I really miss Blueprint magazine. I know lots of you weren’t big fans, but looking back I think you’ll agree that it was becoming a very special magazine… I’m sad that it’s gone. Another magazine that ended far too soon is craft mag Adorn, Christina Hatch was the editor-in-chief and thankfully for us all she is now leading marketing and other efforts over at Etsy. Christina did a great job at Adorn but in the end, it’s all about ad revenue for print publications and when they can’t bring in enough cash they have to close up shop no matter what. It’s just a shame, we’ve watched several magazines close their doors in the past year alone.
(Purl and Purl Patchwork, NYC)You may recall these beautiful photos, they are of the gorgeous one-bedroom Brooklyn apartment of Joelle Hoverson, who owns two yarn and fabric shops in NYC — Purl and Purl Patchwork. These were originally published in Blueprint magazine and can now be viewed online. It’s a glimpse of what was — our beloved Blueprint. Martha bring it back and combine the idea with MS Kids, drop some of the over-priced finds, and showcase what we love about Martha best, some good old-fashioned DIY projects that we all need and crave. We humble bloggers try, but no one produces a better DIY than Martha Stewart from concept to layout and photography, MSLO rocks it. Of course they have major resources and employees that we little bloggers just don’t have, but that’s even more reason for them to roll in and take charge. It’s the one thing they have that the web can’t seem to duplicate with all it’s DIY tips and videos so why isn’t their a magazine out there going for it?
If you could build the perfect magazine, what would it include? What do you want to see that’s missing currently in magazines? What do you think is missing on blogs that you’d like to see more of (this question is something that I can do something with). Good news! I’m diligently working on a decor8 redesign with a company based abroad, the new digs here should be up and ready to go mid July. I took all of your advice and the decor8 you asked for will hopefully be what you get! Yay!
(images from blueprint magazine via mslo)
May 8th, 2008 at 2:16 am
I want fresh content. Domino is starting to get really uppity in it’s subject matter. I miss the down-to-earth approach of Blueprint. That’s what I like about the blogs- they are real people who rent and admit that they can’t afford things but still create beautiful and stylish lives. I want FRESH, NEW eye candy. That’s basically what I go to magazines for. It’s not necessarily for specific projects but to generally be inspired. I loved Blueprint because it was a LIFESTYLE magazine- they talked about every thing from fashion to cooking to decorating!I visit so many blogs a day that by the time I get a magazine in the mail, I’ve already seen most of it. If I’ve seen a product on another blog or two I usually won’t post it. I’d love to see more of your personal design projects and projects from your own house on your blog.Looking forward to seeing what you’ve got up your sleeve.
Thanks!
Chelsea
May 8th, 2008 at 2:26 am
I don’t know about perfect, but I’d take
Blueprint minus the fashion + Martha’s DIY’s & entertaining + Domino from back in the day + Budget Living
(And, if I subscribed, it would arrive in my mailbox before it hit the stands.)
May 8th, 2008 at 2:50 am
Chelsea thank you for your comment, I agree with you, very well said. Yes I admit, I haven’t been showing much of my own work here on decor8 lately, I’ve been so consumed with writing jobs and family related projects that I’ve not had a lot of time to produce much in my own life when it comes to art, design, or decorating. It’s frustrating for me.
One big goal this year is to change that. I have a few new projects that I’m working on so that come Autumn, I can start introducing you more to my personal side. I think you’ll like what I have in store.
xo
Holly
May 8th, 2008 at 2:59 am
There is actually a new shelter magazine that just launched called “LoftLife” that seems to, at least at it’s initial stages, pick up where Blueprint left off. It doesn’t have as much femininity that Blueprint or Domino has…
http://www.loftlifemag.com
May 8th, 2008 at 3:01 am
I can’t stand Domino. Gag. I’m a fine artist and since they dropped their indie art section from the magazine, I unsubbed and dropped them completely.
If they won’t lend support to the indie community then screw them all.
