House on Hill Road

House on Hill Road is a lovely crafty blog written by Erin Harris. Her blog offers lots of creative inspiration and also features some useful sewing tutorials.

Anna Maria Horner

Anna Maria Horner is a very talented fabric designer and her cheerful blog, Anna Maria, offers lots of creative inspiration with photos of her beautiful designs, and some free downloads such as her Garden Wall Quilt pattern.

Anna Maria Horner also has a shop and a book called, Seams to Me: 24 New Reasons to Love Sewing due out soon (it will be available in October of 2008).

Garden Rooms

Garden Rooms is a lovely blog written by Robyn Pope, a west coast garden designer specializing in gardens for children. Robyn's blog provides lots of photos of beautiful gardens and offers plenty of creative ideas to inspire you.

The Jewel Box Home: "Celebrate Living Small"

The Jewel Box Home website and the Jewel Box Home blog are both written and created by Genevieve M. Ferraro, "... an expert at successful small home living."

Genevieve offers lots of decorating ideas, practical suggestions, and plenty of inspiration for living happily - and stylishly - in a small house. She also provides a helpful guide about entertaining in the small home.

If you want to get more ideas, you can subscribe to the quarterly newsletter, Jewel Box Living.

What's Your Story?

Toni writes What's Your Story?, a blog offering lots of useful writing prompts and writing tips.

Grows on You: The community for garden lovers

If you are a keen gardener and have been thinking about starting a garden blog or would like to discuss your garden with other gardeners or you are looking for inspiration, I've found the perfect site! It's called Grows on You:

Grows on You is a new way for gardeners of all abilities to support and inspire each other by sharing their gardens - and it's completely free!

I'm impressed by everything the site offers:

• Catalogue your garden plants
• Upload photos of your garden
• Start a garden blog
• Ask for gardening help and advice

Grows on You really is a great resource for gardeners!

Cottage Magpie - a blog about decorating a 50's ranch home in cottage style

Angela writes the lovely blog, Cottage Magpie where you can read about how she is transforming her 50's ranch home to "...the home and garden of my dreams, welcoming and airy, filled with cottage charm but without spending a fortune."

If you prefer cottage style decorating too, Angela's fabulous (and thrifty!) decorating ideas are sure to inspire you.

The Smart Woman's Guide to a Simple Life blog

The Smart Woman's Guide to a Simple Life is a thought-provoking blog that offers advice and ideas for simplifying your life.

The blog is written by Gretchen Roberts, "a freelance magazine writer, mom, and wife with a modern, balanced life."

The Smart Woman's Guide to a Simple Life is a blog to turn to for support and encouragement for changing your life for the better, by setting priorities and helping you to put things into perspective.

The T-Cozy blog

If you love looking at (or indeed collecting) vintage things, or you just feel like you want to wallow in a nostalgic mood, you will enjoy the beautiful blog, The T-Cozy.

The blog features photos of items from a business called T-Party Antiques & Tea Room (Connecticut, USA.) which means you can have a virtual tour of their charming shop and drool over the tea time treats without gaining weight!

needle book - arts & crafts blog

needle book is the name of a lovely crafty blog by Claire Louise Milne, a freelance children's book illustrator who also loves arts & crafts.

Captain Rupert Rabbit & the Higglety Pigglety blog

Higglety Pigglety is the charming name of a charming blog by Joanna Twinn.

Her delightful blog is about life in England with a rabbit named Captain Rupert and her artistic inspiration for her range of greeting cards, notelets and prints that she paints for her business selling Joanna Twinn paintings and cards.

The Solitary Thread

The Solitary Thread is a lovely craft blog written by the very talented Meshell from Perth, Australia. Her blog offers ideas and inspiration about crafts such as sewing, quilting, embroidery and crochet. She also reviews books that she's read and offers an occasional recipe too.

The Yvestown Blog

The Yvestown Blog is written by Yvonne Eijkenduijn from her home in The Netherlands.

Yvonne's beautiful blog offers lots of crafty ideas and inspiration for creating a lovely home.

There is no place like home - a blog

There is no place like home is a blog written by Kelli, a Canadian expat living in Texas.

Kelli's lovely blog offers inspiration for decorating your home, clever craft ideas and lots of great recipes.

ThinkSimpleNow: Creativity, Clarity & Happiness

ThinkSimpleNow is an excellent inspirational blog written by Tina. Her blog focuses on "finding clarity, motivation, productivity, creativity and happiness."

The Ririan Project - how to improve your life

The Ririan Project is a blog that provides lots of ideas and inspiration about how to improve your life.

The Creative Mom Podcast

The Creative Mom Podcast is a weekly podcast that is always interesting and enjoyable to listen to. The Creative Mom (Amy) offers lots of inspiration and encouragement to be creative plus book reviews and inspiring music too.

Amy also writes a delightful blog called Threaded Thoughts where she writes about the "...strands of motherhood and creativity that define me."

Javajem Knits - a crafty blog

Jody from Columbia, Maryland, USA , writes a crafty blog called Javajem Knits, about knitting, sewing, spinning, jewelry, crafts and photography. Her lovely blog offers lots of creative inspiration and free patterns too.

Homebug - a blog

Homebug is the clever name of a lovely blog about homes, interiors, art and design.

The blog creator, Zee, - a "house-proud design nut" - resides in Dublin, Ireland. Her aims are "...to highlight online shopping resources and to lend exposure to local and international art, design and homewares."

Homebug offers lots of decorating ideas and inspiration, as well as useful links.

Simply Green - a blog with 'green and crafty ideas'

Simply Green is the name of a fun and inspirational blog created by Danny Seo, Editor-at-Large of Country Home magazine.

Danny's Simply Green blog offers lots of "Green and crafty ideas for everyday living."