Laura of the Valley

July 16, 2014

Inspiration From The Ruins

One of the things I love the most about this world is all the inspiration you can get from places you never even dreamed of visiting. Last Friday, my dad asked me to come with him to a glass fabric that's in ruins, cause he and his partners are thinking on buying and restoring it for their company. And this place happened to be one of the most amazing places I've seen in quite a long while!

The pictures talk for themselves, but I must say what captured my eye at first sight were all the patterns that I found so naturally repeated everywhere around the place. And the textures. I felt like a 3-year-old again for having my dad telling me off for wanting to touch everything there –and no, I didn't even care what sorts of chemicals and animals could be there!

Love,

July 15, 2014

Happy Birthday, Sis!

We all know that my favourite person in the whole world is my beautiful sister. Not only because she's the little fairy that was sent to take care of me while we grew up, but also because she's the perfect example of fighting for life and being awesome on the way! She's taught me to always think positive and fight for what I want, while loving myself and being happy.

Last year, we spent her birthday in Madrid, doing what she loves the most: eatº–yeah, she's even more of a foodie than I am! We had some delicious brunch, followed by the best paella in town! It was definitely an unforgettable day for her.

Today she's turning 21! And although we're not Eurotripping this year, I really want today to be special. So we're definitely going out for lunch, and hopefully I'll get her to finally share some prosecco––or maybe even a Margarita?––with me! We're also going to get her a new laptop, so she can start working on her awesome design projects for school.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BABY!

I still remember the first time I held you in my hands, and how happy I felt about my little sister being born. I remember skipping class in kindergarten because I wanted to make sure you were doing good, and I remember wanting to kill those bullies who were mean to you in middle school. From this little baby just entering primary school you've grown up to be a wonderful woman and I'm sure your future is full of amazing surprises!

I will miss you to the moon and back when I'm in New York!

Photography: Laura Beltran-Rubio

July 11, 2014

These Days...

This week has been nothing but crazy! I had so much to do that I couldn't sleep peacefully at all, thinking of everything I had to get done, and waking up super scared thinking I had missed the alarm. I had visa appointments, meetings to figure out how my scholarship will work, and lots of other real like work... Thankfully, it all went perfectly well and I am now free to happily enjoy my last month –can you believe that?!!– before moving to New York!

After realising a while ago that today was Friday, I also noticed I am absolutely wiped! So I decided to take some time to myself, put my PJs on, and reward myself with my favourite meal. I'm already laying in bed, browsing Netflix to find some old movie to watch. Nothing better than these lazy days after a super hectic week!

But before immersing myself in my movie night, I decided I wanted to share with you one of the most fun things I've done in social networks lately. You must know I'm not particularly good with them, and I just basically use them to tell you I've published a brand new post –and I skip that part a lot, oops!– but I'm not a big addict...

Except when it comes to Instagram!

There's something I find wonderful about sharing different pictures and capturing the moment. But this time, I'm particularly in love with Instagram, thanks to Gala Darling's Radical Self Love July challenge. Those of you who know her, must be well aware how much of a star she is at helping women be happy and love themselves. If you have never heard of her, I seriously recommend you have a look at her website.

This time, she surprised us with a super cool Instagram challenge, where we should post one Instagram photo every day. I really liked the idea and decided to follow the challenge. And here's what I've come up with so far...

Day 1. Silly selfie