The world is not NYC and is not filled with celebs, they need to get off it. I’m so tired of NY bloggers and magazines alike, it’s this club no one else can enter. If I hear another drop of anything about Brooklyn I’m going to slit both wrists. Brooklyn is so last year.
Domino needs more real writers and non-New York snob voices in the mix, and Jesus, get some fresh blood over there Domino and start producing a magazine that jazzes us up again. The longer you sit out there and the more you stagnant in your isolated NY bubble, the more you make the rest of us feel like a bunch of unsupported starving renters.
Thanks for giving me space to spill.
Heather
May 8th, 2008 at 3:04 am
I don’t read blogs daily, but there are a few that I lurk past every few days to see what’s going on.
I think I admire the photography mostly. and how it brings the story to life. You might be writing about a cupcake, but a really great cupcake photo makes it all the more special.
And a good mix of subjects- interviews, pics of places, places to visit, projects to tackle or how other tackled their project problems, cupcakes. Maybe even some short videos if viewers have a high speed connection.
I think I like magazines like that also- a little bit of everything.
people, travel, food (cupcakes),hobbies.
Then sometimes I’ll buy a very specific magazine on 1 topic, such as digital scrapbooking, or something. Years ago, I would buy Victoria magazine just because of their photography- to learn how to take reference photos for paintings.
May 8th, 2008 at 3:17 am
Blueprint was great…Still can’t give over the pink Christmas issue. I use to think Domino was just as great but each new issue only brings more disappointment. I want a magazine rich with eye candy! Especially eye candy that is affordable and/or DIY worthy. I live in the real world, and in the real world we cant afford $500 dollar hand bags and designer furniture with 50 grade fabric. I can barely get out of my house with gas prices. But a night spent browsing a good magazine is worthy of staying in anyways!
May 8th, 2008 at 3:26 am
Ha Heather I love your comments and as a person who lived in Brooklyn way before it was soo hip and then moved back home to Massachusetts I agree. I used to hang out in lofts in Williamsburg before it was an artists community and I lived in Park Slope which was more upscale and 5th ave only had a few restaurants and now its full of stores and restaurants. Well no wonder there is was very little affordable space in Manhattan and you knew they were coming over the bridge.
I live in a town just 20 min south of Boston with little art life so I have to create it for myself. Why don’t we talk about those who left the hustle and bustle for the burbs to raise kids but still have that art edge and talent!! I would love to hear more about women like myself, I know they are out there because many of my talented friends did the same, lucky for me my old college roomate lives a town away who is also an illustrator so I have someone who ” gets” me, and there of course is my crazy talented artist Dad!
Lets write about the “real” world as you say and not these pretty model types with fabulous styled homes that few of us can have although I do have the most amazing deck that could easily be in those mags!!
Okay now I have to do some late night work!!
Ellen
May 8th, 2008 at 3:37 am
That reminds me. The perfect magazine wouldn’t have anything about kids in it, unless it was a kid magazine.
May 8th, 2008 at 3:45 am
Hi Holly-
I didn’t want to make you feel bad about not having your own projects on here. I have the same goal for my own blog. I wish I could show more of my work but I don’t have the time (and my camera really stinks!)I think you do a great job- just wanted to make sure you know that:)
xo Chelsea
May 8th, 2008 at 3:56 am
I’d love a magazine with gorgeous and unique photos that inspire me, interviews with inspirational people, do it yourself projects, eco-friendly products, the work of emerging artists and designers, and budget-friendly ideas.
