There are so much news and projects in the way I have no idea where to start. I will be updating more in my Newsletter so if you still didnt had a chance to subscribe - may be now its a good idea to do so ASAP. For the first wonderful news - REAL BELGIUM CHOCOLATES (pralines) are now availiable on the Eflies-World. Simply click on the picture below to order! First Promo stock is small so hurry up - price is going to rise up when these is sold out!

There are also more exciting news on the way - Gorgeous Cameo necklaces with my art, Wall clocks, Slide off transfers and Temporary Tattoos!!! Hopefully end of this week....

And of course I have several new paintings availiable....

Two gorgeous new framed acrylics availiable now on the ebay auction. If you would like to hear a little bit more about them - please visit my Live Journal. To go to auction, simply click on the icons below.

Two gorgeous additions - beautiful framed ACEO (frame is truly old copper frame) and big acrylic painting with Alice in Wonderland!

Two gorgeous acrylic mermaids on wood are availiable on Ebay auction this week - so hurry up! You can just click on the icons below to go to the auction.

There are lots of new paintings added to my gallery! Many of them are availiable in my EBAY SHOP or on ebay auctions. So dont forget to check them out!

We will be also attending a big Jewelry Fair in Munich this weekend! I am going to visit Peter Stone who will be there as well - do discuss our future jewelry designs. If you would like to meet us too - please contact me at info@elfies-world.com. More information about Inhorgenta Fair you can view here on the website:

I cant believe it was so long ago I had a chance to update or to post any news! But now finally being back I am happy to let you know that my EBAY SHOP is reopens again and you will be able to bid on auctions and to purchase new items already now. So dont forget to visit it! I also have a new sketch in progress in my gallery as well, so just click on the icon below to visit it.

I have also signed another small licensing deal and hopefuly ceramic talismans/amulets featuring my art will be availiable as well. Dont forget to check my Gallery for the new watercolors!

And after a long quiet period I finally have two beautiful new paintings. One of them is availiable in my art shop - simply click on the icons below to visit sales page or gallery page. Hopefully more coming soon! If you would like to hear about them - dont forget to subscribe to my Newsletter!

While I am still very busy after my vacation and there are more news coming in the way I already have two beautiful watercolors to share with you. Both will be placed as a Limited Edition prints in my shop end of this week.

ELFIES-WORLD WILL BE ON VACATION FROM 15 till 28 of FEBRUARY 2007!!!!

I will be able to ship orders from 1 of MARCH! All the orders made during the vacation time will be shipped only after 1 of MARCH! You are of course still welcome to order from our ebay shop or to bid on our auctions (I will have automatically listed auctions running while I am gone) - but please count in that shipment of orders after 15 of FEBRUARY will be delayed!
If you have any questions or requests - please email us to info@elfies-world.com - we will be replying to you ASAP when we are back as I am not sure I will have any internet connection at my holiday location.

Dear fans and customers of the Elfies-World! ELFIES-WORLD will be on vacation from 15 till 24 of February! It means you still able of course to buy in our shop or to bid on the auctions but shipment of your purchase will be done only after 24 of February! I am not sure I will have internet connection to reply to your emails in this period as well so please forgive me for delays in replying to you.

On the other hand I have three beautiful new watercolors in my gallery. You can purchase print by simply clickin on the pictures below.

We have a really special present for all our customers of Elfies Art shop this month!

Attention for all the makers and creators!!!

After long consideration and personal thoughts I finally decided to end my contract with International Illustrator. Email to them already has been sended couple of days ago. There are for now only 15 images that licensed to this company so you will need to send me an email anyway before making anything to ask which ones not to use for now.

I guess I grew up somewhere and I have a different views after being "on market" for about 3 years as a serious professional artist. Some things evaluated in my perspection and some are got on a lower level. 

It is important for me now:

- To keep creating from my heart.
- To be the best in what I am doing.
- To go further with understanding that you should be no less good in buisness than you are in your art.
- To be recognisable no matter when and where you see my creation. 
- To allow things that used for NON PROFIT pasis to be FREE for people that do that. 

If you have any questions or requests - please feel free to email me to info@elfies-world.com

From now and further you have my permission for you to use my art for the creation of Outlook Express Stationery, Incredimail Stationery and the creation of websets, signature tags, tubes and other webgraphics as long as they are intended to be  used on a non-profit basis.  These  images are not to be sold in any form and must be available for free.

