Presents for You: Brush Lettered Garland Quote

Free Brush Lettered Quote - www.randomolive.com

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

Free Brush Lettered Quote - www.randomolive.com

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: Be Your Self Prints

I am a huge fan of being yourself. I think that all of us have unique traits that make is completely awesome. And you probably have words that you use to describe yourselves and think are totally awesome. Sometimes, a visual reminder in our daily spaces help remind is that we should fully embrace those traits and be our authentic selves.

I’ve got a bunch of bright and colorful prints in my Etsy shop that you can buy as an instantly downloadable file. Print off as many copies as you’d like for yourselves or as gifts. And you can incorporate these sentiments in your art journals, scrapbooks, and more.

I’ve put a few examples below (and you can click on the images to get to that specific product page) but there are many more sayings in my shop. If you have a suggestion for a saying you’d like to see, leave it in the comments below and I’ll design a version and add it to the shop!

random-olive-joyful-self-preview random-olive-adventurous-preview random-olive-cheeky-self-preview Be Your Self Prints - www.randomolive.com and http://randomolive.etsy.com

Limit Yourself to Three Important Tasks + Freebie

To Do List Tips - www.randomolive.com

We’ve all experienced to-do list overwhelm. I love making lists so making long to-do lists feels pretty natural. Listpads you see for sale at the stores are always so big! They must want you to finish everything, right?

The problem with long to-do lists is that it’s rare that you’d actually finish all the tasks on them. And then you end up feeling terrible and unproductive because you’ve barely made a dent on your task list.

But! If you limit yourself to just writing down three major things you need to do, and then do them, you’ll end up feeling really accomplished and productive. And feeling accomplished usually spurs more productivity. And if you want to call it quits for the day, you know that you did everything that you needed to for that day.

Want some other resources that explain the process?

To help keep myself on track, I created a one-page week-at-glance to-do list to narrow my focus for each day. I have a column for a focus area or theme for each day of the week, and then I write down those three most important tasks for that day. And when I get to cross off those three things, I feel great!

I’m sharing this downloadable with all of you to help you manage your tasks too.

Click on the image below to download (put “0” for the price to download for free or consider leaving a small donation). By entering your email address, you’ll be added to the official RandomOlive email list and receive monthly updates (and notice of future freebies).

Downloadable Action Plan - www.randomolive.com

Presents for You: Brush Lettered Pegg Quote

Free Brush Lettered Quote - www.randomolive.com

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

Free Brush Lettered Quote - www.randomolive.com

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!

Pinboard: Designer Fonts

I’m a font collector. Always have been. There’s probably even more fonts around these days than ever before. And typeface designers are really knocking it out of the park. While there are many free fonts available all over the internet, fonts that you purchase are usually much higher quality and come with commercial licenses that allow you to sell your final designs that utilize those fonts. If you’re a scrapbook product designer or if you are selling any stamps or designs on Etsy, it’s important to make sure it’s legal for you to be incorporating fonts that allow for that usage.

Fonts are also useful for those of you who are looking to improve your handlettering skills. I like to look at fonts for letter styles and designs and practice my moves.

I’ve curated a bunch of fonts on my Pinterest page. Check out my board below and follow to see what I pin in the future.

Follow Olivia (Random Olive)’s board design: lovely fonts on Pinterest.

Book Review: The Fringe Hours

The Fringe Hours Book Review - www.randomolive.com

Are you someone who has a hard time making time for yourself? Yea, me too. In the The Fringe Hours, Jessica N. Turner discusses the importance of spending time on yourself and how to find pockets of time in your seemingly packed schedule.

How this Book is Organized
This book is organized into four main sections: 1. Explore, 2. Discover, 3. Maximize, 4. Live Well. The book starts with the emotional dilemmas women face when thinking about self-care: the guilt, the other responsibilities, the perceived selfishness. You’ve got to get on board with wanting to make time for yourself before you’ll buy into the strategies for reclaiming time.

The book then goes through specific strategies and examples for locating pockets of time in then utilizing them for activities that are meaningful.

Throughout the book, there are reflection questions and spaces to write your responses with regard to how you’re currently spending your time and how you’d like to be spending your time.

Overall Impression
I enjoyed that this book provided specific examples of actions I could take to fill my pockets of time with meaningful activities. I also appreciated the attitude that you don’t have to “do it all” and that it’s completely reasonable to ask for help on things that you’re not interested in or good at doing.

Useful For
This book is useful for any of you who suffer from guilt about taking time to take care of yourself. Also good for those of you struggling to squeeze out a few minutes of free time amidst a busy schedule.

Additional Resources
I’ve listened to Jessica speak on a few podcasts recently and found it useful to put a voice to the story.

