Using paper (a notebook for designers) to keep track of your thoughts, ideas and musings is one of the best analog ways to stay organized and to let your creativity flow, but what makes a notebook good for you? And what are the best ones depending on what your needs are? We will cover that …

Check the 3 different drawings of roses and the easy step-by-step instructions on how to draw each one of the rose styles to spice up your lettering, calligraphy pieces, or bullet journal spreads. In this beginner tutorial, we will go over how to create three different ways to draw a rose following detailed steps on …

Check some cute pencil cases for all your lettering and calligraphy pens and tools, from small and portable to boxes and high capacity pencil pouches. I am pretty obsessed with storage for my lettering and calligraphy tools, and pencil cases are a big part of my obsession. So today I am covering some options that …

An intentional setup for brush calligraphy and Lettering practice can make or break your progress. So today I want to focus on the things you should look for when setting up your space, time, and position to practice, and I am sharing a FREE worksheet to get you started! By now it is nothing new …

Finding easy flower inspiration and flower drawing instructions online is not easy, but thankfully for all of us, Korean illustrator Kate Kyehyun Park, also known as @urbankate_in_ca on Instagram. She is not only sharing her step-by-step images on how to draw the flowers, but also graciously sharing how she paints her beautiful botanical drawings in …

Looking for easy alphabet letters worksheets to practice calligraphy and lettering? Here you will find uppercase letter worksheets and different lowercase alphabet lettering styles. If you already read my post about Calligraphy alphabet styles, you already know the details about letter families. So, I will assume that you already read that one as well as …

Chances are that if you are interested in learning Calligraphy, you are already familiar with cursive, whether from basic schooling (if you were lucky!) or because you really like writing in script styles. But doing Calligraphy in a scrip style and writing in cursive are two very different things. And in this post we will …

Lettering coloring pages are probably one of my favorite ways to relax. I know that adult coloring has been extremely popular because it’s not only something we as adults don’t really do anymore but additionally, it’s a great way to focus relax our minds, it’s also a great way to channel our creativity and try …

I invite you to tour my home-based Calligraphy & lettering studio office (in 2020). This is your behind-the-scenes look at where I get my work done, how I am organizing my supplies, and most of my pens, papers, and lettering + calligraphy tools. And also how I set up my office to make it as …

Learn how to draw leaves step by step in this tutorial where we will go from super simple and easy, to drawing specific leaves by name. We will cover the basics and parts of a leaf and go into step-by-step doodles from imagination to using a real leaf found in nature as a reference for …

Who can forget this classic scene from the movie, “Clueless”? Tai proudly shows Travis her doodles of Marvin the Martian (and if you look carefully, there’s a Schwarzenegger-like torso on the pages too), and Travis asks Tai to do one of her “nice representations” on his skateboard before saying, “Are you sure you didn’t trace …

Selecting calligraphy paper when you are a beginner can seem like such a silly thing to go over in a full post because, after all, paper is paper, right? Well, Not really. Selecting the right paper for practice can not only affect the speed of your progress, but it can also help you prolong the …

Learning new abilities like Lettering, Calligraphy, and crafts have never been easier with the help of the internet. If you want to learn how to make animations with your lettering or even learn how to crochet, everything is just a click away. The trick, however, is finding the best online creative courses. That’s where Domestika …

Check out all my tips for setting up an effective and organized shipping station to pack orders when you have a small online business. A behind-the-scenes look at how and where I set up my home shipping station for my online shops! Well, hello! Welcome to my home-based shipping station area. My name is Joy …

In this post, I am going to share a full step by step tutorial (with video) on how to use your Cricut machine, the Cricut EasyPress, and some iron-on to make two adorable backpack to donate to the Blue Ribbon Project for little ones entering the Foster Care program.   This is a sponsored post …

Learn all the basics to create easy and beautiful cards using the Cricut Joy Machine to send to your loved ones. Because having extra handmade cards for all special occasions is so easy with the Cricut Joy!   This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Cricut. All opinions are 100% mine. …

Cricut just introduced their latest member of the family, Cricut Joy! A small, compact, and versatile cutting machine with state-of-the-art technology and a new assortment of materials that you have to check out! As you can expect from someone named Joy when Cricut announced their newest machine AND its name. I got butterflies when I …

Writing in a journal is so far away from tapping tiny letters into the Notebook app on your smart device there are no words to describe the difference, but I’ll try anyway. Organic versus inorganic. Interactive versus inactive. Skill, thought, hopes, and dreams versus a random selection of binary code stored in something that can …