Caixa de Surpresas

Sad times

2006-02-21T01:39:00.000Z

I don't know what's happening... Everyone is sad and melancholy... And the worst is that I'm starting feeling the same! That's one of the reasons why I didn't post these last days, I was sad, upset, angry and depressed.
In the blogs I usually read I know about the death of Beth's husband, of Céline's sister, I read about Helena and Sandra's anguish...
I don't know these people personnally, even so I feel a little of their pain and anguish and I feel helpless because I can't do nothing unless being solidary.

Fimo key-rings

2006-02-21T01:13:00.000Z

The black one was an order from Z. and the red one was made for a swap. I enjoyed how they turned out, one of these days I'll do some more!

Flowers

2006-02-13T02:10:00.000Z

More soap flowers. Hum, what a scent...

Swap with Joana

2006-02-13T01:36:00.000Z

After she won my contest and after I got her as my swap buddy in a key-ring swap, Joana offered for a personnal swap! I accepted the challenge and here's the result... This was the book cover that I made specially for her (and some other stuff) which you can see here. And this is the package she sent me! :)

2006-02-13T01:16:00.000Z

Good luck Beth and Ivan.

More birthday cards...

2006-02-13T01:04:00.000Z

...that went to the girls at Vamos Trocar! I've tried to pay attention to their tastes and I'm a little sad because few of them give some feed-back :(
I don't even know if the postcards got there...

and some little gifts.

Nanucha's postcard is missing, I forgot to take a picture. But you can go to her Flickr's page. It's the one with the cat!

Jewellery Swap at Swapmeet

2006-02-06T01:00:00.000Z

This was what I've done to send to Michelle. I thought the neclace wasn't enough, so I did a pair of earrings. And, of course, the small postcard...

And this was what I got from Amanda. Two pairs of earrings, when thr agreement was just one! Looks like she guessed that my favourite item of jewellery it's earrings! I loved the special shine in the green stones. Thanks, Amanda! Here's the pics:

A week later

2006-02-06T00:33:00.000Z

Here I am to reveal the secret!
I'm learning to do flowers! These I showed you are made from soap, meanwhile I've learned to do them in tin and next week it will be fabric, paper and onion peel. It's so funny to do it. I'm loving it, it's a pitty the materials are so expensive :( and so hard to find.
Later I'll show you the other photos. I'm not going to say when so I won't let you down!

Guess what...

2006-01-30T02:42:00.000Z

...I am learning to do!

Tomorrow, maybe, I'll tell you everything about it.
Ah, and they are different, believe me...

Nostalgia...

2006-01-29T00:52:00.000Z

In the Portuguese version I was talking about the Portuguese Music of the Eighties... Far better than that from abroad...
If you have the chance try to find out more about :

Rui Veloso

Jorge Palma

GNR - Grupo Novo Rock

Xutos & Pontapés

Lena D'Água

Tell me what you think about it... And then I'll give you some more names!

Magazine

2006-01-25T03:26:00.000Z

Another post about magazines...
As I said before I'm not translating what I wrote in the portuguese version because you probably don't even have these magazines in your country...
But if you do happen to want any information about them, be free to ask in the comments or by e-mail. I'll be glad to tell you more about my craft magazines!

I just found out...

2006-01-24T01:07:00.000Z

...that my kitten loooooves condensed milk!

I keep on...

2006-01-22T02:30:00.000Z

...doing felt keyrings, but one of these days I felt like using a different material and this was the result!

Farruca

2006-01-21T01:39:00.000Z

Isn't she gorgeous?

Swap with Rachel

2006-01-21T01:30:00.000Z

I sent her this set and some things really Portuguese. You can see all at her blog Tigerluxe! And she sent me all this! So many, many stickers... A little toy bear and gummy bears! Down below I describe the other things...

I must confess I was the one who proposed the swap because I love the dolls she does, the kokeshi Girls. After the first time I saw them at Rachel's blog, I did a Google research and I found out that they are from Japan... They look like Plymobil's dolls!

May I introduce you Suki and Gueisha... And I had asked for only one! Gueisha was painted specially for me, with my favourite colours, and it brought a fan with her! Awsome details! They came wrapped in handmade paper and sealed with butterfly stickers (How did she guess that I lobe butterflies?). This came inside a cloth bag with their names and a kind of a Japanese symbol stamped on it. Just beautiful! One of the bags even had a heart charm with Tigerluxe's symbol attached to it!

