Meet The Maker: Nordic Holiday With Nordstjerne
We wish we could keep our Christmas tree and holiday decor up year-round. No room will ever feel cozier than when it’s filled with glitter, twinkling lights and of course, a decorated tree with beautiful ornaments. There’s something about having twinkly lights on in the evenings that makes us extraordinarily reluctant to leave this one piece of Christmas behind. But I went ahead and packed up holiday 2019! It takes a few days as we do quite a bit but yesterday Lin put the very last box of ornaments in our storage basement. They are just soooo beautiful! And who knows..I might even do something fun with some of them for Valentine’s Day! Our ornaments came from Nordstjerne this year and will now forever be apart of every Ruble-Bacon holiday!!!
Nordstjerne designs home accessories which combines functionality with a hint of dekadence. They are greatly inspired by the rawness of the Scandinavian and Nordic landscapes and They wish to bring that unique feeling indoor with Nordstjerne’s simple yet elegant items that can fit any interior.
When Henriette Bach, founder of Nordstjerne, back in 2012 as one of the first designers launched marble at Danish interior fairs, customers were attracted to the smooth and elegant material – but didn’t really dare to order it. That all soon changed and today Nordstjerne is not only known to be a pioneer in marble but the latest collections include several other materials including solid brass and colored suede. The trendy design and genuine materials has caught the attention of bloggers, trendsetters and design lovers around the globe and today the business has spread to more than 30 countries worldwide.
Henriette frequently visits Nordstjerne's suppliers in India and other places to ensure that all products are of the highest quality and that the people producing Nordstjerne's products have acceptable working conditions. "We prefer long term relationships with our suppliers in order to maintain our high level of quality." Actually, even though the weekly shipping counts more than hundreds of boxes, jars, vases etc. around the world, every item is still personally inspected by Henriette and her colleagues before it leaves the warehouse north of Copenhagen.
Inspired by the world Autumn 2011, Henriette Bach cut the first item which was to be the foundation of her later worldwide design business. Henriette’s husband has spent a period of his life working in Greenland and had brought home some sustainable Greenlandic sealfur. Henriette Bach was struck by the beauty of the seal fur. That autumn she made some Christmas ornaments for herself in the soft, raw material and soon friends stood in line to have some as well. ’Well, could this be a business’, Henriette Bach thought. After 13 years as an air hostess, she longed for exploring the more creative side of her personality, and she soon combined her knowledge of secret local ’Aladdin Hollows of handcraft’ with a talent for spotting trends and started designing her own products. The demand has been overwhelming and today, Christmas ornaments are still a large part of Nordstjerne. In 2012, Nordstjerne introduced marble to the Danish market and business leveled as a rocket. Since then several more collections and materials have been introduced and today, Nordstjerne doesn’t have to worry about fetching new retailers, but more about meeting the increasing demand for the company’s elegant and functional products. Every month new countries are added!
Let me tell you a bit about my Christmas ornaments!!!
PAPER ONION, DUSTY ROSE: Material: recycled paper, leather. Beautiful ornament in the shape of an onion attached to a black leather string and with a magnetic closing. Easy to fold out and fold in.
Sustainable production using recycled paper.
PAPER TREE, GREEN: Material: recycled paper, leather. Beautiful ornament in the shape of a tree attached to a black leather string and with a magnetic closing. Easy to fold out and fold in.
Sustainable production using recycled paper.
PAPER JEWEL, RED: Material: recycled paper, leather.Beautiful ornament in the shape of a jewel attached to a black leather string and with a magnetic closing. Easy to fold out and fold in.
Sustainable production using recycled paper.
ANGEL, NUDE GREY: Material: recycled paper, leather. Beautiful ornament in the shape of an angel attached to a black leather string.
Sustainable production using recycled paper.
Are they not the prettiest ornaments you have ever seen?! I love the color combo I picked for our palette and our rustic white twig trees this year!!!! I think next year it would be really fun to weave in some of the navy and chocolate brown ornaments! Every single one beautiful on its own, but even more beautiful when mixed with other pieces of the collection and they have carefully designed and chosen these Christmas ornaments to COMPLIMENT AND DECORATE MODERN HOMES in an aesthetic and casual way. It just speaks to me!!! Here is the entire Christmas catalogue for you to look over!
I just want one of everything actually!!! Thank you so much for making my holiday so beautiful Henriette!
