Hasta La Ideas

When we first got our hands on these Deckle and Hide candles, we fell in love with the amazing scent it filled the studio with. (Everyone who entered told us it smelt like a spa!) Originally it was just for our smelling pleasure but then we realised even people from the other stores in the street wanted to get their hands on the candles so we decided to start selling them in the Bloesem shop too! We wanted to share the wondrous smells with everyone and so far the candles have been a hit. 

Besides their lovely candles, Deckle and Hide also carries a range of locally (in Australia) hand crafted leather goods. Many of their products are made-to-order. (Saw a beautiful back pack they made specially for a customer on their instagram!)

Very much inspired by the natural concept behind Deckle and Hide's products, we went back to nature with this shoot! And Zara did an amazing job styling and photographing the Deckle and Hide collection. I'm so blessed to have her in my team!

Their leather goods are made from full grain, vegetable tanned bovine hide and kangaroo leather laced detailing for strength and durability. Then they are conditioned with natural oil and finished with beeswax. The leather develops its own unique, aged patina through use as they are not dyed.

Other than their stress-relieving scent, they are made from 100% natural ingredients! Anne and Luke first realised that burning many candles you see in stores could be detrimental to health because of all the toxic chemical in them so they decided they come up with their own line of 100% botanical candles that they would be able to enjoy without causing any harm to the little ones in the family. 

Photography and Styling by Zara S.

.. Deckle and Hide

In 2012 we saw the colorful interiors of Hellen van Berkel’s home, today she is back, with more of her beautiful heart made prints and scarves. Though she worked for Esprit for a many years, Hellen has always made scarves, treating each design as it were a painting. Coming out with a collection biannually, Hellen believes in quality over quantity and hope that others agree with her, that it’s better to buy one nice thing that lasts a long time, rather than buying many that won’t stand the test of time. To create the best products, she looks for the best quality materials and production methods all around the world.

Lately, Hellen has been working on some very special scarves she made for the Rijksmuseum, that have just been released for sale! 

Other than the scarves you see in her shop, Hellen also makes unique pieces for customers, like scarves made of wool embroidery on one side and silk on the other, and even pillows!

Interior images by Marjon Hoogervorst 
All other images by Hellen van Berkel

.. Hellen van Berkel
.. Shop the collection

{1. Maximilien et Ludo Mug 2. Paris Tray 3. clown mugs 4. Boom le clown and flower tea towels 5. Paris map 6. Paris mug}

This half Uk half French site, brings the best of both cultures in their products. With Julie creating the designs and Simon running the business aspects of Famille Summerbelle, they have created a great site for interior design and decoration. 

We love the colorful and bold prints they offer. The bright blues, yellows and reds from their kitchen line would make any kitchen immediately more exciting … aren't we all guilty of being "too safe" sometimes… buying things that can "go with everything". But Famille Summerbelle will help us be more adventurous and step out of the box!

Starting today Friday 29th november until monday 2nd December you can enjoy a 25% off everything on their site!!

ps. All the products come beautifully wrapped and the tea towels and cushions are packed in a new Famille Summerbelle custom made foldable box.

.. Famille Summerbelle

Since she started selling her work online in 2009, Anna See has been inspired to curate a selection that we now see on her new site. Of the wonderful selection, we have to commend Anna on the amazing pieces she has done herself!

Yes apart from curating pieces by guests artists, Anna herself is a talented artist and her shop features her very own artwork of hand-pulled linocut oil paint and ink prints of nature and fashion, birds as well as colorful hand drawn illustrations and digital prints. What a variety to choose from!

Bookmark this site, because whether its all natural soaps for mom, or Anna's very own illustrated art prints for a friend, a great place to shop for a gift this holiday season and use the following promo code when checking out to get 20% OFF all orders for Bloesem readers: BLOESEM20

.. Anna See 

{1. What I Love About You By Me Book: here 2. Shower Squids: here 3. Crumpled city maps: here 4. Kinetic Sand: here 5. Driftwood iphone charging dock: here 6. On This Day Perpetual Calendar: here}

UncommonGoods is just the site you need for this time of year. It has come to rescue you from the headache of present shopping! From its name, you know it's going to offer some pretty out there kind of stuff and you are right. We love this site because it's not what you would expect, and has some pretty interesting out of the box products that would make great gifts and get us in the mood for Christmas shopping. We had a great time going through the site just looking at what they have to offer! So many fun gift ideas!

This product isn't something we usually see so we were immediately intrigued. This squid actually makes for a really fun and useful present. It lets you hang all your shower products from the shower head in the bathroom so you don't have to have a shelve to place them on, and you can just squeeze the products right out without removing the bottles from the squid. 

It's even great for travel, like if you were on a road trip and have to move from place to place, it's handy to just hang in the bathroom and just detach when you leave.

I would love to get this as a gift for the annual christmas gift exchange! I know whoever gets it is going to love it and it's definitely a conversation starter.

Hope this is helpful for anyone who is having trouble deciding what to get your friends and loved ones for this holiday season. Happy shopping!  We shared our favorite products, now you guys tell us which products you guys liked 🙂

 .. UncommonGoods