Presents for You: Brush Lettered Johnson 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 Color 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!
Resource Round-Up: Art Journaling
Art journaling has always been intimidating for me. Even though I’m artistic, I didn’t feel like I was good at drawing or doodling. But! There are tons of resources out there that help make art journaling so much more approachable and less intimidating.
- Get Messy Art Journal – Tutorials, Prompts, and Community Membership
- Get Messy on Big Picture Classes
- Alisa Burke – How to Make an Art Journal for $5
- Alisa Burke – Handmade Art Journals
- Create Share Love – Art journal page in progress
Any other awesome art journaling resources? Share them in the comments!
Listers Gotta List: April 2015
One quick and easy way to document your life is list journaling. This has been around the internet for awhile (examples: 30 Days of Lists, 52 Lists from Moorea Seal, and possibly others!) Starting in April 2015, Cori (aka TheResetGirl) started a challenge called ListersGottaList and she provided prompts for people to journal in list format.
I had been hesitant to start a list challenge before because I felt like I didn’t have the physical supplies to make my lists look pretty. I’m an all-digital scrapbooker/memory-keeper, so I have tons of digital supplies. But I finally figured it out.
My supplies for list journaling:
- Abstract art backgrounds (my own designs – available here)
- Brush lettered prompt headings (my own lettering, digitized and converted into stamps – scroll all the way down to grab these for yourself)
- Assorted journaling cards from digital Project Life kits
- Elements from digital scrapbooking kits (most often by Scotty Girl Design)
What I’m skipping:
- Numbering the prompts
- Because I skip the prompts I don’t enjoy! I realized that it’s supposed to be fun, not a standardized test. It’s ok to skip the questions! It’s so much less pressure to answer the stuff I want to and skip the ones that are annoying to answer.
What I plan to do with all my layouts:
- Four lists per page.
- Right now, I’m thinking I’ll get them printed as a 12×12 book.
Hope you enjoyed seeing my layouts. To see other awesome lists, check out the #ListersGottaList tag on Instagram.
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Presents for You: Brush Lettered Sills 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 Color 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!
Digital Project Life Layouts: August 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: Assorted beverages: milkshake from Portillo’s, iced coffee from Lee’s sandwiches, bottle Coca-Cola from a vending machine.
Simplicity Point: Match the color scheme of the filler cards within the same spread.
Capture Idea: If you’re going to a party or shower, try to get a couple shots of the decorations.
Capture Idea: Podcasts that you’ve been listening to.
August only had two spreads in it because I didn’t take many photos.
Ultimate Simplicity Point: Seriously, just go with what you’ve got.
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.
Presents for You: Brush Lettered Disney 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 Color 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!
Shop Update: Abstract Art for Commercial Use
If you’ve followed me on Instagram, you might have seen my daily abstract art project. I post a colorful abstract paint splattery art piece on Instagram (nearly) every day.
There’s tons of uses for these digital art pieces. I’ve converted them into products for my Society6 shop, used them in backgrounds for my word and name art prints, and used them as digital papers in art journaling.
But what could you use them for? How can you use a brightly colored and abstract pattern digital paper in your own products or scrapbooks? I’d love to see how you get creative with my designs. So I’m releasing these patterns out into the wild to see what awesome stuff you come up with.
Are you a digital scrapbooker? Do you create digital scrapbooking products? Are you an art journaler? Are you a stationery designer?
The designs I have available at my CreativeMarket shop are below (and you can click to get to that specific product page).
Photo Series: A Year of Cups
Last year, I came across an Instagram challenge that a few ladies had started called, “a year of cups”. I thought it was a great way to capture the everyday. Who doesn’t drink (or eat) something out of a cup each day? It was a fun way to amass a collection of similarly styled (but still totally different) photos together in a series. I’ve fallen off the cup-photo-taking wagon, but I’d love to get started taking these types of photos again. What about you?
Random Love Letter Challenge
Do you guys follow me on Instagram? (you totally should) Have you noticed my love of library books? I also have this thing with leaving a random post-it inside the library books wishing the next reader well. Want to start this fun activity for yourself?
In June, Sarah (from Love Letter to Adventure) and I are teaming up to level-up this project and get all of you involved!
It’s the #RandomLoveLetter challenge and your mission is to leave a small positive note in any random location every day all month (you could even leave multiples per day!). Then take a picture of your note and share it on Instagram or Twitter with the hashtag #RandomLoveLetter.
Let’s get detailed (SMART-style):
- Specifics: Write a short note and leave it in a random place (library books, restaurant menus, store aisles, etc) each day.
- Measurements: We’re aiming for a total of one millions random love letters out in the wild this month! Tell all your friends to get involved!
- Attainability: This activity should only take you 60 seconds. Jot down a quick note and leave it someplace you’re already passing by. Heck, if you had time, you could write a bunch of notes ahead of time and carry them with you throughout the month.
- Relevance: Your note will most certainly brighten someone’s day! Who wouldn’t appreciate a lovely well wish?
- Timeline: June 1 to June 30, 2015
In July, we’ll highlight a few of our fave #RandomLoveLetter photos on our blogs. Don’t be afraid to get creative!
What’s next?
- Grab this graphic and share it on social media to let your friends know you’re participating.
- Download this cheatsheet for ideas on supplies, phrases, and random drop locations (But remember you can totally deviate and get creative).
- Gather your supplies and get posting on June 1!
And don’t forget to check out Sarah’s blog, Instagram, and her new Venture Planner.
Digital Project Life Layouts: February 2015
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: eBooks from the library get a screenshot.
Simplicity Point: Journaling was a simple bulleted list.
Capture Idea: I repotted some succulent plants, so I snapped a picture of the process. #succulentsunday is a real thing.
Simplicity Point: Photos were labeled with a piece of digital washi and some type over it.
Capture Idea: I haven’t purchased a physical CD in a long time, so it was kind of a milestone that I did.
Capture Idea: My mixer needed servicing and there was a big sign letting me know I was in the right place.
Capture Idea: I like to photograph the fortunes from my fortune cookies because it lets me incorporate them into my digital scrapbook.
Simplicity Point: Mostly squares since I’m always instagramming my pictures.
Capture Idea: I read a lot of books this month.
Simplicity Point: On both the left and right side of the spread, one of the patterned paper repeats. This is to help keep the layout balanced looking.
Resources:
Photos edited with RadLab. (Affiliate Link)
Templates by Cathy Zielske: 01, 02, 05
Fonts: ABeeZee and Klinic Slab
Kit: Party Animals by Scotty Girl Designs
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.
