2011 in Pictures, Saying goodbye to 2011

2011 was the best year so far for MariaPalito. I learned amazing lessons through the year, I grow, I enjoyed the pat … I was happy, sad, excited, creative and in love with each day putting my heart in each piece that I created. I had mix-feelings about 2011 but first of all I feel grateful for being the strong women that I have became after a year full of work. Here are some 2011 pictures.

January 2011 : Valentine Day Handmade cards

February 2011 : I started my Die cut line

March 2011: St. Patricks day and I created more Die cut shapes. 

April 2011: New Felt items and New felt owls

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May 2011: Cutting more paper and creating new Greeting cards

 

June 2011: June was a month full of Custom Orders and Happy Costumers :)

July 2011: Designing for the second half of the year and the Holidays

August 2011: I created my owl Pillows !

September 2011: I started my Halloween Designs and Sales

November 2011: Christmas Season, my favourite Holiday!

December 2011: Closing the best year ever!!

Thanksgiving Table is Ready !! Let’s be Thankful

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This is the first time I am hosting a Thanksgiving dinner at home and I am totally excited !!! The table is ready and it looks amazing. I made the table clothe using orange, Canary yellow and brown felt. I love the turkey cupcake toppers they look sooo cute !!! They are made using some stickers and some textured cardstock, they match my Thanksgiving cards. This year I want to celebrate big, I have too much to be thankful for. Happy Thanksgiving !!! IMG_0525

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My Studio: A small snick pick of my workspace, an explosion of color :)

I am always trying to organize more my studio, every trip to the craft store or to amazon ended up with more and more supplies, the good news I am good at storage and I usually buy what I need and use them all, but I have to storage my stock + my supplies. So here are some pictures of my studio Smile and my organized chaos !!!  I have to confess that I can not live without my plastic containers and Ziploc bags!

My owls ready to stitch!

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My stock of die cuts and scrapbooking embellishments.

Hand-Stitching Owl Christmas Ornaments

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Today is sewing day ! I don’t have a specific day for sewing but today is the day, I have to finish 16 owls for a baby shower and some Christmas Ornaments. I really enjoy sewing day because I sit in my living room and I watch a movie or just listen to music Smile  the weather is too hot lately to sew in my studio so I have to find a cooler spot to stay. Texas is really hot and bright ! I am waiting for a cooler weather . So today I will be sewing all day long . Happy sewing day !!

Let’s be thankful, thanksgiving is coming :-)

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I am so ready for November to celebrate Thanksgiving,  one of my favorite holidays because it is a time to remember how fortunate we are. It is time to express how valuable is the people that we have around. I am so happy for this year because it has been the toughest year of my life and I feel really fortunate about it

This is one of my favorite thanksgiving card! I love this collection the colors and the final cards are so bright and happy. I am ready to celebrate and be thankful for this year and all the lessons I learnt.. :-) November will be a great month to be thankful :-)

I finished this year’s Thanksgiving cards and they are so cute and colorful. You can find them here :

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Baking & making Chrismas Penguin cupcake toppers :-)

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Last night I baked for the first time muffins and I am totally happy with the result. I needed them to take some pictures of my christmas penguin cupcake toppers and I just love it , I was so worried to burn them that I opened the oven like 10 times before I turned it off, I just want them perfect! I was so happy taking pictures and smelling them…after I finished I couldn’t resist to eat a couple ! last night was my happy baking night :P here is a picture of my first attempt to bake muffins :P