And the surprise I loved the most because it's tiny but really beautiful! It's a cell phone pendant. She hadn't a name so I called her Catarina. She reminds me of the women in Alentejo (a region in the south of Portugal) who went to work in the fields... And Catarina Eufémia was a Portuguese women from Alentejo who fought for freedom... Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful...And a letter written in a very cute paper. That's it, a very special swapl! Thank you, Rachel!

Swapping Materials

2006-01-19T20:17:00.000Z

This is a new group at Flickr to which I joined. It's wonderful cause we can swap materials. Here where I live is very difficult to find some and those I can find are sometimes really expensive!

As I had too much rose felt I decided to swap some with:

< Filipa. I swapped some felt and some pencils for all these things you can see in the photo. Filipa was very generous, and I specially liked the very small pouch containing the pearls. It's the smallest thing but it's so cute!

< some more felt swapped for buttons with Rosa Velho, they will be very useful for my keyrings...

< with Anita Katita. Hummm, she looks very nice! She sent me a huge quantity of ribbons and cords and wool which will be wonderful for my keyrings and postcards :). And she also sent me a very cool necklace... So many things!

< with Contas e Cores. She had these magnificent mother-of-pearl beds for trade. I wasn't able to resist them! I also sent her some beads, since she's into jewelry.

< and with Fflloorr I traded one of my keyrings for some amazing serviettes! I guess these are some of the nicest I ever seen... Some of them are even all different! I'm going to do some wonderful boxes... I'm going to have some trouble cutting them though... Here they are.

And she also sent me some gifts, some sequins and tubes! what about the envelope?!...

Finally, some time ago I had arranged a serviette swap with Flower_Power but they never get here. I thought they got lost, but no, they arrived! Here they are along with a postcard and a gift (sticker bugs!):

Thank you all!

Keyring swap

2006-01-19T03:20:00.000Z

Organized at Vamos Trocar!, my swap partner was Joana who had already won this contest I had set up here. Remember? I sent her this keyring
and in return she sent me this one! Really colourful! Beautiful, Joana! And she also sent me a bookmark and a sweet sweet!

Birthday Postcards Swap

2006-01-19T02:53:00.000Z

At the group Vamos Trocar! it has been decided to do a swap throughout the whole year!
It works like this: we send a birthday postcard to the other members of the group and when it's our turn to celebrate our anniversary we get postcards from the other members of the group! Isn't that great?
The first girls celebrating their anniversary were GatoDependente (the nick means cat dependant!): I sent her this keyring and a postcard with a cat. I forgot to take a photo, so if you want to see it you got to go here...

and Guapa_Morena: Here's the postcard and the bookmark I sent her.

Now there's 6 girls' birthday in a row!

Swap with Teresa

2006-01-19T02:33:00.000Z

I saw these beautiful, beautiful bookcovers... I summon up some courage and I proposed their designer a swap. And she accepted!!! I send her some fabric scraps and she sent me this bookcover, some tea with a wonderful scent (I must confess I haven't tried them yet, I'm waiting to be with my familly to share it...), a ring (that blue on the plastic bag) and a nice postcard!
Thank you for swapping with me!

Swap with Camila

2006-01-19T00:35:00.000Z

I knew Camila through Postcrossing . She looks like a nice girl and we even sent several e-mails to each other... I think a beautiful friendship was born!
Since she also likes crafty things (although she says she isnt talented I don't agree...) we agreed to swap. I sent her what you see in the picture above and she sent some materials from Brazil for me to use in my crafts! Have you seen the bunch of beautiful things she sent me?
A letter, a postcard celebrating the fact that we knew eachother thanks to a postcard, a bookmark, linha mágica (a special thread that doesn't need to be tied, you just roll it and pull it and that's it!), a colourful bead, several cords and ribbons, microesferas (I don't know how to translate this... it's like very, very small balls to glue over something to decorate it... :() , satin pendants, strass and brads to apply on fabric... and the photo frame that she did! Is it or isn't it nice?
Thanks, Camila!

Swaps!

