It’s time to update the blog of the week so I searched high and low to see who I could introduce that may be fresh and new to your eyes. This week meet Paper Flower Girl who is Isis Sturtewagen — a young jewelry designer + artist living in Belgium with her husband and she authors a beautiful blog, etsy shop, dawanda store and takes the most stunning images of her home! What a gifted person she is. Like me and many of you, she loves natural tones and homes with lovely bones… she also loves to cook. I’ve included a recipe to this lovely compote shown below, so scroll to the end of this post to scribble it down in your notes.
What I love about these corners is that they’re all lovingly curated and much attention went into the details. I also enjoyed reading that most of Isis’s finds are thrifted and/or handmade. It demonstrates a real sense of self and style to be able to decorate in a way that so expertly highlights cherished possessions in a personal way – making the item fit you and not the other way around. And now, for the recipe from Paper Flower Girl that I promised earlier. It’s delicious, I know because it’s the same recipe my cousin shared with me recently. You can also modify it using pears instead of apples…
Apple Compote Recipe:
4 big apples
the juice of 2 oranges
4 cloves
1 teaspoon cinnamon
honey to taste
Peel and slice the apples. Put everything in a pot and bring to boil. Leave to simmer until tender. Bring to a boil again and pour everything in glass containers.
(images: paper flower girl)
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November 18th, 2009 at 12:27 pm
What a beautiful home! Such great light, gorgeous tableaus and yummy recipe! Thanks for sharing this hun! :)
xo
Melis
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November 18th, 2009 at 12:41 pm
she really has a special eye. all these wonderful homes and corners you share with us are really inspiring. i don’t have a home to call my own yet so it’s a great way to jot down ideas and hopefully when it comes together, it’ll be a perfect reflection of myself and my better half. that’s my HOPE, it very well could be a trainwreck and havoc of colors. but we’ll see :)
November 18th, 2009 at 1:12 pm
I love seeing how other people live around the world. A little view into someone else’s life. Beautiful home. ~jamilyn
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November 18th, 2009 at 2:38 pm
Love how she even makes string and rubber bands look pretty in that glass jar.
xo,
cristin
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November 18th, 2009 at 4:00 pm
Thanks for sharing! Both the blog and the pictures look amazing!
I love the way she captures light! :)
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November 18th, 2009 at 4:35 pm
In the first picture, are those miniature waffles or candy? What ever it is it definitely looks scrumptious.
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November 20th, 2009 at 7:42 pm
I have come to appriecate the most simple things in a photograph!
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November 23rd, 2009 at 9:40 pm
all the stuff of comfort domesticity
January 1st, 2010 at 6:36 pm
This is another gorgeous find, Holly! I love her displays and carefully curated shelves!
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