Please do not distort my artwork, and leave the image to be shown in its context. All the images must be embedded with my copyright name and URL like this:

© Maria van Bruggen - www.elfies-world.com.com

If you wish to use my work for a commercial purpose on your products, you will have to get in touch with me for licensing;

Once you have used my work and uploaded it to your site you must also add a clearly visible copyright with my name and a link to my website on the page where my work is displayed , for which you can create your own graphic or use one of my banners or  buttons that you can find here. 

http://www.elfies-world.com/fban.php

You must conact me when my work is uploaded to your website.

HAVE FUN! And create beautiful things please :)

With Valentine day coming closer I have a beautiful new watercolor availiable! It is a pretty big sized one and it will looks great framed. There are also finished comission and lots of new ACEOs on the Ebay Auctions which I truly dont even have a time to add to my gallery! I also signed a contract with Peter Stone jewelry company so soon you will be able to see my art in the different interpretation as well. New 2007 is starting busy and wonderful!

It is such a lovely and busy month! Yes of course because Christmas is approaching...So not only I managed to finish two comsisioned paintings this month (which also reminds me that prices of the comissions will be raised up after 15 of January so hurry up if you still want to catch them in a prices that they are now!) but also we have a new section of the website which is Digital art! Yep, I am trying my hand there as well and you can see some creations already.

Two new watercolors has been added to my gallery. One of them in on special sale on auction. If you would like to know the reserve price - please email me.

While working on so many comissions at once I finally had a chance to make a new Ink and Watercolor painting. I guess I just had to do it for myself :) One of the watercolor comissions is placed in the gallery as well. You can click on the icons to go to the gallery or to purchase Limited Edition Watercolor print.

Very busy time and almost no chance to update normal. On the other hand a new watercolor from the Seasons Witches series is ready and availiable as a Limited Edition Watercolor print as well. Just click on the icon to go there. Many new ACEOs availiable on the auction - so dont forget to visit my Ebay shop to bid on them.

And another very important news. Our Seventh Scent Dark Gothic Laboratory is moving to another domain! We are moving from dot be to dot com.You can already use a new banners and we will be posting exact date of the moving here and in Seventh Scent Live Journal as well.

I finally have a chance to update... First of all we have a very special competition with an unique prices coming up, so if you would like to be notified about it - dont forget to subscribe to our Newsletter. I also have several new watercolors - you can visit them or purchase a print by simply clicking on the icons below.

And dont forget to check my Ebay auctions, I have lots of new ACEOs on sale!

It is a wonderfully busy time again so I have lots of new releases that I want to share with you... First of all - ACEO Tarot cards where you will be able to collect them all to have a very special OOAK Tarot deck. I dont know at this point if I will be selling them as a prints, but if I will only in a VERY limited edition and as each card separately and not a whole deck.

And lots of other ACEO's and very special Dia De Los Muertos inspired original...

We are expecting so many changes I dont know where to start :) There will be general changes to our website and many parts of it, there are 5 more new websites related to me coming up and there are lots of new and very special art. Many of ACEO originals are availiable on ebay, so if you would like to take a chance - just click on the icons below. Original paintings of bigger sizes now only availialble in my art shop. We also have a new product - Limited Edition fine art prints on watercolor paper (which looks almost identical to the original).

Our beautiful calendar number one is finally ready for preorder and please be fast because ammount is limited. If you dont have a paypal and you would like to use other possibility for payment - please contact me to info@elfies-world.com. If you would like a wholesale order or big order - please email me before ordering! You can click on the image below to preorder this beautiful calendar.

This calendar produced and published by our licensing agency and will be including:

- Magical meanings of the Flowers.
- Herbal and flower magic.
- Candle Magick Color associations.
- Lunar Phases - good times for specific rituals.
- Basic Astrology signs - meanings of each sign.
- Wicca/Pagan holidays and Sabbats.

Official release date: October 15 2006

Couple of days ago was probably a turning point in my professional art career. I can share only part of the news because some of them are still in progress. The main part of the contract is behind me so it makes me able to make this announcement. The most important part of the news that I have an official serious representing agent for my art. It means that you can expect losts of new progress, products, news and websites that will be related to ME (LOL). It is definate and hopeful breakthrough and I hope you will be happy for me :) There will be more stages of this progress shared with time so please be patient.

