DIY: Calligraphy Script Font

Lately I've been loving all the calligraphy/watercolor script fonts out there. You can find some good ones for free, but the really good ones all cost like $20. Maybe that's a good price for a font? I don't really know. All I know is that I don't really want to pay $20 for a font. 

So i made my own. 

I'm still surprised it actually worked, but it totally did! And it was sooo easy.

1. Go to MyScriptFont.com and print off the pdf letter template and just fill it in

 - Note: when it says "use a black felt pen"- you actually have to use a black felt pen or else it doesn't work. I first wrote it in pencil cause my handwriting is better in pencil and it didn't upload, so I had to trace it in marker. Also you do actually have to stay within the inner auxiliary lines or else some of your letters will get cut off. Crazy how you have to follow directions... 

2. Scan your letters in

3. Upload the pdf onto the myscriptfont.com website

4. Click Start

5. Hooray, you have your very own font! 

as you can see.. i didn't follow instructions so some of my letters are a tad bit cut off... but i still really like it! 

And the best part is- it's totally free! 

So you can make as many as your heart desires. 

I'll probably make like 10. 

Happy lettering.

xoxo

Alpaca My Bags

Since we are already down here in South America, we figured it would be pretty silly of us if we didn't go to any other country. Cause there probably won't be another good opportunity to do so for awhile. 

Soooo we are going to PERU! 

 

I am actually really really excited for this. Machu Picchu just seems like the coolest place ever. And I am dying to see all the color of Cusco. And hang with llamas. Also I want to feel like I am in "The Emperor's New Groove...." so really I am just so stoked! 

If anyone has been there before, let us know fun things to do/see! We will be there for about a week. 

Also hooray that Ryan's parents decided to come down! What a treat :) 

 Thomas Travels 2015. 

Birthday Weekend

 Birthdays are the best. Especially when you are married- cause even when it's your spouse's birthday, it kinda feels like it's your birthday too. 

Ryan is the most impossible person to buy gifts for. So I just made him a video of people saying happy birthday to him, made him a key lime pie, and promised him that we would go on a sweet excursion sometime in the next few weeks- I just haven't found a good one yet. 

But it was a really fun weekend, and we have felt so much love from everyone around us! 

Really I'm just about to put a bunch of pictures on here to show what the weekend was like. 

The family we teach on Saturdays bought him a huge chocolate cake- SO NICE!

And I teach the cutest kids ever, so I spent the rest of the day trying to sneak a picture of my favorite 4 year old. Then he threw a soccer ball at my head cause I guess he doesn't like having his picture taken...

I just want to bring him home with me. 

Then Oscar made him a cake.

And we had Key Lime Pie cause I didn't know he was getting two other cakes... (recipe coming soon cause it was seriously soooo easy and so good!)

I probably gained 5 pounds this weekend. 

Hooray for Sunday walks

I realized that we didn't take a picture together on his birthday, and I wanted one. But it's hard when there is no one who will follow you around to take pictures... so we mastered the skill of taking separate pictures and putting them together haha. This is actually quite fun and also funny. Especially when you are high fiving the air and cars are going past you. But ya know what- I'm never going to see these people ever again, so it's totally fine.

Actually, I think this would make a really cute video. To split the screen like that and both people are doing their own thing... hmmm next project.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY RYAN!

Mondays

Mondays... sometimes I love them. Sometimes I love them less, but I've never been one of those people who always complain about Mondays and how they are the worst day of the week blah blah blah. (Mostly because I am a mega nerd and actually really enjoyed going to school each day). 

Mondays are like a blank slate for the week. You get to determine your attitude. 

So, you can either mope and whine about it OR start your week off feeling great. 

5 Monday Morning Tips to Start your Week off Right: 

• Ok technically this is a Sunday night tip.. but still applies to Monday: go to bed at a reasonable hour. Cause if you stay up until 2am and have to get to school/work early in the morning- most likely you will not be a happy camper. I know I wouldn't be. I love waking up feeling recharged and ready to go for the week. Not getting enough sleep is like only charging you phone 50%- which we all know won't last ya very long. 

 

• Light exercise/yoga/stretch: Getting your body moving just makes me feel so much better in the morning. It wakes me up and makes me feel like I am one step closer of achieving my dream of being a Nike model. (Ha just kidding...kinda). When I don't work at 8am, I rather enjoy working out in the morning- but that takes a lot of time. So when I don't have hours in the morning to spare, it is still nice to do something simple to get the blood flowing- even if it's just stretching for 5 minutes. Just do something. Promise it will make ya feel better. 
•  Eat a good breakfast! I am probably the worst advocate for this cause I used to never eat breakfast and people would always say "ahh that's so bad for you..etc" **Kelsie** and I never really believed them cause I functioned perfectly fine without eating in the morning. BUT I have noticed that now that I work everyday, it does make me a happier person when I fuel my body at the start of the day. 
• Get dressed. Honestly, the hardest part about Mondays for me is having to put real pants on. I was the girl who wore sweatpants to school pretty much everyday until French Eric told me I looked like a mess (which he could say and get away with it cause he's French), and then I changed my ways and started dressing nicer and actually found out that I really love getting dressed up and I actually felt more confident about myself. So what I am saying is take some time for yourself in the morning. I know I always feel better about myself if I have taken a little time to get ready. So more than just throwing on the first thing you see and running out the door with pillow lines still on your face. 
• Time permitting, have some "me" time. This is time where you can relax and start your day stress free. For me, this is reading, blogging, organizing my room, watching tutorials, etc. I usually don't have too much time left in the morning, but I like squeezing in even 10 minutes to read. This way it's not such a drastic change from 'I just to woke' to 'think think think work work work'. Taking a few minutes to prep your brain, doing things you enjoy is a good way to transition into your busy day. 

That's all I got.