For the 29 days of February 2012 (it’s a leap year hooray!) I will post an image of a handwritten letter.

 Reasons for this Mini-Monthy:
- My handwriting was much better in grade school! I blame email and my love of computers. In any case, I want to improve my handwriting.

- Letters are beautiful! While studying graphic design at university, I fell in love with all things type-related. Letterpress, typography and its history, drawing letters, setting type, and the list goes on.

- I like keeping and sharing sketchbooks. It’s also a way for me to regularly update my journal here.

- I am inspired by amazingly talented hand-lettering artists and designers.
Take a look at work by Jessica Hische, who created the Daily Drop Cap blog, and Lisa Congdon, famous for her Collection a Day, who is currently working on a daily project- 365 Days of Hand Lettering!
These artists inspire me to experiment and  in areas that fascinate me.

- 29 days is a lovely number. My plan is to focus on words starting with the 26 letters in the Roman alphabet, and maybe focus on punctuation for the remaining three days. I’ll figure it out as I go along.

Let’s get started!

I recently watched a TED Talk video where Google software engeineer Matt Cutts speaks about trying something new for 30 days. It has inspired me to start my own little challenges. I like the idea (and the alliteration) of Mini Monthly, so that is what I will call my personal challenges from now on. It’s also easier for me to keep track of months, rather than periods of 30 days.

All through January, I worked on drawing for the Sketchbook Project. Now that I’ve sent the book in, and also watched the TED Talk, I want to do more little projects.

Some potential Mini Monthly projects I am interested in:

- taking a photo of the sky everyday
- taking photos of a theme every day
- running every morning
- improve sewing skills
- improve penmanship
- improve posture
- learn a new word every day
- etc etc

seeing as how February is coming up tomorrow, I’ll start with something simple.