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Wednesday, December 29, 2010

2010 list recap, 2011 To Do!

So here is my “2010 to do list”. I was proud of myself for making a list, and actually attempting to keep up with it. I didn’t achieve everything on the list, and being that there are only 3 days left in this year, I don’t believe I will finish this list. Being that I didn’t finish this list, I will roll over many of the items on this list to my 2011 list for this coming year. I am not too worried about completing everything on the list, but I will try really hard to. I am just grateful for everything this year has brought. Thank you 2010! I’m sad to see you go.

2010 List, and explanations of all that was completed.

  • Go whale watching
  • Hike half dome
    • This is one thing that has been on my list for a couple of years now, and yet every year I fail to get there. I will do it! I promised myself I will.
  • Run a 5k
    • This one goes hand in hand with the previous one. This one was inspired by my wonderful friends.
  • Buy/Receive a guitar
    • Best Valentines day present ever.
  • Learn to “Thinking about you” by Radiohead on guitar.
  • Develop Crafty Corazon Etsy store
    • Still working on this one, I have tons of things to list on the store, but haven’t gotten around to this. This might be completed the first month of the year, or so I hope
  • Blog more creatively
    • I am going to honk my own horn and say that I was able to complete this one, especially since I actually blogged in 2010.
  • Develop as an educator
    • I have to keep this one on here, but I think that 2010 was a great year in which I did develop as an educator.
  • Learn sign language
    • This one is a little complicated. I was able to sign up for a class, and loved it, but was unable to finish the class. I did learn some sign language, but not as much as I would have hoped for.
  • Travel to Mexico, visit family 
    • Nope, so sad ☹
  • Finally get my tattoo
    • This one came so ridiculously close to being achieved, but for one reason or another, mainly financial reasons it just did not happen.
  • Plant a vegetable garden
    • Yup! And it was amazing and wonderfully yummy.


2011 List…ta da!

  • Go whale watching
  • Hike half dome
  • Run a 5K
  • Learn to “Thinking about you” by Radiohead on guitar.
  • Develop Crafty Corazon Etsy store
  • Finish learning sign-language
  • Develop as an educator. Receive further training.
  • Visit NY, DC, Baltimore ☺
  • Organize school things
  • Get my Tattoo
  • Finish decorating projects at home


Lets see how many I can accomplish this year. As we go along I might have to add more to this little list.

Have a wonderful year!!!

-Pita

Sunday, December 26, 2010

Ready, Set, Go....

Here we go again. I am finally coming out of hiding, for the time being. I am now ready to jump right into my little craft world as well as the blog world.

In the know…

I am now happily working at a Montessori Charter School. I am now a K/1 teacher with an amazing class. I am happy to have my job, and I am thankful every day. Right now I am currently on winter break and I have some down time. I have been thinking about my blog every day, or so it seemed. I am hopefully going back to crafting as well as bloging more often, yet not as often as when I was unemployed.

Here is a little sumtin sumtin from my craft world.

These are little Christmas gifts that I made for my sister-in-law’s little puppy.


This is a little finger puppet I made for our nieces and nephews.


And this is an Ipod touch case I made for one of my little nieces.


So far my little break has been good. We go back to Northern Cali on Wednesday, and I go back to school "unofficially" on Thursday. School doesn't start until the 10th but I have to go back to catch up on some work.

So thats my little catch up shpeel. Hope to see you soon.

-Pita

Thursday, July 1, 2010

Out of Order

Sorry my friends. Life has caused me to put this thing on hold for the time being.  I will return, soon I hope.  For now everything is on pause. 

Gracias.

-Pita

Thursday, June 24, 2010

What its come to

I returned from my mini vacation from Yosemite in a very unmotivated state of mind. You would think that because I went to such a beautiful place I would love to create beautiful things, or at least write about them, but for some reason or another I cant get the mojo going.

