creando desde el corazon
Light cotton pants, with Mexican detail on the waist.
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Light cotton Pants, with Mexican detail on the waist,
one shoulder top, and hair flower all by Guaya.
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Light cotton long skirt, with Mexican detail on the waist,
one shoulder top also by Guaya.
Modelos: Argelia & Jordy
Fotografia: Agata Lanz
Maquillaje y peinado: Niza Mendoza
Locacion: Boca del Puma, Puerto Morelos
When I started writing this blog, I was feeling a bit lonely in the crafts universe, at least in Mexico, blogging and crafting was not a trendy thing, and it was hard to find people that share the same interest. But lately I´ve been finding that now there are more people blogging about crafts and handmade things in Mexico, more people that share this passion, so this makes me very excited, to be able to share the same interest, and also because of this, now I have more options, like fairs and magazines here in Mexico. And also above all this, the fact is, at least in this part of Mexico where I live, crafts and handmade things were synonymous of bad quality, things made only from and for hippies, so, when I see creations like this, that have all this passion and good quality its a placer to share it with the world.
Cuando empece este blog, me sentia un poco sola en el universo, en Mexico no habia mucho la cultura de los blogs y lo hecho a mano, pero ultimamente he descubierto que cada vez hay mas gente que comparte esta pasion y eso me emociona mucho, me emociona el poder hablar de las cosas que hago y poder compartir un mismo interes con mas gente en Mexico, y sobre todo que cada vez somos mas, y gracias a esto se pueden hacer cosas muy interesantes. Hay mas proyectos de difusion, cada vez se organizan mas ferias y sobre todo, que al menos en esta parte de Mexico donde vivo, lo hecho a mano era visto como de mala calidad, las artesanias solo las hacian los hippies por asi decirlo. Asi que cuando veo creaciones como esta, que tienen tanta pasion y calidad es un placer poder compartirlo con el mundo.
Amandina is a trendy concept in jewelry design, which fuses together craftsmanship and contemporary design and blends tradition with fashion, the result: unique pieces made with love that only the handwork of artisans can create. I love the work of this girls from Yucatan, their organic motifs, trees, leaves and animals are absolutely fabulous. More about Amandina here and at their Etsy Shop.
Me encanta el trabajo de estas chicas de Yucatan, Las siluetas organicas me parecen bellisimas, Arboles, hojas y animales son su inspiracion. Amandina, es un concepto innovador en diseño de joyería, su vision de la tecnica contemporanea se funde con la tradicion de la tecnica orfebre. Obteniendo como resultado una mezcla que conjuga tradición con moda, en piezas únicas e irrepetibles que sólo el trabajo manual de artesanos yucatecos puede crear. Mas de Amandina aqui o en Etsy.
The main intention of this event is to offer a space for independent Mexican designers to exhibit and sale their products, the idea was to get more attention of the audience by gathering many brands together.
This will last only 5 days, with Probably more than 40 Mexican designers exhibiting their work, live music from bands to DJ’s, Photo-Expo, walkways, dance, circus, theater, sculpture, video, cocktails, food and bar.
This event took place in Historical center of Mexico City, at the Museo Británico Americano de México (The British American Museum of Mexico), this is an old building, and it´s being reconstructed. So the whole event had this old and modern look, really cool.
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La intencion principal de este evento es ofrecer un espacio para los diseñadores Mexicanos exhiban y vendan sus productos, la idea es tener mas audiencia al juntar varios diseñadores y marcas. El evento duro 5 dias, y reunio a mas de 40 diseñadores Mexicanos, ofreciendo tambien musica en vivo, DJ´s, exposiciones fotograficas, danza, pasarelas, teatro, video, comida y servicio de bar.
El lugar del evento fue en el centro de la Ciudad de Mexico, en el edificio que pertenecia al Museo Británico Americano de México. El lugar esta en remodelacion, lo que le daba un look entre viejo y moderno a todo el evento.
I went with my friend from Mexico City, Jade, but we had other plans and had to leave before the runway, so I went back the next day and made sure to stay longer.
I so want to make events like this in Cancun, so it was good to have a view of this, so I´ll know what to do, and what not to do… I think I had a different idea of how it was going to be, I didn´t imagine the buildin was going to be remodeling and it was hard to find the place, also I heard a few famous Mexican designers were going to be there, I thought Niceeee. So I just thought this was a more WOW show, It was not what I expected, but it was pretty good anyway. I had fun, I enjoyed talking to the designers, making new friends and buying too ha ha ha.
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Al evento me acompaño mi Amiga Jade, y aunque yo me queria quedar a ver la pasarela, teniamos ya otros plane sy nos fuimos temprano. Pero yo regrese al dia siguiente y esta vez si pude ver la pasarela.
