A love affair with Diane Sagnier >>>

I have fallen madly in love with photographer Diane Sagnier, from the moment I first saw her pinned on Pinterest, to scouring through her albums of photos online on flickr and her blog.  Her dreamy, earthy images bring me back to my core love of photography.  I have not felt as inspired from another photographer since my deep love affair with Lara Jade....  I love the grassroots vibe and the free flowing movement of Diane's work.  You can tell where her art comes from, her soul.  Simply gorgeous, I just had to share.  She also makes fun music you can listen to here.


She also recently appeared in her friends, Camille Marotte & Günther Gheeraert's video called Your Garden.  You can view her post about it here.

Your.garden from Camille Marotte on Vimeo.



Enjoy!

PEACE,
Laura

New Inspiration and Bits of Life

A bit of randomness in the midst of editing pics of Katelyn's visit...

I have been re-inspired to re-edit a bunch of old works that Ive done... Here are a few older photographs that I have re processed and found a new love for. Amazing how something so simple can be inspiring and give a whole new outlook on something you once forgot about. I think that is why I love upcycling clothes so much.

Most of these I already put in the shop, and the ones I haven't will be up soon.









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And now for some randomness in life. Most of these are actually from weeks ago, but I just wanted to share.

This is my best friend Shelley. She is an amazing, beautiful, strong momma of two precious little ones... an outstanding wife, a wonderful sister, and best friend a person could have. She makes me feel comfortable to just be myself, and it seems these days that is hard to come by. We dont see each other nearly as often as we would like, but we both know how much we love each other, always.

I recently got this dress from LucyMagnolia on etsy. The cutest little shop, I am so happy I found her. Not the greatest pic of the dress, I know, I plan on taking better ones sometime. But it is so beautiful and comfy! I love it.
And I just got in my much awaited for Neil Young tshirt. I have been on the lookout for the perfect Neil Young shirt forever, and when I found this for such a reasonable price I just about flipped, and it fits perfect! I think I will be seen in this shirt so often you might not think I own any other clothes!
Just a cute one of me and James, I loved the way his hair looked in this pic. He is so adorable its ridiculous. I never get tired of looking at him.
Want to play a game of Where's James??? And by the way, yes, we sleep with all of these, plus two more that arent pictured.
And now for a game of Where's Bella! Ha ha, anytime I leave my back door open, she will sneak in and find a comfy spot in my mess. And yes, my craft room usually looks like this, its nuts! Its clean right now, but I give it about two days to stay that way.
And this is Violet's new hang out spot on the porch. Since I moved the porch around, she still likes her chair, but she prefers to hide under the table. I dont know why, maybe the concrete is cool and its nice and dark and relaxing? But she loves it under there!
Right now outside my window, the sky is hot pink behind the sillouette of trees, and the sky is roaring with thunder and putting on a lightshow. Its about to rain like crazy. I love it when it rains. I find such a peaceful calm from it. I like to write when it rains. Maybe Ill find some inspiration for my Roots and Feathers blog tonite.

PEACE,
Laura



Texas meets Louisiana

So very excited, this beautiful girl below is on her way right now, driving from Louisiana to Texas to come meet me and stay with us for a week! Her and her little one Leena. After becoming very very good friends online for a year now, we finally get to meet in person! I think we are both nervous and excited as heck!

We plan on hooping, making hoops, bbqing, chilling, garage saleing , goodwilling (yes, that is a word in my vocabulary), healthy food making, playing with leena, and generally just hanging out and talking. So you prob wont see much of me on here for the next week! Maybe though :)

We will take tons of pics and video I am sure of it! We have a few photo shoots planned anyway.

She is one of my number supporters of Violet Bella, here are just 3 shots of so many that I have of her in my clothes!!!

Her pillow case top...
Her fun cartoon top...
and her patchwork top, just a few of many! I love this photo of her and her daughter, so beautiful.
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Last week I was asked by a friend and fellow photographer, Laura Evans to do a guest post on "inspiration" on her blog while she is away in France...

you can read what I have to say about the subject here.
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Last sunday I had my good friend Jen come over and give me a hand with some things with my business. Not only was it majorly productive and helpful for me, it was fun and delightful just to have her around. I adore this girl so much, she is like none other. She is an amazing baker, who bakes everything in an easy bake oven! She usually can only bake 6 cookies at a time, yes, I said 6!!! So I let her use my oven while she was here and she busted out the most amazing batch of oatmeal cookies while she was here! Which has inspired me, I just made a batch of my own from scratch, and only hopeful they will turn out half as good as hers...
Then I showed her how to make homeade pizza dough. When Jonny got off work, he came over and shared it with us, along with some awesome Red Stripe. Then some guitar jamming commenced and some amazing conversations.

And this crazy rainbow has seriously been showing up on my ceiling a few times! This is not a figment of your imagination, it was really there!!!
I wore my PPP dress the other day and snapped a few pics for Shauna. I love the way it looks with the peacock feather headband I got from a friend.

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And here are a few new goodies still in the shop. A new teddy bear shirt, I had missed these!
A new floral jumper
A new tshirt slip dress
And here is one of the most beautiful girls Ive ever laid eyes on wearing Violet Bella. I think this tshirt mini dress was simply made for her. It looks so amazing on her! And she says she loves it! Makes my heart so happy!!!
Time for the next batch of cookies, and some serious resting for a bit before company gets here!

PEACE,
Laura

Virtual Art Sale

I am purging my art room! and to your advantage, I am letting go of my framed photography for less than 1/2 price!!! Basically, I need the room desperately in my art room. These babies went with me when I did traveling art shows, but since I am no longer doing them, they are just sitting in my art room taking up space. Some of the have tiny flaws in the framing from traveling, but for this price, you could either re-frame it, paint, whatever! But most of the flaws are so minimal, you probably wont mind.

Some of these prints are oldies and are not even around anymore. You may not have even seen some of them, unless youve been a follower of mine since the beginning, way before blogging! So a few of them, this will be the only chance of owning them :)

So this is going to work like a virtual garage sale. Im going to put the specs and prices on each one (prices include shipping), if you want it, send me an email @ violet_bella@hotmail.com and I will send you an invoice through paypal. I will only be accepting paypal payments for these, sorry.

Okay, here we go!!!

The Butterfly Dreamer

frame: 9x11
photo: 4x6

*photo is mounted not matted*

$30

No Title

frame: 9x11
photo: 4x6

matted with thick matt

$30

Two photos:
In The Midst of Being a Woman (left)
She Found Herself Lost (right)

frames: 9x11
photos: 5x7

matted with thick matt

$55

Mirror Mirror

frame: 9x11
photo: 4x6

mounted, not matted

$30

Sink Blues
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frame: 12x15
photo: 5x7

matted with thick matt

$45

Dead Leaves on a Dirty Ground
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frame: 12x15
photo: 8x10

matted with thick matt

$45

Shadows
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frame: 12x15
photo: 5x7

matted with thick matt

$45

Nicest Thing

frame: 12x15
photo: 8x10

mounted, not matted

$45

Enamored
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frame: 12x15
photo: 8x10

matted with thick matt

$45

Southern December

frame: 12x15
photo: 8x10

matted with thick matt

$45

Autumn's Whisper

frame: 12x15
photo: 5x7

matted with thick matt

$45

Chasing Time

frame: 12x15
photo: 5x7

matted with thick matt

$45

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if you are interested in more than one, i will gladly combine the shipping...

Help spread the word, tweet, blog, facebook...

thanks guys!

PEACE,
Laura