blog-o-rama. blogateria. blogs are the new black. who woulda thunk it? i find myself looking to blogs lately for a clue to the next big thing, even if that means, it’s a cute tiny thing that’s big. bloggers are more honest methinks than the next omnimedia mag. they gave me the impetus to whip out my old pleated red skirt and match it up with a pale blue puff-sleeved granny top to layer over a striped shocking pink and white Dr. Seuss tube top to go with my pink wool ballerina flats. i wore this to catch the laura cheadle show at the tin angel last night. i’m rather hooked on granny chic these days, especially with homeware: from paisley shaded lamps with crystal ornamented bases, which remind me of my grandfather’s doorknobs to homespun slipcovers like the toile de Jouy fabric i toss over my itchy sofa. i can’t get enough of Camille Engman’s site for instance and her Swedish sensibility: pared down yet strangely ethereal, or Travis Lampes throwback cartoons reminiscent of early Steamboat Willies from Disney to those wacky Village Voice cartoons that were borderline scary. it’s a big world out there on the worldwide web! hopefully, my next blog entry will be about me getting my mitts on a silkscreen project or needlepoint or felting. i’m tweaked!

(crocheted cuties courtesy of Camilla Engman)

WhipUp, a craft collective blog, is a close-knit clan of crafty bloggers from all over the world (some as far as Sweden and Japan) who whip up anything from “modbirds” (groovy soft goods reminiscent of the Partridge family partridge!) to stylish silk-screened tees with squiggles, flora and fauna, bunny babies (akin to Nara’s sleepwalker), whimsical teddy bears and dollies to a yummy mélange of illustrations, paper collage, ephemera, thrift store finds, baubles, bangles, and beads, plus the whole sewing kit and caboodle!

I need to get back to working with my hands (and feet!), so I believe I’m going to be one of the girls who whip it up good too. Check out the amazing stuff. They’re sew sweet!

I woke up so twee today.