jump for the children

Two items I'm donating to the Jump for the Children, Duke Children's Hospital benefit horse show in Raleigh.
Both have the same theme "my world" but different mediums and styles:

Ink on paper 8"x8"

Oil on birch panel 8"x8"

horsey hug

New "sentimental" I might donate to a good cause...

little h » mitten knitting

Cooler air makes me want to knit!
Sundays: official h-less days, hachecita gets te day off. Click ere for te story

packaging and collateral

I've been playing around with the design for my business cards, labels, thank you cards, packaging, etc. and so far I'm happy with the look... I could keep working on it forever, but have to stop and move on to other things.

print shipped

Matted, framed and shipped my "Guardian Angel" print, love how it looks deceivingly three dimensional. Hope it brings a smile to its new home.

finished frames

After much pouting, stomping and bribing on my part, honeybunch finally finished my frames. They look great! he made them just like I wanted them.

8"x8" natural

8"x8" painted black

my photo studio

I wasn't happy with the look of my scanned sentimentals, for some reason the quality of the lines doesn't show. The photographed versions look much better... bummer I'll have to get them reprinted.

empanadas de queso

I don't like to cook very much but looove to bake. Cheese empanadas are my favorite and they're the item I contribute to pretty much every single gathering we attend:

3 eggs
4 tbsp sugar
½ tsp salt
½ cup milk
2 cups shreded Monterrey Jack cheese (or any kind)
2 ¼ cups flour
2 tsp baking powder
5 tbsp butter flavor Crisco

Separate 2 egg whites and mix until peaks form. Combine with cheese. Set aside.
Mix 2 egg yolks plus 1 egg with sugar and salt for 2 minutes. Add milk and mix a bit more. Set 2 tsp aside.
Combine flour with baking powder. Add Crisco and work it into the flour with hands until well incorporated.
Add egg mixture to flour mixture to form a workable dough. Add flour if needed. Make about 35 smalll balls (about walnut size).
Flour rolling pin, hands and working surface. Roll a ball of dough into a flat oval about 5"x3". Place a tsp of cheese in center, fold and seal egdes. Repeat for all.
Place them on baking sheet, moisten top with egg mixture seta aside earlier and sprinkle with sugar.
Bake at 325 preheated oven for 15-20 minutes or until golden.
Enjoy :)

threadless - compadres

I'm in the running for a t-shirt design on threadless with the coolest theme: "movember".

Movember challenges men to change their appearance and the face of men’s health by growing a moustache. The rules are simple, start November 1st clean-shaven and then grow a moustache for the entire month. The moustache becomes the ribbon for men’s health, the means by which awareness and funds are raised for cancers that affect men. Much like the commitment to run or walk for charity, the men of Movember commit to growing a moustache for 30 days.

Check and score my design!

little h - gloomy weekend

So dark and gloomy after an entire week of rain, temperatures ave fallen and I find it a bit depressing. Didn't feel like doing muc  tis weekend, just wanted to curl up on my favorite cair in te corner, drink some yummy ot cocolate and read a good book.
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sweet orbit

So tired of editing patterns, almost finished. Have to get it done before I run out of orbit, literally... and figuratively.