The title of this post is total clickbait, but I wanted to tell you about a little Instagram experiment I did this past week, that paid off by being featured on Martha Stewart’s Instagram account. So here we go: In the past months I keep hearing people complain about Instagram’s new algorithms: you don’t see Read article…
Time for a peek behind the scenes of the making of our #urbanjunglebook! If you have been following our Urban Jungle Bloggers adventures lately, you know Igor and I have been working on our first book since January. Together with fellow plants lovers, bloggers, our talented photographer Lina, an illustrator and a graphic designer we Read article…
Een gelukkig nieuw jaar! Happy New Year! I hope 2016 will be a peaceful and full of love, good health and joy for you and your loved ones. Our family's New Year's card is one of these projects that's very close to my heart. My papa took the first photo in 1980 and in 2003 Read article…
Instagram is still my favorite social media channel. Although I recently discovered the joys of Snapchat too. When I travel I always check out local hashtags or Instagram locations to discover new events, people, or interesting corners. Above is my "2015bestnine": my 9 most liked pictures of the year. It's always surprising to see what Read article…
The smell of darkroom chemicals will be forever linked to my childhood. My dad was (and is) a passionate photographer and used to develop all his photos at home. We also had a mini photo studio in the attic and every once in a while my dad would ask my sister and I to be Read article…
So the other day I had a brilliant idea. I would buy some beautiful fresh flowers in Holland for the upcoming Urban Jungle Bloggers October edition (it will be all about Plants & Flowers!). The flower shops here in Nogent have a very artificial choice of flowers and bouquets that contain 80% fill-up greenery. I Read article…
A little less frequent updates here these days! I've been working a lot, spent more time offline, walked around sunny Amsterdam (hence the pictures in this post!), I've also been preparing cool stuff for Urban Jungle Bloggers, checking out "beautiful" selfies on Instagram, being interviewed for Design*Sponge (*blush blush*)… and I also became slightly addicted Read article…
Een gelukkig nieuw jaar! Happy New Year! I hope 2015 will be a bright and full of love, good health and joy for you and your loved ones. Our family's New Year's card is one of these projects that's very close to my heart. My papa took the first photo in 1980 and in 2003 Read article…
My week started with some beautiful fireworks. A good start of the week (for a Saturday night) of what I think will be a festive week. Not long now until I hop on the Eurostar to London where Igor and I will host our first Urban Jungle Bloggers event together with the new interiors community Read article…
The new botanic photography posters by Kristina Dam are a real treat for Urban Jungle Bloggers with a thing for scandi design. There's magic in the misty posters Kristina made in collaboration with Danish photographer Tuala Hjarnø. For me, meeting the makers behind a product can completely change my perception of the work. When I Read article…
