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To the Letter - A Small Guide About Lettering In Your Journals

After a lot of requests about my writing and lettering, I finally put together a course to talk a bit about lettering, how I came about my style, how I letter and how to help you improve your own handwriting.

To the Letter - A Small Guide About Lettering In Your Journals
+ a free font of my hand writing

This e-course is self paced, all content and font will be available on September 1, but sign up before then and save!
Pre-register for only $15 (Price will be $18 starting 9/1/2011)

The following is included in this e-course:

- video of me lettering and a walkthrough of how I letter
- my thoughts and advice on lettering
- Video tour of my practice books
- a couple fun exercises to get you practicing
- books I recommend to help you

** BONUS **
All registrants will receive a font of my hand lettering

Click here to learn more and sign up for To the Letter e-course + Font

P.S. Look for a free download tomorrow!

 

Journaling Workshop with Teesha Moore

While in Seattle I attended two all day art workshops taught by Teesha Moore. The first day was a class called Little Journal of Big Intentions (I will be posting about the second workshop in a separate blog post).

We were supplied with 2 strips of watercolor paper and shown how to fold and stitch it into a small journal. We then were taught techniques for the cover. Mine did not come out as well as I had hoped, I know what I need to do differently on my next attempt though, and look forward to trying again:

Teesha then took us through some readings to help up come up with some intentions to journal about, and showed us some different techniques to color the pages.

We used markers, paint pens, collage elements, and more to make our pages come to life:

This was a very different style for me - very bold and heavy:

But I had some fun learning new ways to bring color to my journals:

And, of course, I loved getting a chance to play with new pens and markers:

I plan to do another journal following the same steps. Now that I know what to expect, I think I may try infusing my own style into the pages a bit more and see what I come up with!

Filled Souvenir Journal - Seattle 2011

I wanted to show you my Seattle Souvenir journal just as it was when I arrived home, so you can see how much I actually do in the moment (well, the in the quiet moments between the exciting moments). Now all I need to do is add a couple a photos and finish up the last page.

This journal ended up with lots of subpages and fold outs, so there are a lot of pictures and notes below:

The entire journal was made from envelopes (see THIS POST for more details) and the I used two Instax Mini Camera photos in the window of the cover.

On the first page, I used part of the sticker from my luggage, and did some lettering:

In the envelope is a piece of old text paper that I used to document my first day - you can see in the bottom right where I drew an box and wrote "Photo here":

This is the next spread with everything "closed":

And here is everything opened up, the business card from lunch, and part of the paper I was working on while painting. I loved how it had all my colors on it, so I tore a bit off for my journal:

In the top-loading envelope I stashed some cards of fellow classmates, and a photo of me and Mary Bailey, who has taken some of my online classes and introduced herself to me:

Stacie took me to Dick's, a Seattle staple, and I used images from the bag our food came in and taped them in here, and on the other side are photos taken at a digital photobooth in a shop in the Capital Hill area:

On this side is a spread with a photo, cut out of page and sticker (with the bad word blurred out) from Cupcake Royale - yum! On the right, a photo from class, and...

Another envelope sleeve filled with a page...

This time a piece of stationery Stacie purchased, with a sampling of all the fun pens I purchased at the Kinokunyia Bookstore:

Next spread - Dinner at Poquitos (delicious!) where I snagged a paper menu and cut out the dishes we shared. Also we hit the Elliott Bay Book Company.

This spread has miscellaneous things on it, including the price stickers from some vintage rulers I purchased at the flea market we went to.

Here are some cards from shops, and a replica vintage postcard of the area:

Some shops we went to, and the receipt from Walgreens, where we purchased candy before heading to a drive-in movie:

Here is the last page - still needs to be colored and have final events added:

The last envelope is being used as storage until I am done with the journal:

And here is the back and front laid out:

Fun journal to make - I will definitely be using this envelope technique again in the future!

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Lettering on my iPad

After reading this post over at kris atomic I decided to give lettering on my iPad a try...

It is fun, but I need to practice a bit more... here is one project I did in Sketch Book Pro, which is a powerful little app.

I am still waiting for a Wacom Bamboo Stylus to arrive but I have a cheap one now that is helping me practice.

New Ringed Journal (July 2011)

My Three Times the Charm Journaling e-course is wrapping up. I just filmed the last prompt video today, and I wanted to do each prompt for the class in a different journal. The first one was done in a Moleskine, the second in a hand stitched watercolor paper journal, and for this last one, I wanted to use a ringed journal. I did not have a current ringed journal going, so I had to make one, and here is what I came up with.

I actually sewed some old trim onto linen and then adhered it on to the book covers (which are from 7 Gypsies). I also used an old photo frame, image of a woman from an antique fashion magazine, vintage red bordered label and Story sticker by Diane Hanna.

Inside I lined it with old text pages, and for the few pages I added to the journal (more will be added as I create the spreads) I used pages from old glossies that I have been saving.

Up close of the cover - the little tag with string slips out from the kraft envelope.

Here is a sneak peek at the finished class prompt:

I will show you progress as it happens. I also have a couple other things I need to photograph to share, a small journal I made perfect for a souvenir journal and the start of my Sketch Book Project journal, so check back soon!