2006-01-19T00:00:00.000Z

Several posts about swaps are on their way... Get ready!

More gifts

2006-01-16T22:54:00.000Z

This time with other materials and techniques

Sorry about the pictures...

Christmas gifts

2006-01-15T18:28:00.000Z

Some of the things I did to offer on X-mas to some relatives and friends

???

2006-01-12T00:38:00.000Z

What's in the box?
This was an international swap I did. I was afraid because I already had participated in a Halloween swap and I've never got any package... And this one was getting sooo long to get here.
But it was worth the wait!
It came from Marianne, from the Netherlands and it had such beautiful things inside... Are you ready? I'm going to show you... Here it goes... Tcharaaaaaammmmm!
It came all very well wrapped up in small plastic strips (you can see them in the box lid) which hid the things inside, it was like, surprise after surprise! The first thing calling my attention was the May Flower (so cute!), then the pin cushion (I just can't pin anything on it...), the flowers to pin anywhere I want, the tag, the globe keyring, with a different image in each side and besides all that 2 skeins of thread and mirrored plastic letters! Three sets with the whole alphabet! Sooo cool! I've never seen anything like that! I just loved everything!
And finally, one of the postcards she designs apologising for the delay!
Apologies accepted, now it's my turn to ask for her forgiveness because I took so much time to thank her properly !
Thank you, Marianne!

I'm back!

2006-01-11T20:44:00.000Z

Uau! Long time no see... I must confess I was missing this.

But I don't like texts without images and I wasn't feeling energetic enough to come and seat in front of the computer, write a text and then won't be able to upload the images. I was too tired and too stressed to get all crazy with the blog.

I'll try now to show you all the things I have to show, between the swap gifts and the Christmas presents, amongst other things, that's a lot!

First, I want to show you a Christmas postacard I received and that's very special to me. Anne sent it to me, she was the first person sending me a postcard through PostCrossing. (I remember once again that my postcards are now at United Postcards of the World.) Besides, Anne uses a technique which fascinates me, although I never tried it, I don't know why... Tea Bag Folding. Very beautiful, isn't it??

Because Jesus was born today...

2005-12-24T14:58:00.000Z

...Merry Christmas!

Bijuteria & Acessórios

2005-12-20T01:43:00.000Z

Magazines

2005-12-19T00:46:00.000Z

I'm writing a few posts on the Portuguese version about the magazines I usually buy. I guess that most of them aren't published in countries where english is the main language... Therefore I'm not going to translate these posts. If by chance you get interested in one of the magazines I'll be talking about, let me know and I'll talk about that one specifically, ok?
Just to make you curious I'll only post the cover of the magazine!

Xmas cards but not only...

2005-12-19T00:41:00.000Z

The Xmas ones have already gone to their new owners' house!

A small Christmas gift

2005-12-17T20:38:00.000Z

The bag was 1€, the rest was made by me.

:)

2005-12-17T01:00:00.000Z

It started as a key-ring. Until the moment my mother saw it. It was love at first sight! She took the metal ring and transform it in a Christmas ornament!

After that I signed up for the swap of Christmas Ornaments at Vamos Trocar! and I thought it was a good idea to do another one. This is slightly bigger than the silver one. I think SombrArredia liked it!

I'm still waiting for my ornament, but when it arrives I'll show it to you.

New felt items!

2005-12-17T00:51:00.000Z

After the key-rings, the brooches.

A few more!

2005-12-16T01:54:00.000Z

2 more

2005-12-11T00:42:00.000Z

Let's see if I can catch up with my posts...

2005-12-10T01:46:00.000Z

That day when I wasn't able to upload images, was a a day fuuuuuuull of mail! Even the mailman must have found it weird... Now, almost everyday I have something in the mail waiting for me! My mail box is becoming Mafalda's Surprise Box (Caixa de Surpresas da Mafalda)!
I'll leave you with all the treasures I've received lately:

<PostCrossing: go see the details at United Postcards of the World.

<Vamos Trocar!: The postcards from the Christmas Swap!
4I had already received from PódeArroz, this time they came from Angela (Três Marias), Fernanda França (the little clothespin...), and from Blue K (I just loved the ring. As I don't wear rings my briefcase now does!:)) . Today I received the last one, from Oficina d'Encantar (I think it's so pretty that I decided to show you the back...).

