Link Love: 11.13.08
by Nubby, 11.13.08 at 8:04 am :: permalink :: rss
1. Do you like flourishes? I do! They add that perfect old world touch in the digital world. Here’s an inspiring collection of flourished websites.
2. The folks over at Smashing Magazine have outdone themselves once again with 50 Must-Have Photoshop Brushes!
3. My graphic design teacher sent me a link to these amazing pillows. Very Dada / Surrealist with a great mix of red, black and white accents!
4. Technorati’s 2008 State of the Blogosphere is a fascinating five part compilation that is jam-packed with facts, figures and insights on blogging.
5. Kirke, a 12 year old from Estonia has totally won me over. She has a style that’s evolved way beyond her years her mom helps her make many of her outfits!
6. Vintage Playboy magazine covers from the 50s and 60s are so chic and classic!
7.ShareSomeCandy is an image sharing site similar to FFFOUND! but an unlimited number of people can submit images. Also, the contributors remain anonymous so you can submit your own work without anyone knowing.
8. The evolution of this outfit by Jane of Sea of Shoes is so intriguing. I love it all!
November 13th, 2008 at 8:22 am
Thanks for the links, Nubby! :)
November 13th, 2008 at 8:34 am
I love flourishes! Some of those wordpress themes are great, I’m bookmarking that for later.
November 13th, 2008 at 9:02 am
She’s 12???!!!
November 13th, 2008 at 9:37 am
the link about the wordpress theme doesn’t work.
November 13th, 2008 at 10:58 am
Twelve Years Old?! I’m amazed, when I was 12 it was all about grass stained jeans and jumpers.
Love the Playboy covers!!
November 13th, 2008 at 1:55 pm
Am I the only one who is slighlty disturbed about Kirke’s blog? I mean. I’m all pro-fashion… but… there’s something about her that makes me feel scared… like it’s not OK. OMFG, when did I turn into an old lady with a closed mind?
November 13th, 2008 at 4:12 pm
nubby, great links once again!
whoa pink - i get slightly disturbed by things like that too. well, not so much disturbed as bemused. i have always loved fashion and colour and expressing myself with clothes since i was a kid, but i think blogs have caused an explosion in telling the world about it. i just hope this particular 12 year old remembers to be a kid as well. cause being a kid is fun, right?
November 13th, 2008 at 6:21 pm
Whoa Pink & Lindsey Clare, I definitely had similar reactions to you both! While I remember reading “Teen” magazine at 12, I still wore jeans and t-shirts, and tried not to tell my friends I still played with Barbies. It frightened me a bit how much *older* than 12 she looks… she almost looks like a fresh-faced 18 year old. I love that she has such an amazing style, but I also hope that she *does* get to be a kid (like you said Lindsey Clare!).
November 13th, 2008 at 7:38 pm
12 year olds are even more evolved then me. wow. she is pretty neat, but you guys are right - she looks about eighteen. i echo the “hoping she’s still a kid”. i think when i was 12 i finally started to wear jeans.
Crystal: That’s what her profile says! But You know how that stuff is…
Joanne: I think I was wearing colored Guess jeans and baggy sweatshirts! Ah, the early 90s…
whoa pink: Why? Times are different now, she has an amazing style and her mom helps her make some of her outfits. I probably kept a diary at 12, but this new generation has blogs.
lindsey clare and Ashe Mischief: There was a big article about this young girl blogging phenomenon a few months back in the NY Times magazine and many of the girls themselves got to chime in. I think that blogs are a great form of self expression for these girls and encourages reading and writing. As long as there’s nothing scandalous, it doesn’t seem like that big of a deal to me.
November 13th, 2008 at 9:53 pm
I was a bit bemused by Kirke’s blog because I was still wearing jeans and kiddie t-shirts at that age…and had pigtails. I also remember at 12 is when I discovered fashion and started middle school. I evolved form the pigtail wearing kid to a follow the trends, play with a little make-up (not full-blown until 13 because of my mum’s rules), and watch Mtv wishing I could dress like the new wave singers.
The only difference bewteen 12 year old me and Kirke is her mother let’s her play around with fashion. I am sure she is still a 12 year old at heart…which means getting crushes on musicians and actors, hanging around shopping areas with friends, giggling with girlfriends, and secretly playing with Barbie…despite being a miniture fashionista.
November 13th, 2008 at 11:06 pm
Those pillows are cool, they look like something you would have designed Nubby!
Brie: I discovered fashion at about the same time as you…didn’t even really know what fashion mags were until I discovered a copy of Bazaar at the hairdresser’s and was hooked! The difference foe me though was that grunge was in style and the only thing I could find at the mall were baggy jeans, cardigans and t-shirts! Times have definitely changed, for sure, Everything is so accessible and the looks are WAY more mature.