THREE new fonts!

A couple of months ago I attended a lecture from Jessica Hische (pronounced like fish). She was witty and exceptionally adorable! I enjoyed every minute of it. I have been secretly admiring her work from behind my computer screen for a while now. I wish I was as talented and as successful as her. Hopefully one day I will be.

Her work is beautiful and when I saw her newest font, Buttermilk, I fell in love. Not only is it beautiful but I've spotted it in several places over the past month, one of them being Target's new Christmas ad. Lovely. I love Target and hope to be designing girl's clothing fabrics for them one day, but that's besides the point.



The point it I could take it no longer! I had to purchase the font! I'm working on some Christmas downloads and wanted to have this in my font collection. That is one of the things Jessica talked about, purchasing fonts to pay the designers who have worked so hard designing the font, instead of stealing the font. I also recently read an article from her on pricing. I agree whole heartedly and am taking into consideration what I think my design talents are worth. If you are a designer/illustrator/typographer I highly consider reading this article!

I also purchased Strangelove and Miss Le Gatees. I decided it was high time I purchase some fonts and it's a business expense, so why not!!!

Well, come back soon because my friend and I have some amazing things planned for all of you for the month of december and it includes my favorite word, FREE!!!

Stationery card

Be Joyful Christmas Card
Turn your favorite photos into personalized Christmas cards.

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I just ordered my own design for FREE!!! How fun is that!

shutterfly christmas cards

I found a few more of my Christmas cards for Shutterfly listed today. Aren't these fun? I just love having creative reign. Paula Su of Petite Lemon is so fun to work with.

Also, right now, you can go here and get 10 FREE christmas cards from Shutterfly. And if you send the free code along, you'll get FREE shipping as well. Isn't this awesome!

 

I think I'm going to go and order a few of my own designs? Is that sad or what? Hee hee! I just can't pass up a good deal!

weeDECOR by Petite Lemon and ME

I had the privilege of working on some weeDecor for Petite Lemon. Aren't these adorable! They are vinyl wall stickers. They would look so cute paired with some PotteryBarn Kids bedding don't you think.

I just noticed they added some Christmas wall vinyl as well. I'm loving the ornaments I did (all except the reindeer that is).

caroline gardner christmas card WINNER

I can't believe I'm typing this. I have entered so many design competitions and this is the first one that I've actually WON!!!! I am so excited to be able to support Caroline Gardner and their desire to help the Meningitis Trust Fund.

This is the card that won! I'm so excited to get copies of my own to send to friends and family. I'll try and remember to take pictures of it when it arrives. I think they added glitter, oohhh!

Merry Christmas everyone, a little early I know... But I went to a wreath decorating class today and it got me all excited for Christmas. If you live in Utah County, I highly recommend going to this. There are a few more days left. It is at Gatehouse No. 1 in Orem. Here's more details if you're interested.

I always get so many great ideas just by visiting the store. And can I say trends.....Here are two 2011 christmas trends that I saw:
1. Pink, candy, glitter (visit my Pinterest Board here.)
2. Vintage, glitter, pewter (I started pinning a TON of images. See them here.)

If you haven't joined Pinterest yet, I highly recommend it. It's seriously one of the best things ever invented!!! Even better than Facebook. I'm serious!

restoration hardware modern retro clock tutorial-FREE DOWNLOAD

When I saw this clock I just knew I had to make one. When I repainted my office this summer I decided that it was time for a new clock as well.  I tore apart my cheap clock and threw it away, except for the mechanics. It was rough not having a clock to look at for a few months, but I totally think it was worth it. I was just waiting for the right clock to pop up on the internet somewhere. I was browsing Restoration Hardware's site, when I spotted this clock! Isn't it fabulous!

I wanted a retro modern clock. This clock is a replica of a clock from the 1940's in the bustling train station in Britain. I think I did a pretty good job catching the whole feeling of the clock. Mine is a touch more modern though.

I started by finding just a plain circular clock with clean lines. I found this one at a local "new" thrift shop in town just down the street from me for only $2.99. I tore off the hideous bubble plastic front, and spray painted the wood black.

Then I just printed out the clock marks on a piece of card stock, cut it out and glued it on cardboard. The hardest part is cutting out the hands. Yes, those are paper too. I have this things with making clock hands out of paper. Funny huh?

Then I just glued the paper hands onto another sheet of card stock to make them extra thick. I used a black sharpie marker to color the sides of the white paper.

That's it. Hang it on the wall and you're done. Simple huh?

You can download the FREE clock here {right click to download}. I'd love to see pictures of your clocks!

leather scripture case

My brother-in-law, Nick, asked me to make him a scripture case for his mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Instead of sewing him one with fabric, I decided to make him one from leather. I've never sewn with leather before. I went to Tandy Leather in Provo to get the supplies. I think it turned out nice. The best part is, is that both his hymn book and scriptures are each wrapped with leather and can be bound with the strap either together or separately. 

This is Nick. Isn't he handsome! I'm so proud of him for choosing to serve a 2 year mission.

This is a picture of the side. You can see how the hymn book comes out. That's why there are 2 snaps.

Since I had all my leather out, and I needed to practice a snap on a scrap piece first, I decided to make myself a bracelet. I'll probably do a tutorial on this leather bracelet later. But for now, here's a picture.

I also made Charlotte one. Except I hot glued lace to here to make it more feminine.