4The gifts from the Christmas Swap, from MadeWithLove! I just loved, loved, loved everything!

<And from Sandra, who set up the swap from the Project Trocar, Sonhar, Escrever e Partilhar! ( To Swap, Dream, Write and Share!) Thank you for the thoughtfullness of choosing those serviettes ;). And with this notepad my life is more colourful!
Sandra also set up a serviette swap. These are the onesI received from Susete. I liked them a lot, but I just loved the postcard!

Obrigada a todas, acho que não me esqueci de ninguém...
Se tal aconteceu, a lesada que se acuse! :)

Postcards from Vamos Trocar!

2005-12-09T02:11:00.000Z

As I promised, here are the postcards that I've sent in the swap from the group Vamos Trocar!. And since I was at it and they were sent almost at the same time I decided to do four more...
I don't know exactly which one went to whom; I'll let the links of those I remember.

Detail from the interior
To Pontos e Cruzes

This one went to Hobby-ir.

This one was to the Christmas Swap at Vamos trocar! to LuCarrapa.

This one went abroad, to Amy.

And this one to Sandra, for the Project Trocar, Sonhar, Escrever e Partilhar.

Let's see if I can post today...

2005-12-09T00:11:00.000Z

Yes, I can!
Tondela's shopwindow:

C'mon, tell me what you think about my creations...
Tell me if you liked them, if you didn't, if you hated them, if you would change something, anything ... But do say something, or else I'll be thinking that my counter is not working and that my daily visits are only ghosts...

&%#!??$&%#@#!/&§£

2005-12-08T00:56:00.000Z

I would love to be able to show you the photos from the last windowshop, of all the things I received in the mail, of all the things I did lately but blogger is not letting me do so... I'll have to do it some other time! grrrrr!

It's Christmas!

2005-12-04T23:35:00.000Z

At Vamos Trocar! we did a swap of handmade Christmas postcards. It was supposed to be 5 of them, but until now I've just receive this one. I think it's beautiful, it's from Pó de Arroz. And it's made with the découpage technique, one of my favourites! Looks like she guessed what I like!

A little detail from the envelope!

Tomorrow I'll post the photos of those I've sent.

Aguiar da Beira

2005-12-04T23:17:00.000Z

There's only one left after this one...

This is Viseu...

2005-12-04T02:07:00.000Z

2 shopwindows

2005-12-04T02:05:00.000Z

Two more Ergovisão's shopwindows, this time Viseu

and Nelas.

Mangualde's shopwindow

2005-12-03T02:15:00.000Z

Here's another shopwindow. the poor Kings have a huge obstacle on their way!

This photo is a little dark and the colour I used for the Nativity scene wasn't a big help... Even though the star shall guide us/them with it's light!

Other subject, photos from PostCrossing:

Sent from Great-Britain, but oddly from a Portuguese girl studying there! She was very nice, I sent her an handmade poscard replying to hers! Isn't the stamp beautiful?

Don't forget to visit our (mine and Sabujo's) new blog: United Postcards of the World!

This came from Sanna, in Finland. I sent her one first and I referred I liked landscapes with snow, and she was so kind she sent me this one!

And I've found out I just love stamps!

Hello!

2005-12-02T03:30:00.000Z

Here I am again after being away for so long! I have lots of things to show, but I must try to dosage my posts...
For the time being I let you with one of the photos of the reason I was away for so long.

Shopwindow of Ergovisão's shop, in Sátão.

And I must say it snowed in Viseu! It was a pitty it wasn't enough snow to make snowballs, or snowmen, anything... Only to stare at it falling and let peace invade our souls...

I hope you can handle it...

2005-11-17T12:34:00.000Z

...'cause there are more key-rings on their way!
My friend Lúcia complained that she didn't have the real notion of how big the key-rings were. There you go, is that better?

When I was writing the tittle I realised that I don't know if there's any man reading this (besides my Sabujo)... Are there any male crafters? Identify yourselves, leave a comment and say something! C'mon, don't be shy...

PostCrossing

2005-11-17T11:05:00.000Z

Karla was the first person I sent a postcard through PostCrossing. I like it when we keep writing each other, not when we just send one postcard and that's it... It's all about sharing.
Thanks, Karla!

