Yesterday I finished up a set of envelopes for a lovely bride who is marrying in South Carolina. Her invitations were beautiful with golden letterpressed work. We did the Rook lettering in black on the cotton envelopes.
Blackletter for Blackheart
Last week I had the pleasure of working with a sweet lady who is writing a children’s book and asked me to do the lettering on her query letter to get an agent. The paper was amalfi from Italy (loved it!) and the letters were done in black ink with a Mitchell size 3 nib. […]
V is for Val
Since I mailed these yesterday, I can finally post pictures of my beautiful valentine envelopes. The valentines are nothing special, they just say “happy valentine’s day” using a teal guache and a decorated capital for the vintage feeling. What I love are the envelopes. I used blue envelopes with the teal guache for my ink […]
Newlyweds in New Mexico
I just delivered these envelopes last night to a couple with some of the coolest invitations I have seen yet. The envelopes were gold, treated with workable fixative and I used black ink with a pointed pen to match the font style of the invitation. I would call it closest to a cross between […]
Snappy in St. Lucia
This past week I also had the pleasure of addressing the envelopes for a wedding in St. Lucia. This particular wedding was exciting for me because I believe it is the first time my work will travel to Alaska and England! Yay!!! This couple was great and I loved working on their envelopes done in […]