Calligraphellie

My lettering is being screen printed onto t-shirts and baby onesies for sale at EPAmade just in time for Mother's Day!  All proceeds go to supporting young mothers in East Palo Alto.  

It was really thrilling to see my writing turned into a silk screen to use for printing.  I really wanted to help with the printing but alas, could not manage my schedule properly.  I love seeing all of the different colors that they used.  It's amazing how a design originally done in black can be transformed into such vibrant color!

I had fun helping out a friend with a fun baby gender reveal party for her family.  She wanted to make a balloon dart board with each balloon containing a slip of paper saying "Try Again", "It's a Baby!" or "It's a Boy!"  She thought having me write the slips of paper in calligraphy would make it seem extra special and I was happy to help (and have the inside scoop on the big reveal). :)  Congrats to my friends Katie & Chris!

Once in awhile, a group of girlfriends and I will get together for "My Favorite Things".  The general way it works is this:

• Everyone picks one of their favorite things that costs around $10 - $15 and buys three of them. 
• We wrap them up.  Since pretty lettering is one of my favorite things, I couldn't resist decorating my gift. (see picture above)
• We pick a night and eat dinner together.
• After dinner everyone's name goes into a bowl 3 times.
• We all draw 3 names out of the bowl. Don't pick your own name, and make sure you don't pick the same name twice.
• We go around the circle and each person gives their favorite thing to the 3 people they picked. 
• They unwrap the gift as you explain why you love it so much!

This time we decided to liven things up with stories of first kisses, falling in love with our husbands, and other crazy things I will not mention on this blog.  At the end of the night, we all leave with the favorite things of 3 other people and a whole lot of laughs and hilarious stories.  Its a fun evening I look forward to every time.  Actually, I think "My Favorite Things" is becoming one of my favorite things!

I made some baby tags for a few friends, but I forgot to take pictures before I gave them all away.  Here's the original.

Paper: Paper Source (Sunshine)
Ink: Kaimei Sumi Ink
Nib: Brause 66EF