I worked on these labels for my Grandma while I was visiting my fam in Florida last week. I got to complete the whole project outside. Birds chirping, warm air blowing, leaves falling and smudging my ink—-glory!
I got down with wrapping this year. Calligraphic Christmas wishes to all!
Wrapping Paper credit: Dessert Island, December 11 Newsletter
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The result of copperplating during a late night showing of Edward Scissorhands and Hook.
More Julianna Swaney! Couldn’t resist posting more. I’m liking those casual round letters.
On my Christmas List is Sharon Montrose’s Menagerie. What’s not to love? Pictures of baby animals and whimsical calligraphic work by Julianna Swaney. I may just die of charm.
Some stamp love at Verde Studio.
Despite all odds, I think I will finish these Christmas cards by my deadline. Thank goodness I have a little helper!
Hello feathered friends.
In honor, of this incredible print John Stortz made of Ernest Shackelton for me, I present you some snippets of Thomas Orde-Lees’ diary. Orde-Lees documented Shackelton’s extroidinary adventures in the Antartica from March 1915-April 1916. His account largely aided Shackelton write his book, South.
The sketch in his diary above is from the October 18, 1915: “the ship was heaved up suddenly and violently and immediately rolled over slowly onto her side until she lay on her port side.”
Source: Rauner Library and Dartmouth University
Our formal Thanksgiving was a hit this year!
The name cards turned out lovely. I tied them on mini pumpkins for each guest. My family liked them so much, they took them home as ornaments to hang on their Christmas tree. It was a perfect evening.
Edict of Versailles
The Edict of Versailles, issued by Louis XVI of France, ended persecution of non-Catholics - including Huguenots.
One of my favorites: page 58r, from the manuscript ÍB 299 4to.
The entire manuscript, in high quality, can be viewed here.
Handrit.is is the shit.
I finished my family’s name cards for Thankgiving dinner last night. This is my first time using bleed proof white to make ink—-I officially declare myself a disciple.
Check it. 3 vintage Thanksgiving postcards from the 1900s, available from Words and Eggs. Fantastic.
I love these wedding invitiations Betsy Dunlap made for her sister! Isn’t this combintation of vintage postcards and modern calligraphy the best? Bon idea.
Theodore Roosevelt’s journal entry for February 14, 1884 (Valentine’s Day):
“The light has gone out of my life.”
On this day, two days after the birth of his first child, both his mother and wife would die within hours of each other in the same house.
Getting ready for my flourish class next month!
Gems of Flourishing Charles Paxton Zaner, 1888
Platt Rogers Spencer was born in 1800 near the Hudson River. His family was too poor to afford paper so Spencer practiced on whatever was handy – leaves, bark, snow and sand – everything was a canvas for handwriting.
I absolutely LOVE Paper Cut Letters by Annie Vought. I wish I could see the gallery!
I have been working with cut out correspondence for the past four years. I meticulously recreate notes and letters that I have found, written, or received by enlarging the documents onto a new piece of paper and intricately dissecting the negative spaces with an Exact-o knife. The handwriting and the lines support the structure of the cut paper, keeping it strong and sculptural, despite its apparent fragility. In these paper cutouts, I focus on the text, structure, and emotion of the letter in an elaborate investigation into the properties of writing and expression. Penmanship, word choice, and spelling all contribute to possible narratives about who that person is and what they are like. My recreating the letters is an extended concentration on peoples’ inner lives and the ways they express their thoughts through writing.
Bovary Script by Letter Be On Etsy. Awesome stamps too!
Tis pretty!