Maya Road and Me

A New Look At Cameras

It is hard to believe that Summer is almost here! With that comes fun days of not wearing fleece pants and tights all the time.

I purchased some fabric about 2 months ago when I wanted to make a skirt for my little girl. I started it this week:

I wasn't sure what I wanted to do with the skirt bottom so I thought about it and decided to add some tulle to soften it up:

A nice skirt that Olivia will be able to wear for all seasons:

In fact, I love this skirt so much, I am going to make one for myself. The waist will be a yoga band one since I am not as petite as my baby girl. And I am not a pink tulle gal but will think about what I add for the bottom of the skirt.

Hope you all are having a creative week!

A New Week

It is almost the beginning of a new week here. I like to spend the evening of Sundays to think about what I need to accomplish for the week and things coming up. 

I am happy to announce that Maya Road will be featured on HSN this week (Tuesday and Wednesday) - the schedule is not set in stone yet but we are expected to be on 4 times. This has been a very exciting process for us and I am totally stoked about it.

Part of the process of HSN is getting projects created to be shown during the segments. While some of the projects have been created by some members of my Design Team, I have been busy too:

I created a bunch of projects to be displayed during the show. If you look closely at the photo you will see that there is dust on my buffet but with everything going on it was work/create or dust and you can see what got the priority.

I am a big fan of simple projects like this one (which took about 1 hour to create if you don't count drying time)

And this one:

Just little things. We are excited about this opportunity to bring Maya Road to a wider audience to show what you can do with basics and turn them into something fabulous! Can't wait to see the segments!

It's Been Over A Year...

... since my dad passed away. 

I didn't think a year would mark the hollowness that sometimes overshadows me in small moments but it does. Just wisps of sadness that my crazy dad is not around.

I think it is only now, with a year of reflection, I realize how cool my dad really was. I mean here is his jolly face:

as he held his first grandsons.

Growing up it wasn't easy per se to have such an eccentric figure in my life. My dad was not a follower of trends, of what was cool and what was not. That was not easy for my sister and I as we navigated the shadows of school and the trials of growing up.

And it is now that I appreciate it so much more - now that he is no longer with us. Not so much in despair but that my crazy dad named Bong (but not named after a bong) filled so many lives with laughter and joy just by being who he was. Every single person who knew him said he was the happiest person they ever knew.  My husband shakes his head at the stories I tell him of growing up and him being the most frugal man alive.

My dad's ashes will be at his final resting place this week. And here is the funny story that goes with it. My husband and I carefully wrapped his ashes and had them shipped to the place he will be at the request of my mom. We sent him with a guaranteed service and full tracking so I could keep an eye on him as he went his way. Wouldn't you know it they didn't meet the service guarantee so my dad got to take his 2000 mile trip for free. 

I am sure my dad is smiling in heaven and giddy that he got to travel for free. It is little things like this that makes the simple pain of loss easier to bear. That and the thought that my dad is free to be his happy, jolly self in heaven.

Here's to you, daddy.