If you’re a book-loving parent, there’s a chance that you’ve seen the same Instagram reel that the algorithm feeds me throughout the holiday season for two years now: a mom who paints ornaments featuring the cover of her child’s favorite picture book of the year. If you want to try making it for yourself, butContinue reading “How to Make a Picture Book Ornament”
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Calligraphy 101: The Basic Strokes
This one’s dedicated to my girl Lindsay. You may be like this magnificent woman yourself: tired AF because life kicks your butt every day, and you need a creative outlet. You’re interested in calligraphy and handlettering, you’ve pinned a few things and followed a few Instagram lettering artists… but it’s all overwhelming and you don’tContinue reading “Calligraphy 101: The Basic Strokes”
DIY Chalkboard Canvas in 6 Easy Steps
In the winter of 2012, I was in my second year of living alone–my family and fiance were 300 miles away in Dallas while I was working in Lubbock–and at the height of a stressful year of wedding planning. By that time, I had learned to love living alone, but I still craved time withContinue reading “DIY Chalkboard Canvas in 6 Easy Steps”
NLD x Swapna 