December Around The Web

2018 is upon us and I am currently in Nashville with friends to ring in the New Year! This month I fully embraced the holiday spirit and spent time baking cookies, decorating our tree(s), I hosted a holiday ornament exchange, and spent lots of time with family for our traditional Christmas events. I hope you were able to spend time with those you love this season as well. Around the web there was endless holiday inspiration, and I am hoping to try this champagne cocktail on New Year's: 

• Jessica Hische designed these beautiful Christmas cards for Hallmark Signature! The "Happy Holidays" ornament will be on our tree for years to come. 

• I found these 2018 Wellness Trends fascinating

• This Photo Collage DIY is high on my list of projects for the New Year!

• This added a few destinations to my wish list...

• These Apple Rose Tartlets look delicious (and beautiful!)

• I would love to learn how to bake bread!

• Another New Year's DIY that I might try

• A beautiful wedding in Ravello, Italy, one of the places

• Going to continue my habit of drinking lots of water in 2018!

• The most unique nativity idea I have seen! Maybe I will make one for next Christmas...

So long 2017, Happy New Year!

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Lettering Inspiration

Happy Monday, friends. Today I am sharing some of my favorite lettering artists to follow on Instagram. Being back in the lettering studio at work has really helped me end the year inspired to head into 2018 ready to create, and I love saving lettering inspiration while scrolling through Instagram. Enjoy!

TOP — Nick Matej | Novia Jonatan
MIDDLE — Martina Flor | Jenna Blazevich
BOTTOM — Beth Rufener | Tobias Saul

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Christmas Inspiration

Christmas is right around the corner, here is some of my favorite inspiration this season! 

TOP — Left | Right
MIDDLE — Left | Right
BOTTOM — Left | Right

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DIY Snow Globes for Think.Make.Share.

Happy Wednesday, friends! Head over to Think.Make.Share. to learn how to make your own DIY Snow Globe! I loved hosting this workshop, there were so many stunning final pieces. I hope these bring a little holiday cheer to your homes this year. 

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Book Wish List

With the holidays right around the corner I have been gathering a book wish list to share with family and friends and I decided I would go ahead and share it here as well! I constantly add books to my Amazon wish list and usually end up buying the kindle or audible version. However, lots of these are ones where I would really love to have the hard copy. Happy shopping/reading! 

1. Living with Pattern: Color, Texture, and Print at Home by Rebecca Atwood
2. Celebrate Everything!: Fun Ideas to Bring Your Parties to Life by Darcy Miller
3. Wired to Create: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Creative Mind by Scott Barry Kaufman & Carolyn Gregoire
4. Things Are What You Make of Them: Life Advice for Creatives by Adam J. Kurtz
5. Better Than Before by Gretchen Rubin
6. Chasing Slow: Courage to Journey Off The Beaten Path by Erin Loechner
7. Love Style Life by Garance Dore
8. A Conjuring of Light by V.E. Schwab
9. Henri Matisse: The Cut-Outs by Samantha Friedman
10. The Thousandth Floor by Katharine McGee

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Hallmark Signature Wedding Card

Happy Tuesday, friends! Today I'm sharing one of my favorite cards I have worked on while at Hallmark. I created the lettering for this beautiful Signature card in collaboration with Designer Heather Van Wyck — it is available online and in stores (including the brand new Signature store in Santa Monica!). I'm hoping to get better about sharing the many little projects I've created for work and on my own. Enjoy!