introducing thrive

hello!
one of my favorite things to look at or read is a zine. for those of you who are wondering what the heck i'm talking about, a zine is an independently made booklet-slash-magazine containing anything from comics to memoir haikus. anyone- including you!- can make a zine and fill it with anything(!) you like!
anyway, yesterday i opened my mailbox to a very exciting little envelope! i had ordered thrive, a zine, on alyssa's etsy several days before...

not only was the envelope adorable (colorful animals on a majestic mountain, anyone?), but alyssa had also included several super cute freebie's. i'm really digging the quirkiness of her artwork. 

featuring adorable monsters and talking food, quick funky musings (applesauce, tandem bicycles, the future...), and bits of cut and paste, thrive is a super fun twenty-two page zine!

i found thrive very inspiring in it's simplicity and variety. in making my own zines, i sometimes feel like i should be writing long and beautiful prose, with many artistic photos or stunning works of art (neither of which i can do very well...). thrive reminded me that a zine can still be very rad when it's full of little tidbits of awesome-ness. without that pressure, it's freeing and still fun to read and look at- + the girl's got talent, i gotta say!

off to read more zines with stan the owl mug... 

stay rad,
jo xxx




(this review is in no way affiliated with anyone, including alyssa- who has no idea i am writing this.)