(from DesignLoveFest)
For one thing, I never thought I'd love having a blog as much as I do these days. I was so damn hesitant to go this route, but even if I'm the only one reading it, it'll still be worth it to me because, man, it's been uplifting and cathartic for this girl over here. So I continue. But I do so with a heaping dose of love and inspiration from the following design/lifestyle blogs.
1. Cup of Jo: Joanna Goddard is the loveliness behind the always super sweet, beautifully simple, and never overdone positive tone of this blog. It's what draws me in daily. In fact, when I read too much of the news and feel dejected by the state of people and the world, I hop on over to her blog and the weight is lifted. I welcome anything kind and she's a giver of this kindness.
2. DesignLoveFest: This one is the pop of style and cute that I adore (tag line: "Where type & images totally make out."). The incredibly talented graphic designer Bri Emery, art director of the cool Rue Magazine, gives up daily visual punches of vibrance and energy. Besides she's so animated and dynamic and a lover of the fun things in life. How can you not love?
3.Wit + Delight: This one is kind of new to me, but I instantly fell into the feast of bits of everything contained in this little big blog. It reminds me of reading Sassy way back when it first came out... my friend, Karen, and I used to consume every little detail of each issue, from binding text to editing credits. It's sort of like that with Wit + Delight.
4. Miss Moss: She kicks ass. I love her humor and her sharp wit and her impeccable eye for spot on artistic aesthetics. There's not much else to say about this blog except that it's totally worth ignoring all else- including work- to read it.
5.You are the River: What I most swoon over here is the purity of this blog. I either crave overly embellished for no good reason or minimalist and simple. Each extreme helps to balance the other. It's as if I am sitting in , say, Georgia O'Keefe's home of solitude in New Mexico or alone in a cottage on the sand dunes in Cape Cod... peaceful and calm. Beautiful.
More from a post I did a couple of years back... Here.
Do you have favorite blogs you can't get enough of?
