Bloesem

Stephanie Levy

Stephanie Levy emailed me last week about an interview she had done with Heather Moore from SkinnyLaminx on her blog, which was a pleasure to read, but it was also a reminder for me about her great art work. Stephanie is a native of Memphis, Tennessee, who has been living in Munich, Germany nowadays. You can find her work at the PoppyHandmade Market this month and also at her etsy shop.
{ps. next on Thursday there will be a regular Weekly Gallery and tomorrow I'm going to show you a greatcrafty spot I discovered here in Kuala Lumpur}

OliveBrown

I don't write about fashion accessories very often but today i like to show you this beautiful hand knitted bag made from hemp by Tracy Hachler from OliveBrown, I often visit her stylish blog SimplyOlive  and here i also found these great felt coasters, made from felted thrift store wool sweaters, they are gray with sprout green top stitching on 1 side, and gray top stitching on the reverse and you can buy them right here...

Lime

I was just writing a post on B:Kids about Olli&Lime, a very nice design studio from the UK selling bedroom furnishings for kids...on Karin and Andy's blog I found an image of a new kitchen in their house...and thought I share it with you...the fresh lime, or I would call it apple green and the concrete counter top really looks very beautiful in my opinion...{ps. aircon still isn't working, so I moved my desk and computer to our bedroom, which will make my husband very happy tonight..???}

hot hot hot

...my computer is protesting and I understand, since yesterday the aircon is not working anymore in my room and with the sun on our windows i believe it's more than 35 degrees C in here...so guys i have to wait until somebody comes and fix this today...so no more posts today, but I'm confident I will be back tomorrow..hope to see you then, thanks! :: irene ::

Amy Hunting

I'm in love...with a chair, yes with this patchwork chair by London based furniture designer Amy Hunting ...the chair is part of Amy's Patchwork series consisting of  a chair, a book box and a series of 12 lamps...and what makes the series even more beautiful is that it's entirely made out of  wood waste and off-cuts collected from factories in Denmark. I have no idea where ou can buy the series, but I'm going to send Amy an email and ask her for some more information...{found via Wannekes}

Ingrid Anderson

While visiting one of my favorite blogs from down-under, StudioCreative, I found these very beautiful pillows by New Zealand designer Ingrid Anderson. Her products include a range of homeware and bed linen and everything is made in New Zealand, with a great focus on quality..i believe some of the prints are based on Kiwi or Māori patterns...

Junecraft

Just a really nice pillow and some great gocco prints to start this new week with from JuneCraft from Chicago...I'm currently working on some projects which I have to finish but tomorrow I will be back with lot's of nice finds about crafting, handmade, arts and more...{ps. this is Junecrafts blog}

back to the future...

...so many features, ideas, furniture and assecoiries are coming back from the fifties, sixties and seventies in our homes, so I thought I share some images with you I found in some vintage dutch magazines...

::Click here to see all the images::
... wish you a nice weekend! My husband and I are going on a secondhand furnitue hunt today here in Kuala Lumpur, not easy, but they say there are a couple of stores were we should be able to find some nice ones.

d.lab™ from Singapore

When Charlene wrote a fantastic report for us about Singapore I suddenly remembered some images I had seen in the wallpaper about some very talented designers from Singapore ... d.lab™ is part of the Design Incubation Centre, which is the National University of Singapore....and during the Maison et Objet in Paris this group presented their first collection – Objects Around the Tablescape - and they are stunning! A round bowl with a teak case, some gorgeous plates, which you can layer on top of each other  and 'Idea of a Vase'...a set of 10 vase shaped blocks in a frame...looks like a puzzle of vases...as I could read from the article, prices are a bit out of my range, but would you like to get some information, just send and email to d.lab™.

{tomorrow Bloesem is going :: Back to the Future ::}

2Modern

On my search for new bedding I also stopped by 2Modern and found these amazing sheets and pillows from Inhabitat. I think the white with brown stipes will fit perfectly in our bedroom, because I want to keep it simple but not too plain.

and speaking of 2Modern...i want to give a little bit extra attention to this great shop, because not only can you buy some of my favorite items, like the Panthella from Louis Poulsen for very very reasonable prices...I also think owner and founder Greg should get a 'thank you', because he was one of the first who really helped and sponsored Bloesem and makes it possible for me to spend so much time in spreading the word for many artists, crafters and designers...