The best ones are at the top of each list, with a bit of explanation. Second-place ties follow.
SKIP STRAIGHT TO …
- People I Know
- Fashion Blogs
- Street Style Blogs
- Blogs that make you/me feel less alone
- Virtual Newspaper Columns
- Flickr’s Best
- Knitting/Crafting Blogs
- Domestic Blogs
PEOPLE I KNOW
- and|E – Eleanor, the ex-boss New Yorker from Utah.
- A.G.H. – Anne’s blog about, well, wonderful things.
- Art of Seeking by Lorraine
- The Bunnell Cafe – The smart set of UVU’s attempt to make the oldest, most beautiful building on campus something other than a storage shed.
- Compound Provo – The baddass-est music venue in Utah Valley.
- Dani Gets Crafty – My sister is a paper-wizard.
- Emily Hammerstad Photography – Making cute babies cuter.
- Eternity in an Hour – Rob’s extremely well-written blog. And you can see his professional adventures at UVSchism Productions.
- My Brain in Ink – Dan is one of those guys. Those guys who are so talented, artistic and kind that it makes you nervous.
- Grassroots Shakespeare Company – So good. These people make amazing theater.
- Heath Family – I have very few cousins, but here is one of them.
- H is for Hungry – Joey eats stuff, like, all the time. And then he writes about it.
- Jack’s blogs – you never know where he’ll post next! A realm unseen, Posterous, Opinuendo
- Janeal’s blogs – Innerworkings of a Redhead’s Mind (your premier source for learning about how much Twilight blows), and Insane Ramblings of a Redhead.
- Jennifreckles Crafts and Jennifreckles: Life as a me. My sister is pretty cool.
- Jessica May – My brilliant neighbor. You can find her custom bridal design blog at Jessica May Bridal.
- Jordy’s Vast Reservoir of Wisdom – This may be abandoned. But it’s worth a click.
- Kelby Roth Photographs – Um, I knew this kid in high school. I really like his photos.
- Knitterly Me – Caitlin’s long-abandoned knitting blog. I still have hope.
- Luke Hickman’s Entertainment Blog – Movie reviews by my ex-editor.
- Nostalgia Revisited – Spencer’s blog about bloggy things.
- Pocket Dancing – By beloved Jennie.
- Pursuing Dreams – Najib’s blog, which is sometimes updated. Sometimes.
- Sans Socks and Recognizing the Need – by Brandon, about style and design, respectively.
- Space Cadet Glow – Abandoned? Collaboration between Jack and Jen.
- The Sonosopher – Two students at my school made a documentary about a professor at my school. It’s so much more interesting than it sounds.
- The UVULA – Commentary by Vegor, my academic advisor.
- UVU Review – my university’s fantastic newspaper. Where I try to sneak in as many unnecessary swear words as possible.
- Vicarious Clairvoyance – Taylor’s blog about movies and theater.
- Your Friend in the Movie Business – Ben has no idea what he’s talking about.
FASHION BLOGS
- Apricot Tea – The writer is more interesting than her clothes in this case – a rarity among fashion blogs.
- Cat Party – This girl loves fashion and cats. How can I not be completely in love with it?
- Cats and Dogs – Great shop, great style, great diy, and really great hair.
- The Cherry Blossom Girl – Alix is a beautiful girl living in Paris. This blog is a dream.
- Elinkan – Really, really pretty pictures. And the best hair on the block.
- Hot Chocolate and Mint – Diana is completely fabulous. And adorable. And she has so many clothes!
- Kingdom of Style – Queens Marie and Michelle are excellent writers, and their adventures in fashion-land are consistently interesting.
- Krisatomic – I don’t know how to categorize this one. There’s crafting, there’s design, there’s domesticity, there’s fashion … It’s just great.
- Pony and Pink – Wonderful use of vintage.
- Stay Fancy Free – She’s very fashionable, very adorable, and also a fantastic knitter. Love.
