As an artist, I have always found myself longing to travel to surround myself with beautiful things and experience more, but as someone who plans out their meals, workouts, and even showers, the idea of traveling sometimes made me nervous.  This past June, I took a break from my normal life, put my planner aside for a while and backpacked through the beautiful country of Thailand for a little under a month with my best friend.  As I expected, the backpacking life was definitely a different type of lifestyle for me, but I instantly fell in love with traveling.  It...

We’re so excited to announce our newest featured bloom girl, Emily Drake! bloom is headquarted in Newark, Delaware and Emily is currently Miss First State United States 2014 and a contestant in Miss Delaware USA 2015! We asked Emily a few questions about her experiences in the pageant world, her philanthropy work that goes along with it, and her advice to other women. *What is your favorite part of being in pageants?* I know some people may see competing in pageants as superficial or vain, but what most don’t understand is the microphone that comes with a title. Winning a...

We are so excited to announce our 2nd featured bloom girl, Kim Adams! Vloggers (video bloggers) are a trend that has been sweeping the internet the past few years, and we absolutely love the ambition and entrepreneurship that these young women display! Kim's YouTube channel MakeUpByKimm has always been one of our favorites. We were so excited when Kim reviewed our planners back in 2012 and have been following her even more closely ever since. Kim has amassed an impressive 87,000+ YouTube subscribers, and watching her videos it's easy to see why! Her happy, bubbly personality is magnetic. Her signature...

We are so excited to announce our first featured bloom girl, Amanda Bordeaux! Amanda reached out to us to share the story of the babysitting business she started, Stellar Sitters. We loved her enthusiasm and entrepreneurial spirit so much that we wanted to share her story with all of you. Amanda started her business in 2004 when she was a senior in college. "After getting overwhelmed with the number of families who needed babysitters, I started selling a list of sitters for $5 back in 2004 and the rest is history! It was an instant success and families in the...