A Sketchbook for Camille - The Design Process

My sweet friend, Camille, turned 14 on Friday. She always loves and appreciates the specially lettered envelopes I create when I send mail to her family. I decided that would be a great jumping off point for putting together a special present for her. Here is what I created.

Here's the design process I went through before I settled on a design.

This shows how I figured out the spacing on the final lettering. I was not able to do the fine detail on the book due to the woven texture on the sketchbook.
Here are some of the other lettering styles I tried out. I ended up recreating them on some of the pages inside of the book.

I picked out some of the quotes that I really like that I had pinned on my Pinterest board. I added them at the tops and bottoms of pages throughout the book.

I ended the book with the quote about the chicken crossing the road. I wanted to end with a bit of humor. I hope that Camille will like it as much as I enjoyed creating it for her.

A Small Token for Some of My Students

My students love when I write their names on the white board in a fancy way. A while ago a few of my ESL students told me that they would love to have their names done in a fancy manner on nice paper that they could frame and hang in their rooms. I thought about this for a while and decided that it would be a nice gesture for the holiday season. Here's the first set: