Let's talk about the patterns! Grab a cup of your favourite beverage and prepare yourself for a looooong post about patterns.

Agendas 2015/2016 | 2015/2016 Planners

These two past weeks have been quite strange around here. But, at my rhythm, I'm getting back to normal.
Estas duas semanas foram um pouco estranhas por aqui. Mas ao meu ritmo estou a voltar à normalidade.

I have so many things to share in the following weeks - new notebooks, the end of few patterns or collections, more weekly planners and the expected 2016 planners| (I also hope to be able to create some calendars and a few other surprises).
Tenho imensas novidades para partilhar nas próximas semanas - cadernos novos, o fim de algumas coleções, mais blocos de notas semanais e as esperadas agendas 2016! (espero ainda conseguir fazer calendários e mais uma ou outra surpresa).

I will also soon will share the limit dates for Christmas custom orders.
Brevemente irei partilhar também datas limite para encomendas personalizadas para a época natalícia.

This month I've decided to participate in a daily drawing challenge called INKtober. It consists on a daily drawing made with ink. If you're curious about the challenge check it here. If you want to see my drawings check my illustration blog or the facebook page a outra mafalda.
Este mês decidi participar num desafio de desenho que se chama INKtober. Basicamente passa por realizar um desenho por dia, durantes todos os dia de Outubro usando tinta. Se ficaram curiosos sobre o desafio podem ler mais sobre ele aqui. Se quiserem ver os meus desenhos podem vê-los no meu blog de ilustração ou na página a outra mafalda.
Este desafio fez-me dar conta das saudades que tinha de desenhar. Estou a ponderar criar mais originais e vendê-los; e talvez até aceitar fazer algumas ilustrações personalizadas.

Have a nice weekend and you'll hear from me very soon!
Bom fim-de-semana e até breve!

Duas agendas com dois padrões diferentes, mas com a mesma citação na capa "Onde quer que vás, vai com todo o teu coração"

Another two different patterns with an inspirational quote on the cover "Wherever you go, go with all your heart"

Estão prontos para mais um post sobre agendas?
Eu não vos quero assustar, mas daqui até ao Natal devo falar bastante de agendas!
Se estão curiosos sobre novos padrões, novas cores e o look renovado do interior das agendas, continuem a ler!

Are you ready for another post about planners?
I don't want to scare you, but from now until the next year I will be talking a lot about planners!
If you're curious about new pattern, new colours and the new layout of the inside of the planners, just keep reading...

No meio das encomendas tenho estado a pensar em criar alguns cadernos novos.
Re-imprimir alguns modelos que esgotaram sem serem fotografados e aproveitar para fazer um re-stock dos cadernos A6, e ainda começar a pensar nas agendas escolares.
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Between orders, I've been thinking in creating a few new notebooks.
Re-print some models that sold out without being properly photography and also take some time to re-stock on A6 notebooks; and also work on academic planners.

Some time ago I've shared my to-do-list in my instagram account. And it was one of those days that it seemed that it was endless!!
Once in a while, (it doesn't matter if it's morning, afternoon or even night) I have to stop for a second, before attack the piles of work and then this comes to my mind - but first coffee... and cookie or two ;)

Do you ever feel like time is running out? Lately I've been feeling like that a lot.
Sometimes all we need is take some time off to re-balance ourselves.  Otherwise if we let stress rule our daily lives we will burn out very quickly!

Do you have suggestions for these patterns? Feel free to let them in comments!

After a long silence, I'm back with my challenge. I'm many weeks behind but, I haven't gave up yet.
The 15th Pattern is all about Fancy sunglasses! Although I barely use sunglasses because I need ones that have graduated lens, otherwise I'll start to have headaches. So I got use to just bare with sun in my eyes.

