Favorite free fonts for creating monograms

Nothing is more personal than a monogram.  Choosing the right font can help you say so much about you, your family, your event, or your business with only a few letters.

This month, we've picked several font styles for you to choose from.  From classic engraved styles to fonts reminiscent of the 20's and 30's, ornate scripts to simple modern lines, we have 11 of our favorite freebies with links below.

Use these fonts to design your own stationary, invitations, and logos.  Don't forget how great monograms look on your textile projects too!

Here are the links to this month's free font picks.  Just click on the links below to download the fonts.  Please be sure to read any information that comes with the font as to its use too.  Enjoy!

1.  Party at Gatsby's by Tysmagic
2.  Rosart by Roger White
3.  Monogram KK by Koeiekat
4.  Ecuyer DAX by Daxad
5.  Harabara Hand by Andre Harabara
6.  Debonair Inline by Nick's Fonts
7.  Elephant by Matthew Carter
8.  Architect by Hank Gillette
9.  Champignon by Diogene
10. Geotica 2012 by Exljibris
11. Nymphette by Nymphont

Be on the lookout for a follow up post on tips & tricks to using images from The Graphics Fairy to create a more customized looking monogram!

Emily

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*A note about downloading, installing & using fonts:  There are a lot of sites out there that offer free fonts.  Some are set up mostly to display ads, and others take you to suspicious files & links.  Even some legitimate sites run confusing ads that feature images that say "download", when it's for another product.  While we don't recommend one free font website over another, we have tried to link to the more straightforward sites to make finding the font easier for you.  If you click on anything that looks like an application or .exe file, stop, it's not what you want, and is probably malware.  Don't forget to follow the site's specific directions to download and install the font.  If you are a crafter and will be selling your work, please be sure to read any files or information that comes with the font.  Some fonts have restrictions on the commercial use of a font for mass production quantities and on the sharing / redistribution of the font file itself.

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Plant a Garden Flower Pot - My Favorite Combo

Today I'm sharing with you my favorite flower pot combination! It's my "go to" combo, when I want a little color on my patio. I have 3 of these vintage concrete planters in my back yard, the last couple of years I just did straight Petunias, but I'm back to my old favorite again this year!

This is how my urn looked before... full of weeds!! Not really the look I wanted to show my house guest, Funky Junk Donna, during her stay here last week. So I sprang into action a couple days before she got here.

Thankfully it only takes a few minutes to put these together. These were the plants that I used:
1) Red Geraniums
2) Blue Lobelia
3) Silver Helichrysum
I was able to pick all of these up at Lowes in the Garden Center. I love that place, but it can be dangerous, it's really hard to resist all the beautiful plants!! I ended up buying hanging planters of the Geraniums and Lobelia, they had multiple plants in them, and I just separated them out and used what I needed.

After pulling out the weeds, I planted the Geraniums first. I just used the soil that came with the plant. There was already quite a bit of decent quality soil in the urn.

Then I added the Lobelia and the Helichrysum, I kept them close to the sides of the pot, so that they would be able to hang over the edges and soften the overall composition. I watered it well and added a bit of mulch to keep the moisture in.

Here's how it looks now, the Helichrysum will continue to grow and trail over the sides, which will make the pots even prettier!  The silvery color of the leaves is a nice contrast, to the other plants in the pot. Do you have a favorite flower combination that you use in your posts? I would love to hear about it,  maybe I can get some ideas from you guys for next year!


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Father's Day DIY - Steampunk Thumb Tacks

I was thinking...I don't do enough crafts that would make a good gift for men.  With Father's Day right around the corner...I think that these easy Steampunk Thumb-Tacks are perfect for any man in your life or anyone!  If steampunk is not your thing... you can take this simple premise and create a set of thumb-tacks with any of The Graphics Fairy images...the possibilities are limitless...so put on your imagination cap and create what moves you...

You will need a few supplies...wooden medallions... Matte Mod Podge... prints of your favorite images...we are supplying you with the ones that are used here sized and ready to print... a brush and then you will need a sand block or sand paper and the color paint you love and you don't have to use paint at all!

Hometalk gets Funky Junked at Lucketts, this weekend!

It's finally here! The Lucketts Spring Market is this Weekend Saturday 18th - Sunday 19th! I hope you'll come out on Sunday for the Hometalk Meetup! I'll be hanging out in the tent with Hometalk and Funky Junk Donna! Miss Mustard Seed will be right next door, and there will be lots of other fun people meeting up. Not to mention, all the awesome vintage stuff, great food, live music and more! I would to meet you guys in person!

Hello! Are you new to The Graphics Fairy- DIY?
Welcome, I'm so glad you're here! This is actually a separate blog from my Vintage Image site. Browse around to find Projects and DIY Tutorials, as well as Free Iron On Printables (many of them French!) You can subscribe via email so that you don't miss a single project or printable, just click HERE to sign up!

Featured in Woman's Day this Month!

I'm so excited, and hugely grateful, that my Knob Project was featured in Woman's Day Magazine, this month!

They found my knob project, after I submitted it to the Woman's Day Group Pinterest board! You can join the board and pin your best projects too, and hopefully you'll get a feature as well! You can find more info on how to join HERE. Thanks Woman's Day!!


Hello! Are you new to The Graphics Fairy- DIY?
Welcome, I'm so glad you're here! This is actually a separate blog from my Vintage Image site. Browse around to find Projects and DIY Tutorials, as well as Free Iron On Printables (many of them French!) You can subscribe via email so that you don't miss a single project or printable, just click HERE to sign up!

DIY A Painted French Bee Server w/ Cynthia - A Button Tufted Life

Hi, my name is Cynthia, my husband and I run a custom interiors business together from our home studio and share our projects and musings on our blog A Button Tufted Life...
I am a huge fan of Karen's beautiful graphics so having a project featured on the DIY Graphics Fairy site is fantastic!

We love antiques and actually designed and built a home a few years ago around a salvaged antique door so incorporating and reworking old pieces is a real passion for us.
For this project we started with an antique hutch.

Easy Graphic Baby Onesie

Little ones are so adorable to dress, right down to the basic onesie. But why buy the expensive embellished ones or just leave them plain white, when you can spiffy them up all on your own? Today's project is super simple, takes only a few supplies, and can help make your baby the cutest on the block! Don't have any little ones of your own? You can apply this technique to basically any fabric medium, from adult t-shirts to canvas tote bags.