Fake Calligraphy (or Faux Calligraphy) is something that I believe anyone can learn and master. It is an easy way to spice up plain cursive, especially for addressing envelopes or any other sort of craft project. Faking calligraphy is as simple as writing in cursive plus a few more strokes of your ...
My Invitation Design Process [Three Part Video Tutorial] & FAQs
My newest addition of Youtube Video tutorials is a three part series where I dive into what happens when I design invitations with calligraphy! I have gotten a lot of questions in the past about how I do this, and what process I go through - so I decided to go all in on these video ...
Mother’s Day Freebies! Printables & SVG Cricut Files
Happy almost Mother's Day! Have you found a card for the moms in your life yet? I've got you coverered! Printable Cards (all 5" x 7"): SVG Files: ...
What Community over Competition Means to Me
Community. I’ve always loved being a part of a community. Whether that be a school, my sorority in college, a support group, and now all the different Instagram communities. I feel community and connection especially with other calligraphers/letterers and business owners on Instagram. ...
What is Lady Boss Lettering?
I started my Instagram for MJ Creative Co in November of 2017, and I immediately fell in love with the lettering community. Although there will always be those that aren’t good members of a community, the majority of the people who letter on Instagram are wonderful. There were many people ...
The 5 Steps I Took to Teach Myself Calligraphy
First things first, it’s important that for the context of this blog post you understand the difference between hand lettering and calligraphy. And no, they are not necessarily the same thing. I consider calligraphy a form of hand lettering, but I don’t always consider lettering a ...
How to Create a Simple Watercolor Background with Tombow Markers
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My 2018 Business Goals
Any business should have business goals for themselves to reach, and as a super small, freelance business, it’s not any different. Having goals set at the beginning of the year will make it easier for me to grow my business and to measure my success at the end of the year. This year is the ...
