For her PJ!

This is Camila´s new PJ´s bag that she can hang on her door or near her bed. It always holds a set of PJ , sleeping socks and her little bunny Branquinha that she loves so much!


I came to this bag idea when I bought Sewing in no time written by Emma Hardy , full of fabulous ideas and colorful photos that I immediately had to make it!


It was fun to make it in one afternoon! I guess it took me more time for choosing the fabrics and its colours than sewing itself .
I really enjoy these easy and quick sewing things ! Ready in 2 hours... Don´t you?


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A cozy place to be

This is my friend Celia´s quilt, a magnificent masterpiece! Work in progress.



This is the studio I´ve been spending my Mondays to make and learn patchwork and quilting. Here we learn, laugh, relax, sew a lot, use rottary cutters and quilting machines and fabrics are everywhere but very organized I must say.
I love this place´s special energy for the people that work there and the friendship we´ve been sharing at tea time and sewing time.

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Mom´s special

She makes the best tempura I´ve eaten! Mom made these to celebrate my sister in law and my brother´s birthday that were actually in July. The dinner was so great and we could talk and take pictures and eat endlessly!
Yes, we love Japanese Food!

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It´s a yellow Sunday

wood for fireplace or wood oven, maybe to bake some bread and goodies in this winter...


Local food and farmer´s market full of sweet natural things, wine and honey. I can´t resist them!


Yes we have lots of bananas!


artichokes, very famous around here, lots of producers...


Very Brazilian, isn´t it?


Hanging...


Corns, there are so many ways to cook them. What do you make in your kitchen with them?


Pumpkins and yellow, orange color everywhere. I really like that!

Wishing you a delightful day and week!

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Bye Bye July

Wooden toys sailing the newest boat made by Camila with the Brazilian flag that she made herself.

Some of my studio corner I want to show you...


My new work: Circles


Some embroidery and appliqué technique has been used on this work.


Choosing the right color... , oh , hard job!


This is my messy lovely drawer full of treasure!
I can not believe I´m showing this mess to all of you!!! Excuse me...


The other corner I spend most of my time in the studio. The table with the fantastic Olfa self healing cutting mat.


I´m sorry for this horrible light, I mean there wasn´t any decent natural light. Anyway...


By color: Pink
Purple


RED!! always RED. I heart Polka Dots!!!


The corner of the working table, no space for anything else. I need some more hours in a day to organize my sewing room.


Red boxes with pretty tags! And bugs! Thank you Sweet Bug!!


So this is August and we´ve been busy these days under lots of rain , indoor playing, watching DVD, cooking, making toys and sewing which I really love and I decided to take some pictures of the latest work I´m totally obsessed!

I´m making a little quilt, maybe to hang on the wall to decorate and to bring some warmth into our room with some orange, yellow and those beautiful shades of gold... it makes me feel good just because I look at them, isn´t it simple? And I rejoice in the feeling of the Spring to come... Please , please, please, come soon!

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First piano lesson

When my Mom told me she wanted to teach piano to Camila I was a little bit worried because of the language problem... Mom doesn´t speak Portuguese so well and Camila doesn´t speak Japanese ... But as my Sweet Bug friend said, "there are times that words come from our hearts" and she was so right.
It was a new experience to my daughter and she enjoyed having some time with her grandmother, only the two of them, playing piano together and I guess my Mom was very pleased , too!

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Before the busy work...

A very carefully prepared tea...


... with some good friends and it´s all set.


This is my Tofu Strawberry which came from my dear friend Sweet Bug!


These pretty little candies was sent from my Dad who lives in Japan, yummy!
Thanks Papa!!


And I must tell you, I´m tired of so much rain!


But... I could find beauty in the raindrops.
I love macro lens ( Nikon 100mm , 2.8) and the Nikon D-200 , they are fantastic!

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The latest things we´ve done...

My little girl holding another cute little one!


On the road, heading home...


Dinner at Chiado da Costela



Raindrops on the leaves, I like that!


Hey, look at your teeth, they are very very clean now!!!


Cheese!
Have a colorful week!

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Perfect day

What can I call a daily perfection?
Hmmmm... this delicious food, my lunch that I prepared myself in a calm , cold and cloudy day which made me feel inspired and I had to cook!

