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Artist, Letterer & Content Creator
 
 

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Hi, I’m Sarica, an artist, calligrapher, and content creator based in Pittsburgh, PA, USA. You can usually find me with a cup of tea, surrounded by notebooks, fountain pens, and art supplies in my home studio. (If I’m not there, I’m probably taking a stroll with my goofy dogs!)

 

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In the past I’ve incorporated real Polaroid photographs or printed photos out on my massive printer and cut them down to a small size. However, I barely took any photos this month—except for Instagram flatlays, of course. So for February’s art journal entries, I painted little Polaroid style paintings and I really love how they turned out. I think I’ll be doing these more often. It really helps me get into the habit of painting more frequently! 💛 . 📖 Blue Traveler’s Notebook (Grid Insert 002) 🖋 Ferris Wheel Press Brush Fountain Pen 📎 Stickers from my shop (saricastudio.com/shop)
Better late than never, right? I finally commemorated Lunar New Year in my art journal with a little pig polaroid painting! 🐷 Being sick for the first half of the month really put a damper on my productivity and creativity, so I hadn’t journaled at all for this month. Today I did a long journaling session to summarize some special memories from February (so far) and it felt so heckin’ good 😊 happy journaling! ❤️ . 📖 Blue Traveler’s Notebook (Grid Insert 002) 🖋 Ferris Wheel Press Brush Fountain Pen ☕️ Cozy Drink Stickers from my shop (saricastudio.com/shop)
Because I know happiness. I experience pure joy when I see my baby niece, when my pets do something particularly adorable, when I spend quality time with my loved ones. Happiness comes and goes; I’m glad to have known it before, and I know that happy moments will crop up again. The same goes for sadness, grief, anger. What I have trouble with is the middle part of the spectrum. Don’t get me wrong—I know my life is dope af and I never want to come off as ungrateful; hashtag blessed and all that. What I’m looking for is a state of being that I don’t really know how to describe—is it a step below happiness? Maybe it’s a state of equilibrium. Why is it so much harder to attain? Inner peace, contentment, to be okay with just existing… to just BE instead of trying to distract myself from… myself. To not be afraid of silence and solitude, because that’s when my thoughts are too loud. I’m still working on my mental health journey, and I’m grateful that you allow me to occasionally be vulnerable on my otherwise super positive feed 💖 I’d love to know your thoughts about happiness vs. inner peace, or some other inexplicable feeling 😌 . 🖋 Lamy Safari white (Fine Nib) 💙 Rohrer & Klingner Salix Blue Ink 💖 Sakura Gelly Roll Pen
GIVEAWAY TIME! (USA 🇺🇸) If you watch my insta stories, you’ll know that I love dogs, and that I’m a little bit obsessed with them—especially rescue dogs! WELL… now it’s time for cats to come into the spotlight! 😸 When @livelovepolish (one of my fave vegan + cruelty-free nail polish brands) reached out to me about their Felis Collection, it was a no brainer. Not only are these magnet activated nail polishes so beautiful, 100% of net proceeds goes directly to helping cats in need. 😺 To help spread the word, I’ve partnered with Live Love Polish to bring you a fun giveaway! One winner will receive the entire Felis Collection + a one-coat black polish (LBD) and a quick dry top coat! I’ve tried the polishes and omg, they are so gorgeous. 😻 Alright, I’ve chatted enough—here are the deets 👇 Good luck! . How To Enter: 💅 Follow @livelovepolish & @saricastudio 💖 Like this post 🏷 Tag a friend in the comments (1 tag = 1 entry. Please make separate comments, and max 5 entries!) . Giveaway Details: ✨ Giveaway closes on Tuesday, February 19, 2019 ✨ USA only 🇺🇸 (due to restrictions on shipping nail polish to other countries) ✨ The winner will be randomly selected ✨ If a winner does not respond within 48 hours, a new winner will be chosen ✨ No “giveaway accounts” please! ✨ This is in no way sponsored, administered, or associated with Instagram. By entering, entrants confirm they are 13+ years of age, release Instagram of responsibility, and agree to Instagram’s terms of use.
I designed new thank you cards while I was sick in bed this week! (I’m feeling much better now, and I’m going to spend all weekend catching up in the studio.) These cards will be going out with orders along with freebies. I can’t say this enough—thank you so much for all of your support! 💖
My minimal January monthly—after the pen! I use this content calendar to track all of my posts, videos & products. Hoping February will have more shop & youtube icons! I just need to get over this cold so that I can record some content for you all 🤧 . 🖋 Lamy Lx Rose Gold (Extra Fine Nib) 💙 Ferris Wheel Press Ink (Tanzanite Sky) 🖊 Tombow Dual Brush Pen (N60) 📘 Leuchtturm 1917 Dot Grid Notebook (A5 Navy Blue)
“If you wouldn’t say it to a friend, don’t say it to yourself.” // I decided to do another lettering quote at the beginning of my February monthly pages! Being that February is heavily surrounded by a theme of love, I wanted to focus on ‘self love’ and being kind to oneself. I tend to be extremely critical of my work, and I realized that I say some pretty negative things to myself. If you’re like me and you are a little bit self-disparaging and have self-doubt and you’ve got some issues—I hope that this serves as a reminder to be a little kinder to yourself. 😌 Push yourself, but not to the breaking point. It’s all about balance, friends. ❤️ FYI, my February Plan with Me video is live, so if you want to watch the process for this lettering piece, watch me flip through my January pages & learn more about how I’ve been using my bullet journal, head over to my YouTube channel! Link in bio ✨ · 📘 Leuchtturm 1917 Dot Grid Notebook (A5 Navy Blue) 🖊 Tombow Dual Brush Pens (761 & N95), Pentel Fude Touch Sign Pen (Black) & Dr. Ph Martin’s Bleedproof White Ink
Last night I decided to draw 35 letter A’s in different styles without looking at references and oooh man. By the time I got to the tenth one, I’d already exhausted the variations that my brain could come up with (or maybe I was too tired! Sleep is important 😉). So I continued the exercise today and here are the 35 letters! Not every one of them turned out to be a winner, but I had so much fun with this little challenge that I think I’ll continue for the rest of the alphabet. On a side note, my passport TN is so happy to be used—I don’t think I’d touched it since last year! . 📖 Passport Sized Traveler’s Notebook (Camel) 📔 Muji Dot Grid Notebook ✏️ Muji Mechanical Pencil 0.5mm
I painted a small landscape “polaroid” for this spread because I’m no good at night photography. 🌚 Video of the painting & journaling process is on my YouTube channel! . 📖 Blue Traveler’s Notebook (Grid Insert 002) 🖋 Lamy Lx Rose Gold (Extra Fine Nib) 🌙 Galaxy washi stickers from my shop (saricastudio.com or link in bio) 💅 @livelovepolish ‘Fiery’
Close up of a bullet journal daily log from earlier this month. I haven’t missed a day of bullet journaling yet, and it’s all because I’ve gone super minimal! 🐾 Oh, and regarding the first line there... my dogs are doing fine now. I’m not one to sugarcoat my bujo for the gram 😅🐕🐺