Time for kick-off...

Well, school has started and the second round of wedding season is gearing up.  I just finished addressing the envelopes for an upcoming wedding and I have a workshop coming up...Friday, September 20, 2013 at 6:30p there is an Intro to Calligraphy class at Oil & Cotton!

 I will blog again soon...lots of things to highlight...including my quest to finish the resolutions I blogged about at the beginning of the year.  

Word-Up! Word...

Sometimes,I love to slip the slang words and phases of my youth into my everyday speech...and sometimes into my writing.  It is a conscience action, so it works out okay and is fun.  "Word" and "word-up" are a couple of my favorites from the 1990s. Speaking of fun decades, I am having the pleasure of working on some invitations that require a 1920s influence. 

Researching 1920s inspired fonts and adding my own special touches has been  challenging and fun.  I address envelopes a lot more than laying out invitations, so the change of pace is great.  I am looking forward to the trip to Needle in a Haystack to get the paper and have printing done....

...Dallas Sites

I got the chance to go to the Dallas Museum of Art Late Night last Friday.  It was a great time, and Oil and Cotton are participating in the Dallas Sites exhibition  which opened that night.  

I plan to go out to the DMA on Sunday afternoon around 3p to set up in the Oil and Cotton space there and talk about my calligraphy workshops. Open studio times / presentations will be happening in the space through August 9!

The McKinney Avenue Contemporary is having their annual membership exhibition this Saturday night starting at 6p. My friend, artist, Brian Jones, will have a painting in the exhibition. He also convinced me to participate.  

Hope to see some of you this weekend.  

GMST week...

I am not a fan of texting acronyms, but I put it in the title this week. I had a "get my stuff together" week, last week. I cleaned my room, called about lowering bills, and reset my mind-space. I now have the physical and mental space to do some calligraphy and typography experiments, which I will share as I make any "new-to-me" discoveries.

I had an Intro to Calligraphy class at Oil and Cotton this past Wednesday. It went very well. I love the students that come through. We had it on a different day this time, because the READ-RITE MARKET will take place next weekend on Saturday, July 20 from 10a-6p. There will be all kinds of great festivities in celebration of the written word.

From 11-11:30a I will write down the first word that comes to mind as I look at the person in front of me for a fun take-away of the written word. From 3-3:30p my boss (at the Book Doctor) and friend, Candice McKay, will dissect a book. My co-worker (at the Book Doctor and Oil and Cotton) and friend, Jessica Sinks, will have paper fortunes available throughout the day.

Summer,summer,summertime!

I fell off on my blog...again! I know, but work with me. I worked with Kristen Knight of Shenanigans on this little table...

 

As well as working with Marion Marshall of AbsolutelyBlooming! and Oil and Cotton. In fact, I have a class there tomorrow night at 6:30p...Pen & Ink Calligraphy. Don't miss it...if you do, I have another Intro to Calligraphy class at Oil and Cotton On July 19 at 6:30p!   

Hot, hot, hot...

Spring has been lettering filled and event abundant. I have been working with Kristen Knight of Shenanigans on signage for a wedding...

as well as working with Marion Marshall of AbsolutelyBlooming! 

I taught a Cursive Envelopes class at Oil & Cotton this past Friday...

and got to hang out with two of my favorite people and artists, Brian Jones and Brian Scott (a.k.a.Chuck & George) while they had a busy weekend of art exhibitions (their show at the Conduit was extended-yay!)...

I will blog again soon...Pen and Ink workshop coming up June  21at Oil & Cotton.

Social, wedding, and graduation season kicks off!

I have been swamped...busy working with Absolutely Blooming and the Dallas Contemporary; as well as the Book Doctor, who was featured in the New York Times this past Saturday.

The Dallas International Film Festival will be opening this weekend on April 6, as well as an exhibition featuring two of my favorite artists, Brian Jones and Brian Scott, a.k.a Chuck and George, at the Conduit Gallery.  I will be volunteering at the Dallas International Film Festival this week and next week, so maybe I will see some of you there. 

The Dallas Art Fair, Dallas International Film Festival, and a multitude of art openings will be happening next weekend...April 12-14.  I also will have an Intro to Calligraphy class April 12 at 6:30p at Oil and Cotton.  It is the perfect time to learn to address envelopes neatly.  The graduation, wedding, and social season is kicking off and it is time to get those invites out!