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Lettering Styles: Copperplate, Flourished Copperplate, Citadel, Rook, Hogarth, Bickham, Harrinton, Italic, Park Avenue, Belgrave and more... Samples: Invitations, Envelopes, Place Cards, Escort Cards, Between the Ribbon Cards, Menus and Programs
Services and Prices: Plus additional ordering information
Contact Me: How to contact me for further information


 

   

Qualifications

Professional Calligrapher in New York City since 1994.
Cited on theknot.com (premier wedding portal) and in City Wedding by Joan Hamburg (2000 and 2003).  Listed as a Best Bet in Metro Weddings New York Magazine(2002, 2003 and 2004). Place cards and menu are shown in Martha Stewart Weddings, Spring 2004.My work was featured in InStyle Weddings (January, 2002) in Name Game: Alternative Place Cards and in A Bride's Guide to Simple Calligraphy (2001).  

Member: Board of Governors  Society of Scribes, NYC (2001-2004)  Elected President February, 2004. Currently, Vice President/Registrar


Member: IAMPETH  (International Association of Master Penmen, Engrossers and Teachers of Handwriting)


Founder Calligraphy Exchange (Yahoo Club for calligraphers).  Member Cyberscribes and Moderator on Ornamental Penmanship .

Graduate: Marymount Manhattan College, BA

Published author, McGraw-Hill Publisher.  Amazon 

Co-owner of consulting firm, Management Resource Group

Some of my corporate clients

  

Helpful Hints and Links

  • Test all paper stock to be written on with a fountain pen BEFORE purchasing;  some papers bleed and feather (little bits come up with the pen).  I repeat this endlessly due to having to refuse work because the paper CANNOT be written on with wet media.  Unless you really want your envelopes addressed with a gel pen, try before you buy!

  • Double check your mailing list for accuracy.  Not responsible for your errors on the list. 

  • Consider your mailing list when choosing size of envelope/invitation as well as style of lettering.  For example, if your list contains many lengthy names (Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Michael Harrington-Adams, Jr.), an oblong envelope may be better suited than a square one. A flourished lettering style shows up better on a larger envelope than a smaller one.

  • Highly textured papers may be difficult (if not impossible) to write on at all or in your chosen lettering style.  Script styles are written with a sharply pointed pen that might shred the paper.

  • BOOK EARLY!  Most of the wedding planning guides recommend hiring a calligrapher (and caterer and band…) 6 months before the event.  This is particularly important for peak spring/summer wedding season.  It may be easier to chose a typestyle that your calligrapher does than trying to find an available calligrapher that is able to write in your chosen style.  Work with your calligrapher!

Helpful links --for paper & invitations:

Kate's Paperie      William Arthur       Crane's       

      Modern Letterpress, Brooklyn        Jam Paper

       Paper Access       Paper Direct   SOHO Letterpress  69 Greene Street NYC

and...for calligraphers:

Books, tools and materials for calligraphers and binders  

John Neal Booksellers

Paper and Ink Arts...Calligraphy supplies and so much more.

Ziller Ink

 

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