How to add flair to your handwriting

I'm on a bit of a calligraphy kick and wanted to give you all a few pointers on how to make your handwriting/lettering more fun. It's super easy to achieve a great result! Any writing utensils work for this project.

Try new fonts.
First things first! Try some new lettering out: Pinterest is a great place to find some fun typography to try. You can even look at some magazines, books, or websites to get some inspiration for fun lettering! Evolve doodles into fonts.

Add some decor.
This is the time to add hearts, stars, rainbows, unicorns... Crazy weird doodles are highly recommended :)

Infuse some color!
The best part is right here. Add lots of color to your lettering or add some to certain words to add emphasis. Pens and colored pencils work great for this type of stuff.

That's about it! I hope that helps a bit regarding handwriting and lettering. Make sure to get a nice little notebook to practice your hand lettering in -- once it's done, you'll have a nice little collection to refer to later.

xoxo
Nat

Make your own fabric tape

Surprise! For the first time in a long time, there's going to be a DIY project here on the blog. And what better way to kick it off with a tutorial on how to make cute fabric tape?

I absolutely love fabric tape. It's one of my top 10 go to craft supplies. But at $6 or more for a little roll of it, it can get a bit pricey. Here's how to make your own for under $4:

For this project, you'll need: 

Fabric - any size (I purchased a yard of the strawberry fabric shown above for only $2!)

Scissors - any kind will do.

Tape/Sticky Adhesive - (I used double-sided clear tape and it worked wonderfully! Make sure yours is double sided, or it won't work for this project.

Step 1: Cut your fabric into strips about 1/2 an inch wide. Make them long strips so you can cut them to size when needed.

 Step 2: Apply the adhesive to the back of your strips of fabric.
Tip: Once you're finished, place the fabric strips on a plastic sheet to keep them sticky until needed.

That's about it! You can use the fabric tape for so many things: adding decoration to notebooks, scrapbooks, wrapping for presents, or to display notes and artwork like I have. The options are endless!

I really love creating these as they're super easy to make, not to mention the fact that they look too lovely not to use!