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b>tags | ..Let's Get Personal
Dear Bloesem,
3 years...Happy Birthday Bloesem… time to get personal!
I promised myself not to be too sentimental about Bloesem’s 3rd anniversary… seems I simply cannot help myself though… not that 3 years is a magic number to me but somehow this anniversary feels very different (I will try to further explain below… bear with me…)… so, here I am, very happy, proud and grateful for everything that happened since this first “welcome” to Bloesem post on 17 December 2006… blogfriends, magazines, newspapers and sponsors… and thankful to so many readers who find Bloesem a place worth visiting every day... I cannot express in words how much it means to me… Bloesem is so much a part of me… I guess Bloesem is just the perfect way for me to (sensibly) express my own feelings about things I love and touch me deeply… positive things that is, Bloesem ignores negativity, yep… quite convenient perhaps but blogging to me is about sharing positivity, in this case expressed in design… and believe me, I am normally not that well organized putting my feelings into words… basically, tears first, reason later…
Bloesem is also about sharing my honest feelings with you, my readers and sponsors… giving artists the exposure they deserve and helping starting entrepreneurs market their businesses…. if you ask me what defines Bloesem, I believe Bloesem is an open book, nothing to hide, good or bad…. no grey areas… whatever you think of Bloesem… I believe Bloesem is always about something… and that also defines me as a person… at least that is what I ‘d like to think…
Still a piece missing on Bloesem… not quite sure what 2010 has in store for Bloesem… inevitably Bloesem will change as I have changed over the last 3 years… something to do with giving more depth to the things I do… more challenging, less conventional perhaps…?
So what better way to test these ideas with some fellow Dutchmen and women… Dutch Designers… actually, they are in a league of their own, or so they think…(we’ll be the judge of that J…)… these Dutch designers don’t get excited easily… nor do they feel easily offended… quite cool-headed and talented actually, not easy to impress or get a foot in the door (especially not in their personal lives and homes…)… getting their attention might prove a challenge… and this is exactly where Bloesem would like to go… getting a bit more personal….not only showing their work to you, their designs, but rather only showing the work when we know a bit more about the person behind the work.
To give this idea a jump-start I invited a whole bunch of well-known Dutch designers, most of them I have already written about in the past, to share with us some snapshots of their homes, what they like to surround themselves with. I also asked them to finish a short interview, just some keywords and their thoughts and so you wonder, did they open up or were they holding back? … I am sad to say most…but not all did hold back at least a little (some who held back completely I simply will not post… how is that for unconventional…), to be fair, a selected few really opened their doors and for that I am truly grateful… and I hope you will welcome them with open arms, write about them, show their work on your blogs… as these designers understand how blogging connects all of us …
2010 …blogging…getting more personal is this where Bloesem is going? I hope so…here is a start…my background being Dutch…going Dutch…the Dutch getting personal…Let’s Get Personal…tomorrow two Dutch designers are opening their homes hope to see you then! And YES I will get more personal too, starting with some images of our own new home in Kuala Lumpur during the next few weeks…{ps. I would love to hear your thoughts, Like Holly was saying : Talk it out!}
Love, irene xoxo
3 years...Happy Birthday Bloesem… time to get personal!
I promised myself not to be too sentimental about Bloesem’s 3rd anniversary… seems I simply cannot help myself though… not that 3 years is a magic number to me but somehow this anniversary feels very different (I will try to further explain below… bear with me…)… so, here I am, very happy, proud and grateful for everything that happened since this first “welcome” to Bloesem post on 17 December 2006… blogfriends, magazines, newspapers and sponsors… and thankful to so many readers who find Bloesem a place worth visiting every day... I cannot express in words how much it means to me… Bloesem is so much a part of me… I guess Bloesem is just the perfect way for me to (sensibly) express my own feelings about things I love and touch me deeply… positive things that is, Bloesem ignores negativity, yep… quite convenient perhaps but blogging to me is about sharing positivity, in this case expressed in design… and believe me, I am normally not that well organized putting my feelings into words… basically, tears first, reason later…
Bloesem is also about sharing my honest feelings with you, my readers and sponsors… giving artists the exposure they deserve and helping starting entrepreneurs market their businesses…. if you ask me what defines Bloesem, I believe Bloesem is an open book, nothing to hide, good or bad…. no grey areas… whatever you think of Bloesem… I believe Bloesem is always about something… and that also defines me as a person… at least that is what I ‘d like to think…
Still a piece missing on Bloesem… not quite sure what 2010 has in store for Bloesem… inevitably Bloesem will change as I have changed over the last 3 years… something to do with giving more depth to the things I do… more challenging, less conventional perhaps…?
So what better way to test these ideas with some fellow Dutchmen and women… Dutch Designers… actually, they are in a league of their own, or so they think…(we’ll be the judge of that J…)… these Dutch designers don’t get excited easily… nor do they feel easily offended… quite cool-headed and talented actually, not easy to impress or get a foot in the door (especially not in their personal lives and homes…)… getting their attention might prove a challenge… and this is exactly where Bloesem would like to go… getting a bit more personal….not only showing their work to you, their designs, but rather only showing the work when we know a bit more about the person behind the work.