One thing that can be contributing to this hesitant state of mind could be my constant, I really mean incessant, job hunting. If I am not on-line looking for work, I am thinking of finding a job, talking about finding a job, and just plane being consumed by this endless hunt for employment. I recently (not so recent, December) graduated from my CSUS credential program. I secretly have always wanted to be a teacher, but those dreams were shelved for a quick second. In college my aspirations were to become a Lawyer, challenging the system and its corruption and all that jazz. After working at a law firm and in different areas of law I decided that the legal system can suck it. Law was just not for me, that isn’t to say that don’t love to discuss law, or that I wouldn’t return to the legal field, its just that I would not peruse my law degree. My career aspirations have always been fueled by my want/need to contribute to my community, mi Raza. After deciding that a Legal degree was not for me I went back to my first love, Teaching. I have been relentless in my pursuit of my own classroom and job at a school, but unfortunately our education system has been knocked out by the one-two punch of the effed-up economy. I have come to the realization that more than likely this coming school year I will not be employed in the education field, other than as a substitute. My job hunt has now been expanded to grasp all fields where I can qualify to apply; mainly legal, admin and clerical. I have had some leads, and fortunately my friends have been really supportive and have given me heads up on some possibilities. I am really excited about one possible employment opportunity, but I will only share this once it evolves and becomes a Yes/No thing.

Going back to my blogging. Recently I decided to write something about me, daily. What was I thinking where I decided to do this? Sleep deprived maybe? Well technically since this is my blog I already to write about “me” therefore this idea is completely redundant. Today after a long day of “trying to fix my moms flat tire after the tow truck picked it up” game I came up with another gimmick idea. I decided that I would create a new category for my writing. Some of my favorite blog crushes do it. Ten things Tuesday!!! That’s what I came up with. Every Tuesday I will write 10 random things about me, my life, my creations, life in general. What do you think???
I know its not Tuesday, but being that the day of the week does start with T I will make an exception and write 10 things Thursday tonight.
See you then.

Love
Pita

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

So Im back!

Its been an amazing week and weekend. My hubby and I celebrated our one year anniversary as a married couple. I was tempted to post one of those “on this day I married my best friend” blog, but decided that just wasn’t me. I did how ever update my status on facebook to read “a year ago today I married the love of my life”, which is completely true. Its amazing to look back on this year and see how our relationship changed. I didn’t believe when people told us that “things would change” once we were married. My hubby and I lived together for 3 or 4 years before we were married and we have been dating for 9 years, so I thought, “what could change?” Our relationship changed, somehow it grew deeper and our love intensified. I am grateful for having such and amazing man in my life.
We also celebrated our amazing and beautiful friends and family that traveled all the way to Mexico to celebrate our wedding with us. It’s amazing how many beautiful people there are in life. I truly feel blessed.
So I guess I killed two birds with one stone. I just let you know one thing about me, but I do owe 4 more random things about me, and I also let you all know why I had left.
Enjoy and I will come back later on tonight, or so I hope, and post more craft pictures or maybe even a DIY tutorial.
-Pita

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Just a thought

I have come to the realization that my blog needs to become a hobby of mine. I enjoy writing random stuff, but I would also like to make it a place where my creative side can shine. I will work on making my creative side sparkle on these pages. After very good advice, from one of the wises people I know, I will stick to what I know, or claim to know. I will continue talking about me and what I love, but I need to do it in segments. My focus will be my creative side. Which brings up the point, should I change the name to Creative Corazon? Crafty is a cute word, but that’s not what I would like this whole thing to be.

Anyways, this is just my poor attempt at procrastination; I should be packing and getting ready for our anniversary trip. By this time tomorrow Mr. J and I will be enjoying the great outdoors at one of my favorite places on earth, Yosemite! Mr. J was about to propose there, and we had plans on getting married there, but as some of you know Mexico was the location for both of these things (something ill post about later). Yosemite is one of my favorite places in California, it’s breathtaking beauty is unbelievable.

On another note, I need to revamp this site, I have become bored with the layout and the background.
Ill be back next week, this week is too jammed packed with adventure to bother with a computer.

