We find the BEST shoppers on Etsy – and they’ve made it clear our olive place names are set to be a summer favourite! We’re all there for the sustainable weddings – long may this trend last and flourish! If it’s green you love, our olive place names are here for you. The all over …
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It’s so good to have weddings back, and my inbox is full of new enquiries. Already selling like fresh little hotcakes, these new slimline wedding place names are going to be really popular this summer! The elegant style works with any wedding look, adding a really special personal touch to guests’ place settings. The calligraphy …
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I’ve always been 95% boy – it’s a bit of a standing joke in our home. I like heavy music, darkly beautiful song lyrics and grungey guitar bands – always have. And yet I spend my days crafting beautiful flourishes with a traditional calligraphy pen and ink. So I had a brainwave: I’ve combined the …
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If I wasn’t an optimist, I don’t know how I’d do February! But I’m felling all the joys of spring and so excited for the month ahead. We have birthday secret surprise adventures aplenty (two MAJOR birthdays in our family this month) and lots of calligraphy projects I’ve been a busy bee with in Jan …
I was so excited to come home from Venice last week to find these beauties sat in my inbox! Huge thanks to lovely Cara (owner, photographer, wedding stationery designer and our fabulous workshop host!) from The Little Paper Shop for the pics! And especially huge thanks to everyone who came along on the day! There …
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It’s a scarily big step to go from practising calligraphy at home to showing to people – and getting your first ‘wow’ from a friend or a client. One of my lovely calligraphy students just told me she has a 90 day goal of getting a first calligraphy client – which makes me so proud! …
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I can feel my calligraphy style beginning to change – my influences are evolving and so is my lettering. The thing is, you always learn. With calligraphy there’s never a ‘perfect’. Fashions and styles change, and there are so many styles out there, there’s always another which tempts me. So I’ve been watching videos by …
Almost a year ago I had an email from another calligrapher who’d seen my gold leaf name on Etsy. She asked how it was done – it’s tricky to add gilding to anything so fine. I’ll be teaching a calligraphy workshop in Coniston (in the Lake District) on the 21st of March and I decided …
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