Camera ready custom invitation

These are elements of an invitation I just created to be printed by an invitation company.

My client wanted lots of flourishes within the script.  My motto is...ask and you shall receive.

The "F" Word...Femininity

This is a one of a kind, handmade custom book created with all quotes by women.  These are just some of the pages from the book.

The "F" Word is a name that I came up with when living in Hawaii and created a frame piece of art using the title as the art.  I sold the original piece and always wanted to create another but never did.  Instead, I made a book with the same title and used a gorgeous piece of handmade paper that I purchased when living in Hawaii for the cover and throughout as a collage element.

Holiday party elements

These are elements to a holiday party this weekend.
I was given the small silver seating envelopes and the green paper.  I purchased the card stock to match the silver envelope to create the table names and cut the green paper to the table number insert size the the larger table names which were mounted with double sided tape.

The ink I used was Winsor Newton silver gouache with black added to make it a deep sparkly gray.

The font was my rendition of a script.

Commissioned original work

Handmade Book marks

These are some bookmarks that I created for Ten Women Gallery with calligraphic quotes written on top of paste paper wand collaged. They were put into plastic sleeves with a tassel afterwards.

Bickham on Black

I enjoyed this job and the delicacy of the lettering, champagne on black.

A sign created for Inspirational Retreat

This is a wood shelf that I was saving for just this occasion. It's a birthday gift for my step daughter and also the sign to hang at the entrance to the Inspirational Retreat, our new teaching venue.
Mixed media collage using acrylic paint and brush calligraphy using acrylic ink.

Hand Lettering

A few pages of a mixed media collage book that I created by hand was published in Marci and DeAnn's book...Hand Lettering.

Logo banner for blog

A logo in free hand calligraphy for Inspirational Retreat, a teaching venue in Agoura Hills, California.

Calligraphy on Wood

Calligraphy on wood, mixed media collage. A decorative piece to hang for inspiration.

Affair Script

This is the Affair Script created on hot pink gloss envelopes in white gouache

Recent calligraphy work August 09

This invitation is an original done in copperplate. I created 3 for Balenciaga along with addressed envelope.

These are little seating envelopes in a custom Bickham hand, navy ink.

Table Numbers in flourished script

Various flourished titles for wedding

Monogram

This is an original monogram created for a personalized framed collage.

Seating cards in Montague script

An Original Award

This is an original award created in calligraphy

Invitation and RSVP

The client had her invitations letterpressed using my script calligraphy with some of the elements in both hand calligraphy and type font

An Original

This quote by Joseph Campbell was a 8x10 using italic script with an illuminated first letter.

By Hand

Original invitation and personalized envelopes. This calligraphy is my own creation inspired by my clients vision of something unique and sort of funky. It was quite a lot of fun to do...something different.

An Original Invitation

This is the close up of the invitation from above.

Baker Script

Envelope addressed copying the Baker Script font.

Burgues Script

Envelope addressing copying the Burgues Script font.

Bickham Script