1. Freelance Wisdom from Kristen Drozdowski This post. Love. Needed. Loved. Read it. Once. Twice. Thrice? Not all work is fun - and during those non-fun times, it's important to always love and embrace the fact that you're allowing yourself to follow your dream to do something creative for a living! Even when it's stressful - you'll love it all if what you're doing is something that makes you happy. Found via June Letters, more on Kristen's site. 2. 40 Reasons to Love Lettering I love how Grace Bonney of Design*Sponge phrased this in her introduction to 40 Reasons to Love Lettering: As technology becomes more advanced and more impressive, I find myself missing the “old way” of doing things more and more. Even though I love a great digitally printed logo or sign, you can’t beat the hand-painted signs and lettering that used to cover shops, storefronts and the sides of buildings. I totally agree! Which is all the more reason that I love getting to create so much with lettering in my Etsy shop! I couldn't have said it better myself! And I loved going through all 40 images of such a wide variety of lettering, from the style of the lettering to the placement