Here it is!

2005-11-17T09:59:00.000Z

It's made from the same stuff of the Holy Bread . Unfortunately it won't solve the world's famine problem...

Did you know?

2005-11-16T02:00:00.000Z

There's money you can literally eat! I'll show it tomorrow.

Fresh and colorful news

2005-11-15T00:52:00.000Z

The last key-rings I've made. I can't resist them! I've got other things to do and they keep calling me! Aren't they gorgeous? The Blue C already has a new owner!

PostCrossing

2005-11-15T00:28:00.000Z

Another postcard... It's so god to get these littles gifts... This one is from Marisa, Porto Alegre, Brazil. A really nice postcard indeed!

Don't forget that now I have United Postcards of the World. Go see it. For the time being there are only the 2 postcards received by my Sabujo, and 1 of mine "uploaded" from Flickr, but I didn't like the way it looked like, so I got to change it and post the other ones. I'll do that later, now I'm too busy...

Finally...

2005-11-15T00:14:00.000Z

...a picture of my kitten Farruca that I really like! Here she is in all her mighty beauty! (Those things around her are pieces of one of the shopwindows I'm decorating...)

S. Martinho*

2005-11-12T00:42:00.000Z

Today I'm very lazy... It must be the "jeropiga" (it's a kind of sweet wine, very portuguese!)... This have been said, you can see an image of my "magusto" (in a magusto we light a fire, usually outdoors, and we roast chestnuts. And we do other thinks, but as I said, I'm too lazy today...) here.
And that way you'll also find out about one of my favourite songs!

*S. Martinho is a church holiday celebrated here in Portugal on the 11th of November to honour a saint who died at the hands of some roman emperor... Maybe tomorrow, if you want to, I'll elaborate this...

About Postcrossing

2005-11-11T02:18:00.000Z

Today my Sabujo, as always, went to get the mail. He brought his two postcards (you can hardly imagine his happiness!...) and told me that I also had one... I was "stupid" to see that it was a postcard from him! Wasn't it a romantic gesture?

And these details?... (For those of you who don't know Amo-te means "I love You")

Ai... ai...

After this we decided to create a blog to show our postcards! And this is what we ended up with

United Postcards of the World!

Almost a week without posting...

2005-11-06T18:45:00.000Z

But here I am again!

8 To show you some more key-rings...

8 Another postcard from PostCrossing. This time from Denise, from Ocala, in the State of Florida, U.S.A.!

8 To tell that I've received my 2nd swap from the Project Escrever, trocar, partilhar e sonhar! (To write, swap, share and dream) that Sandra set up. Thanks Secret Friend! I already know what I'm going to do with that little plate: to put some pot-pourri and the candle... My living room will be scenting soooo gooood!...8 Because of some questions in the comments (in the Portuguese version) about the magazines that I bought:
I promise to Sandra from the blog MadeByMe (I hope she will post regularly, bacause I liked her blog a lot) that when I'll have some spare time (Now I'm a little busy with X-mas shopwindows...) I will post a lengthy and thorough post about the zillions magazines about craft that I buy... You'll be sick of it!

And this will be good, that way I'll organize all the magazines from the previous months that are all scattered around the house ...

Susete asked me were I bought PaperWorks. I bought it here in Viseu. But they have a site and you can subscribe it.

I just want to add here, (I hope she doesn't mind!... ) that I love Susete's scrapbooking pages!

:D

2005-10-31T23:42:00.000Z

See this smile? That's the way I look anytime I look at the earrings I did with the glass beads I did! Confusing? Not really... Just take a look at this post.

The pictures aren't really anything special, but it was what I was able to shoot...

I keep my promises

2005-10-31T23:21:00.000Z

So, as I promised yesterday, I'm showing another thing I like to do: painting plaster.

It's a thing I don't do often, because the pieces can't be used in our daily life. It's only when I want to give a certain gift, usually to children, that I paint plaster. Angels are my favourite subject. That's why I've only got these two pieces.

By the way...

2005-10-31T01:48:00.000Z

Happy Halloween!

Almost a week later...

2005-10-31T01:21:00.000Z

...here I am with lots of things to show!

