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A SouleMama friday ritual.

Eco birthday

So I didn't really try it, but it seams that my mother's birthday gift turn out very eco-friendly.

It's a pair of vintage Corelle plates, and a mini tote for her cell phone with my son's picture on it.

Wrapped in a bag that she won't trow away.

(Pictures are awful, I haven't find my camera's charger, hope to get better ones tomorrow)

What is Spoonflower?

Spoonflower is a site where you can print whatever you want on fabric.

You can also share you fabric designs.

 Or even sell them and have little comision.

This is how I put my kid photo in a gift for my mother.

You can chose the fabric you want yours or others designs printed (organic cotton, linen and more).

There is also design contests where you can win store credit and a flickr group.

 

It's so much fun!

Sewing birthday gifts

June is full with family birthdays, so I prepared myself ordering from Spoonflower this fabric with my babe picture on it.

I like challenges when it comes to sewing, to make my best to fulfil specific needs. So my mom needed a cell case, because in the one she has right now she put hear earphones too, but scratch the screen, so I made an external pocket for it.

She likes zippers, I avoid then, because I'm not good at sewing whit them, but I this one end up good.

It also has a hidden strap to carry it as a mini purse so she can have it around the house.

I also add my Chicobag hook because my mom love hooks.

 I also made a butterfly tote and a baby sling for my cousin birthday but my camera did not have batteries.

Identifying our first

It's so exiting to identify birds, we got our first approach at this art when we went in the trip to the PEX, and now we are more interested and it's great to see Itzcoatl getting interested too.

There are a lot of birds to watch in Costa Rica and there is a lot of resources to make it easy, like cards, books and even a CD with the voices recorded, we got the disc today and we were able to identify the Pitangus Sulphuratus, Great Kiskadee, we have seen many times, but it's nice to be able to call it by his name and also to relate the sound to the right bird.

This is the book we have, it's really good.

The Birds of Costa Rica: A Field Guide

And this is the CD, also very good.

Costa Rican Bird Songs - An identification guide

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