Tomorrow my mom and I will start decorating for Christmas… and these beautiful images from Stylecookie gave us some nice ideas. Sanne and Anke were inspired by 'balls' in all sorts and colors…
Why am I showing you this image…well it sort of shows in what state I have been in the week before Christmas….totally unprepared 🙂 …last week my two boys were sick, I had a photo-shoot in our home for a lovely Dutch magazine, who invited me to feature in of their next year's isues, quite an honor of course… super happy…then I came down with some sort of virus… high fever and up and about all night (slowly recovering now, high on panadol…)… on top of that I got suddenly incredibly homesick (we've been on the move for years and years…)… longing for a cold and white Christmas in the Netherlands, but most importantly very much missing my mom… so I decided that my Christmas gift to my mom and stepdad would be to invite them over to KL last minute (very last minute actually…) to spend the holidays with us in Malaysia… they arrived yesterday morning (leaving behind the mini-ice age in Europe…)… and nothing is more wonderful of course than spending Christmas with your family and being nursed by your own mom when you're sick…. so I guess this is a longwinded way of saying I am feeling a little bit guilty for leaving you and my dear B:Kids readers 'un-posted' for almost an entire week… but I guess that is what a personal blog is all about…you never know what the next day will bring … wishing you and your families a very Merry Christmas!
a beautiful Christmas table from Esther aka Esthex…
super cute Christmas tags for bracelets by a little hamster…
free down-loadable gift tags over at Style-Cookie…
Marjon Hoogervorst made this picture of a Taped painting by Yvonne Kroeze at the Frozen Fountain.
Christmas in a Melbourne apartment …Joanna from three and a view…
*Guest post by Marieke van Proosdij aka pimpelwit styling
I just love to experiment, besides the usual christmas tree, with different materials. With tape you get the most great effects on your wall. And Christmas is the time where candlelight is a must. I taught of a lot of little lights in different colors which gives you an extra happy and colorful feeling
The greatest thing for me with christmas is that I can invite a lot of people. For the cooking I will ask someone else but the decoration for the table setting I will be working on the whole day. For example these glasses with a name tag, so everyone find his place at the table..
Thank you and we wish you a Merry Christmas Marieke.
I don't know about you but I'm so ready for a Holiday Vacation…although we are staying home I just want to sit down and REST…perhaps having had two sick boys for the last week didn't help to feel very enegized, but I'm super looking forward to the coming weekend, my parents will arrive on Wednesday and my Mom and I will cook a nice Christmas diner …well she will to be honest 🙂 today some more picks from Bloesem visitors…I will be posting during the coming week, already prepared some nice things for you!
Home Styling for Christmas at VosgesParis in Amsterdam…
How cute and sweet are these decorations by Tomoko Hori, who told me that this gingerbread house is her dream house 🙂 …
Bright red decoration from Caroline de Winter (Belgium) at Carrie Can…
and another white Christmas tree from Wikkie in Breda, the Netherlands…
and Rikke said: 'Love from snowing Denmark'… visit her beautiful blog here…
I love how you keep sending me images of the Christmas feel at your own homes! Don't you agree that the Deer Decoration from Wendy at Beeldsteil (Netherlands) is just fabulous!
A Christmas light chandelier, vintage look, at Marieke's home in the Netherlands…
Maike's cute little tree and decoration in the Netherlands…
Kacey's Homemade wreath in Australia and a little white paper tree from Andreia in ?
And another homemade wreath in Australia this time from Pru…
Love this glitter tree from Susan (USA) …have Fun in Germany lovely Lady!
A wall tree by Clara Vis and origami Christmas decorations from Petra (both from the Netherlands)
Can this little bambi come home with me…thanks Wendy for sending your images.
A Christmas 'branch' in France from Benedicte at Galiment…
A special Christmas candle holder from Julie Hendriks in the Netherlands…
A special 'hanging tree' from Indre in Germany…
a tree in Vancouver from Seddy, her boyfriend and the cat…
Liesbet (Netherlands) and her daughter made all the Christmas decorations and cards together,great idea this wallpaper tree…
Miriam will be celebrating Christmas and Hanukkah in her East London home…
Hydi from the Netherlands will be celebrating Christmas in Africa…
and again more beautiful Christmas images tomorrow…and perhaps I will 'dare' to show our tree too 🙂 x
Advent candles and grandmom's embroidered table cloth from Lisen (?) at Thy Golden Time…
a dining-room in Amsterdam from Iris (Netherlands) at Irideen
the three images above are from Anki Wijnen (Netherlands) at Zilverblauw…
from Melanie Blodgett at You are my Fave…
Left image is from Emma (Sweden) at Emmas and right pic is from Anna (USA) at Anna Tovar…
More images tomorrow!!
Next week is the final week I will be showing Christmas trees and decorations from you, the Bloesem Readers…if you would like to send your tree too then do it now...or after the weekend 🙂 …could be fun!
I'm have started making some homemade ornaments for our (we still have to buy) Christmas tree … some of them I will not be hanging in our own tree but will be sent to the grandmothers who live far away from us … the idea to make them came from this fun Ornament tutorial on BloesemKids that Helen has contributed.
While browsing online my eye fell on these handmade Ornament number 1 & 3 that Abbey made for her 20 in 20 challenge…
…and I Love this idea from Arounna to organize an ornament group show, opening this Saturday december 11th from 2-5pm at the Bookhou shop in Toronto, please say hi to Arounna from me if you see her!
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