My Girly Hat!

Remember that long time ago I told you guys that I've submitted a hat pattern for the Knitting Calendar a Day, well I got my response on that one. My pattern made it for the 2011 Calendar! It's going to be publish for the month of September as a bonus! It's true I didn't win the first place or the second, but at least I made it through, and I am in!
I think I am going to design something more complex for the 2012 calendar, and try again this time for the first place!

So yesterday when I got home I drank my mate with home baked bread (yummy!) and then I started working on three necklaces  that I needed to finish for a client. On one I used yellow turquoise and glass beads, and the other one has yellow jade, and some other stones that at the moment not remember the name, the third one was just to finish it. I will post some pictures later on, I haven't taken them yet.

Tonight I have to make two more necklaces  for one I a going to use violet jade, and for the other black goldstone, I love that one!
I can't wait to get home and take pictures!!!
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This ones are on my shop right now (SOLD!)

Green Glass Necklace

I have to start making more for my shop, the only thing is that I am not good at taking pictures on jewelry, it's so hard to capture the real colors of the semiprecious stones. I also made some shawls with the bubble yarn I brought from Argentina, pictures coming soon too!
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Ohhh yesterday when I got home I little package was waiting for me! Yess i got the two cute little dresses that I traded with one of the girls on my  flickr.!! People there are so nice!

Just Moments...

After  two painful and sad past weeks, I decided that is was time to write something about my life. On July 8th was my birthday, I turned 31! I know I thought I was going to be excited but something really sad happened to me and hubby ( I decided not to tell) but let's put it this way: "sometimes God gives you things for just a moment and then having his reasons, he decides that is better to take them away". So that's way we couldn't celebrate my birthday as we wanted. The good thing though was that we were more together than ever! My lovely husband is the best husband in the whole wide world, he really is!. So here I am, trying to start all over again. I feel better know with lots of energy and more content.

So to get my mind away sad things I started knitting for my divina Blythe doll Luna, I made some hoodies. When I went to Argentina my mom helped me to figured the pattern out so now I am able to knit it! I made three so far this pink one,

 Then this blueish one, I really like  this one

And then this colorful one

I have to confess that little while ago I bought a book , with lots of sewing patterns to start making dresses for my doll and my shop. The clothing for her is so expensive that I better start making it myself!  ( No to play with it, (shhhhh,) but for my shop!) My husband won't let me spend a penny on the doll ( and he is right) its just that it is so tempting to buy tiny things!

This is the book is written in Japanese but it has all the pictures necessary to understand the step by step!

    

So this is what I have been doing working for  my little shop My Tiny World , I also have been working on some jewelry for my Sabrina Creations shop! and as I have mention I have some local clients that like what I do and they ask me for new items. So happy me.

I have to say that I missed everybody, and I hope we can get on track again blogging more often.

Thank you for the all the good friends that were next to us when we needed them, thank you very much for all the love and prayers.

All my love for you my friends on the other side.

Argentina and me

My vacation in Argentina was fabulous. Weather was perfect around 70 to 75 degrees!

When we got to the airport the plane landed on the old building and my whole family was waiting for us at the new building. So we got the luggage and walked to where they were. I told my hubby to recorded the moment I was surprising my mother and he did!!!!!

This is what happened:

I walked towards her and poke her back and when she turns (thinking it was my father) she saw me and started to scream!!!!!!! And hugged me so hard that I lost my breath and we both cried!!!! When she hugged me I got the scent of her hair, the same delicious one as always, I felt safe, and that honest hug let me know I was home, that no matter how old I get, I am always going to be her little baby girl!! My dad was there too, he was so happy! We all were. It was a really happy time. They were thrilled that my hubby got that special moment on video!

I got to spend a lot of time with my family specially my mother and father. My husband wanted to stay at his grandmother’s, so we will sleep together just a few nights a week. I think this time he felt lonely sometimes when I was spending time with my parents. I felt bad, but I had so much to do with them, I needed to help them with a lot of things. Husband is my sunshine he is so comprehensive and nice to them and me.  I’m fortunate to have such a wonderful husband. Every time that we come back from Argentina our relationship gets a lot stronger and better.

Life has been good lately I can’t complaint. I have been not creating at all because I have a visitor. My sister in law came to visit from Argentina a week after I came from there. So you can imagine all the cleaning and preparations to welcome her. The fact that she came as a surprise for my mother in law (for mother’s day week) was even more work for myself. I had to clean and do all the rest secretly. So it wasn’t easy but it was worth it!

We are having a great time but this wonderful vacation is ending for her; She is going back home this Wednesday. My husband is so happy to have her sister at home they are spending a lot of time together which it’s great.

Well once we get into schedule again I have to start working, and honestly I have a lot to do. Summer is strong for sales specially jewelry, I have clients that wait to see what I make. It makes me feel real god.

I bought beautiful yarn in Argentina from this company called Mousa; oh my they sell the best Yarn in Buenos Aires, my hubby help me to pick up the colors. And then we went to a place that specializes in jewelry supplies and I got a lot! My husband was more excited than me, he helped me to pick up colors and one of kind rocks and he gave ideas for cool combinations, there is not doubt that he knows his colors (he is a Graphic Designer). He was so supporting he really believes in me and when necessary he will give honest opinions on my creations, and honestly it feels good!

