Lettergirl

Love Your Letters Workshop - new & improved!

My handwriting improvement course, the Love Your Letters Workshop, has been revised and expanded for back-to-school 2012.  All the class materials are now available as pdf files that you can print out as often as you'd like, including:

*flashcards of my top ten lettering tips

*worksheets + practice paper

*suggestions for hiding your handwriting imperfections

The class includes access to the Love Your Letters blog, where you'll learn about my favorite tools and sources of inspiration.  And you get a coupon good for 25% off a return address stamp in your own handwriting.

If you took the class last year and would like the new materials, just let me know via the Love Your Letters email address and I'll send you the new pdf files. 

 

Quotation Friday.

Thank you, Krys, for sharing this quote as part of your Summer Reading Program book list!

Quotation Friday.

Quotation Friday.

Quotation Friday.

Quotation Friday.

A silly start to Friday...but it's true, right?  If you haven't read Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon, pop over to the library and get yourself a copy.  (It's perfect if you're behind on the Summer Reading Program, since you can read the whole thing in about 30 minutes, and still have no trouble coming up with content for a review.)  It's fairly simple stuff, but I dare you to read the whole thing and not find something that resonates with you.  For me, I'd been thinking about how much time I spend on the computer these days vs. how much time I used to spend doing hands-on art.  Kleon suggests having a digital workspace and an analog workspace.  Perfect and timely advice for me, as I'm in the giddy stage of planning a **new** studio, daydreaming about where and how I want to work.  (And a big thank you here to Susanna, for getting the ball rolling with a scale drawing of my new digs!)

Quotation Friday.

Quotation Friday x 2.

I just can't decide which one I like better.  You?

Quotation Friday: Max Ehrmann.

From Max Ehrmann's Desiderata; available for purchase here.

Sweet.

What a sweet surprise this morning when I gave myself a few minutes (okay, 15) to catch up on a little blog reading, and found this post on the Alabama Chanin journal.  With that in mind, here's a recap of some of my favorite hand-stitched projects, inspired by Alabama Chanin: