Christmas at Beeldsteil

So delighted to receive these photos taken by Wendy of the Dutch design blog, Beeldsteil, in her own home ... Wendy is showing us how she is decorating for the festivities this year... so let's start this Christmas week with this!

We love the subtlety of the decorations and ornaments. They fit so nicely in with the rest of her home's interior. Truly insipred by the Nordic countries ... and the current black and white themes we see flowing aroung the web ... we believe Wendy had added the exact amount of joy and cheer a home could even have all year round! hahahah ... 

A 180 degree flip from the va-va-voom out there kind of green, red and gold decorations we see so often. It's always inspiring to see the different themes and colors used in everyone's homes. You love some you hate some, and if you are lucky you find the one perfect for your style and your home!

For more on lifestyle, interior design and photography with a scandinavian touch, check out Beeldsteil.

What colors will be your Christmas decorations this year? 

(more pics after the break) 

  

 

 

All images by Wendy van Woudenberg

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Merry Christmas

 

Dear readers, a Very Merry Christmas to all of you.. here are just some words to end this year on Bloesem..

It certainly has been a turbulent year for me personally.. having experienced the loss of my dad.. but it also has been a great year to look back to. There are many reasons to be grateful and celebrate Christmas.. my two beautiful sons, who are often unbelievably naughty, too energetic at times and without a doubt the most challenging and rewarding job in the world ... kids really do make life worth living.. nothing compares to their cuddles, smiles and funny words..

And celebrating that my husband and I have been together for almost 20 years..

and having my mom and step-dad over in sunny, but very Christmassy, KL..!

Celebrating my two Bloesem blogs and all my on “the-side-craft-projects”...some of which I am sure are unlikely to be any cause of celebration when they are finished.. and while now and again I feel like giving it all a break.. and do something completely different with my life.. I simply love my work or should I say Bloesem too much that the thought of changing course always quickly fades away..

So it must be you ... my dear readers, the people I work with and the people I meet online and in person through Bloesem that give me so much energy and passion for this work.. and I would like to thank you for that..

I look forward to being back online in the beginning of January and thank you all for supporting Bloesem during the past year and I hope to see you next year! Hap
py Holidays!
  - Irene xoxo  -

            

Thank you Tiffany King for being a Bloesem contributor and welcome to Sufiya and our new Facebook Fan Page. We have big plans for 2013 and can't wait to share it with all of you, one of it is that we will be launching a new site in March. Very excited!

A thank you to Marjon and Sandra for contributing in our Designer's Profile column ... just a collage above from all the wonderful homes they visited for us.

Thank you to all our sponsors and our two craft contributors on B:Kids, Veronique and Meta.

BloesemWears ... and thank you to those of you who had put in your orders with us.

Let's do it again next year!

And last but certainly not least for all of you who still have some wrapping to do today and in need of some paper ... why not download our paper designed by Jessica Nielsen for free and stay in the Bloesem's spirit.

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a little bit more inspiration just for the weekend to start

Hope you didn't miss these two posts last week on Bloesem Kids...  Sweets for Christmas ... AND a Chalkboard Christmas ...    

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DIY wooden fridge magnets

Have a Holly Jolly Christmas...with a little glitter and sparkle. These shapes might look familiar to you, we used simple Ikea cookie cutters. It was a little tricky cutting the ply wood. But we managed to create these simple magnets. Last minute decision to not paint over the wood, we love it's natural color and a little gold.

A tip or two...

*The type of wood we got is soft and light. Perfect for cutting and making small magnets.

*Not advisable to do with children, but decorating it once its cut is something fun they can enjoy.

*Sand paper the sides if you want a smooth finish.

*That is all... so easy and looks good too.

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Pinterest: Stars for the Holidays

{1. Cookie Stars  2. Paper Stars 3. Paper Ornament 4. Magnet Stars 5. White Ceramic  6. Star Ornament}

We love holiday stars! And we are overloading you with Christmas Christmas and Chrismas before the week ends. I hope it will look as good when I try making them myself especially those cookie stars. Did you get to see our food post on Bkids. You must! Most of them are DIY projects so click on their links and see how easy to create beautiful stars like these. We can try them together.

 

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Pinterest Holiday Season favorites

{1. In Haus Press Holiday Cards  2. Day Home Birger Ornaments  3. Collage Tree  4. Chalkboard Packaging  5. Modern Geo Christmas  6. DIY Advent Printable }

Stepping out of the North Pole for a contemporary Christmas, and we love every single one of these ideas. What do you think? Black and white holiday cards never looked better and personalize your wrapping paper with handwritten notes and drawings. There's more favourites on our pinterest page and we are still pinning. So hop on over to our Holiday Inspiration Pinterest Board.