El Retoñito

10/17/2026

So many feelings and emotion went into this sketch. This was made in honor of all our littles we send off to school and those who never make it back home.

I saw a quote that said “When we ban books in schools before we ban guns, we admit we are more afraid of our children learning than we are of them dying.”

My heart aches. Thoughts and prayers are not enough. We need to be angrier and louder. I don’t want to keep saying when is enough, enough. THIS IS ENOUGH. Those babies deserved another day. We need to do better.

Please use your voice. Make sure to vote. Don’t let yourself be desensitized, this is not normal!

From my heart to yours…

10/14/2026

So I got a new pencil sharpener 🤭✍🏼💗💃🏽

10/12/2026

We need leaders not in love with money but in love with justice. Not in love with publicity but in love with humanity.

10/11/2026

When injustice is loud, my art will be louder!! Pintando con el corazón en las manos ✍🏼🫶🏼

Art that means more. Art with purpose. Art made with love. This is my superpower and I’m going to use it!

10/11/2026

10/09/2026

Una Cartita de Caracol llena de amor, fe, pasión y cultura. From my hands to yours, sharing cositas that inspire me and honoring la cultura that shaped the person I am today. Building community and slowing things down. 🐌 ✉️

Each month you will receive a cartita made con el corazón en las manos. Be one of our founding members and sign up today as we do a hard launch on first ever CARTITA DE CARACOL 🥹🫶🏼

I am still new at this, but we will figure this out together! For this launch our goal is to have it shipped out by 10/23 so subscriptions will be run from now until the 18th, this should give us enough time to prep and ship out by that date! ✨

I can’t wait for you to hold this cartita in your hands, de San Antonio, Texas para el mundo! 💌

Link in bio 🔗
Tienditaelretonito.com

Here goes nothing… 🙏🏼

10/09/2026

Day 4 of trying to get a picture of the guy that stands on the bridge every evening so i can sketch him in my sketchbook 🫣 IYKYK

I just wanna draw a quick sketch of you Mr. Sir ✍🏼😅

I used to see him all the time and now that am actively looking for him, nada 😭

So here I am documenting to see how long it takes me to capture him on the bridge again. I do have a video I’ve taken of him before but l want to take a few pictures too.

10/08/2026

Our iconic Frida and Diego bench ❤️

I can’t even count how many times I get “is the bench for sale?” 👀

This bench has been in my family for almost 20 years and counting. Thing is, it’s priceless to me. It’s a true work of art. Carved and painted by hand. We brought it here from Michoacán, and has been so well taken care of it still looks as good as new! 😍

Long story short, no, this bench is NOT for sale🤭🫶🏼

Our tiendita gets recognized immediately bc of this beautiful bench, so I decided to do what I do best, sketched it and put it on a shirt ✍🏼

She is now available for *PREORDER* on our website 🫶🏼
Link in bio 🔗 tienditaelretonito.com

(P.s. there’s a total of FIVE new Tshirt designs 😉)