The Weekend Update : Dec 29

photo via Staci Schonbrun

· Taking down all those holiday decorations lately can leave things feeling a little bare but this DIY Wall Hanging is as adorable as it is simple and cheap.

· Photographer Melissa Spitz documents mother’s mental illness in “You Have Nothing to Worry About” and wins TIME’s Instagram Photographer of the Year award.

· Did you guys catch a glimpse of the SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Launch? Read the details on how this photographer captured this time lapse of the launch.

· Never been much of a fan of resolutions but “The Year of No Shopping” is compelling me to consider otherwise.

· How Instagram has transformed the way we experience art, or at least the way we selfie.

· Stop limiting yourself and learn to process your images and tweak presets you have with RGB Curves.

· Carey’s “Embracing the Art of Practice” is just the pep talk we all needed to start this year off in the right frame of mind.

· What makes a photographer when everyone is taking pictures:

And with that we say Happy New Year friends! 2018 is already shaping up to be a mighty good year for Bloom. We can’t wait to share with all we have coming your way! xo