Blog Envy

As I've been searing for inspiration on how to present work and blogs, I've come across some favorites. I follow a lot of beauty blogs (Carli Bybel's blog and Youtube channel are addictions of mine), but the blogs I love the most for content and style are actually PR and  blogs. Here you can find descriptions of two PR blogs and a Chicago fashion blog that I am taking style points from.

Millennial Marketing

This is one of my holy grail websites that appeals to a wide range of my interests like food, fashion, digital trends, and social media. I love following it for it's informative and understandable articles on media and public relations. The writing isn't the same marketing jargon you see on a lot of marketing/PR blogs. It's something relatable while also giving expert advice on topics that I would encounter in my desired career path.

Style wise, it's clean and bright and often uses single pictures to articulate article topics. If I were to use aspects from this blog on my own blog or portfolio, I would definitely use the straight forward pictures, the nice use of space, and the blue and white palette.

The Suburban Poppy

Suburban Poppy could be considered "life goals" for this girl. I love everything this blogger covers: art shows, food, projects, fashion/retail, and city life. I am dying to move to a city, so this blog makes me green with envy at every post about urban life and a modern take on PR professionalism.

This site is actually already one of my muses for blog style. I love the pink and white palette mixed with cute graphics and great pictures. IF I were to continue to use this as style inspiration alone, I would change my blog from dark to bright and white, much like Suburban Poppy's and play with creating more of my own media like gifs and graphics.

Taking hints from a writing and content perspective, this is my first choice in conveying myself through a professional but personal website. She is relatable and comes off as knowledgable in her writing, so I would strive for that same persona.

The CHICago Life Blog

As mentioned, I can't wait to move to a city. Chicago in particular is my top choice! This blog may not appeal to as much of my career path as the other two I mentioned but it still appeals to lifestyles and hobbies I enjoy. I love design of all kinds: fashion, interior, makeup, typography, print making, the list goes on. So I love this mix of design and life in Chicago the blog presents.

Like the other blogs mentioned, this blog uses a bright and white layout with smart photo choices. I adore the fonts used on this website and would definitely be snagging them where I can. What I hate is some of the overbearing advertising, so this is a good example of what I don't want on my websites and portfolios. But outside of that, the articles appeal to my interests and I would love to mirror some of its writing.