Photo Series: I Watched My House Being Built
When my husband and I bought our home, we ended up purchasing new construction. On the day we signed the paperwork, our property was nothing but a plot of land. Because of this, we had the opportunity to stop by every week to see how the construction was coming along.
We decided to take a photo from the same spot each week, so that we would have a cool series of how our house was built.
After we moved in and started to decorate, we decided that one wall in our living room would hold a collage of these photos (how meta).
Still pretty cool to look back on though.
Do you document change and growth with a consistent photo spot? Maybe your kids or pets or garden?
Presents for You: Brush Lettered Edison Quote
I love quotes. And I love to letter them out. And I’m happy to be able to share with you!
Use for Project Life, scrapbook, art journals, or just print it out and hang on your walls. Just click the links below to download the version you desire.
Click on photos for JPG
8×10 inch Blue PDF
8×10 inch Charcoal PDF
Transparent PNG
I’d love to see what you’re doing with my lettering and you can share your great ideas with others too! Tag me on instagram @randomolive and use the hashtag #randomoliveletters.
Personal use only. (Because these words are neither yours or mine to sell.)
Do you have a favorite quote you’d like to see lettered? Suggest it in the comments!
Brush Lettered Word Art and a Freebie!
Get ready for a new year of digital scrapbooking.
I’m excited to offer you my hand-drawn brush lettering to use in your layouts and projects.
Click on each image to purchase and download.
PNG files are sized up to 12 inches wide so that you can stamp them onto your layouts that size or smaller. These are on a transparent backing so that you can layer over any photo or background you choose. You can also customize the color and opacity of the stamp.
For the months, I’ve also made you some cards that fit into 3×4 or 4×6 pockets (Sets include both portrait and landscape orientations). If you like the black on white look, JPEG files are ready to send to your printer. But if you’re like me and you love color, the layered PSD files let you customize all the colors and backgrounds.
To get 2015 started, I’m offering a special word art freebie for you to use in your designs. Click on the image to download.
I’d love to see what you’re doing with my lettering and you can share your great ideas with others too! Tag me on instagram @randomolive and use the hashtag #randomoliveletters.
Understand How Habits Are Built
If you haven’t already noticed, I’m a bit of a personal development junkie. I’m very interested in reading nonfiction books and resources that claim to improve my life somehow. The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg
How this Book is Organized
1. Habits of Individuals: This section provides examples of individuals and how their brains work to create habits.
2. Habits of Organizations: This section has more managerial advice than what you’d apply in your personal advice. However, if you’re a small business owner and trying to grow your audience, some of the stories in this section could apply to your situation.
3. Habits of Societies: The key example from this section was the Montgomery Bus Boycott in the United States in the 1960s and how peer pressure can influence society in a good way. This section could also be useful in marketing terms because it’ll give you an understanding of how ideas go viral and the importance of involving key influencers.
After telling you everything you should know about the science, the action items are hidden in the 12-page appendix. (If you read this book on an e-reader, be careful that the e-reader might direct you to a page of “similar books” before you hit the appendix) The appendix provides a four-step guide to implementing the principles presented in the text for creating and modifying habits that you can use in your life.
Overall Impression
I really enjoyed this one. I enjoyed learning about the science of why people and societies behave the way that they do.
Useful For
This book is useful for those of you who struggle to adopt new habits and are looking for strategies to change your habits for the better. This book is also useful for small business owners looking to increase sales and audience by understanding the habits of your target demographic.
Amazon links are affiliate.
Presents for You: Brush Lettered Eleanor Roosevelt Quote
I love quotes. And I love to letter them out. And I’m happy to be able to share with you!
Use for Project Life, scrapbook, art journals, or just print it out and hang on your walls. Just click the links below to download the version you desire.
Click on photos for JPG
8×10 inch Red PDF
8×10 inch Charcoal PDF
Transparent PNG
I’d love to see what you’re doing with my lettering and you can share your great ideas with others too! Tag me on instagram @randomolive and use the hashtag #randomoliveletters.
Personal use only. (Because these words are neither yours or mine to sell.)
Do you have a favorite quote you’d like to see lettered? Suggest it in the comments!
Silver Lake Utah Photography and Tips
Silver Lake is about 40 minutes outside of Salt Lake City. The lake is completely encircled by a boardwalk, so it was pretty easy to get some photos from every angle.
Photo Tip: Snap those cabins or buildings nestled in the trees.
On the way out to Silver Lake, our bus broke down and everyone disembarked as we waiting for a new bus to arrive. I was able to get this shot from the side of the road.
