Art and Design Blogs that Tell a Story

While I love the images that make design blogs visual magic, there's nothing like a story to bring good art to life.

Three Potato Four is a lovely design blog written by partners Janet and Stu. While some design blogs function as pure venues for new work and interesting finds, Three Potato Four focuses on all this as well as the art of the story. A delightful balance between both the work and the inspiration of art, brilliant photographs illustrate peaceful posts about ordinary things and the narrative contained in each singular moment. This post about Saturday morning accompanied by this perfect image is standard fare on this engaging blog:

Three Potato Four is also home to an online shop where unexpected treasures like these tea-towels await. (For more tea towels that tell a story, check out these lovelies on display at Design Sponge from maker Sarah Young. You even get to take scissors to them without feeling guilty.)

If you prefer your artist blogs with a compelling dose of narrative, dive into Chronicles of Me, the online musings of artist and professional photographer Denise Andrade, known to the online world as "Boho Girl." For the last few years, Denise has been writing about her evolution as an artist and a woman deeply hoping and waiting to become a mother. This fertility journey weaves a delicate thread through pages of posts and images that celebrate life, honesty and the story of holding on to hope. This exquisite self-portrait along with a post about holding on to joy captures the essence of Denise's positive approach to storytelling.

Denise's shop is a quiet backdrop to all this magic. You can find her photography at Bohemian Girl Designs.

Another design blog that is propelled by the power of story is that of jewelry designer Nikole Sarvay. You can see Nikole's word at Nikole Sarvay Designs and read her fantastic narrative about becoming a mother on her blog BabyLust.