Hand Lettering Archives - Love Paper Crafts (2024)

Like us, you have a love for the beauty of calligraphy and hand lettering. When you are ready to get into the craft and don’t know where to start it is important to have guidance from the pros. With the number of books out there about hand lettering and calligraphy, we decided to share with […]

One of the best and easiest ways to get into creating amazing artwork and expressing your creativity is by learning brush calligraphy. However, as a beginner venturing into this creative world, it can be quite frustrating to learn the ropes from scratch. Especially if you have no idea where to start as a self-taught artist. […]

Welcome to the 2017 Ornament Exchange & Blog Hop! This year, there are 47 amazing bloggers participating in the exchange. The rules of the challenge were simple: be partnered with a fellow blogger, create a handmade ornament for $15 or under, create a tutorial, and ship the ornament off to a new home! My partner […]

Hello beautiful paper crafters! I am super excited to share with you this new hand lettering practice sheet for the days of the week. As you may know, I love planners and I have several that I keep for various things. This practice sheet combines my love of hand lettering and planning. Pin it for […]

Happy Friday paper crafters! What a long week. Thank goodness it’s Friday, our favorite day of the week. Why? Because it’s FREEBIE FRIDAY, that’s why. Today’s free printable is a hand lettering practice sheet. Do a happy dance! This is a common card phrases hand lettering practice sheet. It’s perfect for practicing brush lettering. It’s […]

I love me some hand lettering. Over the last several years I’ve collected all kinds of pens, papers and markers in my quest for the ultimate hand lettering tool. This list contains my top 10 hand lettering tools as of right now. 10. Sketch Pad The medium you use to write on is just as […]

I love adding text over my photos. Overlays are a fun, decorative element to add to photos. They liven up some of the boring photos of objects. I prefer my own organic handwriting instead of fonts. Seriously, someone invent a pen that allows me to doodle right on my photos. Until that happens, I will […]

As a paper love, I also love typography. Beautiful handwriting jumps off of the page and makes planners, scrapbooks and cards come to life. I’ve spent a lot of time learning the craft of hand lettering and I practice it everyday. I know I bring it up a lot but I love Skillshare. There are […]

I have been practicing calligraphy for over two years now. It is such a beautiful hobby I couldn’t help but want tolearn how to do it myself. It is a classic story really,that all started with a boy and a girl falling in love. How I got started with Calligraphy It all started after I […]

The lowercase calligraphy practice alphabet is one of the most downloaded files on this site. When I made it, I promised that there would one day be an uppercase version. It is really, really overdue but I have finally created the uppercase calligraphy practice sheet and it is available for download now.

Calligraphy is something that I have always loved. I remember getting my first calligraphy marker and practicing holding the pen just right to get the perfect stroke. Today, we have modern calligraphy done with a dip pen and pointed nib. It’s not really “modern” if you ask me. I mean it’s a dip pen aren’t […]