Font Friday: Dolce Caffe

Hand-written fonts are all over the place lately, and they really appeal to me for several reasons: (1) I like the hand drawn look, but cannot create it well myself and (2) I am obsessed with a clean look and sometimes hand lettering can look a little messy. (This likely stems from my hand-lettering abilities, or lack of them.) With hand-lettered fonts, you have the casual look of something hand-drawn, without the work, and in my case, mess.

Enter 'Dolce Caffe'. A yummy looking (and sounding) font that is uppercase letters only and has the perfect hand-drawn feel. It's perfect for those less talented in the drawing department. It's available on myfonts.com and is only $35. Get it here!

For more font love, don’t forget to check out the picks of my favorite font friends: Alexandra & Craig from The Aerialist Press, Allison at Allison Owen Design, Jen from Blush Printables, Sophia and Andre at Brancoprata, Steph from Bubblerock, Catherine at Design Editor,  Laurel at Go Against the Grain, Jenny from Hank + Hunt, Allie at Honey Bee Invites, Lauren from Lauren Elise Crafted, Jenna and Elizabeth from Little Bit Heart, Kerry from Super Swoon  and Wendy at Weswen Design(#fontfriday on twitter)

Ornamelle

Right now I am obsessed with the gorgeous calligraphy and hand lettering by Ornamelle.

Her work is so amazing. She posts sweet quotes and words on her blog in her gorgeous calligraphy.

and my favorite:

Love.

Font Friday: Bango

Bango is a fun new font that caught my eye immediately. It's bold, unicase font, with a bit of a cartoon feel to it. MyFonts.com says "it suits well for poster design, packaging, and anything that needs to draw attention - in an informal way" and I completely agree.

You can purchase Bango here for $30.

For more font love, don’t forget to check out the picks of my favorite font friends:

Alexandra & Craig from The Aerialist Press, Allison at Allison Owen Design, Jen from Blush Printables, Sophia and Andre at Brancoprata, Steph from Bubblerock, Catherine at Design Editor,  Laurel at Go Against the Grain, Jenny from Hank + Hunt, Allie at Honey Bee Invites, Lauren from Lauren Elise Crafted, Jenna and Elizabeth from Little Bit Heart, Kerry from Super Swoon and Wendy at Weswen Design. (#fontfriday on twitter)

Sailing

My husband was in the process of getting his bareboat charter license, when he realized that maybe it was a good idea to see if I actually liked sailing before we invested in the fact that we would be spending entire vacations on a boat. He had the idea of going out on a local lake, so we booked a sunset sail on Lake Grapevine over the Memorial Day weekend.

The verdict? I loved it! We went out with Captain Bob of Tranquil Sales, and his wife, 'First Mate Kate', who was the sweetest lady. (She taught me little ways to remember the sailing lingo - I am going to be the best sailor's wife).  I was actually surprised at how fun it was to sail on a lake. To be honest, my expectations were a little low, but it was in the evening and not a lot of people were out on the water and it was really relaxing and enjoyable. We brought wine and had plenty of wind and a beautiful sunset. It was one of those times when you forget you are only 30 minutes from home.

This won't be the last sailing photos you see on this blog. We already have plans to sail two more times this summer and before long, I may be assisting instead of sipping wine. Oh - who am I kidding. Carter can handle it all.

Font Friday: Estilo

Happy Font Friday! Today, I am featuring one of my favorite fonts, Estilo. The Estilo font family, by Dystype, are san serif fonts with soft edges and a few unique characters that make it easy to spot. I love the quirky look that the 'A' and the 'S' give this fun typeface.

I knew about Estilo, Estilo Text and Estilo Script, but in linking up for this post, I discovered that there's now an Estilo Pro. Estilo Pro is made up of five weights, from hairline to bold and is differnet then the others with new sharp edges.

It's obviously completely different and I need to own this one too! If you are with me and want to purchase any font in the Estilo family, you can get it here.

For more font love, don’t forget to check out the picks of my favorite font friends: Alexandra & Craig from The Aerialist Press, Allison at Allison Owen Design, Jen from Blush Printables, Sophia and Andre at Brancoprata, Steph from Bubblerock, Catherine at Design Editor,  Laurel at Go Against the Grain, Jenny from Hank + Hunt, Allie at Honey Bee Invites, Lauren from Lauren Elise Crafted, Jenna and Elizabeth from Little Bit Heart, Kerry from Super Swoon  and Wendy at Weswen Design (#fontfriday on twitter)