I guess it is acrylic time so you can expect definately many new acrylics from me! There is already one that is also placed on a very special sale on ebay - you can go to the auction by just clicking on the image below. There are also new sketch added to the gallery and I finally had a chance to update my Fans Page.

It what happens when you have too much work and too little time - no updates :) I am sorry for a silence but here I am finally with some new watercolors, acrylic and ACEOs...have fun! ACEO's and Sammi paintings are on auction so you can click on the picture to go to the ebay!

Our Bi-Annual fantasy art show is finally launched! Please visit and dont forget to leave a comments on the works of the artists -they all did a slpendid job!

BI-ANNUAL FAIRY TALES FANTASY ART SHOW

Lots of new art! I had a "feeling" for ACEO cards, so now there are several of them on sale - just click on the icon to go to auction. There are as well two new watercolors....and our BI-ANNUAL art show is almost ready to launch :)

And as well comission finished for the Wedding card!

We are busy preparing our next Bi-Annual show which theme is Faery tales and updating almost daily our Seventh Scent website. And it between all the projects I somehow still have time to paint... which is good!!! LOL My solo book is coming along nicely and hopefully it will be out in the end of 2006. But for now take a look at the new watercolor and sketches in progress...

And another two busy weeks behind me....at least I had a chance to finish two watercolors and to update gallery with two new sketches. Enjoy!

I slowly starting to see my way in between comissions! Woohoo! It means I have many of them finished and you can take a look of course in my gallery - just click on the icon and it will take you there :)

And after vacation I am facing table full with comissions - which is wonderful. Busy, busy, busy - its how I like it ;)...I also hope to prepare my book files before June and finish other projects as well for the children book, but for now - finished comission  and several comission sketches - just click on the icon to go there.

I have finally two new watercolors in my gallery - Day and Night fairies - I hope you will enjoy those, you can purchase a print by simply clicking on the icon below. There are also comission painted finished and there is a comission sketch added with a few changes and new sketch for the mermaid painting.

New original watercolors has been added - prints for both are availiable, please click on the icon to go to our Art Shop, which we also updated with FAQ and Shipment and ordering details!!! New photos has been added to our Fans section and as well there are new sketches - check them out!

New watercolor painting has been added to our gallery, original is already sold but you still can purchase prints by clicking on the icon below. There are also several new ACEO sketches and two finished comissions - take a look!

It was definatlely a very busy week but we still had a chance to update our Publications and Fans pages - take a look. We slowly filling our new site with more and more new products, thank you for all who made an order or wrote a review, and if you sill didnt had a chance and you like dark gothic and mysterious scents - click on this banner:

And because I probably already missing a summer I created those three ACEOs, if you would like to visit auction - simply click on the images below.

We just updated our Art Banners section with wallpapers - it will be updated during the week again, so come back and check the new ones. Our new website Seventh Scent is looking for links exchange. Are you interested? If yes, just send us an email to info@seventh-scent.be and we will be happy to do so. There are also new art in our watercolor gallery - some of them are still availiable as originals, so please click on the icon to go there.

First of all congradulations to us for our new and shiny "Seventh Scent" website! It is finally open and running and we of course have a special surprise that will be included with each order - so go and take a look! Just click on the banner to go there.

And we also have a new ACEO cards on auction - you can click on each painting to go there.

And of course HAPPY NEW CHINESE YEAR OF THE FIRE DOG :) we hope it will be year full of luck and hapiness for all of us.

First of all THANK YOU for all the new subscribers to my Newsletter - very glad to see you there. We have a lots of news so you definately can expect an email any day soon. First of all we are in a progress of making our website for Seventh Scent Lab - if you still didnt had a chance to read about it - I would suggest you to visit our Live Journal Seventh Scent Community for it. And of course new products has been added for now to our Art shop (they will be moving to a separate website in a next week). We also have two new watercolors in our gallery - so dont forget to visit there too.

Two new watercolors and finished comission were added to our gallery - if you would like to purchase prints - simply click on the icon below.

And this is it.... last day of 2005... looking back at this year I realise how special and how productive it was. It was definately not an easy year for me but I am thankful for all and I am looking forward to 2006 as well. It is going to be also a DOG year (by Chinese horoscope) and I am born in a Dog year as well :) so.... hopefully year of good luck and good surprises for me. On the other hand several comissions were added to our gallery, new watercolor and we expecting soon very special addition to our shop - Faery essential parfumes! Dont forget to check Fans page as well.

