... A little lovely dream

A very good friend of mine surprised me this morning with this beautiful poem. She said that when she read it she thought of me :) That is very cute. Thank you so much dear Cinda!

It almost got me into tears when I read it and at the same time it made me happy :)

Hope you like it as much as I do!!

CRADLE SONG by Sarojini Naidu

From groves of spice,

O’er fields of rice,

Athwart the lotus-stream,

I bring for you,

Aglint with dew

A little lovely dream.

Sweet, shut your eyes,

The wild fire-flies

Dance through the fairy neem;

From the poppy-bole

For you I stole

A little lovely dream.

Dear eyes, good-night,

In golden light

The stars around you gleam;

On you I press

With soft caress

A little lovely dream.

Happy Thursday!!

Anti-Valentines: "I am single so what?!" Treasury

Hi all!!

I wanted to create this treasury for the UndiscoveredArtistsofEtsy Team challenge but I forgot I had to include items from team members! Silly me!!! I still think it is fun with a sick twist and a dark sense of humor hehe I hope you don't feel offended (there is actually people that feel that way about Valentines :( )

I personally don't care about Valentines, besides the kiss chocolate candies lol Anything that screams chocolate is good with me!

Anyway, Take a look at my treasury and comment if you'd like! Have fun!!!

xox

Charlot

click here to visit!!

Pounce Tuesday!! Featuring Sahara'sHeart

Again that day of the week where we all get to know a new store and the person behind it. It has been my custom not to really pounce haha but that does not take away the fact that the creations of Laura are absolutely beautiful. She is the mind and hands behind Sahara's Heart. Like many out there, she fell in love with an american gentleman and relocated from southern Spain to Florida, how cute!

And talking about Spain...do you like Flamenco Dance? So rhytmic, so fun with those polka dot dresses and big ruffled skirts! Well, if you like them you will LOVE the Flamenco Doll Brooches!

Also, you can see a lot of reds in her products along with bright colors. You can really see the southern Spain flavor in her items and I think that makes them very unique!

At the moment, she specializes in pillows to bright your decoration. One of my favorites is the Red and White Pillow cover. I am so liking the color combo and the lacing/ribbon that frames the center piece very nicely decorated. I already love the red and blue, so this makes this pillow perfect ;)

And for those of us who are already preparing for Valentines, there is something special for us here

A super cute Valentines heart brooch for that special friend, relative of coworker.. smiles guaranteed ;)

All and all her products are carefully crafted with 100% cotton that is built to last and embellish your home! 

I invite you to stop by Sahara'sHeart store and take a look around!!

VISIT the Store HERE

Happy Tuesday!!

Get your Free Desktop Calendar Now!!

Hi!! I am super excited to share this with you! As you may noticed I changed the look of my blog (for good..) and while brainstorming I decided to create also a Wallpaper also known as Desktop Background with a Calendar Included. Isn't that cool?? Well I am passing it along to you, NO AD just a little water print on the bottom almost unnoticeable. 

Inspired in the universe and the infinite limits of our minds I added the below quote by Marsha Norman 

"Dreams are Illustrations from the book your soul is writing about you"

So every time you look at your desktop you look at the stars and don't forget to dream!

How to get it?

To start, we need to know your Screen Resolution/Size

Don't know it? No problem, just click in the below link to find out!

http://whatis.myscreenresolution.com/

Now that you know your size you can go ahead and open the appropriate link below according to your size of screen :)

Available Sizes:

1280x800
1280x960

1280x1024

But how do I do it?? Easy.. just follow these very simple steps for either MAC or PC user.

Instructions:

MAC Users
-Click at the link of your screen size.
(This will take you to where the calendar is)
-Once there just Control+ Click the Image
A Menu will pop-up as pictured below

aaand select/click USE IMAGE AS DESKTOP PICTURE

Now Check your Desktop ;) Like it?? Yeah huh!

 PC Users 

-Click at the link of your screen size. 

(This will take you to where the calendar is)

-Once there just Right Click the Image

A Menu will pop-up as pictured below

aaand select/click SET AS BACKGROUND

and Voila!

It will be applied as your desktop background picture with a very handy calendar just made for you :)

Feel free to comment or email me if you have any questions. If you don't find the right size for your monitor just comment and I will make sure you get one.

... and don't forget to come next month for your February Calendar!

Have a very happy Monday and spread the love around!!

xox,

-Charlot

All Mexico needs is Peace! The Treasury.

Hi Dear friends!

I fell in love with the vibrant colors I saw when I first visited Mexico. The culinary culture is so variegated, the friendliness of its people and the richness in history they possess. 

I invite you to take a look at my latest treasure and join me in a magical travel of color, happiness and natural richness! 

Come and take the bus with me and explore the hidden treasures I gathered just for you!

VISIT the Treasury Here!

VIVA MEXICO!

Pounce, Pounce Tuesday!!! Featuring BonAndChi

I didn't really pounced' today but I still want to share a super cool store I am a customer from:

BONANDCHI

Do you love Kawaii figurines?? Well Chi' is the girl to go! If you don't know what Kawaii means, no problem! you will still love and laugh of the cuteness of her clever creations.

