Are you on Instagram?
In the ocean of social media, I think Instagram is the fish I’m infatuated with most. I love how curatable (not a word, but it should be, because I don’t want to use “easy to curate”) it is. For me it’s less about reach and more about having a place to go to look at and share beautiful things (like a museum, where I also have a gallery, except I can stay in my yoga pants). I tend to gravitate towards feeds with pictures instead of graphics or renderings, as well as a little bit of the instagrammer’s real life thrown in. And that’s how I tend to run my “gallery”.
Some of my favorite instagrammers, unsurprisingly, involve crafty things. But I also love bookish feeds, photographers, and (surprisingly) one shopping site in particular.
**Books**
https://www.instagram.com/crimeofrhyme/ Just. Beautiful. Book. Photos.
https://www.instagram.com/melissasbookishlife/ More. Just. Beautiful. Book. Photos.
**Crafts**
https://www.instagram.com/hodgepodgefarm/ Cal Patch is my one stop shop for everything I wish I could do: own a farm, sew all the time, knit all the time, crochet all the time, draw, carve stamps. I basically live vicariously through her pictures.
https://www.instagram.com/_crossstitch_/ AWESOME FREE CROSS STITCH PATTERNS and they’re lovely.
https://www.instagram.com/mayamade/ I took workshops with Maya several years ago and find her feed to be inspiring and beautiful.
**Shop**
https://www.instagram.com/aliceandwonder/ LOVE their curated shop and that they stock great clothes for most sizes.
**Other**
https://www.instagram.com/photomicona/ Romantic photographs about couples in love (and other awesome photographs).
Do you have any favorite feeds??? I’m still a novice, but I’d love some more recommendations. <3
Penny Reid is the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA TODAY Bestselling Author of the Winston Brothers, Knitting in the City, Rugby, and Hypothesis series. She used to spend her days writing federal grant proposals as a biomedical researcher, but now she just writes books. She’s also a full time mom to three diminutive adults, wife, daughter, knitter, crocheter, sewer, general crafter, and thought ninja.
I love Instagram, too (even though most of my friends are Facebookers)!
I’m currently infatuated with Jo Rodgers’ feed:
https://www.instagram.com/jo_rodgers/
Lots of books, food, and London scenes, and every caption is like a short short story.
Instagram is definitely a favorite of mine, too. It’s a social media site that I actually find manageable and relaxing. I love @nypl, @nyplconservation which are both books/conservation. There are some more New York Public Library accounts that are fun, too. I love the images on @abandonedhudsonvalley @natgeo and @natgeocreative which have led me to some beautiful wild life photographers. Then, I am completely infatuated by cute animals: @cooper_and_hazel and @lifeofpikelet. I love looking at the pens, ink, and calligraphy on @gouletpens.
That’s not even all of them! I can wait to look at the ones you’ve listed.