Hello K*fans!!! We have some very, very exciting news to share with you all! First off, we’re super excited to announce our newest client, we are now working with The Children’s Museum of Houston!!! It is a privilege and honor to have an opportunity like this, we feel very blessed! It took 2 years of hard work, struggles, tons of meetings and long late-nights to get to where we are now. We feel very proud of our brand’s growth, our mission and all of the support you guys have all shown us throughout the years. HUGE THANK YOU TO ALL THE K*BELIEVERS!! We can’t wait to start sharing some of the fun work we’ll be creating for the museum, it’s very EXCITING!! #MOMENT4LIFE
And now, for the next set of exciting news…read below!
You’re probably wondering what that graphic above is all about…well, what you see there is the beautiful country of El Salvador and an excellent quote that I truly LOVE! I am leaving to visit San Salvador, El Salvador this Sunday, I’m going to be traveling through the beautiful country for 10 days! El Salvador is my parent’s birthplace, this is the country they grew up in. I’m excited to see my Grandpa again, although I feel like we’re meeting for the first time, the last time I saw him was when I was 4 years old. I’m looking forward to hearing the stories about my mother’s youth and to see the places she used to spend her time at, the delicious food, seeing the people, and experiencing the culture. I have NEVER visited the country before, so I am a little nervous and anxious, but overall I’m EXCITED, I’ll be in good hands—meeting up with my mother and sister who left the U.S. earlier this month!
During my trip to El Salvador I will be taking LOTS of documentary-style photographs and will be designing a cute Photo-book to share online with you all! I hope you’re excited for that, you will all be traveling with me through my camera lens! And, don’t worry, I’ll be gone but my TEAM is prepared to keep you INSPIRED next week. I’m actually excited for you all, there will be a lot of inspiration posted on our Facebook wall while I’m out, so stay tuned!!! And most importantly, STAY INSPIRED, STAY+ and SHARE THE INSPIRATION.
ALL THE BEST,
Cindy K. Menjivar
Today, we are proud to celebrate Kardia Design Studio’s 2nd Birthday!
We are so very thankful for the opportunities you have given us, the distance we have traveled on our journey,
the people we have inspired, the friendships we have established and the wonderful customers we have served!
We thank YOU for your business, support and endless motivation!
*To celebrate our 2nd Birthday we are now offering 20% off on all Design or Stationery Orders placed through the month of July.*ARTS & CRAFTS , HOME , INSPIRATION , RESOURCES
Our little Crafty Weekend, New Art & Family Fun Ideas!
This weekend we were feeling pretty crafty again and being that it was so nice and breezy outdoors, we decided to spend our Saturday evening creating art in our patio with the family. We thought it would be fun to take a break and do some art together, so we all sat outside, painted and laughed our little hearts out. There is just something so admirable about watching your family create art, we love sharing the beauty and joy of it. Below are the photos of the little art fest we had going on here—yes, this is how we love to spend our weekends. We think this is a great way to share some quality time with the family, it’s also very fun! You should try it with your family and friends!
By the way, are you going to be creating any crafty decorations or projects for Easter?
I am anxious to create some new paintings inspired by P A S T E L colors!
If you want to get crafty with the family or kids this weekend, here is a list we created of some fun Easter Decorating Ideas that we absolutely love! If you decide to try any of these ideas or any others, please share a photo with us on our Facebook! We’d love to see your art.
- Beautiful Easter Egg Dyeing Techniques via Martha Stewart
- Super fun & easy Easter Egg Garden via Parents Magazine
- Sweet Peeps Bouquets & S’mores via Your Home Based Mom (This one is too cute, I might just try this one myself)
- Make a Chicky Piñata via Better Homes and Garden
Hope you enjoy these ideas and don’t forget to share your art with us!
- Daniel’s new bonsai tree
- Our artfest: the family and Daniel painting
- Ravishing Oleanders — by Cindy
- Close-up of texture — *(My favorite pattern!)
- Peacock Bizarre — by Cindy *(I think this one is totally weird!)
- Paint in the Lines — by Daniel
Hello everyone, thanks for stopping by at K’s little blog hut today! I hope you like the new changes we’ve doing around here, it’s been crazy busy since the start of this year {which we are extremely grateful for}, it has been fun and invigorating! I feel like Kardia along with myself and my team are growing and blossoming in ways that is going to get us places and open doors for new opportunities. Opportunities not only for us, but for the people who we believe in and work with as-well. God willing—because we just do the hard work and let God do his will in us. <3
Today, on my drive back to the studio I got this wonderful feeling of happiness and joy. The warm sun rays and beautiful blue skies and lush greenery that Spring has brought us is very inspiring! It really made me STOP and reflect on the goodness that is around us, the beauty that exists. I was going to post a facebook status, but then realized I had a lot more to say, so I thought it would be fun to share it with you all. My initial thought was “Today is a great day, just like every other day.”. Although, I felt like that statement could almost be a contradiction, because sometimes we do have our negative bad days, busy days, dramatic days and sad days, but HONESTLY, if we really think about it, everyday is a GREAT day because God has blessed us with a new day. Count our blessings and realize that we MADE it through and we survived—that in itself is a miracle!
People always and I mean ALWAYS ask me, “How do you stay so positive?”, I don’t really think that is true…I do have my weak moments and I do have things that corrupt my positive attitude at times, but I try hard to live my life as an example, because I really want people to learn how to live a positive and happy life. Staying positive is what I preach, so when my ships starts going down, I know that I have to anchor myself and not let myself drown in negative thinking or get emotional {which is extremely hard, but very doable}. I have to do the opposite—you should too. It’s super easy to dwell on the negative, one thing I’ve learned through my solo career as a female business owner is NOT to worry so much about the things you can’t control and to enjoy life and the people I have been blessed with. No problem is too big and every problem has a solution. When we start to worry that’s when things get worse, but YOU must remember and know that if your at that point where you feel like it can’t get any worse, brace yourself and GET READY because that means something BIG and GREAT is coming your way. Struggle is a sign that God loves you. I promise. Next time you feel close to jumping in the negative side of the pool, catch your step and reflect back on all the goodness and blessings that are right in front of you. Our God, our lives, our story and our purpose on earth is BIGGER than any problem or enemy on this universe, planet, world, nation and country.
I love writing and having intellectual conversations, I would love to read your thoughts and see what advice you may have that can help us all STAY POSITIVE. Like our STAY+ Artist Megan White once told us, “Dont sweat the small things, and everything is a small thing.”
B R E A T H E // STAY+
xCindy Menjivar
P.S. Would you like to continue seeing more posts like these in the future? This is my first one! So, let me know what you think. I’d love to share my thoughts and inspirations with you all, if it inspires you.
All photograhs taken by Cindy Menjivar for Kardia Design Studio.
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