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Chelsea Petaja, Nashville Vendor: Hair Accessories Website: Oh My Deer! About Me: "Oh, My Deer!" was born out of a love for play-on-words and getting my hands dirty. I live in Music City USA in a little loft with brick walls, concrete floors and my husband. I teach Visual Arts at a Montessori school that grows organic vegetables and composts nearly everything. It satisfies the hippie in me. I make flowers and feathers for your hair that I hope make you feel beautiful. Sometimes I make drawings and invitations for your eyes. And then that leaves everything in between that I pretend to know how to do.

Lessons in Typography

July 8th, 2009 @ 1:51 pm by Chelsea Petaja @ Oh My Deer

Growing up, I wanted so badly to have an “i” in my name so I could dot it with a heart. I even tried going by my middle name of Laine to attain the floating heart. No one bought into it. So, I guess I over corrected the situation by working hard to have the best handwriting. I wanted people to oooh and ahhh over it. For the most part, I succeeded. My handwriting is one of the few things I can say I feel talented in; it’s one of the few things I can accept a compliment about. Though if the truth be told, I’m a bit prideful about it, and I’d be lying if I said my feelings don’t get hurt when someone can’t read my handwriting.

My sister-in-law and I were working on a logo/header for her new “conceptual spaces” venture and had too much fun perusing DaFont, which inspired this post. Tec and I got all of our wedding suite fonts from DaFont, and found the perfect ones to fit our theme. If you’re trying to make your wedding invites, RSVP cards, return envelopes, etc. yourself, make sure you check out these sites.

You’ll be amazed at how beautiful you can make these things by having the right font, spaced the right way and in the right color. With the obsession many of us have with typography, design and films like Helvetica, it’s no surprise that free font sites like 1001FreeFonts and DaFont have become hugely popular. Below are just a few of my favorites from DaFont. What are your favorite fonts? Are you a sans serif or a serif gal or guy? Cursive versus print?

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