mani sunday // retro pois mani video-tutorial #8

A fun, geometric mani for modern gals :)

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events // Let's Fly! Bloghop :: Butterfly Dream

Hi Everyone!

Welcome to the long awaited Let's Fly! bloghop. You've most probably started hopping in Paris at Pattern Addict's blog, and have just been delighted with her wonderful and graceful work. Now it is my turn to inspire you and make you dream (hopefully) all the way over from Bogotá. 

So how did my collection started? Well... I was asked to designed the event's logo and to do so, I sketched and thought for while about flying and flying creatures. At the end, I opted for a butterfly to represent our common journey towards the sky (even though I think, not even sky is the limit!). 

Butterflies are usually bright and colourful, and give me a sense of joy and hope whenever I see them. They are also one of those special creatures that overcome a metamorphosis and pass from a weird and immature caterpillar to a beautiful and buoyant flying being. This is how I also see myself as a designer: at the beginning I felt like a lost and confused puerile caterpillar dreaming to become an adult, capable and flying butterfly. Having said that, I believe 2013 is going to be the year I finally come out of the cocoon that has been protecting and comforting me so far, and I'll start flying as high as I can making people's worlds cozier and cheerier. 

It is with pleasure now, that I present you all my Butterfly Dream mini-collection: a dream is how everything started, and slowly it has begun to materialised like a larva in a cocoon. Please enjoy and fantasise with me!

Butterfly Dream Collection designed by 2013 © Maria José Bautista V

Butterfly Garden designed by 2013 © Maria José Bautista V

Butterfly Cocoons designed by 2013 © Maria José Bautista V

Butterfly Wings designed by 2013 © Maria José Bautista V

Before I let you hop to be charmed by the whimsical designs over at our next stop, Believe Creative Studio, I would like to thank its designer Rosie, for coming up with the idea and curating this amazing bloghop. Thank you so much for stopping by! I hope you've enjoyed your stay and my work over at my blog. Please show your love with a comment below, and don't forget to join the followers :)

Hope to see you back soon!  

contests // MOYO design brief :: Architecture

I'm committed in making the best out of 2013, and I'm happy to start the journey with MOYO's second brief contest. I was inspired by one of the most beautiful cities in Latin America: Cartagena de Indias in Colombia. Its characteristic colonial architecture and bright colors enchant millions of tourists every year, which makes it the perfect source of inspiration for this brief.

Cartagena Churches designed by 2013 © Maria José Bautista V

Cartagena Walls designed by 2013 © Maria José Bautista V

Cartagena Balconies designed by 2013 © Maria José Bautista V

mani sunday // petal mani video-tutorial #7

Have you ever stared at flower petals? Aren't they beautifully coloured and textured? Well… I wanted to extract a bit of that beauty with this mani. I really hope you like it and try it out :) 

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courtesy of Doug88888

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events // Let's Fly! Bloghop

Over 50 Surface Pattern Designers from all over the world (including me) led by Rosie Martinez-Dekker from Believe Creative Studios have organised to create wonderful collections inspired by Pantone's 2013 Color of the Year and showcase them in an awesome bloghop to celebrate New Year's and our willingness to fly as professionals. 

So what's a bloghop and how does it work? It is a nice way to promote not only the work and ideas of many, but also their blogs. The first person to start it writes a post on his/her blog and adds a link to the next blog at the end of the post. Everyone does it like this until you hop to the last blog of the list. 

It will be awesome, inspirational and with lots of beautiful brand new work that we can't wait to share with all of you. Now save the date on your calendars (January 10th to 13th), and bookmark Gill's blog (where the hop will start) so you don't miss it ^_^