Introducing: Princess Shylo

After too much crying and sadness because Frederico’s death, here we go again to the animal shelter! We brought back home this scrumptious black feline. She is just 10 weeks old and full of energy!  She is E.’s cat  (my oldest son) and sleeps with him. Naninha and Tobias are not very interested in making friendship but they don’t hurt her. She’s been teasing tobias, jumping on his tail and he just looks at her, stands up and moves away.

We still remember Frederico a lot. I miss him walking to the kitchen after me every morning. I miss his loud meowings and big eyes. We are still waiting for his ashes. We did a private cremation. My husband wants to engrave his name on a rock and we could just place the box in the backyard.

Well, tears no more. Long life to Princess Shylo! Twenty years, maybe?!

As you see, we love cats!

Photo Notecards

Available at the shop!

Beach Silhouettes

I love Summers in Flagstaff. It’s been so nice lately, but I also love the ocean and I miss it today and I confess, I would love moving close to the beach! These images were taken in 2008 and my little one saw the ocean for the first time and loved it!

“The amount of happiness that you have depends on the amount of freedom you have in your heart.” - Thich Nhat Hanh

Colorful Inspiration

How about some gorgeous colors to inspire us this Tuesday?

1- I would love this acrylic piece by Georgia Gray on the studio’s wall.

2 – Dottie Angel’s sewing room. I love the paper lanterns and that little bird perch.

3 – My vintage wooden spools.

4 – Wall Vases by All The Luck In The World. Aren’t they gorgeous? Her blog is pure eye candy!

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All right girls, I am going out for lunch with husband and a bike ride!

Enjoy your day!

Life Goes On

Our Sunday was quiet. Frederico will be always in our hearts.

Tomorrow, kids start school and I have many things to do. I think my sewing mojo is coming back!

Frederico

I wish I had a lot of nice things to say, but life is not made of only nice things, correct? Our cat, 20 years old Frederico is about to die. He is not eating anymore,  barely drinks. His body is shutting down.  It’s heartbreaking. We are very sad and in 2 hours I am taking him to the Vet’s office and I already know I will have to make a hard decision. I am sure they will tell me it’s time  for him to go. Last night I spent some moments talking to Frederico. I started to cry and suddenly, believe or not, he leaned his head very close to mine and purred. We stayed like that for a few minutes. He was always so sweet. I’ve adopted him 7 years ago and the shelter employee was surprised that I wanted to adopt a 13 old cat. I tell you that Frederico has never visited the Vet’s office for any illness. We had 7 years of great companionship.

Goodbye Frederico. I love you!

Giveaway Winner

The winner is Jennie. Please choose a 8×10 or 8×12 photo from my shop and send me your address. Congratulations! Thanks for participating!

Baby Wyatt – Newborn Portrait, Flagstaff – Arizona

This is a sneak peak of the photo session with baby Wyatt and his beautiful mom. What a handsome baby he is! A very active baby! It was not an easy photo session.  However, I loved to spend time with him. So precious! It’s my first newborn session (besides the photos I’ve taken of my own kids). I’ve worked for a small model agency 15 years ago (Brazil) and my clients were mostly teens. Unfortunately, the box where I kept all negative films of that time have disappeared. We’ve moved homes a few times  in the past years. The fact that I lost all these films made me really upset, but it’s past and I just like to remember the lessons I’ve learned from my mistakes and today I am looking foward to build a very nice business.

I’ve been busy  trying to brand (why is so important to brand your business?) all my sites. I am not a graphic designer, I have no formal training and if I could I would pay someone to do it for me. I have blown off my budget! I am all over Photoshop this week. Do it yourself, babe!  I used to play with it a lot a few years ago, making templates and banners for blogs, but it takes hours and hours on the computer and it was really stressful. I decided to spend time with my kids.

I would like to create my own birth announcements, greeting cards, etc… I want to use my own graphics, my doodles! I need to reserve sometime to learn Adobe Illustrator. Another idea is to create embroidery patterns and offer as a PDF file for crafters. I’ve done a few for myself and I just need to learn how to transfer hand drawings to Illustrator. I will get there soon. Watch it! I’ve learned so much since I started to blog years ago. It’s really cool!

Don’t forget to enter the giveaway on previous post.

Giveaway – Fine Art Photography

It’s time for a giveaway. The winner will choose one 8×10″ or 8×12″ photo from the shop.

If you wish to participate, visit my shop, browse the pages, then come back here and tell me in a comment wich is your favorite photograph. Very simple!

Giveaway ends Saturday, August 14th at 8 p.m, Arizona time.

Ranunculus

This weekend I am organizing my shop, adding new photos and writing Google friendly descriptions. I don’t have a BOGO sale anymore, but soon I will have a giveaway and free desktop wallpapers.