Lettering is becoming it’s own art form.  The lettering on a scrapbook page can make it a perfect layout or totally distract from it becoming so.  While we want to use our own “handwriting” to personalize our pages, sometimes we need to take a refresher course on Writing 101 from our early school days.  Get a basic lettering pad of paper and practice, practice, practice!  Take it with you when you have to wait at the doctors for an appointment, while waiting for kids after school or while watching TV.

Do the upper case and lower case letters according to the guide – you know, the solid blue and the dashed blue lines.  Once you get a little practice with the basic formation, you can start deviating from the norm.  When lettering on your page or title box, pencil in guidelines: a top, bottom and somewhere in between.  It can be at the halfway mark, or above or below that.  If you give yourself that guide, you will find your letters looking more uniform.  It is also important to pencil in your text on the guidelines you have made.  That way you can make sure you have enough room for what you want to say and space the letters accordingly.

Once you have the basics down, you can experiment.  You can add little spirals (like the ones on this month’s lettering) or branch out and do little sprays of flowers, vines and leaves, a paw print, stitch the letters, add dots or dashes to the end, and much more. 

Just carry your practice pad with you and have fun!

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