What about you? Do you always carry your sunglasses?

agendas capa mole - mensal sem data, 2015, 2015/2016 | softcover planners - monthly undated, 2015, 2015/2016

Dei-me conta que esta semana estive desaparecida de quase todas as redes sociais. Tinha um post no blog meio alinhavado desde a semana passada e alguns emails em atraso. Estou com um trabalho em mãos que me têm ocupado quase o tempo todo.
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I've just noticed that since last week that I've been completely out of the social media! I even had this post half written since last week and few late emails. But I've been with a HUGE work in my hands that took all my time.

I love sneakers and walking is the only "sport" I actually enjoy without losing a lung. Maybe I should grab my own sneakers and walk more.

What's your favourite type of shoe?

Sabem quando temos os dias e as nossas tarefas todas organizadas e depois acontecem imprevistos que nos estragam os planos todos? Esta semana tem sido um pouco assim.
Mas mesmo assim tenho feito muitas coisas, e é o que venho mostrar hoje.
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You know when we have everything organized and then life and things happen and ruined them? This is how my week has been. But still I've managed to make a lot a thigns, (just not all of them) and that I'll share today.

Appropriate pattern for today, right? What's your favourite type of chocolate?
I really like milk and dark chocolate (specially the one with more than 70% cocoa).
Since I was little that I had a think for chocolate and chocolate flavoured things. Chocolate cake, chocolate mousse, chocolate ice-cream, chocolate chip cookies... Chocolate cereals.
But I found myself nowadays being a little bit weird, because there are a lot of thins claiming that are chocolate, but then, they don't taste like chocolate to me, which leads to disappointment. If I'm eating something that says chocolate I wanted it to taste like, not to just look like it...

Oh well, I hope you have a nice day with at least a chocolate or two!!

I mention this week that I should draw more cats, so... a pattern with cats sound awesome to start on that.

A couple years ago my grandmother had three stray cats in her backyard and their fur were all grey and stripes. So when I was colouring this cat pattern I remind myself of them.

Shopping Cart # 11



In this one I've try it to keep as neutral as possible, but with a big pop of colour. I'm seeing myself adapt this pattern to create a shopping list. Personally I would change the background for a blueish colour, but for reason I really like the pink in this pattern!


What's your thoughts on these patterns?

*I hope this week get back to normal schedule on posting this challenge, and not be two weeks late again.

You can see that this week the theme around here is the Oscars. It doesn't mean that I'm not thinking about other things... This week have been an hectic one. I've been finishing a part of project started long time ago. It's nice to see something things come to an end and starting new stages.

As for my professional life I'm also about to start on another stage of my professional life. Emotionally the last days have been hectic. A lot of things might change in the near future. I can't lie that I'm scared, but the change is necessary. I'm on the verge of becoming a 26 year old, and though I have a face of a teenage girl, those years are long gone. I can't help myself to feel that I was more mature, focused and goal oriented 10 years ago than now. But it was easier to be that way on that time. I had a purpose- study, have good grades to go to the university. And I already knew which one I wanted to go and what I wanted to study. I had a plan and I was working on it. In the middle of university the question of what's next was imposing and I found I didn't have a clear answer. I didn't have a security net any-more. I took me some years to realise it was ok this situation, that I still had to work to build, find and pursue my dreams. That it was ok to be insecure, and that was also ok to change the dreams that I had. It wasn't a failure found out that you didn't accomplish your previous dream, just because your dreams have changed.
Is this to be grown up? It's nothing like the movies, but when in need for an escape for this reality movies and books are good way to do it.

I come to accept that I like the life I have, I also like the path I'm currently taking. I think it's the right one for me. More important, I feel that it's the right one for me. It's not like the movies, for sure, but I don't mind at all. It's mine and I'm happy with it!

This hasn't happen for awhile, I was going to talk about the Oscars and ended in a retrospective of my past and current life. You can see what I have to say about the Oscars this year in the Nuts for Paper blog. It's all for now, see you next week!
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Esta semana parece que só falo sobre os Óscares. Mas na verdade é apenas um pequeno escape, porque tenho passado bastante tempo a pensar noutras coisas. Esta semana foi bastante agitada. Estive a terminar uma etapa de um projecto que se prolonga já há algum tempo. É bom fechar certos capítulos e começar novos.

