Wedding season is in full swing!  And I have 2 new invitation designs with the lovely & wonderful Bella Figura.

The first is…. awesome.  I used the mitty font in classic black and jazzed it up by placing all the lettering on an angle and adding touches of copper (yes, real copper!) for an accent.  Let me tell you – in person this suite (Gracieux) really shines.

Place your order now.  And for those of you who say – how long does a calligraphy invitation take? My rule of thumb is: allow 3 weeks for designing with Bella Figura, 2 weeks for printing and 2 weeks for calligraphy addressing.    It is better to be early because rush fees can add up!

Photos provided by the wonderful Bella Figura.

Wow – I was so privileged to work with such a great group of creatives on this unique style shoot.  Think: Metallic, sequins, desert, soft and dreamy.  Plus, it was all captured on film by the oh so talented Taylor Lord.  A couple photos below – but check out the whole feature on 100 Layer Cake here.

Many thanks to the fabulous Lindsey Zamora for including me and this fantastic group for putting together something special.

Photographer: Taylor Lord Photography / Creative direction + styling: Lindsey Zamora / Flowers: Sprout / Calligraphy: The Left Handed Calligrapher / Invitations: Studio SloMo/ / Rentals: Marquee Rents / Dress one: Alberta Ferretti / Dress two (sequins): Aidan Mattox/ Model: Avery with Wallflower Management

I love being a Bella Figura calligrapher.  They are wonderful to work with, their bamboo papers are heaven to write on and the designs have such a great range of aesthetics.  Also, because of them – I get to work with the coolest clients.

This summer, I was asked to address these envelopes for an Austin, Texas bride and groom.  The patterns and colors are wonderful and made me want to run away to the beach.

Matching ink color & Mitty lettering.

Meredith and Julian married at the Greenbrier in West Virginia and it was a beautiful wedding!  You can see photos from the entire weekend on their Style Me Pretty feature. I had the pleasure of working on the rehearsal dinner calligraphy.  We did table numbers, seating cards, food signs and directional signs – all in glittering gold on deep black paper.  Everything turned out beautiful.  All photos are provided by the talented Christian Oth Studio.

I LOVE seeing the bride & groom looking for their seating card at the event!  So wonderful.

Isn’t their wedding portrait gorgeous?

Earlier this year I had the pleasure of working with Ebony Peoples on a fun wedding favor.  A personalized dinner charger.  I think they turned out stunning and would be really wonderful personalized to the guest for a small dinner or holiday gathering where everyone is seated.

I am smitten with the new logo for Joyce.  Joyce Kang is a talented photographer based out of Austin, Texas and needed a refreshed look to express her style of photography.  We created a custom logo that I feel truly represents her photography – happy and full of life and movement.  She does such a great job at capturing her subjects personality and I hope I did the same for her.  You can see the new look on her website and with a few lovely stamps to be used in her packaging.  The large one is so large for packages – I LOVE IT!

I love this recent photo – and the watermark :-)

I had the absolute privilege of working with Stefanie of Lavender Joy on a little photo shoot over 6 months ago.  The fruits of her labor were finally shared with the public in the newest issue of Southern Weddings Magazine.  She did such a wonderful job that it was also the cover!  Congratulations to Sefanie, Ryan Ray and Bows and Arrows on putting together a simply sweet southern affair.

You can see more of the feature on the Southern Weddings blog here and in the magazine on newsstands now.

Earlier this year I had the joy of working with a dear friend on the logo for her new styling shop – Event Styling by Shawna Marie.  Shawna has an eye for the pretty previously working with Style Me Pretty.  You have seen her work around the web here, here, and here.  She needed an identity to match the classic versatility of her services and I set to work.  We came up with a partial calligraphy logo that could also work with her interior design background by changing “Event” to “Interior”.  It is clean and simple and does not push the trendy – perfect for a stylist who needs to have a wide range of ideas for creating such unique events.

Big thank you to HelmutWalker Photography for the lovely photos of her pretty letterpress business cards.

If you are looking for hand lettering work on your identity, contact me!

This weekend a pretty neat event is happening at Union Station on Sunday, November 4 from 2-7 pm.  It is called The Art of Bridal Style, put on by November Lily and features beauty treatments, drinks and a fashion show with wedding gown designers Carol Hannah (LOVE!) and Nha Khahn.  You can purchase tickets here.  It’s a fashion focused bridal event with so many cool things like a beauty lounge with services like eyelash extensions, teeth whitening, make-up and hair stations, etc with a fashion show as well… and we can’t forget the Men’s 007 groom’s lounge and the Baubles bar (the accessories lounge).

Of course several of our friends are involved: Southern Fried Paper, Perez Photography, Wolfgang Puck

Earlier this year I had the pleasure of designing a wedding invitation for a Bella Figura client who is from Norway.  It was super fun to write in a foreign language and this invitation suite turned out lovely.  Check out more on the Bella Figura blog here and thanks to them for sharing!