May 8th, 2008 at 4:25 am
oh, i so miss blueprint…domino is the only magazine left that i really get excited to see in my mailbox. as for content on an ideal magazine, i’d love to see something with the cheeky, lighthearted attitude that blueprint had, and with more of an emphasis on “baby steps” – ie, small but meaningful improvements we can make to our homes and lives. a project that takes days is just too much for me…but something that takes an afternoon, i can easily tackle!
someone above commented about dropping the fashion element of blueprint, and i agree there’s plenty of fashion content out there. but one thing i really enjoyed about blueprint is the way they encouraged nontraditional uses of fashion – ie, the article about the woman who wears jewelry in unusual ways (bead necklaces as dress straps, brooches as hairpins, etc). i think there’s room for that in the “ideal” DIY/decor mag, as it encourages creativity, which is the underlying current in all of this.
mostly, though, i’m just looking for thoughtful, creative ideas that i couldn’t or wouldn’t have come up with on my own. no mag is perfect, but blueprint had that in spades.
May 8th, 2008 at 7:53 am
I’m going to have to ditto Carlene. I also am liking the idea of having more ‘real’ people featured. Maybe something like an AT House Tour mixed with a how/why DIY. I definitely don’t need a fashion section – if they want to mix that in with a personal interview, fine. Please no fitness either. Travel is it’s own genre and changes too much to include as a section. (unless it was a feature on craft fair groupies 2008 or so ;) Cooking could be relegated to an entertainment section, like how InStyle does it. Otherwise, show me design I can afford, DIY that’s realistic (but not boring), great photography, and real people.
Good post Holly! It’s fun to read the other comments and maybe somebody who can make a push in the publishing world will read these one day! Thanks for making the blogosphere a better place!
May 8th, 2008 at 11:41 am
I’m going with ittybittybirdy on this one…I want inspiration and eye candy and accessibility. In that order. Blueprint was one of the reasons I would hit Borders here in Australia regularly and pay exorbitant prices, and now it’s gone. Domino just doesn’t cut it.
I want to be able to leaf through the mag, be inspired and energized, and then be able to go and recreate what I liked about it in my own life. There are not many mags like that around, sadly. :(
May 8th, 2008 at 11:53 am
i love, love joelle’s apartment and often refer back to that article. it has the prettiest palette and the style is vintage with modern lines. very cozy.
i think your concept for a new magazine sounds great. i loved blueprint and the baby magazine, even though i didn’t have babies. you can always count on the martha stewart team for fantastic photography and great how to’s.
i used to buy tons of magazines, but not so much anymore. i feel like i’ve seen it all before, especially in domino. i wish i liked dwell more, but i just don’t connect with it.
May 8th, 2008 at 12:43 pm
Wow! People have very strong opinions about their shelter mags! I would love to see an American version of Marie Claire Idees. Strong on DIY in every area – home, fashion, gifts, kids etc. Colorful, both modern and vintage inspired… It is the best Craft magazine for me. I miss MS Kids so much. My current fav is ME Home Companion just because she always feature craft artist bio/interview, DIY project, Party Ideas, plus the homes she shows are often those of artist or crafters. If anyone starts this perfect magazine can I have a job there? Lol. Thanks for starting this discussion – it looks to be a lively one!
May 8th, 2008 at 1:14 pm
hi! I’m writing from Brazil and I love decor8, everyday I’m catching up with your tips and incredible good taste =)
I do miss tips and advices about how to organize, decorate and create a pretty home in a very small apartment. Even though it’s hard to decorate a regular apartment it’s even harder to do it when you live in a 38m2 space so I expect to see more of this in your blog. thanks!
May 8th, 2008 at 1:28 pm
As much as I love blogs, magazines have the ability to showcase multiple styles due to the sheer fact that they have many people on their staff. A blog, on the other hand, generally sticks to the decorating styles of the author (luckily, Holly, I love yours!) and you have to weed through all of the blogs out there to find one that inspires you. As someone with a casual interest in design, I need to see styles that challenge my own in order for mine to evolve.
