Celebrate Pink!

October is the International Breast Cancer Awareness month, and we join the pink celebration of life by sharing with you beautiful pink spaces.

Enjoy!





From high doses to subtle hints, pink is definitely an option, even in so-called masculine spaces. Of course it's girly, but you can also get balance from other elements or colors. Pink's got a huge range of tones, so you can personalize it to your own taste beautifully. I personally like the subtle pink chimney with the owl on the mantle... I love the way it combines with gold, gray and whitle... sublime! 

 

Now back to awareness. Remember early detection in in our own hands. Take care, and take care of the women around you!

More info here.
images:
1, 5, y 10 : elle decor
2 y 6: house to home
3 y 9: ideal home
4: Martha Stewart
7: lonny mag

Cool, Tiny Kitchen

I LOVE happy places, and this is one of them: a tiny kitchen that can even acomodate two people for lunch. Pick a bright color, like this turquoise, if you'd like to spruce up your room. Everything looks so neat and in order, thanks to the white shelves. I'm especially fond of the spice garden by the window.

Divine.

imagen: wohn idee

Living rooms - Coffee Table Options



A huge trend in home design is to use multiple tables or stools instead of the traditional, large coffee table. I find it quite interesting, since the result is visually atractive and light, plus it gives you the flexibility to move furniture around easily and according to your needs. I love it! Only wish I could find stools here.

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By the way, I would like to thank you for your support regarding my paintings and my new webpage. You have no idea how much this means to me. Wish me luck in this new adventure I'm taking. =)

imágenes:

1, 5 y 7: elle decor

2 y 6: lonny mag

3: house to home

4: marie claire maison

8: coastal living

News Flash! News Flash!

I'm launching my new art website! Come check it out!
 http://www.rociojimenez.com/

These are some of the new paintings.

"ellipsis"

We worked on a cleaner, easier to navigate look, and my portfolio has been updated. We're hoping to show it to galleries and art promotors... anybody interested?

"journey"

I would LOVE for you to visit http://www.rociojimenez.com/ and tell me everything you think about both the site and the art itself! By the way, this was a present from my husband (who designed it) to me... how cute is that!

Here it is, freshly baked.

For the moment, it's only been released in Spanish, but we're currently working on the translation, so I'll keep you posted. And please, tell me what you think. All comments are welcome!

Hope you like it.

Halloween Decorating- Easy Bats

We've started decorating for Halloween on the weekend. With a girl at home, Halloween is a huge holiday, and a great chance for us to have fun crafting and thinking of ideas for our home.

One of our favorite crafts is making bats. I got this idea from Country Living, so you probably know it already. In case you don't, it's a wonderful idea. Easy, unexpensive, quick, and huge impact. Seriously. Just take a look at our house!

You'll need:

Black construction paper (I chose one with a soft texture, almost velvet-like)

Scissors

Tape
Bat template from Country Living (get it here) 

How to:

  Start by printing the bat template from Country Living.

It's a good idea to resize with a photocopier. This way you'll have different bat sizes. I used 3 different sizes.

Cut out.

Following the instructions, trace the template onto your paper. Remember the template is only half the bat, so fold you paper to get the whole bat.

Cut.

This is how they look. Spooky!

I cut plenty of bats. Remember, the more, the merrier.

 

Using tape, place them everywhere. I put many in our balcony.

And our downstairs window.

The results are truly amazing! They look very real!

How do you like them?

And they're equally cool from the inside. This is how they look from our bedroom.

There you have it, one of our easiest Halloween crafts. By the way, kids love it, because they can help you out all along the way.

Meanwhile, we're still crafting our way out of Halloween. Our house is a complete mess, but it'll be over soon (I hope), and soon I'll be sharing with you our projects. We're excited, and loving it!  =)

What are you up to?
Are you into Halloween decorating?
Do tell!