Brush lettering: Fake it till you make it

The first five days after a weekend are always the hardest. But it's finally here – Friday! You finally get to sit down and try that hand lettering you've been putting off ever since you read my last post.

But what if you want to get the hand lettered look without buying yet another pen? Or what if you did get brush pens, but you're struggling to use them? Or what if you went home for Easter break and realized you had brought back four huge containers of extra stuff from your dorm, but still managed to forget all your brush pens? (Not that I would happen to know anything about that...)

You could frame this piece for your walls or use the design on a chalkboard.

Three reasons hand lettering isn't that hard

Have you ever gotten a hand lettered card in the mail and wished you could send someone one like it? Well, guess what? You can!

I used to think hand lettered pieces looked way too complicated to do myself, but when I started with it last fall, I quickly found out that hand lettering is only made up of some basic lines and loops. I think anyone can hand letter something, whether or not you think you're creative! Today, we're going to look at three reasons why hand lettering isn't that hard.

Whenever I receive a gift from someone really close to me, I always try to make a hand lettered card just for them.