I'm sure we all agree that Friday totally rules, but today is an even better Friday than usual because I have a present for you!

links :


Agadulce by Luis Vicente Hernandez Gonzalez
Nico (shown : Nico Medium) by Ipsum Planet
Minimeter by Anton Studer
Goodbye (shown : Goodbye Black) by Anton Studer
Isosibilia (mistakenly shown as Iso Type) by Rodrigo Fuenzalida
Laser by Oscar & Ewan
Motion (shown : Motion One) by Anton Studer


{ p.s. 'font fest' heading is in Pee Pants Script via this post on Poppytalk }


{ p.p.s. image under sample text is the design from my Reckless Pumpkin Flat Note Set available in my Felt & Wire shop }

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I've had all manner of nice things happen in the past few weeks so I figure I ought to pass a little of it on -- and it has been a while since I've given you something to play with.. so here's what I made you!

Hello dear deer readers,

I have been totally slacking on the blogging tip, I know, BUT DO YOU KNOW : that I have been working on a website? Yes it's true. Ready yourselves.

{ &the blog will be a-movin when it comes! }

By the by, I suck at making websites, haha. So who knows when it will be ready. We'll see. I'm presently redefining the phrase "playing it by ear" ...

hey y'all!

I'm in DC now... 9 days til the Big Move... it's coming so quickly! (and also very, very slowly)

Soon as I got here my pal PJ came over and I realized I didn't have a present to give him for his birthday last week(!) sooo I made one right quick!

PJ is a big fan of Cornelius, the old shaky elephant from Babar, so picking an illustration to draw wasn't too hard. I love Cornelius, too! Shaky old elphant...

This was a good present cause now he won't have any excuse not to write to me in England...

As promised, I'm back with a tutorial for the Organization/Procrastination Minifolder that I made a few weeks ago.


you will need :

- a printer!
- white or cream colored cardstock
- white or cream colored text paper
- ruler
- bone folder (not necessary, but makes folding so so much easier)
- chipboard or cereal box
- stapler
- double sided tape or gluestick

here's what to do :

1. download the pdf file for the mini folder ( here )

2. print onto heavy cardstock, cut out, set aside ( DO NOT fold in half! )

3. download the pdf file for the organization list and the procrastination list ( here )

4. print desired amount ( i printed about 13 copies for 26 of each list ) onto text weight paper, cut out, set aside

5. measure the lists, and cut 2 pieces of chipboard or cereal box to be slightly shorter, set aside

you'll want to make a spine for the mini folder so that it closes properly having the lists inside.

the width of the spine will vary depending on how thick your list stacks are, but a 1/4" spine worked for mine.
( if you printed more or less lists than I did, you can find the width of your spine by putting the two stacks together and then measuring how tall the pile is. that will be your spine width. You can alter this next step to fit your exact spine by inserting your own measurements )

to make a 1/4" spine :

6. lay the mini folder out and measure it longways to find the center

7. with a pencil, lightly make two marks on the ends of the folder : one 1/8" to the left of the center, one 1/8" to the right.

8. fold at the points you've marked, burnishing with a bone folder if you have one.

now your mini folder has a spine! great!

9. assemble each list onto your cut piece of chipboard/box and staple together at the top

10. tape or glue the backs of the chipboard/box to either side of the folder

ta da!

keep in your purse or on your desk and do some work! (or not!)

bux and i are both very happy with them and i wish to design more business cards in the future. i dont think enough people have fun with them.

why hello there, how have you been these past moments? great, good, yes, me too...

this post is a pseudo tutorial... pseudo because i made the project in a mad frenzy without a thought as to how i was doing what i was doing. i will try my best to reenact the process in words.


my sister Tisa is my best friend. (wedding note : she is also the world's all time best maid of honor EVER) ...we are very famous to one another. she is 3 years older than me and teaches science to tiny ones. here is a picture of the two of us painted by the famous Rembrandt at the mall :


this is a picture of Theresa sniffin around on a flower, she does that kinda stuff :


she's really nice and always tells me i am doing a good job, so today i wanted to make her A Thing in appreciation. and you can make the same thing i did! if you want to!

so!

first i downloaded a template for a tabbed pocket folder from my favorite paper distributor's website (Neenah Paper)

in case you haven't yet downloaded my very first font, SHIRTSY, this is your lucky day because i, haley son-of-mothra, have made it even easier to do so!

instead of going through the old bread of many wordpress blog and then clicking around to the downloads page and then clicking around the file hosting site blah blah blah etc etc etc...
YOU CAN NOW get SHIRTSY the same way you get the rest of your fonts : on fontspace!

you can grab it right here

so have at it! download! type! have fun! ace!

...and don't forget, y'all :

but play nice and don't go making millions with it... (i.e. read the license!)


{ p.s. if you are secretly making millions with my font plz tell me how thx }