This food is called in Portuguese: Polenta com Carne Moída which I printed from this website to put in my recipe personal cookbook because I enjoyed making it and its result was perfect, sooo good!

And after all the Polenta consumption lunch , I went to sewing my quilt which I called Maricota´s quilt because most of the scraps I used here came as a donation from my choir friends ( the Maricotas!) and they´ve turned to a very special quilt, all handmade by me with a hundred percent cotton fabric .

It may sound silly but I get strenght from this little ritual and these moments leaves me aware of this very present time, so full of good energy, handwork, peace , stillness and so much goodness!

And talking about goodness, these pretty buttons and fabrics , they came from a very special friend , very talented artist and ceramist that went to visit the US these past few days and she reminded of bringing these for me!Thank you Celia, from the bottom of my heart! And plus, I heart Mondays when I go to your cozy atelier to learn Patchwork!!!

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Holidays - kid vs. rainy day

Nothing goes with rainy days better than indoor playing cards, jaboticaba fruits, tea, cheese bread (which we call Pão de Queijo) and some Pinhão, seeds from a Pine Tree called Araucária (Araucaria Angustifolia) which is a very typical food in these cold season and delicious!
And some watercolor painting inspired right here...

And I like to do lists, endless list because I´m a list maker... Here it goes, a part of it!

I´m listening and watching: on YouTube - The Holiday movie soundtrack by Hans Zimmer, amazing!

I´m feeling : sleepy , it´s almost 1 AM!

I´m resisting: the little Godiva chocolate box that I got yesterday from my brother... yum,yum!

I´m reading: Last child in the woods , by Richard Louv . For parents concerned with the future of childhood, it´s a book that will make you unplug yourself and will make you realize that nature can be as amazing, mysterious and powerful as any TV show or a video game .

I´m dreaming : with these wonderful photographs and its decoration ideas...

I´m wishing: you all much joy and love for this weekend!!!


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Today is a special day!

I´ve been contemplating my own life with other eyes, new thoughts, old feelings turned into new, every little step I take has been different lately, I´ve been very scared about things that happened to us but this is a place that I would never put words that could not be comfortable for you to hear from me.
I believe that life gets better when we expect the best even though sometimes it shows you the opposite. I have faith, I´m a lucky person and I´ve had good feelings since then, I believe that when we look up there are so many beauty , wonder and tranquility that I should not complain.
I always thank for the health we all have, I thank for the house we live, the food on the table everyday, I thank for the old friends and the new ones...

Today is my Mom´s 78th birthday! Isn´t it wonderful??? Live with passion, love for music, surrounded by good friends, family , health , history, a life full of ups and downs but still, more ups!
I´d like to thank Mom for all these years she´s been taking care of this wonderful family and because of her we are so close, me and my brothers. Dad is far, in Japan but he remembered and called her today and that made her day!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!!! BEST WISHES, GOD BLESS YOU!!

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June Festival

All set for the Festa Junina !! Look at my fake hair!!


Cold outside...


Warm and cozy inside...


Codfish with potato and brocoli


Still

The entrance



She loved the little bag I made just for her!!!


Here down in Brazil we celebrate this month with lots of joy, dancing, eating , talking with friends, playing games... It´s called Festa Junina which is celebrated on the days of the Saints ( São João, Santo Antonio) and churches and schools everywhere open their doors for everybody to this amazing outdoor parties!!! So we went to this one near our house and we ate a lot, Camila went with her new caipira´s dress but she had to wear lots of clothes because it was really cold outside! and boots and her fake hair on the hat! She was kind of pretty!!!

And today we went to a delicious Portuguese Restaurant called Quinta do Bacalhau outside São Paulo, it´s in Caucaia do Alto, near here in a beautiful house, small but cozy. The bread is awesome with some butter or extra virgin olive oil and salt, yummy!
The codfish was kinda amazing, delicious, I love brocoli and this dish came with plenty of them!!!

Outside you´ll see a pretty corner with flowers and country styled details...
Finally the sun outside warmed my heart and it felt like a gift, it welcomed me again in this crazy world, suddenly I´m very happy.

I´ll be back here in a few days.
May your week be full of much love and gratitude, always.
I love you all!

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