Today’s the day!  I’m excited to introduce you to the very first creative talents that are otherwise known as: our first sponsors on Making This Home!  I’ve enjoyed getting to know these inspiring women, and I hope you do, too.  (If you are interested in becoming a sponsor yourself, I’d love to welcome you.  Please visit this page for more information.)

Now are you ready for some beautiful inspiration?  Let’s go…

Our first sponsor is Robin Norgren, an American artist over at Well of Creations.  Her family just spent 6 months in Germany while her husband was stationed there with the Navy. She told me, “We lived in an 800 square foot basement while we were there and my daughter and I had to learn very quickly to adapt to a new place which included the shock of moving from sunny Arizona into the dead of winter. Needless to say, color and economy of size were KEY when is came to brightening our home.”  Swing by her blog or twitter to get the latest on Robin’s bright and beautiful work and expat discoveries, too.

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Joyefulart is an eclectic shop full of artistic surprises by Joye, an artist of over 20 years.  These paintings, colors, and creative flair have inspired Joye to develop all sorts of beautiful things: an upcoming jewelry line, limited edition giclee prints of paintings and photos, award winning vegetarian recipes soon to be compiled into a vegetarian comfort food cookbook, and fabric art one of a kind creations. This month Joye is featuring a giclee of an oil seascape called “Sailing Home”.  It’s painted from a photograph of a Jersey Shore scene after a hurricane – quite relevant to today’s happenings of Hurricane Earl.  Visit Joye’s beautiful, beautiful online art gallery and catch her on twitter.

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The Borrowed Abode is the story and blog of a not-so-plain girl named Jane, her boyfriend, and their two cats and two dogs.  They’re incredibly busy making their rented house a personalized home. Whether Jane’s busy creating landlord-friendly décor solutions, organizing a closet, refashioning old clothes, or building her own furniture, I think she’s having a blast sharing her adventures in DIYing. And she’s doing it all while trying to make the world a better place, through simplifying, upcycling, and shopping for fair trade goods.  Check out her bedroom progress and her friendly tweets.