Long Village Studio

Just finished working on a wedding painting.  Watercolor work by Patty Swider, Calligraphy by me. This is just a part of the painting. This will be used as the guest registry instead of a book. The couple will then have this great framed piece to hang in the new home. The label is their initials, the name of the wine is their son's name, and the location of the wedding is on the bottom. Very personalized. To view the whole piece click on the top tab - Wedding Extras. Calligraphy for weddings is my favorite way to use my gift of hand lettering.

 Barbara Calzolari from Italy will teach Passion for Calligraphy       I am packing up for a wonderful workshop! Hosted by Joyce Teta and taught by Barbara. Can not wait to get a refresher in this style and perhaps even be able to create decent letters. Time will tell.  Joyce was my first mentor. Someone who has been such a great influence on me for letters and for life. She is a gem! She is amazing! and I am truly blessed to know her. She is very talented and has always given freely her knowledge of calligraphy of her love of letters! Visit her blog and you will see what I mean.

Just finished my envelope marathon. Three jobs, 570 sets of wedding envelopes using copperplate. Time to give my hand and eyes a break. This envelope was one of the last. Just loved how this address got the full value for the cost of the line!  What runs through my mind when I'm doing envelope after envelope . . . who makes up these addresses???  It is like how small 'they' make the lines on forms.  Did 'anyone' really think about how loooong this address is?  And the client wanted the Junior spelled out - where? There were other addresses that just made me wonder as well. Need to keep a book on them, puts a smile on the face  when I come across some of them :)