Modern Placecards

I hand lettered these oversized black cards in gold ink. The style is a more modern take on pointed pen calligraphy. The cards should look nice tucked into napkins at each guest's place setting.

Pointed Pen Menu

I received a request to handletter 15 menus for a client in San Francisco. Navy ink written with pointed pen.

Wedding Vows

Wedding vows done the nicest couple. This is the top portion of the piece.

Private Dinner Menu

I was asked recently to hand letter 15 menus for a private dinner in San Francisco. Navy on white is always a great classic, clean combination.

Simple, classic, beautifully designed birth announcement by Sugar Paper. I love the pop of white addressing on navy.

Vanity Fair Calligraphy

Every year Vanity Fair has an Academy Award viewing party. This year it was at Spago in Beverly Hills. They create these lovely little books which contain the menu as well as all of the categories of award nominees. My job is to calligraph the names of the guests on the menu covers. I then am hired to be on site for any last minute changes or additions. It was fun to see how beautiful the tables looked and to hear live music while everyone was bustling around the restaurant getting ready for the party.

Oh So Beautiful Paper

I'm thrilled to share a post on Oh So Beautiful Paper . Several calendars are featured...and the one I did for Sugar Paper (see previous post) was one of them!

Calendar Calligraphy

I'm so excited to show you the lettering I did for Sugar Paper's new calendar! I love their choice to print in white on craft. Hope you like it too.

Wedding Menus

The calligraphy here was done on beautiful, heavy card stock. Though it doesn't show in the photo, the cards have a beveled shiny gold edge, and the calligraphy is also a shiny gold. I did these for Megan, whose wedding is today in Santa Barbara.

New York

The girls at Sugar Paper showed me the lettering sample "Thinking of You"as inspiration. Anna Bond of Rifle Paper Co. created the card above.


















Here's my twist on that style with "New York". It's a brand new lettering style for me. Because the lettering is actually drawn and built up rather than simply lettered with one pen nib, it's much more time consuming. Shown here is a proposed design for a moving announcement.

You can also see my lettering of New York here.

Design for Donation

I know the earthquake in Haiti has been on everybody's mind and our hearts ache for them. I made a donation as so many people have, then received an email from Cafe Press. They are asking for designs that can be used to help raise money through products on their site. The entire profit from anything sold for Haiti relief goes directly to UNICEF where they will make great use of the funds to help the children of this disaster. I don't know if they'll use my design, but it sure would be wonderful if it could help.