MyCreativeSide

2012-03-10T14:56:00.002-08:00

The All Saints Store blows my mind.

With these clothes on, no one could accuse Mia of not rocking.

The front window of All Saints Store in Chicago.

There are 800 vintage sewing machines,an All Saints Signature design,in the front and through out the store.

All Saints is pricey,but fun!!!

2012-02-15T08:59:00.000-08:00

Mia the young traveler

Mia was extremely happy when the "super cute" Fedex guy arrived this morning with her "Trunki."

Trunki is a small child's carry on luggage that can double as a scooter or temporary seat.
The coolest part of about the Trunki is that initially we would need to import them from Europe at a retail price of around $90 Ouch!Trunki now has a home in US at the much more pleasing price.I get my for $21 on the internet.Mia's Trunki arrived just in time because we were leaving for Vegas tonight for Felipe's soccer tournament (Mia's brother)So I'm saying goodbye to tears and sore feet.There can't be a more fun way for Mia to get through the airport than riding on her own luggage.

2012-01-20T08:33:00.000-08:00

Pasta-Dog.....Mia's favorite.

2011-12-16T14:28:00.000-08:00

Lands'End Sale

Lands End is having a huge sale.

6th Street Design School blog posted about this pillow in here.

And now with a promo code you can get it for $6.99 with free shipping!

Use code: DONNER pin: 1585

There are crazy deals to be had over there so make sure you check it out!

2011-12-15T09:51:00.000-08:00

Happy Thursday!

Everytime I see this picture of my daughter Mia it puts a smile on my face :)

2011-12-12T07:45:00.000-08:00

coffee filter wreath

Lovely

start with some coffee filters and basic supplies. i used about 230 filters. i made my life easier by seperating batches of them at one time to speed up the process. (btw, that's about $3 worth of filters)

there was a bit of trial and error and experimentation on my part. i found that by taking 3 filters at one time and folding them in half twice, so as to create a triangle, gave a nice fluffy amount to work with...

i won't lie....it took about an hour and a half....but i just sat in front of the tv and did it....not too bad...

and this is what you get....fill in any empty spaces or wierd gaps if needed with single filters

and look what you get! pretty impressive for coffee filters! i think the wreath form was about $4 or $5, so all in all it cost me about $8 and an hour an a half of my time!

worth it, i think!

The idea is from Beach house in the city.

My simple Xmas deco

2011-12-08T16:35:00.000-08:00

Mia's room Xmas deco

2011-12-01T11:52:00.000-08:00

Materials Needed:

paper mache letters
tinted primer
silver metallic paint

rust-colored acrylic paint
foam and bristle brushes
rag

Gather Supplies

Select letters, gather paint, brushes and rag.

Apply Primer

Brush a layer of primer over letter surfaces, leaving noticeable brush strokes in varying directions. Let dry to the touch.

Apply Metallic Paint

Brush a layer of metallic paint over letter surfaces, leaving noticeable brush strokes in varying directions.

Wipe Letters

Wipe away excess metallic paint with rag.

Add Rust Accents

Mix or use rust-colored paint to brush highlights over letter edges and any rough or raised areas.

Wipe Letters

Wipe away excess rust-colored paint.

Apply Second Coat of Metallic Paint

Brush on second layer of metallic paint to diffuse rust accents.

Rub In and Wipe Away

Using rag, rub in metallic paint and wipe away any excess.

Display the Letters

Spell out the season's greetings on a table, mantel or location of your choice to spread a little holiday joy.

2011-10-11T07:04:00.000-07:00

A Little Halloween decor

2011-10-03T13:09:00.000-07:00

Mia's "personal" pizza

2011-09-27T10:06:00.000-07:00

Welcome Fall / Bienvenido Otono.

Got turquoise?

2011-09-12T09:35:00.000-07:00

{The before}

{And of course the after}

Ipad {Love}

2011-09-10T13:26:00.000-07:00

Mia is in love with her brother's Ipad.

Our Ipad is filled with movies and music.

But there are so many incredible apps that are not only fun,are educational too.

For those with Ipads,or considering them for young kids,here's a list of apps that Mia is completely in love with.

Alphatots

Lunchbox

The Preschool Memory Match

The kindergarden pencil

Super why

Cake doodle and cookie doodle.

Ipad is an incredible tool with sooo many benefits.

MY FAMILY LOVES IPAD!

