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FONT FRIDAY | Outline Font + A Craft Idea

I've got a little Font Friday twist with this clever craft idea I saw over at Hello Bee. Danyelle of Dandee Designs used Arialic, an simple outline font, to print out names and letter her kids could paint with watercolors. Starting the kiddos early with typography. I approve! Download the font for free here.

Check out weekly font picks from the rest of the Font Friday crew:

 THE AERIALIST PRESS / BLUSH PRINTABLES / BUBBLEROCK  / FOURTH AND FOLDED  / LAUREN ELISE CRAFTED / PALM PAPERS/ SUPER SWOON / ALISON OWEN DESIGN  / HANK+HUNT / HONEY BEE INVITES  / WESWENDESIGN / GO AGAINST THE GRAIN  / AND EVERYTHING NICE / MY PAPER LOUNGE / BRANCOPRATA / VICKI DESIGNER / LITTLE BIT HEART

See my previous picks here and follow @FontFriday on Twitter!

Bring on the sparkle. Check out the GLITTER ALPHABET in my shop!

MY NEW RIBBON & WASHI STORAGE

I heart storage solutions!

After trolling around the interwebs, I saw this idea to use a swing-arm pants hanger as an organizer. I got this one at Target (cost less in the store) and it's now hanging in my office closet. I have countless spools of ribbon and washi tape I plan on rounding up and organizing like this.  Pictured is what was rolling around in one random drawer in my guest room. Another trip to Target is in my future.

How do you keep your craft supplies organized?

CRAFTS | Cross-Stitch Family Portrait

I haven't attempted cross-stitch since the fourth grade when my mom's friend gave me lessons. Yes, lessons plural, as in I had to go to someone's house more than once to sew a gazillion tiny X's. If memory serves, I wasn't exactly overjoyed about it at the time. But now that I'm all grown up, I've embraced my inner crafter and I really want to make this family portrait.

The folks at Martha Stewart are making it tempting with this project. They're offering a free 19-page template of adorable family member patterns, with a variety of different hair color, eye color and clothing options. They even included pets!

Any cross-stitchers out there? Have any tips?