Instant Photography

One thing that I really love is instant photography. A little story: when I was little my grandfather had a Polaroid camera which he used to take pics of the whole family. I have some of myself when I was a very cute baby.

my polaroid camera & Lomography ring flash

my bf

A few years ago I bought a Polaroid camera on eBay and bought film on Walgreens when they used to sell it. I took a bunch of pictures every time I would hangout with my friends. All of them are kept on a box with the camera. I stopped using it because the film got pretty expensive and couldn’t find it anywhere but eBay, which made me very very sad.

Later I discovered that Fujifilm was selling an instant camera similar as the Polaroid but the pictures were credit card size. I couldn’t resist and bought it right away with a lot of film. I took pictures of everything and even brough it to a trip to New York City.

myself & Conan

The other day I found this cute little bag for my mini instax that I’m planning to buy soon with lots & lots of instant film.

Fujifilm Mini 7s Camera Bag

Holga lens

I also found this Holga lens adapter that of course will be mine too. I love this kind of cameras because I have the picture right away and let’s face it you never know how you’re going to look.

What about you? Do you love instant film as much as I do? Any good pictures you have taken?

Music Friday!

Hello curiousers (if that it's even a word) it's Friday already and you know what that means….a new playlist!

• Os Mutantes hey boy
• The Pixies gigantic
• The Pretenders break up the concrete
• The Shangri-Las give him a great big kiss
• The Shins know your onion!
• Siniestro Total Bailaré sobre tú tumba
• The Sonics skinny minnie
• The Sounds 7 days a week
• Tokyo Police Club wait up
• Stray Cats stray cat strut
• A Tribe Called Quest Can I kick it?
• Wayne County & the Electric Chairs Wonder Woman
• Yeah Yeah Yeahs soft shock
• Anijta Tijoux 1977
• Empire of the Sun Walking on a dream

Sewing Store

Today I went with my mom to a new store she read on the newspaper. It is called "Costura y Bordado" although it had another name on the sign (which I can't remember). The shop is pretty cool, it sells fabrics, sewing machines & other supplies.

When I walked in the first thing I saw was the fabrics. They didn't have a lot but it is a small shop so I can't complain. The limited selection was pretty fantastic. I wanted to take all of them but I'm economicaly challenged since I finally bought my camera lens, now there's no excuse for crappy pictures. Back to the fabrics; they had flower print, owls, birds, lines, polka dots, everything I like.

On the sale rack I found this curious fabric, mom said it was weird and it looks a lot like nurse's hats. But I find it quite adorable and I can't wait to do something with it.

They offer classes at the store too and I'm planing to take one. One thing I really didn't like was the customer service, when we asked about the classes the employee couldn't take the time to explain to us how the calendar works.

You can check their Website here.

What about you? Any new curious shops you found?

Mission Fail

Yesterday I went to my nearest multinational department store to buy supplies to do some stencils. As I remember from my rebellious youth all I needed was an x-acto knife, spray paint, & a decent piece of cardboard.

But this time I went a little bit artistic and bought myself acrylic paint instead of the paint cans & a sponge because the paintbrushes were quite expensive (I'm on a tight budget). I wanted to wait till next day (today) to start with my new project but I was too anxious to begin. So I made some stencils and I'm not real happy with the results, but I will keep trying.

First attempt: it was supposed to be a lipstick but I don't know, not quite sure what turned out.

Second try: an anchor, well that one was easy but needs a lot more work.

And the last one: a sewing machine. Eh, need to work on the sides…

Since tomorrow is finally my day off I'll be giving it another shot. What about you? Any project that you were eager to do and then it turned into a total mess?

Stay tune for part deux.

Sew it's Friday already?

This week has passed extremely fast! I'm sorry for not sewing or updating at all but I've been quite busy working out (riding my bike), working (on my not so normal job) and fixing up the house. Since it's Friday and as I promised last week I'm bringing you a spanking new playlist! But before spitting it out, today my grandmother bought a magazine which I fell in love with; it's called "Do it yourself" and gives you some cute & easy to-do projects for your home & garden. This is the magazine's website if you are curious about it. I'm sure Miss Lou from eLousions will love this. (You guys should check her fantastic blog). And of course I'll be trying some of those projects for my new home. In the meantime let's blast some audio!

• king khan & the bbq show lonely boy
• tokyo police club bambi
• lou reed crazy feeling
• nancy sinatra day tripper
• the strokes 12:51
• the smiths ask
• television marquee moon
• best coast bratty b
• black lips drugs
• brigitte bardot moi je joue
• chuck berry come on
• the 5.6.7.8.'s woo hoo
• vampire weekend oxford comma
• zombies groenlandia

Sew what's your playlist?

I love listening to music, like everyone else in the world. I mean who doesn’t? It gets you through difficult, happy, awkward and awesome times, it helps you escape from boredom and when you need to get some work done it makes it quite easier for you. Every time I’m working on a project I have to push that play button on my ipod. Occasionally I put it in shuffle and other times I create a playlist. The most important thing is that the song it’s playing maintains me in a good mood and doesn't make me screw things up.

So here’s a playlist that I compiled to help you finish that project. I’ll be doing this every Friday so make sure to check it out every week. Enjoy!

(click the first song to make it start)

of montreal gallery piece

new order age of consent

nobunny pretty little trouble

los nikis no vuelvo ir a benidorm

passion pit the reeling

patti smith redondo beach

passion pit little secrets

the beatles eight days a week

beach boys fun, fun, fun

the babies meet me in the city

the babies run me over

albert hammond jr. every one gets a star

polock tangerines & unicorns

alaska y los pegamoides otra dimensión

alexandra hope whatever you want

Unstitching it's not so charming...

Everything in the craft world it’s not so fun when you are working on a project and get stuck on it because of sewing problems. I’m talking about unstitching. When you are developing a new piece and get all excited that somehow it managed to fail miserably. Maybe it went all wrong because of your emotions and it is inevitable to continue to work on it. For me unstitching it’s a task I hate to do.

That happened to me the other day and I decided to stop what I was doing, clear out my mind and went bike riding to El Paseo Lineal (Linear Park) that’s really close to my house. And I have to ask; what do you do when you realize that moment has just occurred? Do you unstitch or do something else?