Blog Crushes 06

Welcome to our special festive blogger crushes. While we tried our best to make our blog as Christmassy as possible their are some blogs out there that take it to a whole other level. While we've tried to be helpful with our gift and style guides, invited you to shop small and had some fun with a Christmas Unlikely Style Icon, these folks have really added a bit of extra sparkle to the holidays.

Helen's crushing on ...I Love Crafty


Not only does I Love Crafty create fabulous jewellery (you may have spotted my glitter cat ring popping up in my outfit posts) but creator, Laura, also has a rather spectacularly lovely blog. In the run up to the 25th she 's counted down her top 10 I Love Crafty jewels and also shared some tasty treats. I also love how she got some of her favourite bloggers involved by getting them to create their very own I Love Crafty Christmas lists. The blog (and shop) are always full of bright and colourful images and Laura gets the balance between business and personal spot on.

Check out the I Love Crafty shop for lots of goodies and follow on Instagram for a daily fix.

Kimberley is crushing on... Fashion Worked

Okay, Fashion Worked has not directly been leading us up to Christmas with wishlists and countdowns BUT as a blog championing independent designers is was the perfect stop off when thinking about our #ShopSmall projects. I have a decent knowledge of the Scottish designer crowd, and for some reason the Brighton Etsy lot (?), but it is always good to branch out. I had a perusal through the Best Independent Brands & Labels list for new crushes. And if you're not quite ready for Christmas to be over, I recommend you check out his Alternative Queen's Speech.

As if that is not reason enough to check the blog out, he is also like 35% of the reason I check in on #fbloggerschat. Because he is sassy and pithy and my favourite Twitter stalk. Follow Fashion Worked on Twitter here.

We're also crushin' on

• J for Jen's  tips for easy festive dressing.
• A shed load of sparkle form Miss West End Girl.
• Briar Rose and her perfect festive headwear from Crown and Glory.