Artful Blogging Magazine

From Stampington, the publishers of Somerset Studio, check out Artful Blogging.

It is 144 pages in length and retails for US$14.95.

This is’nt really a how-to publication, but more of a showcase of blogs by artists - female makers into mixed media, textiles, art journaling . . . all the stuff I personally love, I do confess. Wonderful photographs.

What interests me most about Artful Blogging is not the content, but the fact that Stampington determined there is already a market for a publication like this.

I am only mildly surprised, mind you - blogging IS huge.  Recent statistics show that over 147 million American adults use the internet, and 57 million of those people read blogs.

Along this ilk, a book published in 2006 by Snowbooks Ltd is called The Crafters Companion, tips, tales, and patterns from a community of creative minds. It features 17 bloggers - mostly indie textile artists - and one craft project from each of them.