Happy Holidays

The holiday cards making class with Shannon and Kayli at Oil and Cotton was fun this past Monday night. We not only got to learn how to make cards, we also learned how to make matching envelopes.  

Hope everyone had a happy Thankgiving...I am off to get stamps and mail cards.  Happy Holidays.

Demo real and holiday ready

I will be at the Dallas Contemporary this weekend participating in the 35 year anniversary celebration.  The DC is always full of surprises, so I wouldn't miss it.

At the DC at 3p on Saturday, November 9,  I will give a demo of each of the classes I teach at Oil and Cotton: 1) Intro to Calligraphy, 2) Pen and Ink: Calligraphy, and 3) Cursive Envelope Addressing: Calligraphy.  I will also have information about a variety of classes coming up at Oil and Cotton. 

I will teach Cursive Envelope Addressing: Calligraphy at Oil and Cotton next Friday, November 15, at 6:30p just in time to address those holiday cards and party invitations.

The screen-printing class with Betty Rodrigez and Jessica Trevizo and walnut ink making class with Matt Cusick were great! I love learning new skills and strengthing my calligraphy offerings.  

Hope to see you out this weekend!

Getting out of my mind

My last screen-printing class of the six week course with Betty Rodriguez and Jessica Trevizo at Oil and Cotton is this coming Sunday.  Preparing for class over the past several weeks has helped me stretch creatively and add a skill that allows me to make somewhat uniform, but not boringly uniform, reproductions of my calligraphic creations. 

Sign up for my Pen and Ink class this Friday evening at 6:30p.  I am going to start bringing snacks and drinks for my Friday night classes. 

Taking classes, giving classes

I am on week three of my printmaking class with Betty Rodriguez and Jessica Trevizo at Oil and Cotton.  It is fun.  Above is my two color project and below is a detail of my three color project.

As you can see, I am keeping it very simple for now, and incorporating text (that I wrote) into the prints.  

I will definitely make screen-printed invitations available as part of my calligraphy service.  I am happy I will be able to do that.  I will post some samples soon.

Also, I am so excited! I am going to take Matt Cusick's Walnut Ink Making class on October 27 and Shannon Driscoll's In the Studio: Cards and Envelopes class on November 25...both at Oil and Cotton. 

I will be teaching two classes coming up at Oil and Cotton...Calligraphy: Pen and Ink on October 18 at 6:30p (that's next Friday) and Calligraphy: Cursive Envelope Addressing on November 15 at 6:30p. 

Sign up now! The classes at Oil and Cotton fill up fast, and as you can see I love learning new things, broadening my skills, and sharing information on a subject I love. 

One down, one to go

I told y'all around the beginning of the year that it was my goal to take a printmaking class and an illumination class in order to strengthen my calligraphy offerings.  Over half the year is gone, but I still have time.  I have officially began the screen printing class taught by Jessica Trevizo and Betty Rodriguez at Oil and Cotton! 

I had a wonderful time today doing some calligraphy for a corporate client. 

I also continue work on the 1920s / Art Deco inspired calligraphy for a future wedding.  

I have an Intro to Calligraphy class on Friday at 6:30p at Oil and Cotton...don't miss it.  

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....