Amazon links are affiliate.

Pen Collection: Black

Pen Collection and Swatches - www.randomolive.com

I have an obsession with office supplies and I’m a bit of a pen hoarder. One thing that I enjoy doing is swatching out my writing utensils to see how the colors compare between brands.

The Test: Each pen is used on white notebook paper and a yellow legal pad. You can click on the image below for a larger view.

Pen Collection and Swatches - www.randomolive.com

Pen Collection and Swatches - www.randomolive.com

The Pens: (links are affiliate) Paper Mate InkJoy 100 | Paper Mate InkJoy 300 RT | Paper Mate 1.2 | Paper Mate Write Bros | Papermate ProFit |Paper Mate Profile Elite | BIC Round Stic | BIC Ultra Round Stic Grip | BIC Velocity | BIC Cristal Bold | Pilot B2P Bottle to Pen – Ball Point | uni-ball Gel RT | Pentel EnerGel | Pilot G2 | Pilot G2 1.0 | BIC Triumph 537R | Pilot Precise V7 RT | Pilot Precise Grip Bold | Paper Mate Flair | Sharpie Pen

The Conclusion: Black. The most standard of them all. How is it possible that black inks are different colors from each other? Some are grayer than others and some are bluer than others. My favorites: Papermate Profile, Pilot g2 1.0, and Pilot Precise Grip Bold.

Presents for You: Brush Lettered Gordon Quote

Free Brush Lettered Quote - www.randomolive.com

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

Free Brush Lettered Quote - www.randomolive.com

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: Printable Monogram Sets

Words and letters are important to us. They can help to define our identities. I love putting my initials on the spaces around me to mark my space.

Choose from a palette of vibrant colors to add some brightness and fun to your everyday.

Digital JPEGs let you print out as many copies as you’d like, up to 8×10 sizing. You can print them yourself or use in digital scrapbooks or art journals. You get the entire alphabet with the digital set that you choose! Prints are great to hang in offices or your workspace to mark your territory and add a pop of color.

All the letters of the alphabet included, so you can do fun things like:
– Spell out words on the walls.
– Give a print to your friend.
– Hang one up in each of your kids’ rooms.
– Hang one up on each of the front of doors of your officemates.
– Make alphabet dividers for your files.
– Print on iron-on transfer paper to make T-shirts, pillows, or tote bags.
– Designate areas of a classroom.
– Personalize folders for students.
– Create personalized notecards and stationery for yourself or your friends.
– Print as a baby shower gift.
– Print to use as personalized wrapping paper on gifts.
– Use in Project Life scrapbooks or art journals.

Printable files save you money on shipping and the white backgrounds save your printer ink. I’d recommend printing on cardstock for the best effect.

(Click the images to get to the Etsy listing)

Printable Monogram Sets - www.randomolive.com and http://randomolive.etsy.com

Printable Monogram Sets - www.randomolive.com and http://randomolive.etsy.com

Printable Monogram Sets - www.randomolive.com and http://randomolive.etsy.com

Printable Monogram Sets - www.randomolive.com and http://randomolive.etsy.com

Printable Monogram Sets - www.randomolive.com and http://randomolive.etsy.com

Printable Monogram Sets - www.randomolive.com and http://randomolive.etsy.com

Printable Monogram Sets - www.randomolive.com and http://randomolive.etsy.com

Printable Monogram Sets - www.randomolive.com and http://randomolive.etsy.com

Digital Project Life Layouts: July 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:

  1. The random stuff I like to capture and document for myself.
  2. The simple approach to Project Life that I take. There are a lot of photos and very little embellishment and journaling.
  3. The way I organize some spreads into themes or stories.

You can click on each image below for a slightly larger view.

Project Life - www.randomolive.com
Capture Idea: Still practicing that brush lettering and capturing it here.

Project Life - www.randomolive.com
Story Idea: This spread contains pictures from a single trip to an art museum and all the fun things I saw.

Simplicity Point: I filled one “pocket” with just scrapbook paper and didn’t embellish much at all.

Project Life - www.randomolive.com
Simplicity Point: All squares in this layout for ease of putting together.

Simplicity Point: Super simple list-style journaling across the pages.

Resources:

Photos edited with RadLab. (Affiliate Link)
Templates by Cathy Zielske: 01, 02, 05
Fonts: ABeeZee and Klinic Slab
Kit: Seafoam Edition
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.

Who’s Olive?


Hi, I'm Olivia, aka Olive. I'm always trying out random crafts and things... so this blog shows the evolution of all the stuff I'm interested in.

Hobby Timeline:
2014-2015: Photography, digital scrapbooking
2015-2017: Brush lettering
2018-2021: Crochet
2021-present: Romance book reading

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