Luv.
Pita

So it begins

As mentioned before I have made it a goal to blog something about myself every day, just so people get to know me. I will blog about things I like, things I do, things that piss me off, etc. The problem now is getting started. Where do you start when trying to explain yourself to someone? Do you rant about your favorite things, your pet peeve, your loves, your hates, where do you start? Being that I don’t know where to start, I will just start off by talking about LA. I am originally from LA, born and raised in the LA area. I love LA with all my heart because of its uniqueness, its quirkiness, and because of all the Raza that live there. When I first came up to Nor Cal, my soul was screaming for some rancheras blaring out of someone’s car window, paleteros, swapmeets, and my mom (and her cooking). There were many times when my heart skipped a beat when I somehow my imagination got the best of me and I “heard” a paletero passing by with some yummy goodness to sell. Everything I missed about home I could not find in Davis, CA (no surprise there). As I settled in for a 4-year stay in a little college town, I came across beautiful people, which eventually saved me from my home sickness. In Davis, the feeling of home was only achieved through the people that surrounded me, my friends, which I now consider my family. These people are the ones who know me, and love me, for that I am grateful.

  (some a lot of people are missing from the picture)

In my last post I mentioned that I feel manipulated by some, yet I failed to mention all the other people around me who are amazing and beautiful. I will focus on these people, the ones that make me happy, the ones that I can truly call friends. To those people I say, I love you for who you are. I love you for what you do. I love you because you are amazing and beautiful, and I am thankful for you. You know who you are.

I am on a new mission, I want to meet and befriend interesting, fun people, wish me luck.

Gracias.
-Pita                            


ps. Ill be out of town starting tomorrow until Sunday. Already I am failing on my new goal, where Im going there isn’t  internet. ☺

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Creating Myself, lets begin

In my attempts to develop my blogging I have come up with an ingenious idea. I have decided to attempt to blog one thing about myself every day, a little snip bit of who I am, and what/who I love. This is my attempt to not only express myself, but also its my attempt to develop who I am. I sometimes find myself feeling void, empty and reminiscing of the person I thought I once was. I fail many times to recognize the person that I am missing is the person that I continue to be. I have allowed many people in my life to define me, and in doing so I have allowed them to paint a portrait of me that suits their needs, meets their ideas, and establishes their priorities. I say FUCK THAT. I am tired of people thinking they know who I am, and thinking of me in an unflattering light. As someone famous (probably dead now) once said “Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself”. Let the creating process begin!

Sunday, June 13, 2010

Happy Happy Summer Days

Hello All!!!!
June has been a good month. I have been crazy busy crafting up a storm to participate in my first ever craft fair/art fair. I created a lot of cool things, ill post some pics.
I am doing good, not great, still looking for a job. I have applied to many positions, but unfortunately I have not had any luck. Thinks are really hard because so many teachers are out of work and are having a hard time. I think that by the end of the month I will start looking for “other” jobs, ie admin jobs/office jobs/ legal jobs. Its hard to come to the realization that perhaps my dreams of having my own classroom will have to be shelved for a little bit. I have been keeping my head high, and looking on the bright side. I will one day have my own class, but for now I will just keep on looking and hoping for the best.
I am happy, which is wonderful.
Here are some pictures of my crafts and my view from the Second Saturday Park Your Art event.




Have a good week.

-Pita 

Wednesday, June 2, 2010

And so summer starts

I am happy to say that I finally feel like I am on top of my things, everything, well except the whole no job thing. I have been on an upward movement lately. I have come to the conclusion that I have cycles of being “up” and also “down” swings. I love the ups, but the downs are hard. May might have been a “down” time for me, it was so hard to get it together, the only thing that helped me was the constant subbing and being in the classroom, which always puts me in a great mood. Now that May is over I plan on taking June on! My spring was absolutely fabulous! We had such a good time, maybe this is why I couldn’t find time for my crafts and my art? Here are some pictures of our adventures.

 May Day March 2010, State Capitol
 Mr. J's amazing daily drives for work
Me*
  My next pet, they were on sale at the Strawberry Festival!
 Went to an AMAZING concert!  Que Viva Julieta!
 Yummy goodness at the Strawberry Festival

 I cant complain about our crazy spring, it was great!  Summer will be even better, I can feel it, camping, picnics, drive in movies, beach bunny bingo and much more! Woot woot.

