People often ask me how I became interested in calligraphy. As a child I had a relative who wrote in calligraphy as a hobby - I was always fascinated! I was introduced to it again in junior high school when we wrote poems in calligraphy for an art class. I picked it up a third time to address my own wedding invitations. After that I did a few weddings for friends and family, but it was not until after I had my first son and I stopped teaching that it became a business. I worked with a local printing press for a while, and once brides began to pass my name around wedding message boards business really picked up. It's been 10 years and I still don't advertise - all of my business comes through word of mouth and the wonderful brides who continue to pass my name along!!
Teresa decided to go with white ink on black paper, which is such a fun color combination to work in! The contrast is so clean between the colors, and it is so crisp and fresh looking! (The lettering style is the original fine flourished script...)
Victoria was looking for something special for her envelopes so she asked if I could recreate a style she loved. This is what we came up with - so pretty and unique! We used a shimmery taupe ink to match her invitation suite.
Brown is the most popular color I use next to black, and it's easy to see why. Here is an example of the fine chancery lettering style in the brown ink as done for Rina:
(I tried to wait until the sun came back out so I could take the photos in a more flattering natural light, but it seems the sun has disappeared for the time being....)