[just a little illo, do you like?]
[my advent illustration contribution to the fabulous forth thread blog.]
with many bloggers winding down posting for the year, I thought now would be good time to get into those "save for a rainy day" posts. You know the ones, that you know would be awesome, if you could just find a spare second!
well I will be alone this christmas (just me and my boyfriend) and I am actually kind of excited by this. it will (hopefully) give me some time to catch up on real world mag and book reading, and when my addiction calls me back online, some blog reading (not the fast-scrol type of read either!) too.
here are some posts to get you started if you feel like your reader is looking a little empty (oh noes!).
+ really helpful post from Leeloo :: Web 2.0 for Indie Designer Businesses
+ pretty damn sweet tutorial, oh how my eyes have been opened! :: over at Poppytalk
+ *cough did somebody say NEET Reader {twin set} sale? :: go get your code!
+ oh the joys of being inspired :: gorgeous post over at Lovelorn Unicorn
+ is all this blog reading making you hungry? :: find cool places to eat
+ art art art :: inspiration and loveliness.
+ maybe you can start getting yourself organised for the EOFY (yuk!) :: DIY accounting
+ feel like dying from jealously? too much 'whimsy lovely' to handle :: pretty pink pictures
+ sharpen your product photography skills and retake all your shop photos?
+ D.E.C.O.R.A.T.E! (those images kill me).
+ I love this post, do you ever try and spend ages trying find a perfect handwriting font (for free *cough) when it might be easier to just actually handwrite it?
that should keep you going for, I don't know, ten minutes? I wonder if I will post again before Christmas?
x
I think Australian's are finally starting to make their mark in the ol' blogging world. Here is a small handful of my favourite Aussie blogs. I think it really helps to keep things local with blog reading sometimes, because that way, if you see something you want to buy, it is not always so far out of reach.
ben zen :: erin art :: cake with giants :: draw! pilgrim :: ish and chi ::
made by maddy :: leeloo dog blog :: pia jane bijkerk :: the design files :: tiny happy ::
the happy home :: truth.be.told :: +handmade love+ :: reJenerate :: forth thread ::
Daydream Lily :: The Scribble Project :: the unbearable lightness of being hungry :: meet me at mikes :: hello sandwich ::
p.s. if you have an "aussie" blog and you are not here, maybe I haven't seen your blog before, so let me know about it! also, this is only a small handful. I might do another post like this soon, because I just love so so many. xoxo
when a new post comes into my inbox from these kids, I tend to get just a little overexcited. drop. everything. and. read(er). 
[daydream lily]
[a beautiful mess]
[hello sandwich]
[bleubird vintage]
[here comes the sun]
[ish and chi]
[the brick house]
[sandra juto]
would love to hear what your must read blogs are.
Usually those posts result in my clicking through to more posts and more posts and then I have to get out my wetsuit because I get up to some crazy internet surfing. I love internet surfing.
sometimes, I think it is nice to say thanks for all those posts. To someone at least.
so these are my top five blog posts of the week. if you are not here, you are still top too.
one [and every link it refers to]
two [because I wish I did this]
three [ahhhhhh heaven]
four [not only is she an amazing artist...]
five [I love anything to do with artist studios]
oh, right. and that is in no particular order folks!
to make it over the wednesday hump day,
Taking the tips from the amazing BAKERY, I am going to have a crack at speedlinking.
Here we have, some things that caught my eye on the internet today.
(usually I would star, bookmark, comment, email or tweet about these things, but today, we blog)
artwork by Catherine Campbell
- Well, this post, motivating me to do this in the first place.
- Loving what is going on with plastic water bottles in Aus.
- These sketches, so perfect.
- I never ever tire of looking at her gorgeous drawings. Go see.
- Learning all about Technorati and what it means for my blog, thanks to this site.
- Family. blogging.
Also thinking I should write a "how-to" post and share some love with the peeps.
Any ideas on what I should be howing?
x