Will be back later today to post on my crafts and my hope to participate in Park Your Art, as well as my attempts at an Etsy shop.

Thanks
-Pita

Saturday, May 15, 2010

Things...

Things have been crazy around here.   I have been lucky enough to be subbing for a consistent amount of time, but this has limited my time on other things.  I am almost done with my semester so that has also been keeping me busy.  I hope to post some of my most recent creations (which I love) and I will also post more on our day to day adventures.  Hope everyone had a fantastic mothers day, is having a wonderful spring, and continues to have a great weekend.

-Pita

ps. My weekend will consist of brews, strawberries, and music/crafts!  What will your weekend look like??? Have fun, whatever you do.

Monday, April 26, 2010

Frida Kahlo Doll

Here is my Frida Kahlo doll.  I love this doll, I have been meaning to post this on etsy asap.  I will be making more dolls as soon as I can.  
 I started off by making this little template. 
 
I embroidered a heart onto her chest.  I didnt like the color of the cloth so I decided to paint her.  I mixed some fabric paint and painted her once I filled her with poly fill. I also decided that she needed some chones.
I braided her hair and attached it.  I wasnt sure about her heart and then I realized a great way to fix the misplacement of the heart.  I decided to paint her a chest cast.  I painted her beautiful face, but will probably change somethings on the next doll.
  I then made a circle skirt and a little shirt, then she was done. hehe.
I am hoping to participate in my first craft show and I am extremely nervous.  I have been an a crafty roll and hope to continue.  Soon I will post pics of these projects.  Thanks for reading.

-Pita.

Crafty Corazon Creations!

Lately I have been crazy about crafts, it might have something to do with my lack of a J.O.B.  I am grateful for the the time I have to work on my artsy side, but sad that this job market is not lending itself to an aspiring teacher...sigh*
Anywho, here are my latest creations, hope you enjoy.

First, this was the hand made blanket for my Elmo obsessed nephew.  I also made him an Elmo finger puppet (which I blogged about here)  and included many, many Elmo books and socks in his Easter basket.

After that I had tasted craftiness and I could not get enough.

I finally got around to making my Frida Kahlo doll. I love her so much, its going to be hard to part with her, but I will manage.  I will write a post specifically for my Frida Kahlo creation, but for now here is a little peek.

Here are some pictures of my coming up projects.

And speaking of projects that are yet to happen, here is the finished version relating to this post.

Which was originally inspired by this lovely creation, I just added my own flare.

On the more exciting news, I have decided to participate in my first craft show.  I am extremely nervous and anxious because I fear I will be rejected eeekkk.  Ill keep you posted on this new crafty development.


Hasta pronto,
Pita

Sunday, April 25, 2010

As of late...

So once again I have failed to keep up with my post, but before you all go an dump me, let me explain.

First the month started off extremely well. Mr. J and I went to see the King Tut exhibit at the De Young in San Francisco. It was amazing! We had a really great time and we ate at this really wonderful little hole in the wall and we will definitely visit again.

After that, family visited, and that was a blast. Mr. J and I went to Napa for the first time and we are completely hooked! I love the vineyards and the loveliness of the whole wine drinking scene. Napa is a little pricy for our blood, but we will treat our self once in a while.
After the Napa weekend whirlwind Mr. J and I went on a little adventure and found that green living isn’t as hard as we thought. We got a nice surprise when we were able to become a little greener with this mower.  Its an electric mower, and we were able to recycle our old ugly gas mower when we pick this one up.

The weekend that followed was also very exciting and I could not get a second on the computer.

More recently our adventures consisted of a day out in the sun at UCD for the annual picnic day. Mr. J and I celebrate every year because picnic day marks the day of our first “official” day as a couple 9 years ago. On top of picnic day, we have made it our mission to attend as many wonderful concerts as our wallets allow us to. One recent concert we attended was “Atoms for Peace” IT WAS AMAZING!!!!!!! If you don’t believe me, google review and find out for yourself.

