Obsession: Digital Magazines

I'm a little bit of a nerd when it comes to magazines.  It's probably because thats my dream job--to publish my own--but still, I'm obsessive.  The first time I read a digital magazine on my iPad and saw that the publisher had figured out how to link the featured items to their seller's website I was so astounded and excited I walked around my house and interrupted everyone's business to show them.  It was cool.  Ever since, I have devoured as many digital magazines as humanly possible.

While I do read Lucky and Allure on my iPad, my favorites are lesser-known publications.

My first favorite is Sweet Lemon Mag.  Edited by one of my favorite bloggers, this magazine claims to be "written by & for the Jane of All Trades."  And it is. Most, if not all of its writers are twenty-somethings working their first jobs in big cities.  They have wisdom from making mistakes, and write amazing features that really do help people in the process of becoming a real person.  Not only do they have career advice, but they also write about style, fashion, as well as different and fun things to do in the cities they live in.  Each issue features a young women who made her own success.  Even more inspiration.  And I am obsessed.



Another publication I discovered shortly after I found Sweet Lemon, was Matchbook Mag.  I love the way they feature lesser-known brands and people from the fashion/accessories industry who I haven't heard of before.  This is actually the magazine I was reading that excited me so much.



Today, I stumbled upon To & From. I think this is intended to be a gift giving guide, but to be honest, if I were to buy gifts for anyone that I found in here, they would be for myself.

The magazine is composed, almost exclusively, of collages of gifts for various groups (men, women, children, single friends...).  It literally has over 100 pages of cool and unusual and creative gifts.



These magazines inspire me to start think about starting my own.