To start with, here's one of my favourite magazines: PaperWorks! It's a pitty it's so expensive (€8.20!)... And hard to find... And when you're not able to find it, the people in the news stands don't want to ask the editors or publishers for the previous numbers...
This one, is not, definitely, one of their best covers...

New felt designs:

1) a pouch that can be used to carry the PostCrossing postcards to be put in the mail! Or for any other purpose...

2) and key-rings with embroidered initials. I just loved how it turned out! I won't be able to stop until I do the whole alphabet!

And for something completly different, recycling, candle holders to use burnt CDs . I think it's very nice; I tried with a candle and the reflection of light creates a very nice effect.

And I'll leave the rest for tomorow, the blogger is showing some signs of being tired!

Now, only to leave you with your mouth watering...plaster...earrings...

Hobby

2005-10-25T00:28:00.000+01:00

Here's the result of a few hours' work

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yesterday and today. The colours aren't very clear, but I liked what it turned out. I've just discovered the felt has beautiful and very immediate results! I'll be showing the new projects.

Back to crafts...

2005-10-21T22:08:00.000+01:00

... to show you that a can also do cross stitch and crochet.

And I let you with Amy's link, with whom I made a Halloween Swap. I think she liked what I've sent her... I haven't received my package yet, and I don't know who is it from... I'm so anxious!

Happy Birthday!

2005-10-20T22:08:00.000+01:00

Vó (Grandma) Leta!

:)

2005-10-20T00:17:00.000+01:00

At least one good thing happeed today! I got my gift for being visitor 1000 from Cátia's blog.
Thank you Cátia, I just loved it! And it's my favourite colour!

By the way, it seems two good things happened today, because F. C. Porto won today...

Marmelade

2005-10-18T23:49:00.000+01:00

Today I spent the afternoon doing marmelade. Here it is. Looks good, doesn't it?

Last postcard

2005-10-18T15:33:00.000+01:00

There, I've received my last postcard from Postcard Swap! It's from Anne from Canada and it's a sort of an homage to vintage knitting magazines.
She also says she enjoys reading my blog... Thank you, Anne!

Correction: Anna

Well, well, well...

2005-10-18T00:38:00.000+01:00

...lots of days without a word, hem?... Did you miss me? Say yes, say no, but please, say something! This lack of feed-back is killing me!

Since you're at it tell me another thing: have you had any difficulty seeing my images? It's just that today I finally had the chance to see this blog on another computer, and a lot of pictures had disappeared... I hope this is a one time problem, because if not I don't know how to solve it...

I've received another postcard (1 yet to come) from the Postcard Swap of Swap-Bot, from Adam, who made me an honorary fan of Kansas State University! Go State, go!

Adam... "Hola!" is Spanish... In Portuguese we say: Olá

Same subject, Rachel and Amy have already received the gorgeous (!) postcards I sent them. Still, there are 3 people who didn't...

Still the same subject, postcards, this time though, PostCrossing; "tanteposte" (it's her nick) posted my postcard (a reply to her postcard) in her blog dedicated to postcrossing.

These days have been occupied packing my "products". See if I can make some money...

Swaps

2005-10-12T00:03:00.000+01:00

Some time ago, I signed up for this swap. I always forget to spread the word... but I think you'll have other chances. This postcard swap was to test the system. Besides, I think they "host" other swaps.

This was my first postcard. I received it on Friday but I wasn't in the mood for posting...
It's from Melanie and it came from New York (though I think Melanie it's not from there!).

I received these two today.
From Lisa, of New York, a photo she took in Arizona. I just loved it! I think it's amazing!

This one came from Chelsea, from..???... I couldn't find out from where! This one is my favourite, 'cause it was handmade.

I still have two more to come!

Last shop window

2005-10-08T23:13:00.000+01:00

...at least until November.

More shop windows

2005-10-07T22:21:00.000+01:00

Easter decoration, Nelas shop.

Look what I've made!

2005-10-06T23:10:00.000+01:00

Aren't they gorgeous? Yesterday I done an intensive course, I've even got a diploma! I've been looking for a teacher for a while, but I couldn't find one... I had decided that I would try for myself, eventually, but I was hoping for better (money) times to order the material on the internet. When I was searching, I've found that there was a teacher here in Portugal! I was so happy!... Thank God and my parents (I know they don't read the blog, but even so I want to thak them very, very, very much!!!!!!!!) I was able to attend the course. I JUST LOVED IT! And this was the result.

