Dear Readers, my apologies for the very long time between posts! I hope to post some interesting calligraphy and other side projects in the next few months.

I was able to get some close-up shots of wet ink, fresh off the pen.  I think I need a macro lens to get closer.

Here are the results of experimenting with a small Brause broad nib.  This is a very different look from pointed pen calligraphy.  Although I love the look of swirls and cursive, after awhile, I'm drawn back to printing letters by hand.  It feels very elemental.

Tree Hanging Table Number

Here's a fun new table number that you can hang up with a ribbon.  Tree not included. :)

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!

the Walrus and the Carpenter

 Great oyster bar in Seattle.  I love the sign, especially the font!  And the oysters were very good, too.

 Really cool chandelier.

 This gentleman was a very skilled oyster shucker.

Buckets of oysters on ice.

Love the open shelving with neatly stacked items.

 I liked this wall.

Random Things

 Today is a random assortment of photos.

 Trying out different looks for my shop name.

 Delicious recipe for vanilla mochi bean cake.  It's so addictive I can't eat just one.  My friend found it on a great cooking blog.  http://weekofmenus.blogspot.com/2010/07/vanilla-bean-mochi-cake-my-obsessive.html

Trying out a new look.

Brrrr!! First snow of 2012

Today it's snowing buckets in Seattle.  We don't get it very often, so it feels extra special.  Everything feels quieter outside too. 

The best sound is feet crunching in the snow.

Hey, there's a snowball on the roof.

 I don't think this tree can take much more weight.

Best to stay in and eat.

The end.

Curly Letters

New Year, New Envelopes

 

So where do you put the stamp?

My holiday card 2011

Here is my submission to the Paper Source Holiday Card Contest this year.  I saw the flyer for the contest in the store.  I'm pretty much in there every time I'm near the mall.

I normally don't enjoy crafty/scrapbook hobbies.  But I'm not sure what came over me this year.  Must have been all those colorful powders and stamps.  Or that the winner gets a $50 gift card.  Very clever marketing, I must say.  I spent that much getting all the supplies. 

I love Christmas songs and wanted to incorporate that into my design.  I had the snowflake rubber stamps, so I sang every song I could think of with the word "snow".  I don't know how many times I wrote that phrase over and over until I got just the look I wanted.  ( I'm a tad obsessive).  I created the large white snowflakes using versamark, embossing powder and a heat gun to set it. 

I lined the envelope with vellum and stamped it using versamark.

And here it is. Yay!