April 30th, 2011
Weekly Weak Knees
This week Danielle wrote a beautiful post on unplugging that really resonated. I adore living a connected life but living inside of experiences instead of taking photos and tweeting about what I’m experiencing? It’s a beautiful little reality check for the “personal blogger who loves to share everything” headspace that I tend to live in. (kr)
submitted by KC @ ReflectivArtlet on twitter
image by Paul Hudson
Read about Danielle’s unplugged Sunday on Sometimes Sweet
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“Totally enamored by the idea of a Letter Writers Alliance. Stationery! Cards! Pen pals!”
– TCM [Return to Rural + @returntorural]
Explore the Letter Writer’s Alliance by 16 Sparrows
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“It’s getting warmer out as winter slowly creeps away and summer gets into full swing. A great way to celebrate the coming fun with a refreshing tea made with the warmth of the summer sun! AND you know it’s healthy and has no processed ingredients! Yum!”
– Kendra [Like A Bird + @kendrajkantor]
Learn to make herbal sun teas with Design*Sponge
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Every now and then, the capacity for people to love really amazes me. If I had a child in the hospital, I doubt my reaction would be to think about how I could put more energy out into the world, but photographer Ashley Ann used her time by her daughters bed to rally her family around making bracelets to send to orphans in Russia through the project Craft Hope. This picture from her post broke my heart and made it swell with love all in the same moment. (kr)
See more photos and how Ashley’s little girl is doing at Under the Sycamore
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Putting your creative work out into the world is scary, there are no two ways about it! I love this post that Nish submitted because its author offers you some solid rebuttals to those negative thoughts and insecurities that can stand between you and putting something beautiful into the world, from a blog post to taking a personal risk. (kr)
Submitted by Nish [The Outdoor Wife + @TheOutdoorWife]
Let Emily Silence Your Inner Critic on Chatting At The Sky
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“It seems we are slowly becoming more creative in our endeavors to showcase art in a stylish, unique way appropriate to what we’re looking at. Not only that, but it seems we are focusing on artisans themselves in medium appropriate manner – and the results are incredibly beautiful. This short film about New York Adorned brings to life the color of the characters and the sentiment of the craft, and manages to do so in black and white – stunning.”
– Andrea [Kempt Life + @kemptgirl]
Beautiful mini-doc on tattooing by Evan Owen Dennis via High Snobiety
I’d love to feature you and what you fall in love with online next Saturday, so send me your
favourite links and comments by e-mail, through the submission form or on twitter by @replying to kylaroma or using the hash tag #WWK
Hope you have an inspiring weekend!
xo, Kyla
Letter writing! YES. I’ve been doing it lately on a semi-regular basis with my grandmother and two of my aunts. SO MUCH FUN.
LETTER WRITER’S ALLIANCE? I love it!
Also, I really admire the way you’ve been formatting your photo credits and stuff. I’m going to take a page out of your book and start being more explicit in telling where everything came from. Color me inspired.
Wonderful post! :D ♥
Every part of your sellection is amazing and of course very original. Applause.
The picture of the baby and her mama is so darn cute, just melted my heart! Thanks for sharing all this fun stuff :) Sometimes Sweet’s blog is really great too, I loved that post.
I consistently enjoy these posts! And this one is fantastic.
great post Kyla! That video on Tattoo art is really good, thanks for sharing. :)
xo
Fantastic selection! I am settling down with a cup of tea to read through all these posts and watch the video.
Great selection!