I posted both pictures because although the first one has a better light and the colours are more real, the second one shows the details better.

Unfortunately, now I must wait until I can buy the material and try again all the colours, forms and ideas!... But I know I can do them, and for now that is enough.

Another shop window

2005-10-06T20:31:00.000+01:00

To continue the series, these photos are from Easter's decoration in the Mangualde shop. Details:

Shop windows

2005-10-03T22:25:00.000+01:00

It starts today a series dedicated to the shop windows I've decorated. This is to celebrate the fact that P., from Ergovisão asked me to do the Christmas decoration of some of the shops. This one is last year's Valentine's Day, from the shop in Mangualde. And these the Carnival decoration, from the shop in Nelas. If you want to see the pictures of the masks in more detail, please go here.

Crazy moment with my sister's nails... again!

2005-09-30T23:48:00.000+01:00

Haven't show you these ones yet, have I?

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Another week at home!

2005-09-29T00:56:00.000+01:00

This is the last time (hope so!) that I mention this subject, I'm only talking again when I'll have been assigned to a school.

And now, the winner of the contest "Who's Who?" is...

Joana

Congratulations I hope you like your small gift!

Help!

2005-09-27T21:32:00.000+01:00

I'm being flooded by postcards! And I'm loving it!This came from Massachusetts, in the United States and it was sent by Sara.

And another box

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Mixing of techniques: wax patina (I don't know if this is the correct term), découpage and crackling effect.

I've done it!

2005-09-26T19:10:00.000+01:00

I don't know what's wrong

2005-09-26T17:46:00.000+01:00

I can't upload the images. I wanted to post another postcard I received from PostCrossing, this time from Netherlands, and talk about this postcard owner's blogs , and about the funny "landmark" it has, and I can't... Ok, she created a blog to publish all her received postcards, a fotoblog and a blog. The problem is, these two are in dutch. I don't understand a thing! Nice photos, though. Photos. Those things I wanted to post here but I can't do the upload!

It's only love...

2005-09-26T00:50:00.000+01:00

I've found out about this site through Beth (who also participated in the swap set up by Sandra) and I thought I should share...

Something different

2005-09-25T16:35:00.000+01:00

Xmas is on its way!

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Counter

2005-09-25T00:23:00.000+01:00

I decided to change the counter and start from zero again. To see if I should keep translating the blog.

I forgot

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To say that the postcard came from Belgium, from a guy that has a really interesting interesting hobby!...

Another postcard...

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...from PostCrossing! It feels so good to receive mail even from unknown people! But I like to have my mail box full, no matter if it's only publicity...

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Another week at home until next "cíclicas", and then we shall see...

PostCrossing

2005-09-22T17:35:00.000+01:00

2! Two postcards have arrived at the same day from PostCrossing! What a nice surprise!
One of them is from Jennifer, at Mountain Valley, California, USA; who also has a blog KnitWit Momma, as you can see from the name is about knitting. But not only that...

And the other one is from Japan, from Monte Fuji; although it was an american who send it, Neil. For what I understood from the sort of photoblog of his , Tamano Trials and Tribulations, he is an English teacher in Japan...

By the way, today(?) is "dia de colocacões cíclicas", which means I'll be glued to the monitor the entire day, waiting for some news from the Ministry of Education's site... :(

Love

2005-09-21T17:39:00.000+01:00

I was thinking...

2005-09-21T15:02:00.000+01:00

...and I decided to set up a "contest"! As Sandra decided not to reveal who's her secret friend is, I decided to do the same. And whomever finds out who's my secret friend will win a little gift from me, made by myself! This "contest" is officially open to those who participate on the swap and the other readers of my blog!

Send me an e-mail with the name. Next week I will say who's the winner!

Who's Who

It's here!