Also, I’ve said it before (along with many others), but I would love to see a magazine that actually targets whom it claims to. I loved Blueprint, but felt alienated, as many of us apparently did, by the pricey finds. I love reading a magazine and seeing something lovely that I can actually afford. It shouldn’t be that way with all of the affordable design options these days. I also echo the opinions of those who would like to see more DIY and indie artists. Holly, you have been a great resource to me with your Etsy finds and links to wonderful independent shops. As a Bostonian, I love your local tips and would be intererested in more of that in the future! Thank you for such a great online community :)
May 8th, 2008 at 2:50 pm
I loved Blueprint and miss it so much. Adorn was wonderful too. I loved the DIY and projects, especially unusual or budget minded projects. I used to like Domino, but now it seems a bit snobby. The Purl pics are great, I’ve never been to the NY store, but the warehouse is near me (heaven!), her apartment is just beautiful!
May 8th, 2008 at 3:09 pm
Personally I love reading interviews with and profiles of people working in the business…
And also, as andy said, great photography!
I think blogs and magazines alike should have a balance of substance and style — I’ll get bored and won’t waste my money on a magazine that is all photos and nothing else, but at the same time a design mag should be very visual. It should also have some interesting articles, though. I don’t want to be able to finish it from cover to cover in under 5 minutes.
May 8th, 2008 at 3:45 pm
I would like to see more handmade things that were inexpensive. I would like to see real homes that look real. Everything in magazines seem so glossy and new. I like thrifting and off beat designs.
May 8th, 2008 at 3:58 pm
i’d like to echo everyone’s sentiments about having more realism in a magazine. haven’t these mags caught onto what their demographic is? we dont’ have $500 to buy on a shirt or $3000 for an armchair. I want something for the real demographic of us in our 20s and 30s. the average person this age makes like $50,000? i need something creative, functional, and affordable. Love the DIY projects especially by the fashion editor of domino. those were awesome. oh, and on a side note: if i see one more guilt ridden article about going green (and how i’ll need to take out a second mortgage to do it), i’m gonna cancel my domino subscription all together.
May 8th, 2008 at 4:10 pm
What a charming, quaint and inspiring apartment…makes me want to go an reorganize all my rooms, ha ha. Thanks, Mandy
May 8th, 2008 at 4:43 pm
I recently had to design a magazine for a school project and ended up loving the concept so much that I can’t stop thinking about it. It’s a magazine for the accident prone DIYer. People with enthusiasm, but not skill :-) It’s a kitschy idea, but I think if it’s scaled back, there might be something in it.
My perfect magazine would be rich with amazing photography and would be full of homes and projects of REAL people who have to save for months to buy an expensive piece of furniture. I’d like to see people from all over the nation. People that live in cabins, in carriage houses, converted churches, apartments, single family homes, etc. I want to look at a room and see the work of independent artists, and I want to be able to look those artists up and buy their work. I want DIY projects that aren’t hard, and I want to see the old and commonplace reinvented in new and extraordinary ways.
Also? I totally second Carlene’s comment that my subscription MUST be in my mailbox before the magazine hits the stands. Nothing bothers me more about Domino than that… I hate seeing the magazine in the grocery store and having to wait a week or more for my copy to arrive in the mail.
May 8th, 2008 at 4:52 pm
I absolutely *loved* Blueprint. Although it was skinny, I found myself lusting after everything in there and I adored the layout. However, I also really love Domino – it’s my current fave in the magazine market.
What I really like seeing are makeovers on a budget and beautiful homes by regular people who are on a budget. To me tone is very important – I like magazines that make me feel welcome – ie not like if they met me in person I would be a second class citizen because I don’t have a $4000 firescreen (who really buys those anyway?).
