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20 posts from May 2009

28
May

#341

Skinnylaminx_kids
Everybody in blogland knows that I'm a big fan of Heather Moore aka Skinny Laminx's prints, textiles and fabrics ... and of course she makes me extremely happy when sending me a t-shirt like this (bottom-left corner) for my my little baby boy Kiet ... he will look even more adorable or should I say fab in this monster shirt then he already is ... the shirts are not available via Heather's etsy shop but online over at the fantastic LittleBig shop.

..Skinny Laminx T-shirts online at  LittleBig Shop..
..Skinny laminx blog..
..Skinny Laminx online shop..

27
May

#339

Handmadecharlotte
Aren't these not the most adorable shorties you have ever seen ... Handmade Charlotte ... is the 'handmade' label from Rachel Faucett, a mom of five children, yes I know we definitely have to invite Rachel for the Mom-stories and tell us how it is to raise five children and create such beautiful clothing and find time to write/update a truly beautiful blog! ps. thank you so much Rachel for sending the gorgeous fortune cookie shorties in the right corner!

..Handmade Charlotte online shop..
..Handmade Charlotte blog..

giveaway today from penguin and fish

b>tags | ..WinOnWednesday

WiW_penguin
What can you win :: 2 fantastic embroidery patterns of your choice (pdf files will be emailed to the winner)
What do you have to do :: leave a comment and any ideas on what animals Alyssa should do for any of the remaining letters are very welcome ...
Winner will be announced :: Wednesday June 3 and notified via email


Today you can win 2 super gorgeous embroidery patterns made by Alyssa Thomas from penguin and fish ... Alyssa almost finished the whole alphabet with original animal illustrations that you can embroider on sleepig bags, t-shirts, wall canvasses etc. I think they are awesome ... and love Lode's Lion and can't wait for Kiet's perhaps kangaroo ...

Alyssa also offers a 'buy any pattern' and 'get one pattern for free' for all you B:Kids readers until Tuesday June second next week...just type in "BloesemKids" and write down the second pattern you would like to receive into the "Message to Seller" box in the checkout ... such a nice offer, thanks Alyssa!

..penguin and fish..
..penguin and fish blog..

Last weeks winner from the SHirin Kids giveaway is Cheryl White!

Important message: as of tomorrow I will only have sporadic access to the internet ... therefore responding to your emails will start on Wednesday June 3 again ...thanks for your patience ...of course the posting will keep continuing, so hope to see you back this week.

25
May

#338

b>tags | ..music

Lorihenriques

Since Kiet's birth we are often listening to the very nice piano music by Lori Henriques, a musician (and teacher) from L.A. who recently launched her first printed album "Lullaby Piano" ... and Kiet loves it, it makes him sleepy and I strongly believe that this kind of music is very good for babies. Together with her brother, the artist and painter Joel Henriques, Lori designed the beautiful cover of the cd ... they used one of her grandmother's paintings for the patterns behind the shapes ... the cd is available via I-tunes or visit Lori's website for more order information... enjoy the music and thank you Lori!

..Lori Henriques..
..Lullaby Piano..

#337

b>tags | ..great toys

Joelhenriques

Today I'm posting about two family members from the US, Joel and Lori Henriques (see post above) ... both very artistic and talented. I have written about Joel's artwork before on Bloesem and I was again amazed by his new creative adventure ... beautiful wooden toys ... Joel doesn't have enough supply yet o start up an online shop but you can most certainly email him for more information if you are interested in buying something from this beautiful collection ...

..joel little website..

..contact Joel Henriques..

http://homepage.mac.com/jch200/joellittle/index.html

24
May

New Column :: Mom stories ::

b>tags | ..Mom stories

Momstory_rosalie
Yes, today is the launch of my new column, which I'm very passionate about, because I believe the most brilliant thing about the internet and blogging is that we can make our world so much smaller by share our stories easily online and it gives us all so much more insight how moms and woman live in different places in the world ... so please meet my dear friend Rosalie ... who also lives in Kuala Lumpur ...
Rosalie 

below are just some of the questions I asked her, would you like to read the whole story then click here ...
..Can you name some specialties from the country where you live now and you and your family really started to love or still don’t like?
To be honest, we don’t eat a lot of local food. There are a lot of choices if you want to eat out. Malay, Indian or Chinese. Indian would be our favorite I think. From the Malay kitchen it would be satay from a wellknown restaurant in Subang.
..What do you think is very different in raising your children in the country where you live now and where you were raised?
I think the difference is that she can spend much more time with me as I don’t have to work here. Back home I would have had at least a part-time job and spend less time with her. It’s really nice for her to live in a country where the weather is nice 365 days a year. She hardly gets sick or needs to wear four layers of clothing which can be so uncomfortable.

Click here for the whole story ...

21
May

..i'm in bed with a terrible cold, so I'm going to leave you with the posts below and wish you a wonderful and slow weekend ... Monday I will bring you my first Mom-Story so I hope to see you back after the weekend ... ps. don't forget to leave a comment for this weeks giveaway ... I'm very excited with the Win on Wednesday feature, becasue it's always nice to give .... irene xx

#336

Mae
Mae ... these definitely are the most original wall stickers for a girls room I have ever seen or could these also be great fun in your own bedroom ... what shall I wear today, a thought that often appears in my head :) ... Brittni from PaperNstitch told me about the lovely work by Mae from Australia ... Mae has designed a very nice collection of wall decalls and I believe there will be some new designs real soon ... very important difference with many other wall stickers is that these are made from fabric instead of vinyl!! They are even washable, which is important when it comes to those precious yet impossibly grubby little ones!

