Happy Spring! Although, here in Chicago, we have been having sleet and hail the last few days. But that’s Chicago spring for you! Regardless, I’ve still got my mind on all things floral and bright! So to share a little sunshine with you, I made these free spring printables to brighten up your home!

The first two printables were adapted from watercolors I painted, and the last one was done on illustrator. I had so much fun making them- so you might just be in for a few more in the future! I love how they really get my home feeling like Spring. A little extra bright and cheery really makes a difference!

If you like any of these printables, just click on them to be sent to the high resolution file which you can download. They are designed to be printed on 8.5×11 sheets of paper.

be like a sunflower

I just love sunflowers. Most people know they are my favorite flower. That’s why I couldn’t resist doing a spring sunflower printable.

I know sunflowers are more of an autumn flower, but regardless, I had to include them :)

HERE COMES THE SUN

I had a lot of fun painting this abstract flower, but the center reminded me so much of the sun. I love that every time I look at it Here Comes The Sun gets stuck in my head! It’s such a happy song.

A FLOWER

I actually drew these peonies for a wedding invitation I designed- but they were perfect to add to this printable about flowers! The pink and purple are so happy and spring-like! Peonies are so beautiful, aren’t they?

Well I hope you enjoy your free spring printables! Send me a picture of one hanging in your home and I’ll feature it on the blog!

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Lars and I just sent out our save the dates this week. I think they turned out just adorable! If you haven’t already seen our engagement photos, they came out fabulous thanks to Beale and Wittig Photography. I pretty much credit them for how cute the save the dates are, because they’re all about the photo.

So I had my heart set on making pop-up save the dates. I saw the cutest one on pinterest. After reading a bunch of tutorials on how to make pop up cards I decided I didn’t have the time or patience to make 150 of them. So I had to move on to my next cutest save the date idea.

Well, I saw an adorable page a day calendar save the date on Pinterest. (I am trying to find the link but I seem to have lost it- so if you find it let me know!) It is such a simple idea. I know that I could design it quickly and we could get them printed and sent easily.

The mistake that I made was thinking that you could send postcards of any size. Apparently there are standard sizes for postcards and you have to pay differently if they are an unusual size. So we ended up sending them in envelopes. It ended up being better anyways because everyone will receive them in better condition than if they had been envelope-less.

So I designed our save the dates on photoshop elements. Honestly, the design is so simple, I could have made it on paint. I used to make stuff on paint all the time back in the days that I still had a pc.

We printed our cards with Premium Cards. The quality is excellent and they were great to work with. They emailed me to let me know my mini-calendar was too pixelated and let me fix it before they were printed.

To make the cards all you need is a good picture, a black rectangle, some cute fonts, and a month calendar. Below you can find a basic template, and all the fonts we used. The template will work on photoshop or photoshop elements. You will have to download the fonts, which is super easy. And I will warn you- once you realize how easy it is- you might get a font addiction like I have.

Just click the template image below to download the free photoshop template:

As for the fonts, you can download them each here:

October 24, 2015

Typo Slab Serif

Save The Date

Janda Elegant Handwriting

Susie + Lars • Are Getting Married • Chicago, IL

Mrs Eaves Small Caps

I hope you enjoy our adorable save the dates! I certainly do!

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Hi friends! I’m sorry for my temporary absence from writing. I was experiencing a bit of blog/ wedding planning/ life planning overload. But I’m back! And to make up for the time I’ve missed, I am giving you a bunch of free printables this week!

I’m generally an optimistic person. It’s something I work hard to be. And it isn’t always easy. So I have to remind myself of how awesome life is on a fairly regular basis. I’ve been having a lot of fun lately learning more about graphic design, and so I wanted to express optimism through these printable posters. Each are 8.5″ x 11″ so you can print them on standard paper. Just click the image to download the printable PDF.

Put them somewhere you will see them and admire away!

I tried to put a little something for everyone. These are inspirational quotes that resonated with me. So I hope you like these. I’ll explain what each of them means to me and why I chose that quote.

I didn’t realize I was gonna get as mushy gushy as I did in this post! So, you’ve been warned!

1. Broken Crayons Still Color

This quote could easily be taken negatively, because it starts out with the word broken. I choose not to see it that way. I see it for the whole picture. “Broken crayons still color.” What this means to me is that even if things go wrong and life doesn’t go the way you want, and even if you can’t change that, you can still thrive. You can still do what you want to and hope to do. Going through hard situations won’t change that. You can survive the worst. And everything will still work.

2. Be The Person Your Dog Thinks You Are

Woof! The silhouette there is my dog Shaki. She’s a nut.

Anyways, if you’ve ever had a dog (and I really hope you have!!) you will know that nothing is as amazing as how your dog loves you. They truly think you are god’s gift to dogkind. Dogs would do anything for their owners. The see you as the ultimate person worthy of their love and affection. Well guess what? You are! You are worthy of dog-level love and affection from the people (and dogs) in your life. So strive to be who your dog thinks you are. They only see your kindness, your generosity, your zest, your love, your compassion.

3. Perfect People Are Boring

I wasted way too much of my life trying to be perfect. My teenage self was very insecure. Who isn’t? Well I tried to deal with that by being perfect, and not showing my vulnerability.

You know what? That’s just boring. You’re a human. I want to know your story. I want to know what you’ve gone through and what you consider your flaws and what lessons you’ve learned from mistakes. I want to connect with your humanity. The things that we enjoy in our friends and loved ones are not their ability to be perfect at something. It’s their ability to show you their true selves and be willing to make mistakes that makes them fun and relatable. Don’t strive for perfection. Not only is it a waste of time- it’s boring!

4. Everything Is Gonna Be Okay

This is probably my favorite inspirational quote. It might not sound inspirational to you, but I really think it is. Whenever I’m stressed out this is an amazing reminder for me. I think back through all the things that I’ve been through and everything has ALWAYS been okay. The process of stressing out about things is usually worse than whatever outcome it is that I’m so scared of.

Even if things fall apart, you still get to be you. And you are awesome. So don’t worry about it- it’s gonna be okay.

5. No One Else in The World Can Be You as Well as You Can

This is probably the most important (and true) thing you can remind yourself. There is only one you. You can try to be someone other than who you are, but it’s a losing battle. You already are you. And no one in the world is better than being you than you are. So when you are feeling down, just remember, I’m the best at being myself in the WHOLE ENTIRE WORLD!

I hope you like these free printable inspirational quotes! I might come out with some more in the future, so keep your eyes open!

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