{very} Easy Halloween Project…

When my daughter was younger we used to DIY something together during the holidays and bring it to school so she would give it to her friends.  So every year during Valentine's Day, Halloween, Christmas, etc it meant craft time!  But since she is no longer a little girl and as she point it out she's now almost a tween that means no more craft to bring to school.

I love crafting/diy so much that I asked her if she would help me to make some Halloween candy boxes and give it to my team, so they can bring it to their kids this Friday! So we headed it to Michael's and grabbed a few items.

They had this pre-cut boxes, they were even pre-folded!

It was a very easy project, just assemble the pre-cut/pre-folded boxes, wrap the the pre-cut/pre-folded black paper and add the pictures and that's it. Then just fill it with candies!!

I think they look really cute and I'm hoping the kids will be happy when they receive this little boxes full of yummy candies.

Hope you all have a happy and safe Halloween!!!

Thanks for reading!

xo,

Marcela

Pumpkins…

Hello everyone! Hope you all are having a great week so far!

I can't believe the holidays are just around the corner! And even though I do not like the cold weather (I'm a summer kind of girl :)  I do love the holiday round during this time of the year. Starting with Halloween! It is my daughter's favorite and she starts planning on her custom the same day, Oct 31st… for the following year!!

She and I did a little project with pumpkins this week and we both love how it turned out!

First we washed them (I read on the internet it preserves the pumpkin life)

And a quick trip to Michaels to get some paint and decoration. Although, trips to Michaels are never 'quick' with her, ha!

We painted one of each color and decorated them with the studs making different patterns…

It was a very simple project and we had so much fun doing it together! I especially love the white and light gray… Which one is your favorite?

Thanks for reading!

xo,

Marcela

Nacho

For as long as I can remember, my daughter has been asking for a dog and for as long as I can remember my answer has always been no.

My poor little girl even wrote a poem about it when she was three years-old:

"When will I be old enough

to have a pet I like!"

Every time I thought of having a dog I would only see the dark side:

It's too much work

I don't want to walk him

I don't want fur on much couch

I don't want him to pee or poop on the floor

I don't want the smell of a dog in my apt

etc, etc, etc

But my husband and daughter decided they would get a dog weather I liked it or not.

And one Saturday morning they went out to pick up Nacho.

I tried to stay away of the dog responsibility for the first couple of days and pretend I didn't care, but I could not resist any more.  Nacho was just too cute and funny and sweet!  I caught myself coming home one evening and screaming "where's my baby, where's my baby!!!" and that was it.

My husband and daughter looked at each other and could not control their laugh.


Here walking on the park and still trying to decide how to style his outfit :)

I am really SO happy that we got this cute little guy. It has given us laughter, joy, happiness.  I will not lie to you that it is a lot of work, and I don't love to clean after him while we're potty training and that I have to mop our floors pretty much every other day BUT the joy he gives us is totally worth it!

Do you have a pet?  Have ever consider getting one?

Thanks for reading!

xo,

Marcela

(and Nacho :)

Locks of Love

For the last few weeks my daughter and I had been talking about her getting a hair cut.  

She was against it for a long time but the last weeks she actually starting asking for it.  And I don't blame her.  Her hair got so long that washing, brushing and drying turned into a very hard work.  She not only had very long hair but also thick (and a lot of it!) 

We used to play hair dressing from time to time, like I showed you on one of my week posts, here.

So yesterday we head to the hair salon.  When we got there I asked the hair dresser if she knew about donating hair.  She gave me some instructions on length, where to send it, etc.  It was a minimum of 10 inches.  I asked my daughter if that would be ok and she immediately said "YES!  I want to do it!"  I asked her again (you know I didn't want her to regret it after it was to late.)  She was determined to give her hair to a child in need.

I think she looks beautiful with her hair shorter and I'm so proud of her!

Her beautiful pony tail will be mailed to Locks of Love, a lovely non-profit organization that provides hairpieces to children in the United States and Canada.  Please go the their website and find out how you can help here.

She misses her hair but at the same time she's very happy that another kid will benefit from it.  Next it will be me chopping off my locks to donate them.  April 27th has became National Donate Your Hair Day!

Hope you all have a beautiful week!

Thanks for reading!

xo,

Marcela

I'm back!

When I said on my last post I would take the day off because it was my birthday I certainly didn't mean two whole months off!!

It was a great Summer, my parents visited us and they stayed with us for an entire month and we had a blast!  They traveled more than 13 hours to see me and my family so it had to be worth the time :)
I want to thank to all of you who kept checking my blog and send an email to check in.  I have been thinking a lot about how I should keep up with blogging posts and I want you to know that I will make all efforts to keep writing on a regular basis, probably not every day but at least two to three times a week.  I have lots of new ideas that I will share with you, I'm excited!
In the meanwhile I hope you all are doing well and my prayers are for those of you who are on the East Coast and were affected by Sandy this week.  My family and I were lucky enough and still have power/water/heat and I thank God for that!

Thanks for reading!

xo,
Marcela

Today....

Today is my birthday and I'm taking a little break. Well, kind of because I still have to work.

Later today though I do want to try some of these...

Via The sweetest occasion

Have a beautiful day!!

XOXO
Marcela

My Week...

This little things made my week a really good one!

I went to the airport to pick up my cousin's daughter who's staying with us for a week. I love the feeling of the airport, going to new places, hopefully traveling for fun... Love it!

I recently discovered this coffee shop in my neighborhood and I loved it!

Playing hairdresser with my daughter, we both had lots of fun!!

Doors of New York... This beautiful doors at West Village look much better in person (I took the pictures with my phone).  I wish I took more pictures but felt awkward, I thought the home owner would open the door on his way out any minute!

Hope you have a beautiful weekend!!

XOXO,

Marcela