Hi there! it has been a while, hasn’t it? Time for a BIG update. But before we start with the update, let’s enjoy two pictures of my allotment, where it finally has become summer. Look at all of the flowers, edible herbs and lovely goodness!
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Weekly recap + Readers Survey
When working as a freelancer you have ups and downs in projects. “Downtime” means that the large projects are in a slower speed tempo (deadline has passed, exhibition is open) so I have some more time to list brooches. Sometimes I have no idea where to start, so many brooches. Luckily I already listed some of them online as we speak. This is the improvised photo studio. Close to the window so I can get all the daylight that is here. […]
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Quick Summer Update
So summer is here! The big gooseberry time (komkommertijd) is on and since I haven’t taken a grand holiday (I only took of a week to visit Lisbon) I am working around the clock. I will enlighten you with a summer update about the Broesj’ headquarters. Hope you enjoy summer as well! x The days are really summery and the temperature is high. That means when you are shopping for ice cream you will find an empty freezer at the store, if […]
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Brandt & Levie Sausage Workshop aka Worstshop
This weekend my sister, friends and I attended the Brandt&Levie workshop aka Worstshop. Not a regular DIY art workshop, but a sausage making workshop! The guys of Brandt&Levie are real craftsmen. Inspired by their 7 month journey to Italy they decided that they would make fantastic sausages in a proper way. So, the workshop. After a tour trough their workplace and get an insight in the sausage-making process we started. First we made a selection of the herbs we were gonna use. We […]
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Vases and Flower Brooches
Just a quick note to say hello and let you know there are some flower brooches online. Last week was very nice but busy. Lots of good things (it was poëzieweek, a week with lots of events around poetry). Furthermore my mom thrifted some brooches and today, between naps and making chicken soup I finally took some pictures again. So there are some new old flower brooches online. The next days a couple of more will follow. For an […]
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December: Moving, closing and beginning
Hope you have had great holidays. After all the festivities and other activities in the end of december (I moved! Yes, again. I can’t believe it either but I will tell you more about it soon) I am back to work and also back to Broesj. A small recap of other things happened in december: I moved! Yes, again… For about a week there was a house of boxes growing in my apartment. But look at my new place! I’m so […]
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Vintage inspired shoes: Orla Kiely meets Clarks
I had no idea why but I was feeling a bit under the weather last week. I Probably needed to adjust getting back to work after the most perfect holiday ever. Then I received news that made my day. It involved Orla Kiely. And boy, I love her patterns! They are so colorful, bold an retro-inspired. Every day I carry around ‘her’ laptop sleeve. Next to laptop sleeves, bags and wonderful bedding Orla Kiely now designs shoes! She joined forces with Clarks […]