..Mae website..
..Mae at PaperNStitch..

19
May

New Column :: Giveaways every Wednesday

b>tags | ..WinOnWednesday

WiW_Shirin_new

What can you win :: your choice of any item from the 'organic kids line'...
What do you have to do :: leave a comment below before Tuesday May 26 and tell us what you like about SHirin Kids
Winner will be announced :: Wednesday May 27 and notified via email.

Every Wednesday from now on I try to organize a great giveaway for you and today on my husbands birthday SHirin Kids is offering one of you a free shirt their from fabulous organic collection ... Shirin  Roubeni is passionate about designing her own prints. Every one of her pieces is individually hand silkscreened with water based inks which create a soft transparent look. SHirin Kids is an eco-friendly line ...

The lovely people from SHirin Kids also would like to offer all the B:Kids readers a special discount of 20% off from any purchase on SHirin store until the end of June. Just enter :: BLOESEM20 at checkout. But please note that the online store can only process US orders, for international orders, you can simply email the order to orders@shirinnyc.com incl. BLOESEM20 code and SHirin Kids will also be offering you international free shipping ... super!

..SHirin Kids website..

#335

Petitcollage
It has only been a a little while since my last visit to petit collage and suddenly the whole shop is full with wonderful new items...Lorena you have done such a fantastic job expanding your already beautiful collection ... I like everything you have added ... the alphabet posters, the very sweet and educational board books, the fairytale height-chart and the new place mats, bibs and bottles ... wow ... Congratulations and on top of it all, people could see you on the Martha Stewart show , wish I would have been able too ...

..petit collage..
..petit collage shop..
..petit collage blog..

18
May

it's Wiebke from Line+Liv

b>tags | ..open house

Openhousewiebke
Finally a new Open House Tour ... with the birth of Kiet and re-designing BloesemKids I simply hadn't had time to make them, but things are getting back to normal here and the re-design is almost done (hope you like it) so last week I managed to finish this first one out of new series of Open Houses to come ... Wiebke from Germany is the owner and founder of the beautiful online shop Line+Liv and she also runs a fantastic Gallery at home with her husband and today she gives us some insight in her home and family life ... enjoy the inspiration!

..click here for the Open House Tour with Wiebke..

..Line+Liv..

{ps. please come back tomorrow I have a new feature to show you which I'm sure you will love!}

17
May

hiep hiep hoera!

b>tags | ..inspiration

Lodesbirthday
Welcome back ... hope you had a nice weekend? We were in the party-mood because Lode turned 3 yesterday ... yes my little boy is no baby anymore (luckily I have another one:)) ... we celebrated just with the four of us, because last weekend when his grandparents were here he already had a 'small' party with them ... but we did do some nice preparations together for the big 'treat' at school ... No I didn't makes these super fun cupcakes myself, all my friends know that my talents are not with baking and being creative in the kitchen, so we bought these funanimals at my favorite place here in Kuala Lumpur, called Wondermilk!

My husband and I both came to school with Lode this morning to watch him having this very special moment, do you see the exciting and very serious look on his face ... he was so excited and terrified at the same time ...

Lodebirthdayschool 

...Lode and I had much fun together making the party bags ... a big thing here at Lode's school, I'm totally new to this and although I remember from my own childhood how important it was to bring a treat to school I didn't know you also give actual party- or goody bags ... of course my son loves them and sometimes even likes to play 'party-bags' at home ... pretending it's somebodies birthday, like his sheep or panda bear ... I'm not a big fan of giving to much candy, so I decided to fill the bag with some miniature animals, growing insects and these fantastic paper-planes, do you remember them?? Luckily the 'happy' tape from famille Summerbelle arrived last Saturday, so I could use it for the name tags. I wanted to keep it all very simple and fun.

{ps. of course I asked Lode this morning what he wanted to wear on this special day and without any doubt he shouted his cowboy shirt ... and I understand why, it's a really nice t-shirt made by Karen and Joe from the fantastic Misha Lulu brand}

14
May

#334

Pajamasquid
Just before the weekend starts I want to show you some of the fantastic items you can buy over at the Pajama Squid ... to be honest I spend more than one hour in the shop, there are so many things I truly like, here a small selection ::Animal Soft Rattles Details :: Organic Wooden teething hippo toy :: Green Hippo Organic Hooded Towel Details :: the Create-it robots kit :: Stitch-it Dolly Kit ... Have Fun!

..The Pajama Squid ..
..About Tiffany, the owner ..
..The Pajama Squid Blog..

#333

Plush
I love these plush animals from Belgium based design studio Plush:) ... inspired by children an them being so spontaneous at heart the people form Plush:) wanted to start a sparkling new children’s clothing and accessories brand ... and they say: "it’s huggable. It’s cute. It’s raw and somewhat rock’n'roll!"... so I would check-out their in my opinion fantastic website!

..Plush:)..

12
May

Welcome papier mache

b>tags | ..kids magazines

Papiermache

Congratulations to Beck, Alice and Paul for launching their first issue of their incredible online 'free' magazine for anyone who wants to read it ... and I surely want to ... it's called 'papier mache' and twice a year we will all be treated on some incredible eye candy ...
Papiermache_mix
... above are just some snap-shots from issue one ... I love the colors, illustrations and graphic design of papier-mache ... the magazine focuses on DIY for kids, art, photography, beautiful editorials... and you can subscribe for free by visiting their site right here ... I'm so honored and thrilled to be part of this new magazine and hope you will all help spread the word about papier-mache and of course subscribe!

..papier mache..
..subscribe here..
..read more here.