Photo Tip: Crouch down to hide as much of the road as you can, so that the attention is given to those trees.
We eventually made it to the lake and it was really pretty there.
Photo Tip: Try to get some of the wildlife. This lucky duck swam by at just the right moment.
Lake reflections make me happy.
Photo Tip: If the lighting is right, try to get reflections from the water.
More reflections. I think this one’s my favorite of the bunch.
Photo Tip: Look for framing elements, like this space between the two shrubs.
And finally, a straight shot into the sun.
Photo Tip: Experiment with getting the run and lens flare into your shot.
Photos edited by RadLab. (Affiliate Link)
Digital Project Life Layouts: February 2014
Project Life is my preferred method of scrapbooking and I’m hoping to provide you with some useful tips for either documenting your own lives or putting together your own pages with minimal fuss.
Here’s what I’m going to emphasize with the layouts I share:
- The random stuff I like to capture and document for myself.
- The simple approach to Project Life that I take. There are a lot of photos and very little embellishment and journaling.
- The way I organize some spreads into themes or stories.
You can click on each image below for a slightly larger view.
Capture Idea: There’s no shame in selfies. How else will you remember what you looked like twenty years from now?
Capture Idea: Any hobbies you are working on. In this case, this was my progress in brush scripting.
Capture Idea: I received a card in the mail with this super cute Pixar stamp that coordinated perfectly with the envelop.
Capture Idea: Manicure shots since I’ve been painting my nails a variety of glittery patterns. Definitely a part of my weekly routine.
Capture Idea: I took a screen shot of the TV Guide app with the listing description of the Winter Olympics. You can take screenshots of your own favorite TV shows.
Simplicity Point: We went to the movies and I just laid the ticket stub on a piece of scrapbook paper to take a picture of it. Now, I don’t need to find a journaling card or anything to digitally enhance the space.
Story Idea: Make one page or spread about one specific outing. The left side here was free admission day to the Nixon Library because of Presidents Day.
Capture Idea: Food. If you ever move away, it’ll be fun to reminisce about your favorite restaurants in the area. Also, it may remind you to go back to a place that you might have forgotten about.
Resources:
Photos edited with RadLab. (Affiliate Link)
Templates by Cathy Zielske: 01, 02, 05
Fonts: ABeeZee and Klinic Slab
Kit: Plus One Mini Kit
For more info on my general approach to Project Life, check out this blog post.
Project Life is a memory-keeping system created by Becky Higgins. She’s awesome. Go visit her website for more information or watch her 3-day course on CreativeLive.
Instagram Challenge Round-Up: December 2014
I love Instagram. I spend way too much time there than is healthy.
I also love the benefits that come from joining various challenges: 1. You get to practice your photography (or doodling or lettering), 2. You’re part of a group of people participating in the same thing, and 3. Other people can find you and see your pictures.
Here are a handful of the challenges that and prompts out there for this month. Click on the link below the image for more information from the author of the challenge.
#fmsphotoaday by Fat Mum Slim
#DecemberReflections by Susannah Conway
#DecemberReflections by Susannah Conway
#doodleadaydec by ellolovey
#thehandletteredproject2 by Making Ideas Happen
#thehandletteredproject2 by Making Ideas Happen
Any challenges that you participate in that I missed? Leave them in the comments! I’d love to learn about more challenges.
Presents for You: Brush Lettered C.S. Lewis Quote
I love quotes. And I love to letter them out. And I’m happy to be able to share with you!
Use for Project Life, scrapbook, art journals, or just print it out and hang on your walls. Just click the links below to download the version you desire.
Click on photos for JPG
8×10 inch Blue PDF
8×10 inch Charcoal PDF
Transparent PNG
I’d love to see what you’re doing with my lettering and you can share your great ideas with others too! Tag me on instagram @randomolive and use the hashtag #randomoliveletters.
Personal use only. (Because these words are neither yours or mine to sell.)
Do you have a favorite quote you’d like to see lettered? Suggest it in the comments!
Be Your Self Digital Print Set Singles
Prints from my Be Your Self series are now available as digital versions for each design by itself. You can click each image below to purchase the individual digital print, in all digital formats. Or, you can head to the shop page to find out how to buy the entire collection.
Additional products are planned for this series. Sign up for the mailing list to find out when new products are available.
I’d love to see what you’re doing with these prints and you can share your great ideas with others too! Tag me on instagram @randomolive and use the hashtag #randomoliveletters.
