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Lettering Tutorials

Frozen Printable Hand lettering practice sheet

Tips for Watercolor Brush Lettering

watercolour hand lettering for beginners

DIY Leather and Felt Pennants

Leather and Felt DIY Handlettered Pennant (2 Ways!)

How to make your own coloring sheets (from hand lettering)

DIY brush lettered canvas

DIY Brush Lettering on Canvas with Acrylic

Hip Hop Free Printable Hand Lettering Practice Sheet

Hip Hop Hand Lettering Practice Sheet

Free printable practice sheet for hand lettering 'mermaid'

Mermaid Hand Lettering Practice Sheet Printable

How to use printable practice sheets 3 ways

3 Ways: How to use Printable Practice Sheets for Hand Lettering

Take Me Away Vinyl Decal on Notebook- how to cut your own lettering out using Cricut

Cut out ANY Image | How to Upload Your Own Files to Cricut Design Space

Easter bunny shaped black and white place card at natural pastel easter place setting

Modern Easter Tablescape with Printable Place Cards

Motivation Hand Lettering Printable Practice Sheet

Winter Wonderland hand lettering printable practice sheet- this is perfect for learning brush lettering- I love all the different lettering styles

Winter Wonderland Handlettering Practice Sheet

How to digitize lettering to cut with a cricut

How to Prepare Hand Lettering to cut with a Cricut

Spring hand lettering practice sheet free printable for brush pens or watercolor

Spring Hand Lettering Practice Sheet

Compare Tombow Dual Brush Pen with Tombow Fude hard and Soft

The 4 Best Brush Pens [I Love!] for Brush Lettering

DIY Noel Wooden Sign- I LOVE this! Plus the tips on how to letter easily on wood are great

DIY Noel Holiday Sign (and the easiest way to letter on wood!)

Learn Brush Lettering online- this looks like such a great course! And fun too. I have always wanted to learn how to hand letter

Learn Brush Lettering! Course LAUNCH

Free Printable Noel Holiday Brush Lettering worksheet- what a great idea to practice handlettering this way!

Noel, Noel Handlettering Practice Sheet

Brush Lettering for Beginners: 3 Tips

I LOVE this DIY giant canvas backdrop for a party... or a nursery. The hand lettering and floral garland is gorgeous! Plus, such great tips to paint thin lines on fabric.

A Giant DIY Wallhanging (the best way to letter on fabric!)

My Favourite Way to Cheat Gold Foil

DIY Hand Lettered Name Cut Outs

DIY Hand Lettered Name Cut Outs

DIY Hearts Garland with vintage sheet music

DIY Vintage Sheet Music Quote

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Spot the DIYs in these photos! I rounded up 10+ aw Spot the DIYs in these photos!
I rounded up 10+ awesome DIY home decor projects in partnership with @officialCricut #ad over on the blog yesterday, there's some really fun ones from my friends too!
#CricutMade #Cricut
Which do you like best? Even though it didn’t wi Which do you like best?
Even though it didn’t win the vote, I still decided to make this free printable a set instead of just the one!
You can find them plus so many other gorgeous spring printables from some friends of mine over on the blog today!
I’ve been doing some polls in my stories (thank I’ve been doing some polls in my stories (thank you for your responses!) and one that totally surprised me? 
Almost half of you don’t know I blog! That’s my job, guys 😂 IG is just a fun little part of that! So tell me... is this new information to you or are you team ‘knew that!’? 

Also... Should I do a blogging Q&A? 🤷🏼‍♀️
Happy Valentine’s Day, friends 🥰 Happy Valentine’s Day, friends 🥰
Anyone else feeling the balance between work and f Anyone else feeling the balance between work and family and rest and keeping your house liveable has all just toppled this year? I keep seeing articles about pandemic fatigue and long term stress and burnout and while it’s totally relatable, I really just want tips on how to actually deal with that. I thought I’d share some things that are helping me if you’re in the same boat... and I’d love if you shared your tips in the comments! We could all use them 🥰
-I’ve been going for a walk every day by myself. Even when it’s freaking cold like today, I just bundle. It’s the only time I get truly to myself with no kiddo asking for something and that I don’t have to try squeeze in an email or something else.
-I’ve been putting the instant pot to work and leaning on cheater meals (local soup mixes are amazing), Costco dinners... whatever
- I’m prioritizing friendships with phone calls, zoom games nights and group chats about the bachelor (with matching snacks!)
- I’ve given myself a schedule that has downtime to play with the kids and to read... even when there’s things I feel like I ‘should be’ doing
- I’ve realized exactly how much time I’ve been spending on my phone and that it’s become my response to stress. Have you ever looked up your screen time analytics? 🥴 look at how many times you pick it up in your day. I’m setting app limits for myself and trying to break this habit, but I’d really love tips!
Can you believe that address sign is a DIY?! I'm s Can you believe that address sign is a DIY?! I'm sharing the whole tutorial in partnership with @OfficialCricut today over on my blog! I'd originally made it as a place holder for a metal one but after having it up for 4 months... we totally love it long term! What do you think? Would you try it? #cricut #cricutmade #ad
What are your Sunday plans? Mine are to sit right What are your Sunday plans? Mine are to sit right here for the first half of the day drinking coffee, then the second half of the day it’s to clean this house so it looks like my Instagram feed again 😂
Who has DIY projects on their mind this year?! 

👏🏻CLOSED 👏🏻 congrats @kelseycford ✨
@ryobi_canada and I want to help you start knocking those projects off your list by giving away a new nailer and battery set! #ad 
This tool is what we used for this accent wall and all the trim in our home. It’s the one I used to trim out my built in shelving and add the decorative moulding to my geometric barn door. What I’m saying is this thing is a workhorse and I want you to have one too 😉
To enter:
✨Follow me @colleenpastoor and @ryobi_canada 
✨like and save this photo 
✨ tag some friends who’d love to win in the comments! One tag per comment, each is an entry. 
✨ share to your stories for a bonus 5 entries!

Open to Canadians only this time (sorry US friends!) and not associated with Instagram. Closes Friday Jan 22 at noon PST!
Let’s talk about coffee! This is my coffee ‘st Let’s talk about coffee! This is my coffee ‘station’ and the second photo is my dads! I’m talking aaaall about them over on YT today!
Also... see how nice that fresh silicone looks?! 😉 IYKYK
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