A nível profissional estou prestes a começar um novo capítulo. Muitas mudanças podem-se registar brevemente. Não posso esconder que estou um pouco assustada, mas a mudança é mais do que necessária. Estou prestes a fazer 26 anos, e apesar de ter cara de menina, esses anos há muito que desapareceram. Não deixo de sentir que há 10 anos atrás era mais madura, focada e orientada para cumprir objectivos. Mas também era mais fácil de o ser na altura, visto que tinha um objectivo e planos para seguir. Queria ir a universidade X, tirar design. Era só uma questão de trabalhar nesse sentido. A meio de universidade as dúvidas sobre o que fazer a seguir começaram a atormentar-me a cabeça. E descobri que não tinha uma resposta certa. Já não tinha a minha de rede de segurança. Demorei alguns anos a perceber que era uma situação normal, e que tinha que continuar a trabalhar para encontrar e construir os meus sonhos. Que não faz mal sentirmos inseguranças, e que também não faz mal mudarmos os nossos sonhos. Se nós crescesmos, é perfeitamente normal que os nossos sonhos crescem e mudem como nós.
É isto que é ser adulto? Não é nada como nos filmes, no entanto os filmes e os livros são excelentes para quando se quer escapar à realidade.

Sabem o que descobri recentemente? Que aceito a vida que tenho, e que até gosto bastante dela. Gosto deste caminho que escolhi. Acho que é o caminho certo para mim. Sinto que é o caminho certo. Não é como os filmes, de certeza, mas isso não me interessa. É o meu caminho e estou satisfeita com ele!!

Algo assim não me acontecia à algum tempo, eu ia falar dos Óscares e acabei por fazer uma pequena retrospensão sobre a minha vida. Se quiserem ler sobre o que escrevi sobre os Óscares podem sempre espreitar no blog da Nuts for Paper. Por agora é tudo, até para a semana!

As coisas por aqui têm estado em hiato. Têm havido alguns contratempos, trabalho, muito trabalho e claro o Carnaval esteve aí. E apesar de este ano não estar particularmente carnavalesca (mesmo sendo torriense, shame on me, eu sei), tirei algum tempo para restaurar as baterias e refrescar as ideias.
A Primavera está quase a chegar e com ela chega um tempo para pensar e re-pensar certas coisas. Terão notícias brevemente. Peço desculpa por não poder desvendar muito mais, mas por agora terá mesmo de ser assim.
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That's how things have been here... on hiatus. There have been some ups and downs, work, a lot of work but also Carnival was here. And though this year I didn't participate almost at all, I took some time to restore batteries and refresh my head.
Spring is almost here and it's time to think and re-think certain things. Probably there will be news soon. I'm sorry for been so secretive but that's how it has to be for a while.

You are probably thinking something like put we're still in the winter, and next is spring, why are you already making things about fall/autumn?

Well because I was challenge to. Recently I created another cover for Nuts for Paper planner with autumn theme. I've also been thinking that I would be fun to create more botanical patterns. I've always been a fan of some flower patterns, and I'm thinking it might be fun to create a few of my own making.


This time it's a fall and leaves themed pattern. But next time? Who knows? It might something more spring time. We will see. See you next time!

No fim de semana passado estivemos em mais uma Feira das Almas, onde aproveitámos para lançar um dos nossos novos produtos! Como fã e grande colecionadora de pins não podia andar mais contente. Estávamos tão entretidas a criá-los que quando demos por isso já tínhamos à volta de 50 pins diferentes!!!
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Last weekend we are at another flea market we're we launch a few new products! I'm a big fan and also collector of pins so I'm really happy that we have them available now! Can you image that we we're so excited in creating them that when we started to count them we had around 50 different pins already?!

I was trying to get in to this year's Carnival theme in my hometown. I'm happy with the result of pattern, but still not in the mood for Carnival. Oh well, maybe next year.

What do you think about these patterns?

*Did you notice I've been using a lot a pink lately? And it's not even my favourite colour at all!