DIY Loteria Card Coasters
I’ve been obsessed with Loteria — Mexican bingo — since I was a little girl. I mean, I wouldn’t be your typical Chicana cliché if I wasn’t. Whenever the fam bam got together during our annual summer camping trip in Baja California, we always played Loteria by the campfire. My Nana would hand out a […]
Let’s Help Mexico + Puerto Rico: Buy Art
When you’re an artist sometimes you wonder exactly how your art impacts other people. Of course, I want to create what I’m passionate about, to allow other people to feast their eyes on a beautiful thing. But I also want to uplift people, to make them feel, to make them think. If you get the opportunity […]
DIY: Mexican Fabric-Wrapped Bangles
We love the Mexican fabric trend! Make your own fashion statement by creating your own Mexican-fabric wrapped bangle bracelets. Bangles and bracelets, you can never have too many. I’m a jeans and tee kind of gal, so brightly colored bangles give my style a little bit of oomph. I’m really loving the Mexican fabric trend […]
Happy birthday, Dolores Huerta
Happy birthday, Dolores Huerta! This passionate civil rights activist is 84 years strong today. I thought I would honor her with my Latina peg dolls featuring one of her inspiring quotes. I’ve always felt replicas rolex lady oyster perpetual 177200 2 it to be true–the women in my family have always been the solid foundation […]
Printable: Celebrating Cesar Chavez
My husband and I always make sure we make room in our children’s homeschool journey to learn about important Latino contributions to society. They are vital to our growth as a people and how we integrate with the general culture. I’ll be forever grateful for Chicano Studies in college because up until that point, I […]
Latina Heroes: Painted Peg Dolls
I wanted to create dolls that were an example of strong women in the Latina community so my daughters could identify with them and be inspired. I’ve been going a little loca over these teeny tiny peg dolls lately. After Googling a few key words, I came across a really adorable set of peg dolls […]
Chinese Lantern Festival DIY: Recycled jar lanterns
Gung hay fat choy! Transform these glass jars into lanterns and celebrate the Chinese New Year. The Chinese New Year is the biggest celebration of the year in China. It’s a time of feasting with the family, fireworks and gift-giving. The celebration goes on for fifteen days, beginning with the first day of a new […]
Feliz Dia de Tonantzin
Today is the day people celebrate the Virgen de Guadalupe’s feast day — the day in Mexican history when it is believed she appeared to Juan Diego. I’m not Catholic and I wasn’t born in Mexico so I did not grow up recognizing this day but I just wanted to share what the Virgin Mary […]
Crafty Chica sighting
I finally got to meet Kathy Cano-Murillo of the Crafty Chica fame over the weekend. Yay me! I’ve been such a stalker fan. Ever since I read about her lovely family’s Christmas tradition of tamale-making in Better Homes & Garden, back in 2004. When a brown family is in one of my favorite mags, doing […]
Zoot Suit riot: Troops strippin’ zoots
Yeah, never forget that the whip snapped your back Your spine cracked for tobacco, oh I’m the Marlboro man, uh Our past blastin’ on through the verses Brigades of taxi cabs rollin’ Broadway like hearses Troops strippin’ zoots, shots of red mist, Sailors blood on the deck, come sista resist From the era of terror […]