Christmas Art Designs

I have been spending some time making free-hand copies of Christmas-y lettering designs that I found on Pinterest.  It’s so fun!  I just use my sketch book paper and an inky pen and try to imitate the design.  I recommend trying it, you might be surprised at how easy it can be to make words look fancy!

I find it works best for me if I just take it little by little.  Since I’m drawing something that has already been designed, I don’t have to think about the layout.  So that means I can draw one or two letters at a time and not worry that I’m going to run off the page.  Underneath each picture I provided the link to where I got the design inspiration from.  (Note: these are not affiliate links, they are just for your reference.)  Enjoy!

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My Favorite Christmas Songs

It’s the most wonderful time of the year!  I love the Christmas season because there is a festive feeling in the air.  Families and communities come together to celebrate and strangers do nice things for one another.  I typically spend most of the year thinking of unique and personalized items to get my family, and it can be so hard to wait until Christmas day to give it to them! Continue reading “My Favorite Christmas Songs”

Explore and Dream

Lately I’ve been experimenting with drawing wreath designs and writing quotes with fancy lettering.  I have always admired calligraphy, but I have never had any instruction on the subject.  I have horrible handwriting because I’m usually thinking faster than I can write, but I found I’m pretty good at copying letters!  On Pinterest there are tons of graphics showing the alphabet written in different fonts and I’ve been practicing writing quotes that I like using fancy letters.  I just reference the design on the computer and try to recreate it free-hand.  There are also lots of examples of wreath designs and other details you can use to surround your quote to make it look nice.  Sometimes I find a quote that has a nice layout and just recreate the whole thing using a fine tip pen, and other times I combine a quote, fancy letters, and embellishment designs from several different places.  It’s been really fun! Continue reading “Explore and Dream”