Do you know that Kawaii is an adjective in Japanese meaning "pretty; cute; lovely; charming; dear; darling"? Well lets be cute and share the love by stopping by to check out BonAndChi little creatures :)

They come in great packaging so they arrive safe home, all very personalized, great great customer service and of course the product is flawless.

Look! My Ninjas befriended Santa! (very sleek move). Can you see little ninja negotiating X-mas gifts with Rudolph?? lol Also, I have to say big Ninja is a little upset with Santa. But I guess he is right.. Santa's excuse about only one gift because recession was a little lame.. 

Anyway, I just want to say THERE IS NO HOUSE SAFE WITHOUT A BONANDCHI NINJA!!!

So get yours now while you can 

HERE ;)

Stylish Blogger Award!

I am very flattered to receive the Stylish blogger Award! That means I am stylish! Wink wink!

The following ladies have sent me this award!

Rachel of Tatter Beans (Beautiful photography)

Heather of Crazy Adorable (Colorful clothing for girls

Cinda of Beansprouts Childrens Wear (Wonderful creations for kids)

Chi of BonAndChi (uber cool polymer clay figures)

Elizabeth of OddBallARtCo (Mistical and surreal original paintings)

Thank you so much!! This is to special to me that I had to 'frame' it :)

So here is what I now have to do...

A) Thank and link back to the person who awarded you this award

-Thank you, thank you ladies!

B) Share 7 things about yourself

1. I super love knitting

2. I know a few languages (english, spanish, catalan and french..)

3. I am on my very late 20's lol (not to be revealed ;)

4. I dream non stop at night (4-5 dreams per night.. can be exhausting!)

5. I am an awful cook (I mean it!)

6. I love all pink stuff and aqua too! (but anything colorful will steal my heart)

7. I wish I could live in an Irish cottage with sheeps and fawns and all sorts of forest creatures and a huge garden!!

C) Pay it forward to 15 recently discovered great bloggers

1-5: Ladies whom I received the award from!

6.- http://home-biba.blogspot.com/

(Absolutely beautiful outdoor pictures. Very ethereal!)

7.- http://hanamik.blogspot.com/

(Hana makes the cutest keychains on Etsy + she is a beautiful new expecting mom!)

8.- http://shellyorvis.blogspot.com/

(Very modern with a touch of vintage pillows and hair accessories)

9.- http://libbysgirlythings.blogspot.com/

(Girl girly hair accessories and pretty cloth handmade dolls)

10.- http://shopjustfeltlike.blogspot.com/

(Felted little creatures, they are adorable! I got my own babe from there!)

11.- http://from-laura-with-love.blogspot.com/

(Laura makes some very interesting brooches with an antique vintage flair among other treasures)

12.- http://bit-of-boyer.blogspot.com/

(Love her cards, very nature inspired! plus the colors are so beautiful)

13.- http://asiabataev.blogspot.com/

(Fellow colleague who creates wonderful little animals with crochet and knitting! xox)

14.- http://beautifuldees.blogspot.com/

(Dee is a creative mom and crafter, fantastic blogger with the most positive spirit you can image )

15.- http://naturallycarol.blogspot.com/

(Carol is very kind girl, she shares amazing photographs with all of us, she is full of funny stories to tell and a very talented couture lady ;) I know she got the award already but cannot help give it to her again! She is wonderful!

4.Contact those bloggers and tell them about the award.

-Checked!

I really hope you check all the above blogs, it is totally worth it! Don't forget to leave them a comment, follow and visit their Etsy Stores!

Happy Monday!

So many things today!

I have been having a migraine for the last 24 hours :( But my precious husband took very good care of me and made me a yummy soup! Yes, I am spoiled! Although I have to say it is my fault most likely. I have been watching the series of Fringe non-stop.. We have been marathoning on it haha. It can be very addicting and for some reason I am finding Joshua Jackson very attractive lol!

Anyway, despite my headache I had to many things to share! 

Not all day yesterday was slacking at home.. actually while watching Fringe I was knitting. I knitted a cute pin cushion! I will be having a few pin cushions very soon at my Etsy Store for those of you who love to sew! They will be very affordable too :) It will not be the same design as below because that is a pattern I downloaded for personal use but I will be creating different ones with some designs you will love guaranteed :)

Other project I made was this crazy scarf. I learnt how to knit back in 2006 when I was unemployed.. I remember it was in April and I would knit in my old couch. I was single!! Well the below scarf is the very first one I ever made, but It didn't look like in the picture below. It was rolled from the edges and if you take a closer look one end is wider than the other lol! It is all so full of bad stitches, holes and imperfections, but I still love it! That is why it makes it so beautiful to me and it gives it a crazy twist, very Alicy' (in wonderland :) So yesterday I decided to finish it and I knitted the edges together and gave it a little uplift with a crocheted edges. I really like it!

Also, I am very happy to mention that I have been contacted to create a few banners. I have made two so far and there are another two on the making for other two Undiscovered Team of Etsy members. Here is the latest banner I created for SimplyGlam and they loved it! 

I am still working on the ones for OCeliasJewelry and NoBakeCakes, but they will be posting them soon!

Happy Sunday!