Wednesday, October 13, 2010

3191 quarterly

Last summer when I saw that 3191 Miles Apart (one of my favorite blogs) was going to start a print publication too, I paid no attention to the details--just clicked through and ordered my subscription immediately. I've given up most of my print magazines, but this one is truly different. I love the 3191 blog--am so inspired by the photography and pretty much everything they write about is exactly my taste--that I very much wanted a print version I can hold in my hands. And I do love this publication so much! I still carry around the summer issue. Above are the zucchini chocolate chip muffins I made from it. Can't wait for the autumn edition to arrive.
Beautiful montage of their photos . . .
Summer camping and summer picnic photo essays . . .
Friendship bracelets.

I'm happy to be subscribing to far fewer mainstream magazines (so many of them are mostly about selling stuff). But this sort of thing is exactly what I want to be supporting now and in the future--artists (that feel "local" to me somehow) and small publishing houses. It feels like a win-win to me. Anyone else subscribe to the quarterly? How do you like it?

5 comments:

Andrea said...

Neat. I hadn't heard of this, but it looks lovely. I've let a lot of my magazines expire because I wasn't reading them, but once in a while I re-up something. I do like to get mail, and I guess subscribing to a magazine is easier than writing an actual letter.

Andrea said...

Yikes! I just saw how expensive a subscription is...do you think it's worth it?

Joy said...

It looks beautiful, although I've never heard of 3191. I'll have to start reading the blog and see if I'm inspired to get a subscription. :)

~Heather said...

3191 looks beautiful, but alas the budget does not allow it. But man, it sure is tempting (wish you hadn't shown those muffins).

This online mag (I know, not quite the same as a physical one), Nuno, looks stunning too:
http://www.elizabethabernathy.com/2010/08/im-done-i-really-finally-done.html

Mary Beth said...

Andrea--well, that's sort of a complex question. What is an artwork or piece of writing "worth", ya know? I would say the answer is "no" and "yes." No for most people, I believe, but yes for me, for various reasons/justifications I feel just fine about. Spending that much on a small but beautiful little booklet is definitely not for everyone though.