blogs to live by

i've recently been asked by several friends what sort of blogs are out there and what blogs i read. i wanted to compile a list of blogs i check into on the regular, if not daily. now in no particular order...

1. a cup of jo: written in nyc by joanna goddard, this blog features posts about food, interior design, parties, fashion, joanna's life with hubby alex and new baby toby, art, make up + hair and general lifestyle amusements. a daily read pour moi. 

ha! baby toby
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2. {frolic!}: chelsea works in portland as a blogger and freelance photo stylist and her blog is "devoted to pretty finds, effortless style and simple living". so true! i love the itty bitty cozy cottage she stays at in sweden. 

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3. truly smitten: sarah is the adorable writer of truly smitten, posting about her life, her work (she owns a custom design and stationary studio), art, food, clothing + accessories...all of it! 

ugh! her stuff is cute!

4. oh happy day: i've mentioned jordan ferney and her blog before (sf bridge dinner + her business cards). oh happy day is another lifestyle blog written by an event planner and letterpress printer. she shares wonderful pictures of such fab 'parties + pretty things'!

pinwheel escort cards she designed (and for under $20!) for project wedding

5. you are my fav: denver living melanie blodgett pens this cool blog in which the title of (nearly) every blog end in '...is my fav'. she picks very cute and fun things to write about, be it stationary, teepees, colors, books and beautiful pictures of happy people.

i guess i really love me a lifestyle blog!

a few more great ones . . .
design + interiors: apartment therapy, design*sponge
food: smitten kitchen, sunday suppers, 101 cookbooks
inspiration: pretty pretty paper, simple lovely
fashion: the sartorialist, fashion addict
(fabulous blogroll via fabulous blog, unruly things)

if looking for more, most of these blogs have a area where they list their daily reads and that's a great spot to jump off from. those will then take you to more, and those others to more and so on and so on. por ejemplo: sarah from truly smitten's daily reads.

xox coco