So this is what has been going on in my world. As I always say I will post some pictures soon.

Have a great week and thank you for stopping by!

Xoxo

Sabrina

Just Happy (very)

I have only one thing to say, I am very happy I have only 5 days until Argentina and abrazo de mama are here!!!!
I can't wait! Last night I couldn't sleep I think that I am getting anxious! hahahaha It's OK I have a good reason my family!
See later!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
9 days without smoking!!!!!!

What's going on?

Away, I have been away from my blog, from my readers from my friends, but my heart and thoughts are always there thinking about you.
Today is a new day, my new home is being so cozy to us, we like it very much. I still have moving thing around and we have some decoration left to do. We had many friends over and already lots of good times at the new house.
Since we have only one office now, half of it it’s mine and the other half it’s my husband. It works out really well because he is so nice that let me do whatever I want with the décor. The only problem is that the room is a little small but you know what it’s really cute and we are happy.
Well we decided that it was time for us to go to visit the family and so we are going to Argentina in 12 days! I am really excited about this. My father really needs me this time, he just lost his brother and so he needs lot of TLC. My mom is so happy that she can’t wait to see us! Well and all the rest of the family is the same. We are going to be there for my husband’s grandmother 94th birthday!!!!!
I have been researching for places that sell beads and all that kind of stuff to buy and bring some items, because for summer time I like to activate my jewelry store and sometimes I find really unique beads.
I also started to crochet a blanket and it’s going really smooth and I love the colors that I have picked. I wanted to take it to Argentina to use it on the airplane, but I don’t know if I will, we are flying business class so I don’t think that this time is going to be necessary.

I am here just happy and not feeling really well (health problems), but I try to keep going and enjoy every minute of my life at the fullest.

Today it’s been 2 days without smoking, I am just so proud of myself. I promised my mother that I was going to quit and I promised myself this too long ago, I have not excuses, it’s time. I did open my eyes and I can believe how stupid I have been, why in the world will I kill myself if the only thing I want is to live long and happy? Well I don’t want to be stupid anymore; I don’t want to have any lung, heart, mouth, stomach, or arteries problems in the future. I don’t want to stink or have wrinkles and I don’t want to see my mother suffering because my addiction, this is enough. In the last past year one uncle was diagnosed with emphysema, another past way with lung cancer and one of my friends might have emphysema. So I don’t want to be next, I have the power to quit, I have the power to control my mind, and if I get stressed out I will carry hard candy to suck on them.
I feel relive! I have to convince my dad, my husband and my friend Cheli to quit now.

Helping other makes my heart smile

Thinking about my country and how poor some areas are made me realized that we need to help each other a little bit more. I felt like knitting for the kids in need in the area, but I couldn’t find any information whatsoever

I wrote to a newspaper that had published an article about El Impenetrable Chaco, I hope to hear from them with some kind of data.  Knowing that people in The Chaco are dieing from starvation, and nobody is doing anything makes me so so mad. Well I want to help in any way possible even if it's just a hat, even if it can help one person. Sometimes when you have so much you just don't appreciate the little things, sometimes you just forget.

In the mean while I came out with the idea of knitting for the Hat Box foundation; they give the hats to hospitals that take care of patients with cancer that are going to the quimo process and they are losing their hair. I want to do this one in memory of my dear aunty Elba, (she is my little angel de la guardia now), she was my mom’s sister and we lost her in 1994. Also I want to do it because I have a dear friend of my soul that fought against the evil illness and she won! And I am so proud of her, she is so strong and has such a nice and beautiful heart, she is my oldest best friend.

So I told my friend the fighter, her sister, my mother in law and me to go ahead and knit for charity,and we all are going to knit for these people. It’s going to be a project full of love, friendship and care that it's going to be stamp in our hearts for ever.

I also called the Prince William Hospital and they are in need of preemie’s hat. So I will start working on that too. Can you imagine little tiny babies being cold? I would love to take a bunch to the hospital, if you are interested in this project please email me or left me a comment about it; I would love to collect more and more hats for these poor babies. If you need a preemie baby hat pattern let me know I have a bunch.

Come on let’s help together. Let’s make 2010 a little warmer and friendly.

Nice Opportunities

Sometimes life gives you opportunities and you need to know how to take advantage of them. Sometimes we see them sometimes we don’t. Today I was surfing online and I went to see the Knit Picks site. I like their yarn; they have good quality for great prices. Today I found out that Knit Picks is offering an Independent Designer Partnership program, really cool.
I thought for a moment and I smile…mm I think this is a good opportunity, isn’t it? I told myself. So I looked through my handmade hat pictures and I pick two that I had made with their yarn. I hesitated for a moment, and I just did it; I sent Knit Picks and email showing them my work and telling them that I would love to be part of that wonderful program. I keep my fingers cross. I felt like a wonderful opportunity was right there in front of me and I had to take it. The thing is that almost all my work is made with their yarn. I love it, the price it’s great, and the quality is really good. We’ll see what happens.
I have to be honest, I feel like knitting again! So today I might start my husband’s hat. My hands are itching. …Needlessssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!