May 8th, 2008 at 5:45 pm
I SO miss Martha Stewart Kids & Baby magazines!! I also started to enjoy Blueprint but didn’t like the expensive things they were featuring. I loved articles like the peak into Lotta Jansdotter’s home. I e-mailed MSLO and asked them to combine the best of these three magazines into one so that us “younger” readers would have a magazine too. Do-it-yourself decorating projects, fun crafts for babies and kids, nature info for kids, retro design, modern design, artsy craftsy stuff, peaks into crafts/art entrepreneurs homes/studios… That’s what I’d like and crave from MSLO as they really are the best. Their pictures are always the best quality pictures I have ever seen and they are so creative. Should we start a petition to make this happen? *sigh*
May 8th, 2008 at 6:53 pm
I was sad to see Blueprint go.. but at the rates they were charging for their Advertising its no suprise. The price for a full page ad in their magazine was so expensive, most of the interested advertisers would have been immediatly priced out. I organize Group ads for artists, and even if each artist put in a lot of money, advertising in Blueprint would have been impossible. The next Blueprint will have to allow more ads, but as long as the ads are tasteful and useful for the reader’s I don’t mind.
I do miss Blueprint, although their last issue “The Pink one” shocked me so badly with it’s cover.
May 8th, 2008 at 7:45 pm
I just want to live in Martha’s world where all of my linens are properly folded, and canning jars lined up like little soldiers! Love or hate her, MS has brought back homemaking and DIY projects with flair. I would love to see more gardening/outdoor spaces pictures in magazines. Truly- the only shelter mag that I am disappointed in right now is Dwell. Can’t quite figure out the new layout…
About blogs- I am just starting in the blog world, and am truly impressed with the eye candy and creative look that everyone offers. I do most of my own work, so my blog is slower in coming than you all-thanks for the inspiration!
May 8th, 2008 at 8:21 pm
I want two types of magazines: (1) ideas relevant to my house, climate, budget that challenges my aesthetic to evolve (southern california, small, old ranch house near beach in need of lots of updates); and (2) pure eye candy and inspiration.
I don’t want to see celebrities. No cheap DIY. I recoil at Trading Spaces and that ilk of quick, cheap makeover shows. I like learning about designers/artists in the home arena, e.g. fabric artists (Jansdotter, Butler, Robshaw, etc.) even if I can’t afford, say a Robshaw handpainted pillow, I still like knowing about his work and having something new to look for on ebay. The problem is that once “discovered” the same artist is seen in every magazine and blog which diminishes its appeal to me.
May 8th, 2008 at 8:36 pm
Like many others, I:
1) am way over DOMINO – it’s too pricey for the trendy stuff they showcase. The last straw for me came when they attempted to show a small kitchen remodel, and they spent nearly $10K on a subzero, but yet put in white laminate countertops. Come on. As somebody who works in the field, I actually laughed out loud.
2)am tired of seeing NY stuff. Yes, they are an epicenter of cool, but show me some other parts of the country!! And show me more suburbia!! We can’t all live in cool lofts!
3)want to see more inventive uses of color and some cool color schemes. Really, just lots of pretty color combinations. It doesn’t have to be unusual or weird for it to make me drool.
4)want more accessible DIY projects.
5) would like to see more emphasis on timeless designs (be it trad or mod) and less on trends.
6) LOVE looking/drooling over pretty pictures.
May 8th, 2008 at 10:08 pm
If there is one thing i know it’s magazines. I adored Blueprint & still sad it’s gone. Domino has sadly lost the plot. Each month is a new disappointment. My dream magazine would include a little of the following – blueprint, budget living, cookie & my ultimate favorite Milk. I have no children nor want any but the japanese & french editions of milk are amazing. I’m inspired every time they arrive.
Great DIY not bad grade school make overs. I always loved the business card page from Victoria Magazine. And business profiles or city profiles.
Oh & it shows up one week before it hits the stands not 2 weeks after.
I sign for me of a great magazine is how many pages I rip out of it for future inspiration.
May 8th, 2008 at 11:26 pm
What about ReadyMade magazine? It preceded Budget Living, Blueprint, Domino, and Craft. It’s about all aspects of design in our lives that include inspriational eye candy photos, instructional how-to projects, real people and their homes, news on cultural undercurrents in the creative world, and cool things to buy. Little known fact is that the bulk of its content is reader submitted. Anyone here know about it? Surprised it hasn’t been mentioned.
