August is upon us! I’m ready for the craziest month of my summer! I’ll be traveling for weddings and photo shoots every weekend, and on top of that decided that I want to commit to blogging here 3 times a week. Which is like, OK, but how? Well I’m pre-scheduling some posts and also relying on good old WINGING IT. Because I do what I want. Not busy. Wildly productive. 😉
My husband Nate has a goal this year to memorize more Bible verses. One verse a week was the original goal, but if it takes longer than one week to memorize, that’s OK too. He told me that the idea behind it was because in many situations when talking about his faith, he has a verse (or principal from a Bible story) that he can reference, but many times doesn’t know where to find it in the Bible. So he thought if he memorizes those frequently-talked-about passages and verses, he can actually point someone in the right direction so they can continue reading the Bible! I love my man. Pictured above was the first verse he picked, which is ironically one of the few Bible verses I know by heart already, so I got to help him out in memorizing it that week! I’ll keep you updated on new verses he picks.
You may remember me doing collaborations last summer with some bloggers in the Boston area. The sweet Courtney of Jeune Amour emailed me many months later (thanks for remembering me, friend!) and commissioned me to hand-letter small signs for her June wedding! She sent me the most luscious, textured paper and I experimented with many different types of pens and ink before I settled on using gouache! Guys, it was soooo good. I mixed a shade of gray-ish, navy blue pigment and had the best time lettering those little signs. Courtney just recently shared her wedding images on her blog! Go look! It’s a dream!
I have a couple new projects in the works for my little lettering biz! A new line of PRINTS! My first ever non-custom, ready-to-order, really cute, really pretty line of prints! They debut in September! I’m giving you a little sneak peek above, you’re welcome 😉 I’m also working on Christmas print/card designs! Yeah, it’s only August, and yeah, I have been listening to Pentatonix’s Christmas album to get in the right mindset, but YAY. Christmas prints/cards!
That’s all I have to fill you in on right this minute. What’s new with you?!
~S