• A wonderfully thorough and helpful look into Jamie Ridler's process of business planning for the coming year -- I love her techniques.
• I bet all of us bloggers can identify with this: How Blogging Became my Boyfriend. Hilarious.
• Some beautiful entries in the National Geographic Photography Contest 2011.
• Ali has offered up some wonderful tips for December Daily albums {and some techniques can be used year round}. Related: extensive tips from another scrapper on making Project Life work for you.
• Honest, real-life blog tips from Joy the Baker. Also great: Etsy tips from Sadie Designs.
• Interesting-- thoughts on the phenomenon of 20-something women burning out at work.
• Parks & Rec fans, this is good for a giggle: Obama is the New Knope.
• Useful tips for avoiding the winter blues.
• August Empress' roundup of gift guides is definitely useful as I finish up my Christmas shopping.
• I'm enjoying Holstee's popular manifesto put into motion, featuring bikers and cyclists.
• Watch this stunning time-lapse of the Earth from space for a wee dose of perspective. It's so beautiful it looks fake!
• Wool and the Gang has some of the best knitting tutorial videos I've seen, and the girl's accent in the videos is darling.
• This Faber Castell ad features an artist who makes portraits by drawing a continuous spiral and varying the thickness of the lines. Madness!
• As someone who seems to get a boost of productivity every time it rains, I'm digging Rainy Mood as a backdrop while I work.
• Just in case you need *one more* endorsement to convince you, I will agree with the rest of the internet and say that Florence + The Machine's new album Ceremonials is perfection {link to iTunes}.
• Pandora's Indie Holiday station is pretty much my favorite as of late.
• How about scrapbooked nails? It looks cooler than it sounds :)
• Make a box advent calendar with this {free!} printable from Oh Happy Day
• If December Daily isn't your thing, how about the 100 Days of Winter photo challenge?
• Knit a pair of photographer's mittens that have a finger hole for pressing the shutter. So smart!
• To normal people, this is just a great recipe for Thanksgiving leftovers, but for "Friends" nerds, this is epic: Turkey sandwich with a Moist Maker!! "Did you confuse it with your own turkey sandwich with the Moist Maker?"
• Love these Kate Spade Kindle covers {but I plan on buying my Kindle cover from Etsy--more affordable AND handmade!}
• This giant doily rug is so gorgeous. I'd love to try and crochet something like this.
Monthly Faves is a series featuring my favorite links and bits around the interwebs.
Do you like my Monthly Faves posts? Then make sure you follow me on Twitter! I've found that I end up with more links than I can possibly share each month, so I'm going to be regularly Tweeting some of the extra finds that don't end up in my Monthly Faves posts.
i love your monthly faves :) and i love your new blog design, it's beautiful!
ReplyDeleteGreat links again!!!! I get so excited every time and I always tell you. Just cus I want to make sure you know you better do it again this month. HAHA. ;) Kidding. I mean, not kidding. Can't wait for December faves!
ReplyDeleteWhat caught my attention most was the 20-something burnout article. It resonated with me because I DID burnout at work in my 20's! Complete and total burnout. So much so that I LITRALLY never want to have a job again. Except one that I create for myself and create my own goals, hours, circumstances, etc. My 13 year old sister calls me often, (ok texts me, cuz she's 13 and that is what they do of course) all stressed out over school stress. She's only in 7th grade for goodness sake. Why do they feel the need to destroy what is left of childhood at that age!? Ugh. So disheartening and frustrating.
@Meg ~ Thanks! I'm really liking the new design too; it's much more serene than my last design.
ReplyDelete@Megan ~ Thanks for cheering me on with the Monthly Faves posts :) It's become one of my favorite series, so it's not going anywhere anytime soon! I too identified strongly with the women and burnout article and have been there myself. It definitely is sad about your younger sister. I remember being in 7th grade and having my dad grill me about what college and majors I was considering, so I totally sympathize with her... Looking back, I wish I would have been more of a kid. PS - I've actually become quite smitten with Stumble & Leap's blog (the blog where the burnout article came from). It is SO good and touches one some really deep issues about careers and life.