 As of late our house has been taking most of our energy and effort, we took it upon ourselves to work on our little casita and little by little make it our dream home.
Till next time.
Have a wonderful Sunday!

<3
Pita

Thursday, April 8, 2010

I lied..

And I am sorry. I had said that I was going to try to post a lot more, and I failed completely. So March was apparently not my month. Bad news came pouring onto our lives like a flash flood that we barely paddled our way out of. I am so happy that April is here and I can move past the craziness that was March. Yet even though I failed to post more in the month of March, I was able to get some stuff going with my little Crafty Corazon creations. I needed a lot of quiet time in March, so during these quiet sessions I was able to create a lot!
Lemme share some goodies with you now.

I started the month making a cute little frame as a “thank you” for a friend. I love Calaveras and use them a lot in my art work and here is one of my favorites so far.

We had family visit from southern Cali (YAY!) and I took advantage and created a cute little Easter basket for my little nephew. We are short on cash right now so I made him an Elmo blanket ( I will post more on this later) an Elmo finger puppet and a bought a ton of Elmo books. It was an Elmo extravaganza!

After creating the Elmo finger puppet I decided to make more finger puppets because they were so fun to make. Here is my Frida Kahlo puppet and my five little Speckled Frogs puppet. Both of these will be available on my Etsy shop, once I get it back up.


So all in all I am glad March came and went, but also grateful that I was able to get some things going. April will be awesome! I can already feel it. I love spring and summer because of all the events and activities that each weekend holds.
Con Amor,
Pita

Friday, March 26, 2010

Legens of the Guardians!

I am super excited about this movie. It looks beautiful!



Back on Track!

Hello! I have been trying to get my act together this past month; can you believe March is almost done? Life is crazy right now, but I am grateful for the craziness or crazy mess of things. I have placed many goals on myself and have been able to keep up with some of them, while barely acknowledging the rest. I find that if I make “to do” list my ability to actually do the things on the list grows exponentially. That being said, I have to admit that I have been a little lazy this month. My outings have diminished and have just recently been revived and my constant photo taking has been overshadowed by my inability to think of anything creative or beautiful to take a picture of. Thankfully I feel that I am well on my way towards a new creative horizon. I have stopped trying to impress my fellow crafters and artist and have now accepted and embraced my creative spirit and its quirkiness. I can admit that many of my little creations are influenced and inspired by a great array of beautiful minds, but by finally admitting to myself that I must stay true to myself I have been able to get back on track. My constant job hunting did drain my spirit; I mean how can it not (those that are in the same boat know what I am talking about). Now that my “job” has stabilized and the weather is amazing I know that I will be creating like no other! So hold on blogger world, I hope to write, create, post, and ponder more and more.

Have a happy spring! Let me know what make you happy.

Ps. I don’t really proof read my post, so pardon if it tends to ramble ☺

Sunday, March 21, 2010

Slowly but surely

So I know I haven’t been posting much lately….I just don’t feel motivated to get things going. I am really disappointed in my inability to get going on this blog. I started this blog with great intentions, mainly to keep track of what little ol’ me is up to. Its not that I haven’t been up to much, its just that my focus was to create, and lately my creative nature has dried up a little. I have been feeling blah for about 3 weeks now, yet now that the sun has come out of hiding I hope to keep my spirit high.
Today was an extremely productive day. Mr. J and I were completely in spring-cleaning mode. Mr. J was a champ cleaning and clearing the backyard, getting it ready for our veggie garden. I on the other hand was stuck inside getting the house in tiptop shape. I don’t know if I have mentioned this but I have two wonderful kitties and one crazy dog, so our house is slowly growing gigantic dust bunny. I have been cleaning a lot lately, but today was a complete over haul. Needles to say we were both exhausted.
Anyways, I will try my hardest to keep this updated. I need to set a goal and keep it. I need to become my own toughest critic as well as motivator.
See ya soon.

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Oh the places you'll go.

Some new pictures of my footsie diaries.  Some pictures from the California Academy of Science, Little Tokyo,  and Dodger Stadium.
 
I love the new foot pictures, I have been having fun with these pictures.