A few days ago, I did an interview for wonderful Dutch interiors website Inspiratie voor je Interieur to talk aboutwhat inspires me as an interior designer and stylist. If you want to know a little b...
"There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle" (Albert Einsten) The beauty of miracles, the miracle of...
New Illustration "In and Out of your Heart" I have chosen words and feelings to express in this illustration how I feel every time that special person is in or out of my heart. A sweet w...
Barcelona. Mies van der Rohe Pavilion. Cold and windy winter day. I could take a thousand pictures... A new angle, under a new light, or just to admire its beauty, in silenc...
Because when you find something like this on the street, you know this is going to be an extraodinary day!!!
(Charlotte and the Blue Ribbon -8.3" x 11.7" Illustration Art Print)Yes!! I´m back!! New name for my Etsy shop- no longer The Bonheur Letters, now it´s Catherine Roses...New style f...
My dear blogger friends,Thank you so much for a wonderful time together, for your words and sweet comments about my illustrations, I will keep them all in my heart. But in the next few weeks I w...
After a weekend at the beach, I decided to play with "water" at home too...An old brush and some blue pigments helped to achieve the refreshing feeling in one of my paintings...But wait...I t...
Art in Paris can be found everywhere, from the famous Metro´s Art Nouveau entrances, to modern and colorful sculptures by Niki de Saint Phalle, a delight for the senses, no words needed...Thank you e...
Yeees!!! I´m going to Paris!!! Last time I was there I was a little girl and to be honest, I just wanted to go to Eurodisney, first things first hehe...But now, I can´t wait to visit all the flea mar...
This year summer has arrived earlier in Barcelona, the temperatures have risen and the city looks like we are already on July...Inspired by this new warm weather, this is what summer feels (and smel...
I found this video and thought it was so great, I needed to share it with you! I´m sure you had the same conversation with a friend and something you thought it was "too obvious", i...
Being a princess for a day is very easy if you live in Barcelona and Catalonia....You only need to wait until 23rd April, St.George´s Day...The legend says this was the day St. George fought the drag...
Print from my shop The Bonheur LettersLet me introduce you to one of my new characters, a sweet puffin called Ulysses and his story...Ulysses the songwriter is in love with the most beautiful female ...
O.K....First of all I´d like to say that I´d totally understand if you don´t read a single word in this post...Yeah, I know looking at him is more interesting than anything I could say but....
Random things that I like in no particular order...Red carnations..It´s always a good time to say it with flowers ;)Typical Modernist stained glass windows, to be able to look at the sky all day...
Original Painting from my shopDon´t ask me why, but lately, I feel surrounded by blue in all its tones...Turquoise, aquamarine, sky blue...But luckily I´m not feeling blue at all...It´s just since a ...
I can´t deny love is one of my biggest source of inspiration when I´m creating a new character for my illustrations. I´m sure we all have so many love stories worth to be written, so many feelings to...
It´s not easy finding beauty in unusual places or things...On Saturday mornings I love going for a walk with my camera phone and take some pictures to inspire me when, later, I´m drawing in my s...
This weekend Barcelona smelled of sweet love....And for this week that has just started, all that I want is to get inspired by stawberry shades and chocolate tones... In every pa...
Look who came to visit me last week...Inside a parcel from America...Some little vintage deer figurines...There is something special in these little cuties......that makes me feel so well... Is it th...
Hi my sweet friends!We have just started this week and I´m already very tired, thanks to so much work and an annoying flu...But you know what? Thanks to going very early to bed, I´ve catching up...
This is the story about Miss Turquoise, a lovely frenchie with a creative world of her own. She has always wanted to be a painter and a classic dancer, but one day someone told her that a dog cannot ...
Hello my sweet friends!! First of all I´d like to wish you a happy 2011 for all of you!!! Isn´t it always so exciting when something new begins? A new beginning...and a new diary for writing down all...
Smells like magic is in the air...Smells like fresh apples bought at the local market...Smells like typical Christmas sweets and chocolates for children...Smells like orange-and-bergamot perfumed tea...
In a quiet corner of Barcelona...There are flowers all over the street...In a quiet corner of an old quartier...The sun is trying to light the street...In a quiet corner of a sunny terrace....
Today I need your help... You know my love for vintage postcards, and that I could spend hours and hours reading their beautiful love messages and looking at their romantic scenes...But there i...
My dear friends, Let me introduce you to some of the characters from my illustrations. Do you want to know why Mrs.Butterfly loves that shirt so much? Please read on..."Here is a secre...
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