- The 16 Diaries
- All This Happiness
- Allure-Allure
- Armour Sans Anguish
- AUS Style
- Pistol Whipped
- Bits and Bobbins
- Bohemian Musings
- Cachemire & Soie
- Café Mode
- Catwalk Queen
- Cheapskate Chic
- Chic Clinic
- Chic Looks
- Childhood Flames
- The Clothes Horse
- Clutch22
- The Coveted
- The Cupcake Diary
- A Dress a Day
- Daddy Likey
- Dainty Vintage
- Dapper Kid
- Discofunbath
- Discotheque Confusion
- Disney Roller Girl
- Dlittle Garden
- Dreamecho
- Dressed Up Like a Lady
- Emma’s Corner
- Fashion Addict Diary
- Fashion Architect
- Fashion Fillers
- Fashion Flash
- Fashion Me Fabulous
- Fashion Obsession at its Finest
- Fashion Pirates
- Fashion Verbatim
- Fashion Toast
- Field Guided
- Fifi Lapin
- The Fish Tank
- Flying Saucer
- Fo the Kids with the Froes
- Frassy
- The Freelancer’s Fashionblog
- Fur Coat, No Knickers
- The Glamourai
- Go Fug Yourself
- Green Laundry
- Hold in your Breath
- Inside Am-Lul’s Closet
- Independent Fashion Bloggers
- Jellybones
- Karla’s Closet
- Le Blog de Betty
- Les Grandes Filles Mode’lles
- Liebemarlene Vintage
- Lisaplace
- Little Thoughts
- Lookbook
- Lost
- Mahalo Fashion
- Milk
- Mischief and Manic Marbles of the Mayhem-esque Me’s
- Montmartre’s Sketchbook
- Moodboard
- My Daily Style
- My Empty Closet
- Niotillfem
- No Good For Me
- Nubby Twiglet
- Oh So Coco
- The Ongoing Project
- Only Shallow
- Painfully Hip
- Pandora
- Picked Pics
- Professionally Trendy
- Punky B’s Fashion Diary
- Ringo, Have a Banana!
- Sally Jane Vintage
- Sans Artifice
- Scout Holiday
- Sea of Shoes
- Sleep Deprivation and Stories of my Bullshit Youth
- Smaggle Style
- The Snail and the Cyclops
- Some Girls Wander
- Something Picasso
- Steen Ink
- Style Bubble
- Style Rookie
- Style … A Work in Progress
- Sweet Sassafrass
- Tangle of Thorns
- Thumbelina
- Tinland
- Tulip Society
- The Uniform Project
- Vintage Found
- The Vintage Society
- Vogueite
- Vorfas
- What I Wore
- Who? Bu! Just Bu It
STREET STYLE BLOGS
- Copenhagen Street Style
- Dam Style
- Face Hunter
- The Fashionist
- Garance Doré
- Glamcanyon
- Hel Looks
- Hoy Fashion Blog
- The Rebel Waltz
- The Sartorialist
- Streetgeist
- The Style Scout
- Stylesightings
BLOGS THAT MAKE YOU/ME FEEL LESS ALONE
- 2009 – Brilliant advice, every day. There’s advice for your education, for your body, for your relationships … this is advice for your very soul.
- Dooce – She’s a mom, she lives in Utah, she’s not Mormon, she’s such a good writer … I just love this blog.
- Dustpan Alley – I almost put this under “Domestic Blogs,” but that’s not really what it is for me. The writing here is inspirational.
- 20-Nothings
- Bacon is my Enemy
- BoingBoing
- Bishop Higgins
- Cute Overload
- Dad’s House
- Icing
- Girl’s Gone Child
- Hack College
- I Heart You
- Indexed
- Le Love
- Married to the Sea
- Mind Hacks
- Ms. Single Mama
- OMG. OMG. OMFG.
- Postsecret
- Secret Society of List Addicts
- Seriously, So Blessed!
- Single-ish
- Smitten
- Stuff White People Like
- Superpoop
- Toothpaste For Dinner
- Tres Lola
- Unreasonable Faith
VIRTUAL NEWSPAPER COLUMNS
- Arts Beat (New York Times)
- Carpetbagger (New York Times)
- The Cut (New York Magazine)
- Dot Earth (New York Times)
- Five Dials (McSweeney’s)
- On the Runway (New York Times)
- The Opinionator (New York Times)
FLICKR’S BEST
- 100% Thrifted
- Crazy for Knitting
- Dixie Lux
- Embroidered Art
- Knitted Clothes Only
- Madame Ualani
- Offbeat Maternity
- Phat Quarter
KNITTING/CRAFTING BLOGS
- Anna Maria Horner – disgustingly inspirational.