To give this idea a jump-start I invited a whole bunch of well-known Dutch designers, most of them I have already written about in the past, to share with us some snapshots of their homes, what they like to surround themselves with. I also asked them to finish a short interview, just some keywords and their thoughts and so you wonder, did they open up or were they holding back? … I am sad to say most…but not all did hold back at least a little (some who held back completely I simply will not post… how is that for unconventional…), to be fair, a selected few really opened their doors and for that I am truly grateful… and I hope you will welcome them with open arms, write about them, show their work on your blogs… as these designers understand how blogging connects all of us …
2010 …blogging…getting more personal is this where Bloesem is going? I hope so…here is a start…my background being Dutch…going Dutch…the Dutch getting personal…Let’s Get Personal…tomorrow two Dutch designers are opening their homes hope to see you then! And YES I will get more personal too, starting with some images of our own new home in Kuala Lumpur during the next few weeks…{ps. I would love to hear your thoughts, Like Holly was saying : Talk it out!}
Love, irene xoxo
What a darling blog you have here. I just stumbled on bloesem and I really like it. It's uplifting and easy. No pretenses or clout. Just honest and open. I hope 2010 is everything you're hoping for and more. Thanks for the time you spend to keep this up and running.
Posted by: Pool Tables | 08/21/2010 at 02:57 AM
Congratulations!!
gefeliciteerd en ben benieuwd naar bloesem in 2010!
Posted by: Rins | 12/18/2009 at 03:09 AM
Happy birthday Bloesem and thank you for all those beautiful things irene
Posted by: Lily | 12/16/2009 at 05:40 PM
Gefeliciteerd! Bedankt voor alle inspiratie!
Posted by: silvitanova | 12/15/2009 at 06:47 AM
lieve irene,
alweer 3 jaar geleden, ik kan me de start van bloesem nog goed herinneren. ik bewonder dat je continu weer nieuwe ideeen hebt en die ook uitprobeert! liefs petra
Posted by: petra | 12/11/2009 at 04:09 AM
Congratulations! I cannot wait to see what 2010 brings! I love your blog just the way it is, but can only imagine that good things to come!
Posted by: Annie May | 12/10/2009 at 07:14 AM
Happy blog birthday to you! Always such a treat to see the lovely things you've found, and I'm really enjoying these "personal" home peeks you've been sharing. Thanks for all your support over the years too.
xx
Posted by: Heather Moore | 12/09/2009 at 10:30 PM
Congrats on such an incredible site and culture that you have created Irene!! I remember writing to you soon after I started SHC for a bit of friendly advice and you were unbeleivably supportive, giving me a massive boost of courage to stay on the track I was on.
Cna't wait to see how Bloesem continues to develop!
Cheers and big pat on the back
Julia
Posted by: Julia | 12/09/2009 at 04:56 PM
Hoi Irene, drie jar al! En nog altijd nieuwe, goede ideeen! Daar kunnen nog makkelijk een paar jaartjes bij ;))
Posted by: diana | 12/09/2009 at 06:03 AM
Happy anniversary, Irene. I've been a faithful reader for quite some time now. Love your blog. Looking forward to reading more about, well, anything you come up with, really.
Nicole
http://babongohome.etsy.com
Posted by: D | 12/08/2009 at 09:58 PM
Happy Birthday and Congratulations!
Posted by: Jena | 12/08/2009 at 04:36 PM
three years - wow time flies - you always have a special touch and I am sure this new direction will be exciting and wonderful.
all the best xoxo
Posted by: arounna | 12/08/2009 at 02:01 PM
Happy Blogbirthday Bloesem and Irene! My son Teo is turning 2 on the 13th, so lets say almost sharing the week at least if not the day. Thank you for your great blog, time and enthusiasm! Will put some marzipan figure for your blog on the birthday table!
Posted by: reka | 12/08/2009 at 05:03 AM
Merci à VOUS !!!! you give us inspiration when we lost it, you give us poetry when the day is all grey and you give me le courage de créer mon blog !!!! Thanks and congratulation. Longue vie à Bloesem...!
Posted by: IdleDoll | 12/08/2009 at 04:39 AM
Congratulations! I look forward to getting even more inspired.
Posted by: nathalie | 12/08/2009 at 04:30 AM
Congratulations! I think it's very brave of you, trying to get more personal in blogging and I look forward to reading more about design, designers and you!
Posted by: Anne | 12/08/2009 at 01:59 AM
congratulations for your work and for the 3 years of bloessem. your positivity is very well reflected in your work and it's been inspiring following your work. have a great 2010 and this project with the German designers sounds very interesting! keep on brightening our days!
Posted by: sandra | 12/08/2009 at 01:07 AM
Vind het een super idee!
corinnexxx
www.delisphotography.nl
Posted by: corinne delis | 12/08/2009 at 12:33 AM
Happy Blogiversary Irene! It has been wonderful following you through the past years - and we are proud to be sponsors of your thoughtful, well put together beuatiful site...
we wish you many many more years and growing with you!
xo
susan
Posted by: susan | 12/07/2009 at 11:41 PM