I must add…I do love Domino for the visual buffet of ideas it provides. I used to tear out more pages in its earlier days, but it’s still a dependable resource for things I can hack, appropriate, make or buy.
May 9th, 2008 at 3:29 am
Remember Budget Living? The worst title for a magazine but the best content. It was like Blueprint but I think it had just a little more attitude. Anyway, I’ll echo others comments that so few of us can afford much of what is featured in magazines and even though we like to see the expensive stuff, we like to see the DIY or cheap option. I know its not realistic because of needing to please the advertisers, but if someone could make that work, it would be great. I keep waiting for someone to do an English version with a combination of the Japanese interior books (or Jeu de Paume) and craft books–with that kind of art direction. I’m embarrassed to say I’m also really liking my Grandma’s subscription to Country Living–there’s a fair about of do-it-on-the cheap. Also, if I understood Skona Hem, I think I’d really like that. Thanks for asking–I still check Bluelines, the Blueprint blog, but it’s just not the same.
May 9th, 2008 at 12:40 pm
i really miss Blueprint also. i check Blueline everyday, but it’s not the same. and i way over Domino, but i still don’t know, so i want more Blueprint + DIY + Martha Stewart magazine thingy.
thanks.
May 9th, 2008 at 4:06 pm
I not only recall this home, I have each of these pictures cut out for my inspriation books (which I need time to play around with). So beautiful.
I love magazines that showcase beautiful, yet down to earth and lived in interiors (and exteriors). Also having columns or articles devoted to “where to and how to” in terms of affordable design and decorating.
May 9th, 2008 at 6:42 pm
So funny you’ve written about this subject Holly, cause I have just been blogging about a similar question, and hadn’t read your post yet. To summarize my view, I think magazines should be more about real people, just like some others have mentioned. If you allow me, here’s a link to my post:
http://ninainvorm.punt.nl/?id=463874&r=1&tbl_archief=&
Maybe some great bloggers should stick together and create a great magazine?
May 9th, 2008 at 6:43 pm
So funny you’ve written about this subject Holly, cause I have just been blogging about a similar question, and hadn’t read your post yet. To summarize my view, I think magazines should be more about real people, just like some others have mentioned. If you allow me, here’s a link to my post:
http://ninainvorm.punt.nl/?id=463874&r=1&tbl_archief=&
Maybe some great bloggers should stick together and create a great magazine?
May 9th, 2008 at 9:39 pm
I’m intrigued by the mention of Milk Magazine — I’d never heard of it before, and just found this on the web http://www.milkmagazine.net/ but can’t figure out how to track down an issue — the title doesn’t exactly loan itself to easy searching. Can anyone help?
If it’s anything like Cookie I’m sure I’d love it too. Cookie is one of the few shelter-y magazines that I regularly see featured on some of my favorite design blogs like Apartment Therapy and Bloesem — and their web site’s shelter blog has plenty to offer even non-parents: http://www.cookiemag.com/magazine/blogs/nesting
May 10th, 2008 at 12:13 am
Love reading everyone’s ideas. High style homes are fine but there should also be images of homes exactly as the homeonwer lives in it – not the stylist’s ideal. All these family homes with photo of big dog and smiling family but no evidence that anyone actually lives in the house. The pics are too sterilized – I can’t relate. And children’s bedrooms with perfectly coordinated everything and no reflection of the child’s personality make me sad. Country Living, Country Home, Domino, and Living Etc inspire me about 1 to 2 times a year each. It’s why I don’t subscribe – I get them from the library and copy pages I love.
May 11th, 2008 at 5:32 pm
I would like to see a mag that is about Design AND Art. One that had short “blurby” pieces as well as substantial, meaty interviews and articles. Interviews with designers and artists, pieces about a design or art topic: i.e. the perfect vase to fit your room/table (but please not with the whole lot running $500 and up for a vase).
