Elegant navy and white placecards.  The client provided the cards. I did the writing. I'm totally in love with the cards.  They are made from Paper Source materials.  They fit beautifully into a wine cork holder. 

 

This recent job was for a client's Bar Mitzvah.  The self folding envelopes were a beautiful slate gray that were a joy to write on.  The client graciously sent me a photo of the final product with stamps and invites.

Fake addresses.

Another recent envelope job.  The client wanted the last name to be the only large calligraphed item in the address.  What a great idea. I was very happy with how they turned out!

 

Recent wedding envelopes.  I love the little string tie .

This is an invitation I created for a small bridal shower held at the Peninsula Chicago.  I picked gold and cream to match the beautiful decor of the hotel.  I used gold ink for the lettering and created a side wrap with decorative paper. 
I adore the elegant number 10 envelopes with the side flap.  I wish we could replace all envelopes with this kind.

Here are table numbers I recently finished for a client.  The names on the bottom are mountains and passes in Europe.  What a wonderful idea!  I looked some of them up.  They are beautiful!  Here is a photo of Mont Blanc.  Not the pen, the mountain.

Here is a sign I made for a client who was was throwing a going away party for a co-worker. 

Lavender Wedding Envelopes

Here's a new job I just finished for a friend who's getting married in the spring.  I used a simple block letter font.  I love, love, love this beautiful lavender!  Congrats Kristine!

if i were queen

This is a recent job for a client who wanted to have this poem written out so she could frame it for her niece.  It's such a wonderful, clever poem.  It turns out that my client's mother wrote it in the 3rd grade!  I snapped a photo of it in a white frame.  This would look really great in a girl's room. 

Winter Wedding Envelopes

 

Here is a job I just finished for a client.  I love this pale blue, or "bluebell" as The Paper Source calls it.  Perfect for a winter wedding!  This is the first time I've used this style on a wedding envelope, but I love it!  It's so different and I'm thrilled that the bride chose something unique.  I love languages and got a total kick of out of addressing these international envelopes.

Birth Announcements

Birth Announcement

Hand lettered No. 10 envelopes.  I love this size!  We so rarely use them now.  Not even for bills.  Actually, who even mails their bills anymore?

These are birth announcements I created for a friend who recently had an adorable little boy.  They sent out photo birth announcements from tinyprints, but also decided to do special custom made ones for their closest friends.  What a great idea!

When it came to merging my lettering with indesign, exporting files to pdf and sending them off to the printers, let's just say it took me longer than most.  Many thanks to Alysia at Perfect Press who made sure it was perfectly aligned and print-ready!

Overall, the whole combining-hand-lettering-with-graphic-design was a great learning experience.  CS4 is not my best friend, but we are definitely getting along better than before.

Navy blue & cream envelopes

 

 Here is a stack of wedding envelopes I recently finished for a client.  Navy blue ink on cream.

This is what happens when the tip of the pen catches on the paper and ink splatters everywhere.  I was glad it happened early and not on the last word.  (That's happened too. :)