- Attic24 – where Lucy creates beautiful woolen rainbows that can be strewn across a bed or couch.
- Brooklyn Tweed – a knitting friend and I recently agreed that Jared Flood’s patterns are like a temple marriage. In a good way.
- Craft – Craft magazine’s blog, constantly updated with great links to tutorials and inspiration and craft news. In my top five blogs, for sure.
- Craftstylish – Another great re-blog with tutorials galore.
- The Crafty Crow – Yet another fantastic re-blog, this time with links to children’s craft ideas and tutorials.
- Do Stuff! – It’s no secret. I worship Lee Meredith.
- Kathryn Ivy – Lovely and well-organized.
- Knitspot – This woman blows my mind. There is just so much fantastic knitting here.
- Laughing Purple Goldfish Designs – So immensely creative, and almost 100% recycled.
- Mr.XStitch – The best embroidery re-blog in the land.
- Spirit Cloth – Brilliant art quilting.
- Whip Up – Another fabulous tutorial/inspiration/craft news re-blog.
- A Friend to Knit With
- All Buttoned Up
- All Tangled Up
- An Ent Knits
- And She Knits, Too!
- Angry Chicken
- Aunty Cookie
- Bitter Betty Blogs
- Bitter Tarts
- The Blue Blog
- Brainy Lady
- A Caffeinated Yarn
- Caffaknitted
- Carrieoke’s Knitting Blog
- Claudia’s Blog
- ColoursKnits
- Cosmicpluto Knits!
- Craftapalooza
- Craftypod
- Dollar Store Crafts
- Drew-o-rama
- Elliphantom Knits
- Embloggery
- Emilee Knits
- Extreme Craft
- Fidgety Fingers
- Fig & Plum
- Fricknits
- Futuregirl
- Glampyre Knits
- Green Kitchen
- Grumperina goes to local yarn shops and Home Depot
- Inside a Black Apple
- Hop Skip Jump
- Hyena in Petticoats
- I’m Knitting as Fast as I Can
- iHanna’s Creative Space
- Indigo Muse Knits
- Keeping Me in Stitches
- Keyboard Biologist Knits
- Knit and Tonic
- Knitorious
- KnitXCore
- Lick My Sticks
- Lion Brand Notebook
- Little Red Blog of Revolutionary Knitting
- Lolly Knitting Around
- Marnie, Speak! Good girl.
- MicroRevolt ReBlog
- Mim’s Blog
- Mind of Winter
- Molly Chicken
- Monster Crochet
- My Paper Crane
- Oiyi’s Crafts
- The Panopticon
- Park & Cube
- PieKnits
- Posie Gets Cozy
- Prairie Mouse
- Pumpkin Knits
- Punk Rawk Purl
- The Purl Bee
- Resurrection Fern
- Sew, Mama, Sew!
- The Shizknit
- Six and a Half Stitches
- Small Bird
- So Much Yarn, So Little Time!
- Soozs
- Stitches and Strings
- Subversive Cross Stitch
- Sweet Jessie
- TECHknitting
- Threadbanger
- Tichiro
- Tigerlilith Knits
- Travis J. Meinolf Weave Blog
- Unravel Me
- Vintage Transfer Finds
- Wee Wonderfuls
- What if
- Wise Craft
- The Woolen Rabbit
- Wound Too Tight
- Yarn Harlot
- The Yo-Yo Knits
DOMESTIC BLOGS
- Tartelette – The most beautiful baking. I only occasionally actually read this, but when I do I’m not disappointed. But oh-mah-lord the pictures.
- Tipnut – Really awesome tips. On cleaning, crafting … it’s just good to put in your brain.
- Ah-yi
- Allsorts
- A Mad Tea Party with Alis
- A Storybook Life
- Bloesem
- Gennine’s Art Blog
- How to Do Stuff
- Jane Brocket
- Katy*Art
- Liquid Sky Arts
- Poppytalk
- A Rare Breed
- SF Girl By Bay
- Soule Mama
- Your Heart Out