and Camila made a little gift for her brother: a colorful mobile made with small bottle caps to hang on his crib.


And something from the nature to decorate our dinner table


And when Dad got back home we started our celebration and of course, baby had his delicious milk, on the table!



Vanessa sent me this beautiful candle holder made by her husband with recycled bin , isn´t it pretty?
Happy 6 months, baby César, we love you so so so so so much!!!
Thank you for celebrating with us and have a wonderful week, filled with lots of joy and inspiration.

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Crafty, messy!

This week I could finally finish some commission and I just have to send them , they are all
packed and ready to go!
And after this work at my studio, all I can see around me is a huge mess, I am so messy that I can´t believe my eyes!!
My little Miffy looks at all this horrible scene!


I just can´t show you the floor,haha!

But I ´ve got something to show you that it´s so great and useful when you don´t want to use buttons . Because I love buttons and I love keeping them in a cute storage bins =))

So here it is, directly from Japan, I brought some last year and it´s a velcro with a tape on the back and you just have to iron it ( no sewing needed!), isn´t it great?

I used and tested it for this bib I made for my little baby, it´s so fast and easy to attach that I am in love with it!!! And after washing, it´s still very clean and "glued", 100% approved!

Today we´re going out to send my commission and then we have all the weekend to spend doing whatever we want to, isnt´that exciting?

What are your plans for this weekend?

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{ this moment }

A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.

If you're inspired to do the same, leave a link to your 'moment' in the comments for all to find and see.

Inspired by Soule Mama

I love Wednesdays because...

this is the day I can leave my baby at my Mom´s for about an hour and I can go to this great fruits and vegetables market where we call here "Sacolão" and it´s close to my mom´s house.
There are delightful colored fruits, delicious fresh vegetables and these are some of them I buy every week .

Asparagus ... don´t you just love them? Yumm... If you have some great recipe please let me know!

Cooking some Carrot Soup for supper , ideal for this winter season , maybe I´ll serve with some bread, how about that?

And this is the book I am in love with right now, I am not sure how it´s called in English but I think it´s Monet´s Table, actually I wanted another one but since I found this translated to Portuguese, I thought to myself, why not?

So, I just can tell that there are amazing photographs, stories and recipes...

As we were having a dinner with Monet...


I hope you enjoy cooking as much as I do, with or without Monet´s help! Have a great week filled with joy and happiness.

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