It sounds like you had a special gift for design and illustrating even as a kid. What inspired you?
My
oldest brother. He's eighteen years older and an extremely talented illustrator
and letterer. My childhood room was covered in his notes and maps and drawings.
Many are now framed and hanging in our tiny Manhattan apartment! He'd come home
from college and say, "I'm going to teach you how to draw a horse."
And I would draw it over and over and over again.
Tell
us more about your company! How did you get started and does your hand ever get
cramped doing so much beautiful calligraphy?
I
studied art as one of my majors in college and while I worked as an executive
assistant in finance for seven years, I continued taking classes on the side
and invested a lot of time and energy into advancing with different techniques
- everything from illustration to letterpress printing to calligraphy. The
first calligraphy class I took was Melissa Esplin’s I Still Love Calligraphy, an online course that I would highly
recommend! Before I knew it, people were hiring me to do projects before I even
considered myself worthy of that. Things continued to grow organically as I
worked on various art projects on nights and weekends and then I made the scary
leap in September to leave my day job and pursue my passions full-time. And
yes! I can only address a couple dozen envelopes in one sitting before I have
to get up and do something else. A good thing about my current workload,
though, is that I'm doing a variety of projects to mix things up a bit and
avoid "the calligraphy claw" :) In addition to calligraphy based
work, I'm also illustrating, designing, and consulting.
You
were just recently married. Did you make the invitations and thank you cards
and such?
Yes!
I designed the save-the-dates, the invitation suite, thank you cards, and
hand-lettered the envelopes and escort cards. I also designed the favors
(calligraphy stamps!), menus, ceremony programs, lettered our cocktail menu on
a mirror, and designed our wedding website. Not gonna lie...it was a lot to
tackle while also being the wedding planner (and bride!), but I really enjoyed
having creative freedom and seeing it all come together.
What
Holiday products will you have available and where can we find them?
I
have neon pink and gold foil Christmas cards featuring my calligraphy (I'm
obsessed with them!), as well as gift tags, cocktail napkins, and wooden stamps
which are almost sold out. You can find all of those in my etsy shop here!
You can also purchase my holiday wrapping paper designs through Spoonflower. I will be featuring future work
and products on my website.
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