San Honesto

"Factoria de Santos creates saints to raise awareness and positively inspire the person who prays. At Factoria de Santos, we believe a better world starts within ourselves, we must take responsibility of our actions, and not waiting for change in others.Every saint created by Factoria de Santos has a prayer, a legend and a line of products that reflect the image of the person who prays. The answer to all problems is within ourselves; we are the creators of miracles." Mission Statement by Factoria de Santos

San Honesto is a fictional saint designed by Factoria de Santos. It was meant to create a new culture of honesty in Mexico and the world. Factoria de Santos also sells advertising products to reinforce their believes. A very clever entrepreneurial concept I must say.

Stephanie DeArmond

I'm pushing myself to play more with hand-drawn typography and in my search for inspiration I stumble upon Stephanie DeArmond's website. I love how she incorporates typography into her ceramics, they're beautiful.

Free Flower Vectors

I'm feeling Springy. I collected some cute flower vectors available for free online, click on your favorite to download. Enjoy!

Ships are Sailing: Origami on canvas

I finally finished this project! Yay! I worked on it on my spare time and it feels it took forever. I made mistakes during the process and I had to start over a couple of times, I'm glad is done. I want to make an improved version with maybe origami swans? I'll share that in a couple of years ;)

I Love You But...

This is a picture book about the moment in a relationship when you realize you don't love someone completely, because there is one little thing that keeps bothering you. When it bothers you so much it actually makes you physically cringe, you know it's time to say; 'I love you but...' - A joint project by Alex Holder and Ross Neil

Amusing illustrations that I definitely relate to, they are surprisingly comforting too. Click here to see their whole collection.

The Hipstamatic

The Hipstamatic for iPhone is an application that brings back the look, feel, unpredictable beauty, and fun of plastic toy cameras from the past.

For $1.99 you can choose from different lenses, films and flash to create your own vintage shot. I'm addicted.

El Secreto de Sus Ojos

The Secret In Their Eyes is an Argentine film directed by Juan José Campanella. It won the Oscar for Best Foreign Movie and after seeing it last night I must agree. This film made me cry, laugh and feel uncertain. The cinematography was spectacular throughout the whole movie, especially a memorable stadium scene. I truly recommend it. Rent it, buy it, download it but please see it, you won't regret it.

I'd rather be thrifting

Exactly my feelings this Thursday... Talented Ashle G. has this poster on her etsy shop as well as other cute prints. Click here to visit her shop.

(via design*sponge)

Icon Finder

Needed some cool social icons for the blog, since I'm into embroidering I thought of stitching each of them but it didn't take me too long to realize it was a crazy idea, I have so many other things to do! That's when I found Icon Finder, an awesome website where you search for any icon and get various results. Most of them are free for personal and commercial use. Just what I needed!

Vintage World Map Purse

Another Obladi Oblada Vintage find, this purse deserves to be taken places. Click on the picture for more information. Music to go along with this post:

Learn Something Every Day

For more daily random facts visit Learn Something Every Day. Now, I need 4,727 balloons...

DIY: Pussy Willow Rainbow

I love flowers but unfortunately they don't last for too long. My living room vase has been empty for a while and this is the perfect solution. These pussy willow rainbows are fun and easy to make and require zero maintenance =D Find full instructions on Betz White's lovely blog.

The Auteurs

The Auteurs is an amazing website where you can watch, discuss, and read about the world's best independent, foreign, and classic films anywhere, anytime for a small fee. They are currently showing the 1903 Alice in Wonderland film for free.

True Colors Swimsuit

Love the brightly colored navajo print of this swimsuit. I'm using this modern navajo inspired look for the redesign of Obladi Oblada Vintage's brand, which will soon be called OOV. Can't wait to finish it. You can buy this gorgeous swimsuit online at Urban Outfitters.

OOV: Spring Cropped Tops & Bralettes

Leopard cropped top available in small and medium


Floral bralette available in small and medium


Neon cropped top also available in pink



I was lucky to find these awesome cropped tops, they're wild, sexy and perfect for spring! Click on your favorite picture for more details or visit OOV for more vintage love.

Fedflare.com

USB tulip hub


Tunes for 2 headphone splitter


Fedflare.com is an insanely cute boutique based in NYC. I especially love these two useful accessories. The USB tulip would go perfectly with my home office and the Tunes for 2 would make me want to share tunes like this one:

OOV Footwear Update

Obladi Oblada Vintage loves awesome vintage footwear and is seriously considering specializing in that department. The thought of it excites me and that makes me believe I'm heading in the right direction. Above are some favorites that I'll be posting this weekend. I also plan to change the brand to a more edgy look, more of that soon!

La Teta Asustada

La Teta Asustada (The Milk of Sorrow) is a 2009 film by Barcelona-based, Peruvian director Claudia Llosa. It addresses a young and abused woman, Fausta, (Magaly Solier), who battles with her fears against terrorists groups in Peru. La Teta Asustada has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. As a Peruvian, I'm extremely proud of Claudia Llosa and excited to see this movie at the Miami International Film Festival this weekend.

DIY Tuxedo t-shirt

Jessica from How About Orange generously shared a PDF download of this cool tuxedo. Click here for instructions on how to download to make yours. I'm a huge fan of her blog, it's quite addictive.

Marañón

"A marañón is a fruit. It is most commonly known as the cashew apple. My grandmother and I are avid lovers of its taste. She told me it was her favorite fruit because throughout the fruit’s developmental stages, it displays all of the colors visible to the human eye. I’ve never been able to prove the validity of this statement, but I have always taken her word for it."- Lorena

Marañon is an amazing etsy store run by Lorena. She is currently an Etsy's featured seller I was excited to know more about the girl behind these stunning necklaces. I was pleasantly surprised to find out that she also lives in Miami! =D I've been learning how to embroider for the last couple of months and her necklaces are a huge inspiration.