Ralph Lauren

2011-09-06T21:33:00.000-07:00

Anthropologie Inspired Fabric Letters (tutorial)

2011-09-06T12:11:00.000-07:00

Anthropologie

2011-09-05T17:51:00.000-07:00

This place can only mean one thing… spend money, but this time I just spent only $18.

I'm sooo proud of me! =]

Mia's Big Girl Room-Sneak Peek!!!!..... in progress

2011-09-04T08:21:00.000-07:00

My Birthday wishlist ;)

2011-08-28T10:01:00.000-07:00

Pom Pom Love! (tutorial)

2011-08-18T10:32:00.000-07:00

1-Stack together 16 sheets of tissue.Make accordion folds.

2-Fold piece of floral wire over the center of the folded tissue and twist. Trim ends of tissue into rounded or pointy shapes. I cut rounded edges but the pointy ones remind me of dahlias and are very pretty too.

3-Carefully separate the layers of tissue paper, pulling away each sheet from the center one at a time. This can be tricky and the tissue might tear but don’t be discouraged. The final result is so fluffy and spherical that no one will notice a few tears.

4-Now you should have a beautiful and fun paper flower.I made these pom-poms for my husband's 50 th bithday party and everybody love them.

INSTRUCCIONES

1-Dobla 16 hojas de papel tissue en forma de abanico.

2-Sujeta el abanico con un alambre finito o hilo en el medio.Corta las puntas en forma redondeada o en pico.

3-Con mucho cuidado separa cada una de las hojas del papel tissue tirando para afuera.Si se te rompe alguna hoja no te preocupes,cuando el pom -pom este terminado nadie lo va a notar.

4-Ahora debes de tener un hermoso pom-pom.Esta idea encanta a la gente ,yo los hice para la fiesta de cumpleanos de mi esposo y la gente no podia creer que los habia hecho yo.

Thanks to my son Felipe for lending me his hands for these How-to pictures.

Muchas gracias a mi hijo Felipe que me presto sus manos para hacer las fotos de las instrucciones.

My petit garden.

2011-08-17T19:35:00.000-07:00

I figured I better document my beautiful herbs before the snow comes. I've thrown in a couple of pictures of my little helper.

Me di cuenta que debia documentar el progreso de mis hierbas antes de que comience la nieve y deban emigrar a la cocina.
De paso puse unas fotos de mi pequena ayudante.

Chile

Peregil

Menta

Albhaca

Romero

Ciboulette,Menta & Chile

Chimichurri sauce.

Ingredients

1 cup fresh parsley
3/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
3 tablespoons red wine vinegar
2 tablespoons dried oregano
2 teaspoons ground cumin
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 tablespoon minced garlic
1/2 tablespoon pepper sauce (such as Frank's Red Hot®)

Directions

Place the parsley, olive oil, red wine vinegar, oregano, cumin, salt, garlic and hot pepper sauce into the container of a blender or food processor. Blend for about 10 seconds on medium speed, or until ingredients are evenly blended.

Painting a dresser

2011-08-16T14:40:00.000-07:00

I am thiiiiis close to being finished painting this beautiful dresser.

I can't wait to see how it turns out.

And if I hate it,there's always paint ;)

Estoy asiiiiii de cerca de terminar de pintar esta hermosa comoda.La compre usada por $18 y no puedo esperar a verla terminada.
Y si no me gusta como queda.....siempre se le puede dar otra manito de pintura ;)

Toms shoes

2011-08-15T14:32:00.000-07:00

Fashion and Humanitarianism

TOMS SHOES.

Let me start this Post by saying that everyone in here wear Toms.

My son Santiago is a big fan.He was so excited when he got his first pair of red TOMS on the mail .

When I saw the box, the first thing I asked him was if the shoes came from Argentina.

The logo of the brand was pretty much like the flag of my country "Argentina"and when I saw the shoes, were like an alpargatas (a traditional Argentine shoe that farmers have worm for more than 100 years).
The cool part of this is the company gave a new pair of shoes to a child in need.What a wonderful way to feel good about a purchase and help others!

