Three Kitchen Fairies

Getting ready for Halloween and Día de muertos.

One of the things I like about living here is that people nowadays accept the foreing concepts of Halloween and they add it to their own traditions here in Mexico. I think is kind of funny to see papel picado hanging from the houses mixed with ghost, pumpking decorations, and plastic graves. The neighborhood even has a Día de Muertos celebrations that is basically for the kids to go trick or treating.

Last weekend we visited downtown and to our surprise there was a "Zombie parade" scheduled for that afternoon. It is supposed to be a manifestation of the interest of the Mexican youth to participate in politics. I bet more than half the paraders thought it was a Halloween parade of so. At the same time there were "Concheros" dancing next to one of the many churches around downtown in commemoration of Día de muertos. The Zombies paraded right next to the Concheros, it was a bizarre scene... I thought of posting pictures but those zombies were gruesome.

On a more crafty note, I just unpacked my Halloween bunting. I thought it was a good idea to re-post it since the day is almost here and this bunting is so easy and quick to make.

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I actually made two tutorials: one in English and one in Spanish, both of them include the template for the flags of the bunting. 

You can find the English version of this tutorial here and the Spanish version here.

A coupon for you!

No, I haven't forgot about my blog. It's just one of those times when my mind is so scattered that I simply need to concentrate, or not; re-focus, go with the flow, and find my way into something that I enjoy doing besides all my motherly obligations.

I noticed that the visits to my etsy have increased. Lots of visits, and lots of faves... thank you so much!! That kept me thinking that maybe a little encourangement will get those lovely visitors to make a purchase and enjoy some stitchery moments. 

 

From today until October 25th, all my embroidery patterns will have a 20% discount when entering the code EMBROIDERY20 at my etsy store.

BTW, all embroidery patterns are ready for instant download, you'll get your pattern right away after your purcahse is completed. 

A note from a 3KF hexie buyer...

 

A couple of weeks ago, I got another lovely review of my "product." She actually is my temporary neighbor. I mean "temporary" because she lived for a few months here, and now she's back in MI but she'll come back to spend some more time around here. My friends name is Jennifer and she has a blog where she tells about here adventures here in Queretaro. 

The hexies flowers in the picture are the ones she made during summer, aren't they lovely?? And here's what she wrote about her 3KF hexie experience:

Dear Paloma,

I wanted to write to let you know how much I love your 1" paper hexagons.  After basting my first pack of 100, I purchased 400 more, sewed them into flowers for a grandmother's garden quilt, and just began working on  the 1500 more I purchased from you.  As you can tell, I am hooked!  I am new to hand sewing, and I am so glad that I began my journey with your product. The weight of your paper is absolutely perfect!  I am not sure I would have continued so enthusiastically were I working with something heavier and therefore more hard on my fingers.  Though they are light weight, your hexies stood up to the test of my clumsy beginner stitching.  Thanks for a great product, cute packaging, and friendly customer service!   

Jennifer

 

Thank you Jennifer for sharing!! I hope to see you back soon!!

For those who haven't try yet my hexagon templates, there are still some 1" 100 hexagon paper templates packs left at my etsy store ;)