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Lovely drawings by Ulrich Schröder from Elle Spain April 2010

Thank you so much M. I loooove it!!!!

This is Catalina seen by M.C.L, a wonderful illustrator and sometimes journalist living in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains with her journalist husband, their Jiangsu-born daugther and a very concerned little tailless dog.

You can follow her work here

Catalina in her red shoes. Isn´t it cute?

Vogue Nippon and Ruben Toledo

Catalina loves these Ruben Toledo postcards, she thinks they are "chic", nowadays she´s very interested in which things are chic. Vogue Nippon is chic? Italian language is chic? and Euskera (Vascongadas language) is chic? (the last question I can just tell her that when she speaks Euskera of course it is)

Beijing Poplar

All photos come from the Website

I´m speechless.

Leo Leonni

I´ve just arrived from Spain, it has been a fantastic time, playing with Catalina all the time and reading the newest books I´ve got to Catalina. One of them is Nadarín by Leo Leonni, Catalina loves the little red fishes and, of course, the little black fish called Nadarín.

After reading Nadarín we went to browse youtube and we found Nadarín in Japanese, really funny, we don´t understand anything at all, we assume it says the same tha in Spanish.

By Easytaba

Catalina, behave yourself

Garance Dore Illustration

Catalina really loves Mom´s clothes, when you don´t know where she is it´s easy to find her playing with a lot of handbags, clutch bags, sandals, wedges, slingbacks, ballerinas, hoops, cuffs, necklaces, bangles and all that kind of stuff. She always says to her Mom, "Mamá, when I am 7, will you gift wrap this clutch for me?. And she´s so hilarius in heels...

My sister sometimes orders some pieces very difficult to find in Spain, and when the order gets home, Catalina is always around the package, trying to open to put it on.
When I see Catalina in Mom´s clothes I always think in "Life Without Zoe", one of the three shorts of that make up the film "New York Stories", directed by Francis Ford Coppola and written by Coppola and his daughter, Sofia, when the girl is dressed in Chanel or grown-up clothes.

Images come from "Life with Zoe" by F. Coppola (all fab little girls in Chanel)

Catalina is in a Fendi evening top, Rene Caovilla slingbacks

and Jimmy Choo clutch (all belong to my sister)

Arrivederci

I really love this Atsushi Hara illustation (via)

In few hours I will be at the airport heading to Rome.
See you on Monday and enjoy your weekend.

Such a lovely bear!!!

Catalina loves this book and I agree with her, it´s so cute!!!

Moon Man by Tomi Ungerer

I have just bought this amazing book to my niece Catalina. The book is beautifully illustrated, and i love it!!!. I am going to Spain in September, so Catalina won´t read until then but I wish Catalina would enjoy Moon Man as I do.

You can get one in Phaidon Website

Lovely Blog: Orange You Lucky

Orange you lucky is a cute blog designed by the Canadian Helen Dardik, an illustrator, designer and a mother of 3 little girls on the lookout for all things fun, fresh and beautiful! ´
We love her job!!!

Tokio by Taro Miura

The very last book I bought to Catalina is called Tokio, and its author is Taro Miura, and it´s really great.The book tells the story of a little girl named Mito, like Taro's daughter, born at the same time as the book and to whom the work is dedicated, and she is a little girl who visits the Japanese capital for the first time.
"Little Mito will go to Tokyo with her parents, but where will she go? She knows nothing about this city. Where will her parents take her? She only knows that it is far away. That's why they carry so much luggage.
She is so excited that there is no way for her to calm down. She has to race off to find out something about Tokyo. She will ask everyone that she meets in her path.
First she meets a cow, later a spider...".

Very cute book.

And now Catalina wants to travel to Tokio

You can get the book in Spanish bookshops or in http://www.mediavaca.com/

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El útimo libro que he comprado a Catalina es Tokio de Taro Miura, y es maravilloso. El libro cuenta la historia de una niña llamada Miro, como la hija de Taro, nacida al mismo tiempo que el libro y a quien está dedicada la obra, y es una niña que visita por primera vez la capital japonesa.
La pequeña Mito se va a Tokio con sus padres, pero ¿a dónde va? No sabe nada de esa ciudad. ¿A dónde la llevan sus padres? Sólo sabe que está lejos. Por eso llevan muchas maletas.
Está tan excitada que no hay forma de que se calme. Tiene que salir a averiguar algo sobre Tokio. Le preguntará a todo aquel que se cruce en su camino.
Primero se encontró a una vaca, luego una araña..."

Puedes conseguir Tokio en librerías españolas o en http://www.mediavaca.com/

Aya in Louis Vuitton Wonderland

While waiting to meet her friends outside of a Louis Vuitton store, Aya's movil is eaten by the LV Panda, who then promptly swallows Aya - but the inside of his stomach is gateway to a psychadelic wonderland. Based on characters created by famed superflat artist Takashi Murakami.

And Catalina has got a Takashi Murakami´s badge that she loves so much!!!.

Thank you so much, youtube.

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Mientras espera a sus amigos fuera de la tienda de Louis Vuitton, el movil de Aya es comido por el Panda de LV, quien pronto se traga a Aya, pero dentro de su estómago hay una puerta a un mundo de psicodelia. Basado en los dibujos creados por el fundador del Superflat (movimiento artístico mezcla del manga y la animación) Takashi Murakami.

Y Catalina tiene una chapa de Murakami que ella adora.

Muchas gracias, youtube

Belle and Boo: Ava´s tea party

Belle and Boo is Mandy, a British illustrator with a passion for drawing, travel, coffee and Etsy. She runs a business called Belle & Boo with her good friend Kate, which keeps them both very busy and most importantly very happy.

We love these illustrations called Ava´s tea party. Catalina loves tea party, she has got a lot of set of tea in different colors, one in pink, another one with spots... She is always asking us for more tea, more cake...

You can get one of these cute illustations at Etsy