Voy a comenzar contandoles que aca en USA. los zapatos TOMS son muy populares.
Mi hijo Santiago es un gran fanatico de estos zapatos.Se puso muy feliz hace unas semanas cuando el cartero le trajo sus rojos zapatos TOMS.
Cuando vi la caja lo primero que le pregunte fue si los zapatos los hacian en Argentina ,ya que el logo de la marca es muy similar a la bandera de este querido pais.
Luego cuando saco los zapatos de la caja,vi que eran las tipicas alpargatas Argentinas.
Asi que,la excitacion de mi hijo,la caja y los TOMS(las alpargatas) captaron inmediatamente mi atencion.
Aunque la parte buena de todo esto y lo que me llevo a escribir un post acerca de TOMS,es que con la compra que hizo Santiago, la compania le mando unos zapatos iguales a un chico que anda descalzo en alguna parte del mundo.
Que maravillosa manera de sentirse bien comprando y de esta manera estar ayudando a otros!

I had seen Toms shoes around for quite a while but I never took a moment to read exactly what this company was all about.

I immediately knew I wanted to share it with my readers,and figured since I did not know the entire story,maybe some of you do not either!

Veia que todo el mundo aca usa estos zapatos (alpargatas) pero nunca me habia tomado el tiempo de averiguar de que se trataba esta compania.
Y cuando lo hice enseguida me di cuenta de que queria compartir esto con mis lectores.

A History - TOMS

"One day without shoes". On this day, you are supposed to go a whole day without shoes to realize what it must be like for people who have to live every day without their shoes. You will soon realize you get hurt more often and you are limited to where you can go. This event also helps raise awareness. Numerous Celebrities have taken part in this day and spread the word!

http://www.toms.com/onedaywithoutshoes

TOMS next chapter

TOMS eye wear is a new line they have come out with.It is much like the shoe line however it is sunglasses and the "One for one"thing is switched up.One pair of sunglasses from TOMS will provide a child in need of eye surgery,prescription glasses and/or a sight saving surgery.

TOMS anteojos es una nueva linea que acaba de salir.Es practicamente la misma linea que los zapatos(alpargatas)"one for one"Cuando compras un par de anteojos TOMS la compania paga una operacion de ojos o anteojos recetados.a alguien que lo necesite.

TOMS is truly a wonderful company and I am proud to inform others about it and wear their shoes.

I hope you learned something new and will inform others! Now go buy a pair of TOMS for the children ;)

TOMS es una compania maravillosa y estoy muy orgullosa de informar a otros acerca de ella y de usar sus zapatos (alpargatas)

Espero que hayan aprendido algo e informen a otros!

Ahora anda y comprate unos TOMS para los chicos con necesidades ;)

Travel in style

2011-08-12T15:36:00.000-07:00

My Husband's 50th birthday party.

2011-08-08T11:41:00.000-07:00

You 're cordially invited to my husband very own at-home 50th b-day party.It was held right in the garage and parking lot of our house.Just like everything else I do,the party was one giant DIY project.From the invitations to the decor and entertainment(without breaking the bank)by doing everything with my two hands.

Usted esta cordialmente invitado a la muy casera fiesta de 50 años de mi esposo Juan.El lugar de la fiesta fue en el garage de nuestra casa....Como todo lo que hago,fue un gran proyecto de hagalo usted mismo.

Our guests love this idea.But wasn't easy because I didn't have any picture of Juan as a kid (yeap!.....believe it or not he was small one time)so thank you very much to all friends and family who provided me with photos since the idea was to make a timeline of Juan's life since birth.

Esta idea encanto a los invitados.No fue facil ya que no tenia fotos de Juan de cuando era chico,asi que muchas gracias a todos los amigos y familiares que me facilitaron fotos, ya que la idea fue hacer una linea de tiempo de los 50 años de Juan con fotos desde su nacimiento.

This is a fun idea and super cheap.Just need a nice fabric,blackboard,chalk and a camera.Juan had a blast the other day reading all the post he had written.

Esta es una idea divertida y economiquisima!!!!solo se necesita una tela linda,un pizarron,tizas y una camara. Juan se divirtio muchisimo al otro dia leyendo todos los mensajitos que le habian escrito.

For the dance we had funny hats and glasses and we saved money using our Ipod as a D-J

Para el baile usamos divertidos sombreros y anteojos.El D.J. Fue nuestro Ipod conectado a unos parlantes.

Juan jugo practicamente toda su vida al rugby asi que se me ocurrio que le gustaria que el motivo de la torta sea ese .Asi que (sin absolutamente nada de experiencia)me lance a la aventura con esta torta.Trate de hacerlo a el jugando al rugby con la camiseta de su club"Los Matreros" (http://www.losmatreros.com/)el cual ama con todo su corazon.