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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

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