Domino feels like it has lost its direction in some ways, and in another it feels like it is trying to step into House & Garden’s shoes, and somehow still try to stay hip and funky. Unfortunately it is not working for me, I haven’t even opened the last 3 that arrived in my mailbox. House & Garden’s topics were way above my budget, but I loved reading it occasionally for the articles (which were wonderfully written), and the gorgeous photos and Clean (with a capital C) and balanced layouts.
I want Real. I want real people, real art, real design, and on a budget that is realistic. I’d also like to see a design mag be a little risky and move out of what feels like the safe NY/LA trends, and into something a little more bohemian, or a little more funky, or a little more mundane even. I’d like to see photography that has Nothing to do with how a stylist thinks the garden or the room should look like, mixed in with styled shots. I think I, like many others, just want to read about and look at real design, real artists and the story of their art
Not much interested in combining with a DIY thing, maybe small projects… I just think there are designers and artists working all over this country, all over the world, that are doing interesting, fun, new things. I am honestly so very tired of Park Slope home make overs, and wherever else the perceived trendy place is.
I’d like to see more focal point, both in the photography and in the writing. I’d like to see Good writing. Domino loses me with too many short little blurby things, and I feel like there is no there there, and they are fooling me into believing there is some there… Adorn (which you mentioned) I thought was a great idea, but for me, again, there was no focal point. The pages were too overly packed with colourful, energetic photos, type running over photos that was difficult to read, and I would open a spread and have no idea what I was looking at or where to look, and I stopped reading that one after the 2nd issue. Getting creative with a layout is wonderful, pushing a page to the point of maximum overload, too hard to read. Blueprint I was beginning to like, just as they went under. It felt like they had just gotten a grasp on what they were, but will follow on line.
Thanks so much Holly for asking this question, look forward to seeing what you do with all the comments/information people have left…
May 14th, 2008 at 3:37 pm
I really don’t like many magazines out there at the moment.
I think the ideal magazine would be a mixture of:
* Real writing.
* International authors of peices in the magazine, as i’m in the UK, it’s hard to always ‘find’ the things mentioned in US magazines, we have no Walmart etc.
* A section [maybe 1 page] of creative things to do with little people and toddlers.
* A photo page from Flickr, images the editior found inspiring or lovely that week/month.
* Proudcts that aren’t mega pricey, Selvedge magazine is too snobby at times. How many people can buy a skirt for ?3,000 etc?
* A page for Etsy makers/ students to send in pics and where to buy.
* Interviews from inspiring people, not just people that have the ‘cool’or ‘it’ factor like celebs etc. We dont all connect with those people.
* Cut out and keep pages with cool,quick, and cheap ideas like, how to make a cosmetic case.
* A list of inspiring books, music, blogs etc etc etc.
* a ‘The months finds’page with , best fabrics, haberdashery, craft ideas, etc etc etc
I’m not interested in free gifts, this bumps the price up normally, just a well written, down to earth magazine, that supports people and has what its readers want.
Bright, patterned borders, and covers, and possibly a litle ribbon ‘marker’ like good books have. But i’m not sure how much extra that would add on to the over all cost of the magazine.
Also, not a million adverts in it. Adverts-yes, but ones appropriate to the magazine.
Also, the price point would be interesting, currently Selvedge, Embroidery and Craft magazine are all ?7 + [$14 +] Which i feel is ALOT for magazines!
I would be more than happy for a price piont of ?4 max. ?5 maybe.
Also, i think it’d be great for there to be a list of ‘dates for your diary’ , Museum collections on, fashion shows?, Craft fayres, sales of fav’ shops, special dates, etc etc etc , I always miss out on things because i’m uninformed.
June 17th, 2010 at 5:01 pm
I loved all the magazines listed, and would like to add mourning for Budget Living…the name was horrible, but the content divine.
I feel like there is nothing that reflects this style aesthetic (yet soooo many blogs and fans). 2010 is a sad time for the magazine, but I am a monthly supporter of many in the hopes it will make a difference.
L.