Today I Like… {4/5/12} Five Words

I have a typography/graphic design crush. Actually, it’s more like a severe case of envy! Oh how I wish I knew how to make type look so damn good.

The culprits are the girls behind Five Words – the brainchild of two ladies “with too many ideas and no spare time.”

The idea of the site is simple – take a 5-word phrase and turn it into a beautiful piece of typography – every day. Considering there are 72 pages on their blog (with 7 posts to a page) it seems like they’re making progress! I had to stop myself at about page 30, or I would have literally sat and flicked through every single page to uncover the gems they have created.

I simply couldn’t choose just ONE piece to show you… so here are my favourites (so far…).

P.S. I’ve installed a new plugin that should mean a Pin It button shows up next to each image OR if you’ve landed on the main blog homepage, just mouse over an image to pin it!

Awesome, right? I want to print them all out and stick them all over my wall!

Happy Friday night/long weekend to you all – what are you up to this weekend? I have a lovely mountain of jewellery orders to get through, and then I think my studio is in dire need of a re-organise – I tend to let things explode around me when I’m busy!

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10 Favourite Inspirational Quotes ~ Typographic Style

{thumbpress}

{studio muti}

{Wicked Paper Co.}

{StrongerMarriage}

{unknown}

{cherpeace}

{volume 25}

{Lucius Art}

{via Pinterest}

{joojoo}

There’s a part of me that feels like inspirational/motivational quotes/affirmations are kinda naff. But then I collect them like candy on my Pinterest Inspiration board.

So I think we can safely assume that the sunny optimist in me outweighs the cynical Gen X/Yer!

These are some of my favourites, collected over the past year. To me, there are some pretty clear themes…

Work hard, live in the moment, and enjoy it. 

Be yourself, and don’t be afraid to be silly, but not because you think it’s cool to be ‘different’. 

Don’t wait to ‘arrive’, enjoy the journey.

Give, and receive with joy. 

Don’t put off what your heart tells you to do, because you never know which day will be your last. 

Find the good, don’t waste time on worrying.

The older I get, the more I let go of things I thought when I was younger. I used to worry more. I used to be more judgemental. I used to do what I was supposed to rather than what my heart told me to.

It’s nice to think that a little bit more wisdom might be making itself known as the years go on, isn’t it?

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Today I Like… Australia in Type

I love this – my country in typography! From the team at Bold & Noble, it is one of many type maps available.

Aussies, can you see your hometown on this map?

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