2005-09-20T22:27:00.000+01:00

Here are my gifts. I liked it a lot, specially the cat's key chain and the postcard. Now, there's only a minor problem, I don't have the faintest idea about what to do with the material you've sent me, secret friend... Ah, I thought your idea about the bookmark very interesting. And you have such a beautiful handwriting... I wish I could handwrite like that!This origami elephant was made with advertisement pamphlets because it's only for practicing. This is the most difficult model in the book foi, but I've made it!
This book is a Southwater publication and is from Paul Jackson e Angela A'court. It's a very interesting book because besides origami it has other ideas related to crafts with paper. For those of you who are familiarised with shopping through internet you can buy it here!

Lots of things:

2005-09-19T23:41:00.000+01:00

1. I've received the notice from the Post Office to collect the package of Sandra's swap. Finally... I thought they had forgotten about me! I'm dying to know what's inside;
2. Here's the box I said I was going to show you today;

3. And another one I've finished;

4. And another creative moment with my sister's nails;

5. And the result of the experiencies with polymer clay;

6. And other earrings I felt like doing.

I hope you liked what I've showed. I'll be posting it in the Shop soon. There's more of it tomorrow!

Just one more thing before I go: HAPPY ANNIVERSARY to Gotinha, who was the responsible for my rendez-vous with Blogosphere, a long time ago when we had a female Minister of Education (both Gotinha and I are teachers) who thought nothing was worth enough for her to be bothered about! It was the first blog I read and still is one of my favourits until now!

I have...

2005-09-19T03:13:00.000+01:00

...a husband and a sister laughing like crazy over a reality show called "1ª companhia"...

Découpage...

2005-09-18T23:16:00.000+01:00

...of fabric on fabric. I've done these a few years ago...

Today I made another box, but I didn't varnish it yet. Tomorrow I'll take a photo and I'll post about it.

Yesterday I went shopping...

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And I brought these magazines I adore. It's a pitty that they are so expensive and difficult to find, here in Portugal.

Step by step

2005-09-17T15:59:00.000+01:00

As I promised (better late than ever), here's the step by step of the box. I used another one, but the process is the same.

1. Sand the box and clean all the dust residues. Protect the areas you don't want to be painted and paint the box with acrylic paint. 6

5 5

2. Cut the correct measurement of lace, apply glue and then the lace. Make sure it's glued well.
4. When all the lace is glued let it dry.6

5. To correct possible imperfections apply 3D glue and let it dry. 5

6. Paint the lace with the acrylic paint, again. Make sure you don't leave any unpainted spot. Let it dry. 6 6

7. Apply the smallest quantity of goldfinger on the lace to show the relief. Repeat as often as necessary, but always with the smallest quantity in order not to smudge. 6 6

7. Polish with a soft cloth.

8. "Et voilà", the box is ready!

Another set of postcards

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And for the loving hearts...

Another box

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I like this box a lot.

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The lists are out and I'm in... in the house, at least for the next week. No school for me yet...

Caixa de Surpresas

Sad times

Fimo key-rings

Flowers

Swap with Joana

More birthday cards...

Jewellery Swap at Swapmeet

A week later

Guess what...

Nostalgia...

Magazine

I just found out...

I keep on...

Farruca

Swap with Rachel

Swapping Materials

Keyring swap

Birthday Postcards Swap

Swap with Teresa

Swap with Camila

Swaps!

More gifts

Christmas gifts

More Christmas postcards

???

I'm back!

Because Jesus was born today...

Bijuteria & Acessórios

Magazines

Xmas cards but not only...

A small Christmas gift

:)

New felt items!

A few more!

2 more

Let's see if I can catch up with my posts...

Postcards from Vamos Trocar!

Let's see if I can post today...

&%#!??$&%#@#!/&§£

It's Christmas!

Aguiar da Beira

This is Viseu...

2 shopwindows

Mangualde's shopwindow

Hello!

I hope you can handle it...

PostCrossing

Here it is!

Did you know?

Fresh and colorful news

PostCrossing

Finally...

S. Martinho*

About Postcrossing

Almost a week without posting...

:D

I keep my promises

By the way...

Almost a week later...

Hobby

Here's the result of a few hours' work

Back to crafts...

Happy Birthday!

:)

Marmelade

Last postcard

Well, well, well...

Swaps

Last shop window

More shop windows

Look what I've made!

Another shop window

Shop windows

Crazy moment with my sister's nails... again!

Haven't show you these ones yet, have I?

Another week at home!

Help!

And another box

I've done it!

I don't know what's wrong