Great words from Dr. Seuss for someone who teaches little people.

This Christmas, I used my new hobby, calligraphy, to make art worth framing. Because this hobby of mine is only about a year old, it takes me a while to generate final images that worth framing.

First, I made a list of all the works of art I would need to make. I did this in September — like I said, this whole thing took me a while. Then, I started searching for quotes that fit each person. I would browse Pinterest or just general online searches. In some cases, I pulled from scripture that I had recently been studying. Cole also jumped in on this process. Together we weeded out super long phrases and zeroed in on one or two.

Creativity came next. I would look at the words and draw little doodles of what I could do with those words. Next I penciled these onto thicker paper for inking. Once inked, I erased all those draft lines and cut the paper to frame size. Then, I looked at each one in the frame to make sure I loved the final version. *Disclaimer: I misspelled words and had to do the whole process over again. Mental note: Always triple-check the draft version for spelling errors.

I did all of this while juggling work and other projects, such as and Christmas cards. Because of this, I am really glad I started early. Now a month from gift-giving, I can look at these and remember the smiles they brought to faces.

And now I share the finished works with you. I had a lot of fun working on these and they gave me a lot of practice, which I need. If you are ever looking for a custom piece of calligraphy to frame, send me an email.

For to us a child is born is a great reminder for the reason for the season.

These golden images all come from a Christmas exchange gift I featured a while back.

All Gold Everything went along with my Christmas exchange gift.

As Good As Gold and lots of gold office supplies.

Just little hello cards to go with the gold theme.

Christmas is a pretty great time of the year.

My mom loves Pooh, and home is a pretty comfy place.

Cullen Bohannon words for my grandma, who is a fan of the show and him.

Sneaky words went to a now 16-year-old — happy birthday, Maggie!

Cole helped me come up with phrases to write, so it's no surprise that Yoda came up.

Ohana makes me think of the beach, which sounds amazing with all this Juno weather floating around.

Honestly, this is my favorite (minus the pink). I even used in my January background.

Tree quote for a tree frame.

May the odds be ever in your favor in 2015.