The world is my oyster, but since I'm not big on oysters, instead I will say "the world is my Häagen-Daz macadamia nut brittle! 

To say that I love travel would be a grave understatement. I think in my case, traveling is like breathing; in fact there comes a point when I feel suffocated and I just want to fly free like a bird. I've been lucky enough to travel to many places and experience what this lovely world has to offer, and for that I am thankful!

Since pictures are worth a thousand words, here are photos of the memorable places I've been to.

As far as future trips? Watch out Spain, China, and Greece...here I come!!!

Cheers ~ Lorena


Amsterdam, Holland

Germany and Austria 

 



German concentration camp

Need I say more?...PARAPUNTING!

  Venice, Florence, Rome, Pisa  Italy

  

London, UK

And yes, I used to be a smoker in my 20's.

Beaujolais wine region and Paris, France

We stayed at this chateau



Yup, one word "snails"

Switzerland

Philippines (The motherland)

Before I moved to Brazil, no tan yet!



This is just the beginning. More photos to post! For now I'll end it with this photo and this quote.


"Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we will find it not."

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson


Sketching David

“It is frightfully difficult to know much about the fairies, and almost the only thing for certain is that there are fairies wherever there are children.” 

J.M. Barrie

Yep, another year is flying by and once again my eldest daughter's birthday is coming up. Though unlike last year's fantastic birthday celebration, this year we plan to keep it simple. So simple in fact, a chocolate cake, a candle, and family will just have to do.

This doesn't mean I won't share last year's "Fairy Party" ideas with you, just for inspiration. Enjoy the creation process, I sure did!

Cheers ~ Lorena



The Venue

 

Fairy garden houses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I made tons of fairy garden houses out of clay. It was so much fun playing with clay! I painted each piece with acrylic paint. Make sure the pieces are dry.

 

  

I also made fairy furniture out of wood. I have to thank who ever invented the hot glue gun!

 

 

 

The invitations were done on Word and then printed in grayscale.

 

 

 

The final product!

 

 

Party favors and decoration

 

I went gaga over crepe paper flowers. So I decided to make them too. Check out Martha Stewart's paper flowers tutorial. Just perfect!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://www.marthastewart.com/893987/how-make-crepe-paper-flowers#892144

 

 

 

Planting their fairy garden

 

The owner of my favorite café loves to garden, so she taught the girls how to plant.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks to our favorite gardener! I'm sure it was a memorable experience for the girls.

 

 

 

 

Finishing touches