all images via Today is Going to be Awesome– The blog of artist Lisa Congdon
I can’t remember how I stumbled onto Lisa‘s blog, but I’m so glad I did because I love her work. The images above are taken from her 365 Days of Hand Lettering Project. Beginning on January 1, 2012, she posted a different sample of her hand-lettering each day on her blog. She says that originally she started the project to get better at calligraphy, but over the year it evolved and she started to post hand-lettered quotes along with illustrations.
Her work will soon be available in book form, in a volume to be published by Chronicle Books. I have so many favorites among her quotes that I could barely narrow it down to these six! She also sells prints of her work in her etsy shop– I would love to add one of these to my gallery wall!
![It's a very belated book haul! These are the four books I picked up on my trip to Australia back in May. Of course I had to check out some bookstores on my first trip to Sydney and I think I ended up visiting 9 in total (check out my stories to see the mini bookstore vlog I made)!
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It was so fun book shopping over there since majority of the covers are different from our US covers. I couldn't resist this pretty edition of PACHINKO, which I've already read. And when I picked up this copy of PEOPLE PERSON, I was so excited to see it because it wasn't out yet in the US at that time. I also bought two books that I hadn't heard of before I discovered them in the bookstore: IDOL and LOVE AND OTHER PUZZLES.
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Do you tend to prefer US or UK book covers?
[P.S. This is an old photo that includes a HarperCollins UK title, but please note that I support the HarperCollins Union.]
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[ID: A stack of the following books sits on top of white bedding in front of a white wall (from top to bottom): PACHINKO, IDOL, LOVE AND OTHER PUZZLES, PEOPLE PERSON.]
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these are so lovely and inspiring, I’ll definitely check out her blog!
She has so much more work- this is just a small sampling! :)
I love the cat quote!
Me too! :)
what a beautiful post. we needed to read these today- get us through to the weekend :)
xo. c & v
cake & valley
Thank you both- glad you enjoyed! :)
I love these. My favorite ones are the cat ones and Voltaire’s.
I love the Voltaire one too- two of my favorite things to do :)
These are so cool. I’ve love to be good at calligraphy! I wanted to take calligraphy class in Japan, but there was only one and I didn’t get a good enough registration number to get in :(
I wish I knew how to do calligraphy too- I think it would be a really great skill!
How lovely! :) Not only do I love the quotes, but also the lettering as well. I need to practice my penmanship…would love to be able to write like that!
P.S. Thanks for commenting on my “Little Postal Travels” blog! xoxo. Love your blog too and am always checking it out!
Thank you so much Yasmeen! :)
these are adorable!
so fun!
xx.M
http://www.bellesandrebelles.blogspot.com
Yes, she has so many adorable illustrations like this it was hard to pick which ones to show here!