invitation

Yesterday I shared a wedding invitation 

that I loved working on.

Today, I am sharing the reception invitation that the bride's

parents sent out.

I love the combination of  type and hand lettering.

And I love all the pockets 

for response cards!!

My husband and I are so excited to be part

of Lauren and Todd's special day!

They are dear to our hearts and

we wish them all of God's blessings

as they start their life together.

wedding invitation

I had the privilege to work on a wedding invitation suite

for some friends of ours

who are getting married in Maui in a few weeks

I designed a monogram

that they used on the outside of the invitation

I love the colors they chose!

The wedding is approaching quickly

and we will be traveling to Maui

because my husband is performing the ceremony!!

I will post the reception invitation the bride's parents 

sent out tomorrow.

See you then :)

inspiration from FL

A few weeks ago my husband and I went to

Orlando, FL for the YoungLife All Staff Celebration.

It's a gathering of all the YL staff and spouses held every four years.

We had a great time being encouraged and entertained.

We had the privilege of hearing from some wonderful speakers.

Here is what my notes looked like

It was a wonderful week

and I came back inspired

spiritually and artistically

sunday doodles

I recently decided to do my Sunday Doodles

in one journal, instead of on the program

we get each week.

I grabbed an empty sketchbook

from my shelf (Pentalic)

and doodled a 

title page.

this is one of my first entries.

We started a series on

the book of James.

Calligraphy Northwest

I am so excited to attend Calligraphy Northwest

in June.  It's the annual International

calligraphy conference.

This year it will be at Reed College in Portland, OR.

That makes it close for me so I couldn't pass it up!

I will be sending in my class preferences this week,

so I have been pouring over the catalog

of class offerings.

The catalog itself is full of 

great inspiration!

The class offerings are all so wonderful,

it's hard to narrow it down.

I will give an update when I know 

exactly what I will be taking

paper boxes

Our calligraphy guild met on Valentine's Day

this year.  So, to celebrate the wonderful day

we made little paper boxes.

My first one is decorated with the word

love

(one letter on each side).

I used a white Gelly Roller pen for the lettering.

And here's what it looks like on the inside

It has a smaller box inside

and a small card that reads

"I love you"

inside of that.

This box was cut out of scrapbook paper

covered in circles

and I added little messages to

the circles.

The little messages are what you

might find on little Valentine

candy hearts :)

This was such a fun project!  

Thanks to Marilyn Woycenko for sharing

it with us!!

envelopes

I have received some wonderful artwork

in the mail from some inspiring artists

as a part of the LOJ decorated envelope exchange!

This is a birthday card I received from

my friend Karyn.  

She knows I love butterflies.

Isn't it beautiful?

It's so fun to get the mail when

this is waiting for you :)

decorated envelope exchange

Sorry for the long absence from blogland!

 Last May I attended a calligraphy conference

 in Seattle called Letters of Joy.

  It was a great weekend full of wonderful inspiration!!

  While I was there I signed up to be part of a

 decorated envelope exchange with

 fellow attenders of the conference.

I completed my envelopes and sent them off in the mail.

I chose a red and white color scheme in honor of Valentine's Day

(although they were a little late for the actual holiday).

And here is what I placed inside the envelopes.

I completed the lettering using 

white acrylic ink and gouache.

Tomorrow I will share the envelopes 

I have received so far!!