links
fun ways to skidaddle
friends’ blogs
- most importantly: my boy has a blog
- smartarded Travis Nicholson is a highly entertaining fellow
- this is temporaryeverbody I know says Christine is their favourite person
- noise photography my friend Alex’s pictures of old wrinkly punk rockers
- mondo robot My friend Pisiak’s ultra-modern illustration and… robots!
- gritmedia Frances’ beautiful life in New York, Arizona and now the Berkshires
- say it with pie Karen and I hate all the same things – what better reason is there to be blogger friends?
- and there’s more friends to be found on my friends page
artsy blogs
- drawn! everything to do with anything that’s drawn
- on my desk I find the contents of desks (and purses) fascinating
- robot johnny robots, comics, illustration, the occasional sarcasm
- kate sutton the cutest little illustrations presented in a whopping variety of mediums
crafty blogs
- loobylu one of my all time favorites, well rounded with softies, illustrations, and adorable little girls
- sew darn cute just like it sounds, sewing and cuteness (and cupcakes and blythes)
- thimble a local toronto gal
- wee wonderfuls Miss Hilary makes most crafters feel vastly inadequate
- not martha a crafting classic
foody blogs
- cupcake blog cupcakes!!!
- everybody likes sandwiches sandwiches are beautiful, sandwiches are fine
- smitten kitchen recipes that are as pretty as they yummy
designy blogs
- design sponge new ideas in decorating and design
- happy mundane finding happiness and beauty in the the mundane
- poppytalk a catologue of whimisical things
- oh joy tons of adorable and oh-so-pretty links and finds
gardeny blogs
- heavypetal all about gardening in a fresh, new, modern way
- you grow girl an urban, girly, irreverant perspective on gardening
illustrators I admire
- brian lee o’malley
- hope larson
- junko mizuno
- kirsten ulve
- mark ryden
- mary grandepre
- rosemary travale
- seonna hong
- shag
- team macho
- yuko shimizu
the best toronto blogs
- torontoist the big toronto news and events blog (I used to write for)
- blogTO a toronto events blog that is not Torontoist
- toronto craft alert all you ever wanted to know about crafting in TO
- spacing what’s up with public spaces in this city
- stillepost great concert info (if you can slog through the trolls)