Blue Alvarez Designs

Entertainment & Edification

The Sartorialist My favorite fashion blog, and I'm the last to discover it. So if you don't know, now you know.

Shapely Prose Kate, Fillyjonk, and Sweet Machine talk about the novel concept of sanity in the face of weight and beauty standards. Plus they're just freakin' hysterical.

Why Work? An excellent question with a surprising answer.

Gareth Hinds You. Need. These. Books.

DJ Volvox Don't know where to party in Boston? Look no further. DJ Volvox is a great starting point for all the best music and dancing in the city.

Goods

TL6 The Gallery This New Bedford gallery features wonderful local artisans, such as Tenacious Lilly, and Blue Alvarez Designs! Definitely worth a trip to the South Shore.

IdeaKA! Finally I can tell you where I got my awesome wallet. This RISD grad is also well known for his lamps. Word is you may see both of these things and more at a Target in the very near future.

Wet Eyes Fashions Joe Segal makes clothes you never thought you could wear, but know you totally should. Amazing collage artwork as well - do not miss this site.

Moving Mud Exquisite handblown glass buttons and accessories. Really breathtaking.

Elemental Memories Have a favorite photo? Let Lisa turn it into a piece of wearable art. Handmade photo tiles and jewelry.

Luxe Fibre Gorgeous yarn, gorgeous site. Knitters everywhere will click and drool.

Tooknap Press I think these guys do a lot of stuff, but it's the yarn I lust after. Some of the most varied and quality yarn offerings I have seen to date.

Supercrafty A great Ebay store for yarn, needles, and the like. Also good leads on free knitting patterns.

Mau Studio Adorable handmade gifts.

Paper Pow! Punchy stationary and party invites. Throwing an urban pirate adventure or an X-files themed shindig? This is the site for you.

Services

Zev Fisher Photography Zev is stellar with a camera. Check out his beautiful portfolio and super-clean website for more details.

Mal's E-Commerce The good people who provide this site (and MANY others) with free e-shopping cart software.

Drak.net These fine people host this website, and many others. I can't say enough good things about their services.

Shobu Aikido of Boston I actually don't know if this qualifies as a service - it's a service you do for yourself by joining! If you've ever wanted to know what Aikido is all about, this is the place to start learning.

Art-Desy.net A veritable Yellow Pages for independent artists in all medias.

DIY

The Anticraft A darling of a DIY website, specifically geared toward those of us inclined toward the macabre. If a bunch of Dresden Dolls fans got together and made a crafting website, it would look like this, I suspect. Naturally, I am completely in love.

A now-hallowed knitting website - Knitty.com. Chock full o'nuts, as they say. Check it out.

The Switchboards Great forum for DIYers, especially those who sell. Network, network, network!

Craftster.org An invaluable resource. DIYers of the world, unite!

Crafty Chica This woman is amazing. She has a million different projects and articles. But my favorite part is her art: Chicanopopart.com

Miss Evil Kitty This blog has a slew of interviews with DIY shop owners, and links to her very own webstore, missevilkitty.com. See the October 2006 blog for the Blue Alvarez Designs interview!

Somerville Arts Council These guys run a tight ship. They help put on the Rock & Roll Yard Sale and help organize Bazaar Bizarre in Boston, as well as a slew of ongoing events in Union Square.

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