Restaurant Name Cards

Restaurant tent cards for a fundraiser by the amazing Children's Lifesaving Foundation.

Brush Lettering

I recently had the opportunity to visit a plantation while I was on vacation in New Orleans. Whitney plantation is an historic landmark built by African Slaves. The Plantation pays homage to all the slaves that were there and elsewhere in the U.S.South. This photo is of an original slave quarter from the 1700's. and the amazing clay sculpture was done by Woodrow Nash. Nash did many sculptures of the slave children on the plantation.

Brush Lettering

Inspired by Lin Manuel's speech. Super speedy brush lettering done in 10 minutes.

Brush lettered Menu

I just finished this menu for a client giving a small dinner to introduce her new business, Hunt & Gather. All the lettering is done with a brush. The menu sounds delicious!

Custom Gift Wrap

Just created this calligraphic wrapping paper for a bridal shower gift. Grabbed my brush marker and went for it!

Smooth Brush

A dear friend is moving from L.A. to South Carolina. This is the envelope I created for her card. Using a pentel cartridge brush and rubber stamp for the image behind her name.

New Business Card!

Just got my new cards that I designed and had printed by Sugar Paper. Doing something simple works really well with letterpress printing because the texture it creates adds an interesting element.

Website Logo

Here are two options I offered the client for her website heading. One of the goals was to have the lettering vary in shades of grey. It's subtle but it worked. The bottom more whimsical and I think the top one more sophisticated. Sarah chose the top one which I think works well with her style.

Brush Lettering

I've always enjoyed using a brush for calligraphy. It's not the easiest tool to control, but it's fun. These are some name tags I did for Sugar Paper.

Sugar Paper + Paperless Post

Sugar Paper, one of my best clients,  has created a lovely line of invitations for Paperless Post . Above are a couple of invites that incorporate my calligraphy. Here's the article featured in InStyle magazine!

Marker Quicky

Just writing a client's name on a clear bag for pick up. I used a felt tip brush marker.

Racing Boat Logo

 

Final lettering for a long time client of my whose husband has been racing boats for years. Brush lettering with a drop shadow. The photo below shows it on the actual boat.

Logo T-shirts

I just had these T-shirts printed with a logo I designed for my friend and master piano tuner, Ben Gaffin. In the past I've used silkscreen, but these were digitally printed. I'm pleased with how they turned out and so was Ben!

CD Cover

This CD is hot off the press! My brother Jeff Holtzman did the graphic design and I did the lettering for the title. I did an album cover for a jazz artist years ago (when album's existed!), but this is my first CD cover. The music's pretty nice too.

Brushes and Sticks

In an effort to come up with some new menu ideas, I used a stick to quickly letter the first example, then a brush for the second one.

Lettering for Coffee Cup

This was a fun project to create a design with lettering to use on a coffee cup.

Brush Lettering