Archives for April 2015

DIY Mothers Day Gift Basket – Granola + Yogurt Breakfast

April 30, 2015

This last gift basket with Style Me Pretty Living is my favorite. I love the homemade granola, yummy yogurt and fresh orange juice. It’s light and will keep mom going for hours of pampering and play after the morning.

Here is the download for all of the tags for this basket! stylemeprettygranoladownload

(ps – here is a bonus download that didn’t make it to print… A Margarita basket. It’s good for any party gathering. Enjoy! stylemeprettymargaritadownload)

Photography: Rebecca Yale Photography, Inc. | Calligraphy: The Left Handed Calligrapher | Design & Styling: SMP Living

DIY Mothers Day Pancake Gift Basket – Calligraphy Printable

April 30, 2015

Welcome back! This DIY pancake basket from Style Me Pretty Living is the best. Ready to use when your mom is ready. Homemade batter, preserves and maple – (or semi-homemade) – nothing is better. Except maybe the pink bowl 🙂

Here are the downloads for the tags to attached to your basket for mom! stylemeprettypancakedownload

Photography: Rebecca Yale Photography, Inc. | Floral Design: Adore Floral | Calligraphy: The Left Handed Calligrapher | Design & Styling: SMP Living

Style Me Pretty Mothers Day Farmhouse Basket – Calligraphy Printable

April 29, 2015

I was so pleased to work with the girls at Style Me Pretty Living to create some cute tags for a few variations on a Mothers Day Basket. This one is the Farmhouse version.

In celebration – since it is a DIY post – I thought I would provide you all with the tags to print and label your goodies!

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More to come tomorrow!

Photography: Rebecca Yale Photography, Inc. | Floral Design: Adore Floral | Calligraphy: The Left Handed Calligrapher | Design & Styling: SMP Living

Youth Handwriting Classes – Now Available

April 13, 2015

Good news! I am now offering a youth handwriting class through the Allen Arts Alliance this summer. You all have asked and I heard you! Want your children to have better handwriting? Now they can with my 3 day morning course, June 9-11 and August 11-13 from 9:30am – 11:30am.

This is a traditional penmanship class: one that will teach you how to write with the grace of our grandmothers or great grandmothers. To slow down and think about each letter and each word and make them count to make a meaningful statement that the recipient will enjoy reading. We spend some quality time on the foundations: doing warm up drills and learning the basic hand motions. Lower case and capital letters are covered in this class so you can leave able to write beautiful notes and letters. We go over the structure of connecting letters, making words, writing sentences and how to write a traditional letter (by hand!). Everyone gets a one-on-one progress review to help work out any trouble areas. For those afraid you will forget what we have learned — a wonderful class booklet is provided along with a pen, notepad and pencils. We end the class with a pen round table where the participants get to test out different pens to find their favorite… because what works for your neighbor may not be your favorite.

Classes will be held at the Blue House Gallery:

The Blue House
102 S. Allen Drive
Allen, 75013

Mexico Destination Wedding – Modern Calligraphy – Real Wedding

April 9, 2015

Last year is had the joy of working with this lovely family on all aspects of a fun and joyful Mexican destination wedding. They chose to use the Bella Figura Barcelona invitation in a stunning cobalt blue and coral pink. Can we just stop there. These colors were amazing to work with! I provided calligraphy in my mitty script for their names and a few other spots on the invitation suite as well as the menus.

Menus – are the tables just so festive and happy?! Love them.

The escort cards were so pretty strung out in the open. We used different colors to indicate meal choices and double as a place card at the table.

I love seeing photos of guest interactions with the calligraphy!

Gorgeous bride and her girl friends

This is what is about friends. many, many, many congratulations to the union of these two wonderful people and families.

All photos by: – UNKOWN – please let me know to update!!!

Do you want your real wedding featured? good! I want to share your festivities and all the gorgeous calligraphy in action. Please e-mail us professional photos (and any vendor credits)!