Fonts for Love Letters...

'Love letters are so last century', I hear you say. Well bring them into the 21st century with some fancy fonts to make them look personalised and full of love...

So I found four pretty quotes to show you what the fonts look like. Hopefully you'll be inspired to create some pretty artwork for your girlfriend or use them for writing menus or other date or romantic ideas. If you're stuck for ideas then take a look back through my posts and you'll find a lot of opportunities to use computer artwork for gifts or romance ideas. If there's any that you think could be useful, follow the links underneath the picture to download them. All of them are completely free for personal use so they're great to have. Then once you've downloaded them, extract them and copy them into your fonts folder. This can be found at Computer > Local Disc > Windows > Fonts. Alternatively, once you've downloaded them you could right-click them and choose install if that is available.

aishiteru, 2Peas Heart's Delight, Craftopia Love, Cupid de Locke, Always in my Heart, From Where You Are, Amelie, CAC Champagne, Holiday Home, Candy Round BTN, Chelsea Market, Cul De Sac, Cute Tattoo

Holiday Springs BTN, Iloveyou, Janda Elegant Handwriting, Janda Romantic, Jelly Bean, JulesLove, KG Call Me Maybe -skinny, Les ouefs de Cassowary, LeviBrush, LT Chickenhawk, Mrs Blackfort, Pineapples Don't Have Sleeves, KG Ray of Sunshine, Ronita, Windsong

Left: Heart Attack, KG True Colors, KG A Thousand Years, KG All Things New, Janda Celebration Script

Right: I Love What You Do!!.., LoveNessThree, LoveNessTwo, LovelyB****, Evelyn's Heart, A Gentle Touch

If none of these took your fancy then have a look at these four websites which I use regularly to find free fonts. Most of them are free for personal use which are perfect for romantic uses (although some cannot be used for commercial purposes). If you do have a look at the websites below, some keywords such as romance, romantic, hearts, love and cupid should help you find some good fonts (since making these pictures I've downloaded a whole load of new romance fonts that I found when looking for the links for these fonts!). There are also fonts which have little images/symbols rather than letters which could be useful too - try MTF Heart Doodles and SexyRexy-Smitten.

Fontspace

1001 Free Fonts

DaFont

Font Squirrel

I can't promise that any of the fonts or sites are virus free but I can say that I've used them all before and have all of the above fonts installed on my computer and have had no problems yet.

Hope you make some good use of them and check back next week for just one idea!

Love from lila xx

A Lasting Memory of Your Day Out...

So you know I gave you a few ideas for day trips out, I bet your girlfriend would love a surprise souvenir from your day...

If you read this post from a few weeks ago, you'll hopefully have been inspired to plan a little day trip for the two of you. And what better way to give your girlfriend a lasting memory of a triumphant day (she's got to be impressed by your surprise trip!) than by a secretly purchased/found souvenir.

If you took a trip to the seaside then why not pick up a shell or a pebble or even a postcard. If you take a trip to a bird sanctuary or zoo and find a pretty feather, that would make a beautiful present too. If you take a trip to the park, a leaf would make a beautiful souvenir. If you find anywhere with a gift shop then something with the name of the attraction on would, I'm sure, be loved. If you can't find a gift shop, then get creative. Pick up something that you find along the way when she's not looking and pop it in your pocket. Then, when you get home, give it to her as a memento of your day and the fun you had.

You could even write the date on it with something to jog her memory in the future. Or try and get a picture of the two of you with it on your trip and get it printed later to give to her with the present. The picture below (sorry about the quality!) is a memento from a trip with Mr. Love From Lila to the beach which I gave to him when we got home - he loved it too (if I do say so myself)! If you read regularly, you might remember this post about starting a collection for her. Why not make mementos of your days out the collection? Postcards, shells, leaves or even dried flowers would make great collections. If you buy a nice photo album or something similar to put them in, then I'm sure she'll be even more impressed!

So the next time you surprise her with a trip, try and grab a memento too.

Love from lila xx

Date Her Parents Too...

Bet you're a bit concerned about the title?! Read on for a full (and logical!) explanation...

Chances are, her parents are pretty important to her and that means that they have to be important to you too. So if you're in this relationship for the long haul then you're probably going to have to make sure her parents love you back, if they don't already! So don't forget to make time for them in the same way that you make time for her. As well as making them love you, which will make your life as easy as possible, it will probably also make her love you just a little bit more for making the effort to impress them, especially if you're the one who suggests the parent date in the first place. Added bonus = impressing any younger siblings too! Women love seeing their man interacting with children.

If you're worried about having to buy an expensive meal in a restaurant, perhaps suggest to her that you invite them round for dinner instead. If you're super adventurous then you could try doing the cooking for them which means big bonus points if you pull it out of the bag! If not, then you may have to sweet talk her into doing the cooking - but that doesn't mean that you can't buy the ingredients! You could even organise some games to play after dinner. Make sure you let her parents win though!


So have a think about when you'll both be free and then ask her whether it might be fun to invite her parents round for a dinner party. She'll love you for it!

Love from lila xx

Summer Excursions...

You know how much I like to offer you cheap or free alternatives? Read on for some places to find information on cheap days out!

I'll start with the cheaper alternatives...The National Trust website lists hundreds of places, both historic buildings and green spaces, that you can visit for really low prices. So if you'd like to find somewhere cheap from the National Trust to visit, then click here.

Alternatively you can find some places to visit at this website, from Britain's tourist board, although many of them aren't free. That doesn't mean that they aren't worth the visit, if you're willing to spend a little money then I'm sure you'll think it's worth it!

Because we're all big kids at heart, this article has a list of 50 things to do with the kids at half-term that you could at least take inspiration from!

If you don't want to go far or put too much effort in then you could just splash out on lunch at a local cafe or teashop, you can find these in some really pretty surroundings so that's an added bonus!

Finally, the most romantic option (in my opinion!) is a picnic. You don't have to drive far (but you can if you want)= less money on petrol, you control how much you spend on food and you can do it in your own back garden = you don't have to be super organised because if you forget something, you can just go inside and fetch it! So if you want to have a look at the 3 ideas for picnics that I wrote about last year, then head over here.

And just for some extra reading, here's a list of the 10 most romantic places in Britain and some tips from the guardian on how to make your romantic trip even more romantic!


So have a look around the internet, find yourself somewhere to go, pack some sandwiches and off you go!

Love from lila xx


P.S. Don't forget to check the weather report!

I'm A Bad Blogger!

I have to apologise for not posting yesterday but instead of being sat at home, I spent the day out with Mr. Love From Lila...

You know how I'm always trying to show you that you can have a good day out or make something more exciting with little touches. Well yesterday was one of those days. There was no exciting trip to the zoo or a theme park planned, just a little wander around the shops and some lunch.

So that's what we did, a bit of a drive to the shops, a slow wander around and just some time enjoying each other's company. And because we're lucky enough to live at the seaside, we drove down to the seafront, took our sandwiches with us and sat on the beach and ate them. Then we spent far too long searching for heart shaped pebbles, only to find the perfect one when we started to walk back to the car! Typical.

So I'm sorry that this is late, but hopefully you'll see how little effort you have to put in to make a nice day out.

Love from lila xx