Merry Christmas for all the fans of Elfies-World! I hope you have a most happy and joyful holiday with your family! And yes I am still busy :) - hopefully very good news coming straight after Christmas, but for now - new sketch, comission and watercolor in our gallery :)

And another busy week is behind. We updated our Publications part, we also placed couple of new updates on Fans (thank you everybody who sent a photos!) and we finally posted a results of Pixel Dolls cometition - please take a look. If you would like to be updated about new competitions and releases - please sign to our Newsletter. And new sketch as added to our gallery and as well finished ACEO comission and ACEO  "Alice in Wonderland" card that is availiable for sale in our Ebay shop.

It was week VERY busy with several comissions, they are finally finished and added to our galleries, some of them are also availiable as a prints in our art shop, so dont forget to visit. We also have a competition running for creators of Pixel Dolls for Elfies-World so you can also vote HERE.

We finally have our Guestbook open and working! Yes it is new wonderful guestbook with lots of possibilities - so please take a moment of your time to leave your message if you enjoyed our website :) New dolls were added to Pixel Dolls section of the website and there as well new updates in Publications section. There is a new painting added to watercolor gallery and you can already purchase prints. Please notice that we have Christmas Sale in our art shop so dont forget to check it out. Two comissioned portrait sketches were added to our gallery too. And today I also gave an interview to Belgium magazine "Pas Uit" - I will be sharing this publication with you when it will be out :)

New watercolors has been added to a gallery, so please take a look, they are also availiable as a prints in our art shop - just click on the icon to go there.

Beautiful 4 inch ceramic tiles and mugs just came today in the mail so hopefully I will be updating my art shop tomorrow! Pixel Dolls, Links and Licensing pages has been updated as well. There is also several new sketches and two new watercolors in our gallery :)

Oh well, where should I start :)? After many requests we finally opened Pixel doll part of the website where you will be able to see Pixel dolls inspired by art from Elfies-World. If you would like to send your entry - please email us! Publications page has been updated too. New watercolors has been added to Watercolor gallery and to the Nudes Gallery. You can purchase some originals and prints by clicking on the icons below.

There are lots of new updates on our website!!! Please dont forget to check Tutorials, Publications, Links and Licensing - there are lots of news and additions as well to our Art Shop. Two new watercolors has been added to our watercolor galery and one to our comissions gallery and there is two new sketches in work... busy, busy, busy!

We are happy to announce that Elfies-World first Bi-Annual Arthurian Legend show is open! Please take your time to visit and look through over 40 different entries of fantasy artsits from all around the world. Each entry has its separate guestbok so please take a moment of your time to leave a comment on the paintings that you like. We are still adding new entries so come back to check what is new! :) And now..... go click on the link below and ENJOY! :)

BI-ANNUAL ARTHURIAN LEGEND SHOW

I am happy to let you know that Elfies-World will be hosting a very special Arthurian Legend show in which participate many wonderful fantasy artists from all around the world. It will be posted in the news so watch out! You will not be dissapointed :) There also 3 new paintings in our watercolor gallery, click on the icons if you want to purchase prints.

I am happy to say that my Webcam is finally back online! We are planning on offering online short courses for tips and tricks in fantasy art - so if you are interested, please dont forget to subscribe to our Newsletter. There are also new additions in our Sketches, Watercolor and Comissions gallery, click on the icon to take a look or to purchase a print.

If you already noticed our website recieved a new spooky Halloween look :) and it will stay so till the end of the holiday of course - after this you can expect for another surprising changes, so dont forget to come back to check it. There is also a new addition to our website - after many requests we finally have a Tattoo designs section open. There are also new painting and two new sketches in our gallery.

First of all very important news for all PSP groups and tubers! New rules for usage of my art - please check FAQ section of my website!!! If you are interested to use my art in any online variations as signature tags, tubes, websets, etc' you will need to contact International Illustrator. Fans section was also updated, so take a look there too. New section was added to our art shop and it is 4" Ceramic tiles. And of course new watercolor that is also availiable in my art shop - just click on the icon to purchase the original.

