It´s World Cup season and to celebrate this exciting moment I made this green + yellow + blue ( Brazilian flag ) to decorate our living room and for those who want to make one of this, take a look at this tutorial , it´s written in Portuguese but it´s quite easy because there are great photos to follow. Try it, enjoy it!!!
Before hanging it inside our house I took this picture outside, much better with the natural light!
Visiting unique shops around neighborhood is sometimes very interesting like these material that are so different from what I am used to work with.
Long time ago I used to work with metal, pretending I was Jennifer Beals on" Flashdance "!!!! Welding machine, mask, electrodes, smoke, this used to be my father´s work but then suddenly there was I making art with metal and I enjoyed a lot that time. I made delicate bromelias, banana trees and orchids but that was a really heavy and dirty work and after I found out fabrics and the sewing machine , well, my life became complete!
This kind of shop was a delight for my eyes , old materials that could be recycled and turned into art, I just had to be creative and lots of project would pop up on my sketchbook...
But nowadays sewing became really my passion and these things are now my husband´s hobby! And that´s why I went to this shop this morning. Good luck , my dear !!!
The day was so warm, we had a birthday party to go and on our way to the party we saw this beautiful monument at Ibirapuera Park, it´s called Bandeiras Monument (artist: Victor Brecheret)
I´ve been away from this space since a long time and the reason was an awful fever , headache and the entire body feeling bad. Finally I am away from the bed!
These are pictures of some sewing I´ve made some days ago , this one with the Matrioska design was a gift to a very close friend to keep her wet tissue package inside. I loved making it, I embroidered, used some ric racs, so much fun!
These colors attracted me for the beauty, the simplicity and the combination, I enjoyed making this one also.
Here is the detail of a vintage button given from a friend and used here , very carefully.
The front and...
the back
And inside.
Clara, my sister in law was the pianist and she was amazing!
At the end, everybody ( including the audience) could sing together, Japanese old songs that they reminded from the deep of their hearts, I guess those were the songs they used to listen when they were kids, in Japan, with their family... it was beautiful, some of them cried and were very touched.
I´ve been trying to post these photos since Wednesday and I´ve been facing some trouble due to the lack of high speed internet connection home so I could post only these 3 pictures...
These are some of her treasures, photographs taken with friends...
the elephant collection ( there are more hidden somewhere...) and the box of wood with her mosaic work.
This post is just to share with you some simple joy we had this Saturday at our condominium where a Flea Market was held at the social area, actually our first Flea Market!!!
A smiling face, just beside my table...
Selling and buying moments...
The market was just right beside the kids park and the kids had lots of fun while Moms were selling their stuff... hey, come back here and help your Mom!!!
It was a Saturday under the warmth of the autumn sun and among new friends that we made, nothing could be more perfect than this!
A friend of mine asked me to make some baby bibs and I finally finished them!
Actually she asked me to make 2 but then, I got so inspired looking around and trying to choose the fabrics that I ended up making 4 more . I was looking for a simple tutorial and found out this cute blog and then she gave us the tip of this website that´s very easy ( although it´s in Japanese , you can understand it).
My constant companion: this pincushion that I made couple years ago... and....
this little girl of mine, striking a pose holding the huge orange from the garden!
Hi everyone! Today I decided to share with you some of the corners of my home that I see everyday when I wake up.
Here is my TV /DVD, book corner where I spend most of the time when I am resting and relaxing. And on the couch I sew and drink my everyday cup of coffee.
Then my little girl wakes up on her pajamas and she comes to say good morning holding three or four stuffed animals, normally the husky dog, the dolphin, the sea lion and another dog...
Flowers are so beautiful and for me they look like Mandalas, so perfect!
Look at those petals, their perfection, the color and texture...
and how they make a small corner so beautiful and full of energy attracting the sunlight.
I love this wooden plate that a Sister from our church gave us when we got married. And I wish you the same, Faith, Hope and Love to all of you this week!
The Mad Hatter Tea Party that my little one and I made to celebrate my birthday. 
I just wanted to show you some pictures of our way home from the trip I took with my parents to Minas Gerais. Coffee is well known and there are many farmers like this one, on the road where they created a coffee shop, amazing! We found lots of products and we couldn´t resist having some "mug" of coffee with milk!
There was also a shop with local handcrafted objects like these
pretty dolls and outside...
my Dad in front of the garden, and, of course, as a good Japanese person he always carries his point and shoot digital camera wherever he goes!
And back to the present day: A little sewing moment ...
And tomorrow is Mother´s Day so I wish you all a lovely celebration day and thanks for taking your time here, reading my posts!!! You mean a lot to me!!!
9 o´clock in the morning, driving up to Minas and heading directly to the town I was born, so exciting to get back to a place that I left a long time ago, how I miss the blue sky and the gentle people and the simple life , friends, old friends of my dad...
First stop: The house we used to live in Lavras city , a small town that´s growing up faster now
Vicente is my dad´s good old friend who is a real artist, makes wonderful wooden toys like this train and...
here it is , his working corner with some of his creations , aren´t they cute? the dolphins, the cubes and the puzzle
And the studio...
And some other toys ...
Having lots and lots of conversation ...
And finally, Wednesday is over, I´m at the hotel now in this room and my parents are beside , yes we are separate because I go to sleep late after writing the blog, playing my farm stuff, reading e-mails and so on and so forth...
Landing up to the Main Church
Home made goodies shop, yummy!!!
Listed as Brazil´s cultural heritage, Tiradentes city is one of the Portuguese Vilas of Brazil´s XVIII century Gold Cycle
Entrance to artist Oscar Araripe´s studio which I like a lot for his colorful paintings and brilliant ideas!
Windows, don´t you just love them? And these were so eye catching for the lace curtains hung inside and the little white cross hanging on the door
And old door knob and door lock, the background green color is so very beautiful
Bichinho is a smaller villa near Tiradentes and there are hundreds of art studios like Oficina de Agosto and other shops like this , shown above.
Amazing culinary tradition like this trooper´s food that´s so very typical in this town and it´s definitely on my list of the favorites!!!
And the day is over now, after visiting and taking pictures of wonderful scenes , art, metal and wooden stuff, my heart is full of joy, being a couple of days away from home feels so good , I can hear my thoughts, put some organization in my mind and then I feel more centered but... I also miss my dear little girl that stayed with my brother and the precious companionship of my husband. I wish I could talk to him right now .