Desde hace tiempo tengo ganas de hacer un evento parecido en Cancun, asi que fue bueno ver y sabe que se debe hacer y que no. Creo que en realidad yo tenia una idea muy diferente de lo que iba a ser el evento, antes de llegar, no me imagine que el edificio estaria en remodelacion, y me fue un poco dificl encontrar el lugar, y ademas tambien sabia que algunos diseñadores con mas nombre iban a asistir pues pense wow, que bien! No era lo que esperaba pero estuvo bien de todas formas, me diverti, y disfrute platicando con los diseñadores, haciendo contactos y comprando un poquito ji ji ji.
I´m flying to Mexico City, going there for the utilisma´s casting. Wish me luck!!!
This is an experience i´ve been wanting to share with you, a few weeks ago I went with some friends and family to an amazing Island, Isla Contoy, Protected by the Mexican government, and declared a National Park, its approximately 30 kilometers north of Isla Mujeres. We took a boat from Cancun, the trip took about one hour, it usually takes about 2 or 3 hours depending of the boat, but ours was pretty fast.
As soon as we could see the island on the horizon and the closer we got, our excitement was getting bigger and bigger, it´s absolutely gorgeous, is not very big, i think it´s only 8 Km in length. There is nothing but palm trees, clear blue water, lots of birds and white sand, PARADISE!!!!
In the island lives a group of government-sponsored biologists who continually monitor and study the ecosystem of the island. Only a few tour companies have permission to bring guests to the island and only 200 visitors are allowed daily. If you plan to visit the island in your own vessel, you are required to apply for permission first which can be arranged at the Park offices in Isla Mujeres or Cancun. as soon as we got to the peer, we jumped in the water, we didn´t care about barracudas, there was like 50 of them, just right in the peer. I have to say that I was a little bit impressed by them, they are so ugly with the mouth full of teeth!!. Anyway, it´s better if I let the pictures talk.
Ready to go
arriving to the island
take a good look…. 7 barracudas!
The other side of the island
Dinner time! It´s good to have friends with restaurants.
chill out time after dinner.
our night camp.
almost sunrise.
Next morning we went snorkeling to the reef.
Nurse shark
Mantarraya, Samantha it´s her name, and you can actually touch her, she comes to the shore looking for food.
This is why I love where I live.
and guess who came with us….
I made her bathing suit with a balloon 
These typically are the good days for Cancun, a busy time where the locals catch their breathe between the madness of Spring Break and the high summer national tourist seasons. Several Cancun Hotels are offering a “Swine flu free travel program”, a campaign that promises you three years of free vacations if you get H1N1 while in their hotels. This expresses the high confidence that it is indeed safe to travel to Mexico. The tourism boards and travel service companies are working diligently to ensure that visitors start to return to Mexico, to a safe and healthy environment for all to enjoy.
It’s a great time to book a trip down to the Mexican Caribbean, some great deals and great weather, if you love Mexico, pack your suitcase, take a plane and come down here. Great package deals are popping up, if you don’t have a trip planned, now would be a great time. With so few people in the area at the moment, it will almost be like a private vacation. Come to cancun!!!
Swine flu it’s controlled, everybody I know agree that this look more shocking that it was… Probably because the news make it look bigger that it was at least here in Cancun, things were not that bad, there were only a few cases in this part of the country.
Of course I’m just talking of what I see, what surrounds me. I don’t mean to minimize it, is jut that I don’t know of anyone who died of “influenza”.
In the case of Cancun, where everything depends on tourism, the tragedy came not from the flu itself, but from the economic crisis that came as the result of the influenza,The most important tourist destination in the country and the Caribbean, now faces one of the most acute crisis, provoqued by cancellations of flights from United States, Canada, Spain , Germany and United Kingdom. The lack of tourists in Cancun, provoked that many hotels closed down until the high season. Workers are being fired or put on mandatory rest period for even 60 days with out salary; the news report 20,000 unemployed people in the state. I heard that the unemployment rate is bigger than when Wilma hit the State 3 years ago.
So right now this is what worries us the most, loosing our jobs (for those who still have it), finding a job (for those who lost it), feeding their families, paying the bills, and in most cases I’ve heard people is worried about what will this 20,000 unemployed people will do, we wonder if assault and house robbery will be provoked by this. Every day I hear of someone who lost their job or had their wages cut or are living on absolutely nothing. Most people are hopeful and can see a brighter future ahead, but it doesn’t make it any easier to survive right now.
On May 15th, The State Governor, Lic. Félix A. González Canto, confirmed that with the withdrawal of travel restrictions by the United States, the United Kingdom, Italy, Belgium, Switzerland, Israel, Argentina, Peru and Ecuador, the recovery of tourism in the destinations of Quintana Roo will be immediate. Local authorities have lifted the restrictions places on bars and restaurants, all facilities are now allowed to operate at 100% in Cancun and Quintana Roo. Hopefully with the travel alerts being lifted the hotels will re-open very soon and the area can start trying to recuperate.