After many requests and emails we finally opened a new section of the website - Icons and Banners that will be updating every month with new examples - you can visit it on Art Banners part - please dont forget to read the rules! And here is a new watercolor - you can purchase the print by clicking on the icon below.

First of all I am happy to let you know that new tutorial was added to the Tutorials part of our website - this time it is about monochrome watercolor. Four new paintings has been added to gallery as well and prints now availiable in our art shop - just click on the icon to purchase.

I am truly happy and so surprised about this book arrival. It is GORGEOUS book full with amazing illustrations from many talented artists and I am happy to be there with 14 of my images. Huge thank you going to David Riche and Myrea Pettit for their care and guidance!

Please visit my Publications page for more info and details!

And another day full of wonderful surprises. I just received my copies of the "Visions of Atlantis" book published by Ellen Million Graphics (you can visit her website by simply clicking on her name) and you can read about this publication on my Publications part of the website - just click on the picture below :)

Wonderful news! "500 Fairy Motifs" has been released this week to stores - so if you didnt had a chance yet to order your copy - please do it here! You can simply click on the icon to go to the Amazon for order.

And if you thought that it was all - you mistaken :) I finally have a chance to announce about my two new SOLO books that will be published in late 2006. One of them is a solo art book "333 fantasy worlds" and another one is "Sammi Adventures" featuring my funny samoyed character. Please remember that by subscribing to my newsletter - you will be always first to know about all the updates and releases!

I am happy to tel you that preorder for "Essense of the Goddess Calendar 2006" is now availiable in our art-shop! Calendar will be including:

- Numerology Overview 2006.
- The Moon for Magickal Workings: in Elements, in Astrology Signs, Monthly Ritual suggestions.
- Candle Magick Color associations.
- Lunar Phases - good times for specific rituals.
-Celtic Tree Astrology
- Elements for Natural magic.

Simply click on the icon to order - please notice that ammount is VERY limited - so hurry up!

All files for Calendar 2006 finally transferred so hopefully preorder link will be soon availiable in my art shop - I will be of course posting about it in the news. I finally had a chance to finish my next Katy painting - this one is a Halloween themed. Couple of ACEOs were placed on auction so you can purchase prints or ACEO originals by simply clicking on the icons below.

Halloween is coming closer :) falling autumn leaves are bringing exactly the right mood for the new themed painting. I hope you like it. There is also one new ACEO card on auction - you can go there by simply clicking on the icon.

I am busy with several comissions in the same time, calendar project and many other things....it seems like if things are coming they are coming in packages! LOL You can see sketches in my sketch gallery and there is also of course new watercolor and several ACEO cards on ebay auction, take a look!

I finally have some chance to update my news. There are two new paintings has been added to my watercolor gallery - one of them is availiable as prints and another one is availiable through my art shop - just click on the icons to go there. There is also BUNCHES of new ACEO cards - take a look if you like them :)

Two new paintings has been finished and now availiable as prints. You can still be lucky to purchase an original of the "Slippery when wet" from our art shop. And if you would like to see a new watercolor tutorial just click on the Tutorials section of our website.

You may already noticed that my website was updated with two new buttons - Tutorials and Publications. You can click on each of them to see what is new. Both of them will be updated almost daily so dont forget to come back to check it.

There is also three new ACEO cards on auction - hurry up if you are interested - I was definately in a Fairy tale mood :).

First of all I am happy to announce that my art will be cover art for the "Dream Weaver" magazine at September/October issue - you will be also able to read interview with me there. I also have been requested by "Moon Shadows" magazine for the new art for their next issue :) so it is definately a happy news that I will be writing about more specifically later. For now - new acrylic comission that you are able to purchase as a prints and ACEO cards in our art shop and 3 new ACEO cards on auction. Hurry up :)

I was so busy with my comissions that I forgot to update my news! But finally they are finished and I can share them with you :) You can click on the icons of the comissions to see a bigger version or on icon of the new painting to purchase the print.

Four Victorian angels are finally finished and they truly looks so beautiful together. Now you can also order Notecards with enlightening quotes and Set of 4 mini prints with these angels in our art shop, or you can visit our Ebay auctions and see if they are still availiable there as originals by clicking on this icon:

There are many new paintings including finished comission portriat added to the gallery. You can purchase the prints by clicking on the icons of the paintings. I also starting with a new and very beautiful series of Victorian Angels and you can already see a two of them in a sketch version.