Fontañinas de A Punto de Nieve

Te cuento el proceso de diseño de la imagen de producto de las Fontañinas, las deliciosas pastas artesanales de almendra nacidas en la primavera de 2025 en la pastelería A Punto de Nieve en La Pola de Gordón (León)

Three Kings Day, 2024

Today marks the end of Spanish holidays for this season: Epiphany Day or Three Kings’ Day. The traditional food for this day is a confection called “Roscón de Reyes.” It’s a large, sweet brioche-style donut. The fruta escarchada on top resembles the jewels on a crown. I’ve recently learned that the green pieces are pumpkin!…

Christmas came

and we had fun! Let me show you some highlights. These are the street lights in León, España. A tiny holiday market near Leon’s Gothic Cathedral. This is my cat Coco, being a cute holiday cat: These decorations are called “Ramo Leonés”. Its the regional Christmas tree, with hanging figurines of food (walnuts, donuts, oranges,…

Foraged greenery Christmas wreath

Watch me deal with a DIY Christmas wreath: Sound on (spanish). Pictures: Final look after adding battery-operated tiny fairy lights. I h ad fun, but I had to wrestle the battery pack for a bit longer than expected. 🙂

Dot, dot, dot

Watch me embellish a print with metallic watercolors.

Round of December short videos

Here we go with some of the reels I’ve posted on Instagram this month. We’ve been enjoying an autumnal December in my village, and we’re waiting for the snow to make its appearance TODAY! ❅ ❅ ❅ ❄ ❄ ❆

Round of Holiday decorations

It wouldn’t be Christmas if I didn’t share my obsession with decorating the house for the holidays. This year, I’m at my countryside home, which I’d describe as “Castilian mountain style.” Basically, it’s filled with shiny solid wood, has a coal-fired cooking stove, and is accented with touches of gold, silver, and rose gold. These…

Sweet gingerbread house painting finished!

Two weeks ago, I shared with you some process pictures and sketches of a holiday painting I was working on: this gingerbread house. Here’s what the finished artwork looks like after adding all the sweet candy cane plants, iced trees, and holiday greenery: This gingerbread house painting is the perfect addition to holiday decor, especially…

Scandicats

A gouache illustration of festive scandi-style cats. Find my scandicats on Redbubble or Society6. He is my cat Coco, assisting me in taking pictures of Scandicats postcards from Redbubble.