once upon a time a lovely {artist} :: what are the news?

hello there lovely friends, how are you feeling today? if you are a frequent reader you must know by now that i am always a happy girl from wednesday onwards, because i feel the weekend approaching. not that i am not happy from sunday to tuesday, but feeling the weekend approaching has always a sweeter taste! so, asides from this happiness (bittersweetened by the still missing news of my hard drive!) i would like to start this day with a few news from the lovely sponsors, as i talked about advertising on {a place for twiggs}. all these ladies are good friends and all are talented… and the thing is that, though they say you must not have competitors on your blog, almost all these ladies are photographers, just like me. and yet, i like to promote their work.

tina fussel sells jewelry, but she has at least two fine art prints on her shop… and this one is my favourite. i love the colour, the details and the texture she used. this image is also present on her blog and i always loved it. but as i said, tina makes jewelry and this piece below is my favourite one! you can browse through her jewelry line {here}!

françoise is also a dear friend. she is really nice… she lives in france, though she was born in colombia. she has the most adorable son called lulu and a very cute husband (sorry fran, but you know he is cute!)! she is a producer of dreams. you can explore more of her dreams & images that taste like candy {here}.

laura is also a good friend. she has a new-born on her arms called jacob and she is living with her husband in germany. she has worked in photography before and now she freelances and sells her fine art on etsy. she has developed two worlds… or shops. this is my favourite from one of her shops.

and from her second shop… as a lomographer as i am, this one is obviously my favourite! you can explore more of her work {here} & {here}!

toni weber and i started by talking on twitter. this is one good evidence that on twitter you can build relationships… and not only shout out your products. relationships matter… a lot! and you need to focus on those! toni has the most significant slogan on her etsy shop’s header {toni weber photography… looking for love in all the small places}. how pretty is this? how sweet does it sound? this one is one of my favourite prints from her. it makes me remind the colours of a movie from the 60’s. look for more of her love {here}!

natalie is a sweet girl. i always imagine her a sweet girl, though she is already a mother of almost grown-up ladies… and very beautiful ones as well! her photography is all about hues, pastels and ribbons… her world is sweet, is all i can imagine. you can explore more of natalie’s {here}!

and last but not least, kristy and her beautiful and vintage textures. though i usually not use textures on my work, i love when textures are used well. and kristy does that. kristy not only creates the textures, but she shows you how to use them. she even launches contests on her blog. she creates magic… and helps you out to create your own. and she is also a very sweet friend! you can browse all of her textures {here} & {here}!

so… what do you think? don’t i have the sweetest and talented sponsors? do you want to become one as well? read {this} and let me know what you think!

images: several photographers (click on each image for further details)