Calligraphy and Portrait Illustration for Letterpress Stationary

I created this personalized stationary for a client who was giving it to her sister as a Christmas/Wedding gift.

She gave me separate pictures of the couple and their three pets.

What’s not to love about these three cuties:)

I created a black and white drawing of  the couple and each of their “children”, arranged them together then added the hand lettered last name.

I also created a return address for the envelope.

I handed over the digital file to the very capable hands of letterpress printer, Travis Friedrich of ParkLifePress.com.

He printed in a soft gray on a luxurious 100% cotton paper at 6.25″ by 4.5″ wide.

This was the second project I’ve done with Travis and both were perfection! And his pricing is very reasonable.

I hope the Bowmans were as pleased with the result as the gift giver was!

I’m busy at work designing a new font, but in the meantime, you can check out my current two calligraphy fonts here.

Belluccia has remained on the Best Sellers list for 19 months was named one of Myfonts Most Popular Fonts for 2011 and is available at myfonts.com.

My second calligraphy font, Dom Loves Mary (a “December Rising Star” and  2012 Best Seller) is also available on myfonts.com.

Wishing you a Wonderful Wednesday!

Debi

Belluccia Calligraphy Font used in Black and White Wedding

I love the crisp look of black and white!  And I was thrilled to see my Belluccia calligraphy font was chosen to add to this couple’s classic look on Snippet & Ink’s blog.

It’s used on the Rehearsal dinner invite ( love the gray stripes in the background), Wedding invitation, RSVP and return envelope, as well as the program and favor bags seen in the last pic below.

The gray programs pop with the couples white initials and ribbon.

How darling are these monogrammed totes for the guests favors. I wonder what’s inside???

If you want to check out the whole shabang…go here.

Giving credit where credit is due:

Photographer: Jose Villa / Planner: Laurie Arons Special Events / Venue: Durham Ranch in St. Helena, California / Printed Items, Escort Card Display: PS Paper /

If you want to create the same look, below are links to purchase my Belluccia font as well as my newest calligraphy font, Dom Loves Mary.

Belluccia has remained on the Best Sellers list for 19 months was named one of Myfonts Most Popular Fonts for 2011 and is available at myfonts.com.

My second calligraphy font, Dom Loves Mary (a “December Rising Star” and  2012 Best Seller) is also available on myfonts.com.

Have a Titanium Tuesday:)

Debi

Belluccia Cursive Font used in Jill Meyer’s Art

I was thrilled to see my Belluccia cursive font used in this artwork on the website of artist Jill Meyer.

Who knew fish could be this gorgeous?!

Jilll is a nationally recognized artist. Products with her licensed designs, across a wide variety of categories, have long been featured for sale worldwide.

Thanks, Jill, for using my calligraphy font, Belluccia, in such a beautiful way!

Have a Mighty Monday!

Debi

Belluccia has remained on the Best Sellers list for 19 months was named one of Myfonts Most Popular Fonts for 2011 and is available at myfonts.com.

My second calligraphy font, Dom Loves Mary (a “December Rising Star” and  2012 Best Seller) is also available on myfonts.com.

Beautiful Calligraphy Fonts by Stephen Rapp

I’m excited to share this newly released calligraphy font, Slapjack, created by the fabulously talented Stephen Rapp.  I’m a HUGE fan of his work!

Slapstick has a very versatile look.  It would look beautiful on an invitation for a wedding or other event.

Or be a perfect fit for a logo or retail packaging. I could definitely see this on a wine label.

I am in love with that “h” !! And he did an incredible job with the all caps look.  Clear and readable yet stylish.

Here’s a little more about this versatile font.

Slapjack is a unique rendition of a broad-edged calligraphic script ideal for packaging, signage, and titling.  With a glyph count well over 700, Slapjack is a fully-featured pro font.  Using Adobe InDesign which supports Stylistic Sets allows you to instantly convert your text to a version without baseline connectors for a more streamlined look. These can also be selected via the glyph palette.

It’s so cool how you can choose to have a connected or non-connected look. It really changes the feel.

I had the pleasure of meeting Stephen in person and found him to be extremely humble for such a talented lettering artist as well as a truly kind hearted and gentle man.

I think his work beautifully represents those qualities.

Here’s a few samples of some of his other gorgeous fonts.

Hiatus is 30% off for a limited time!

This graphic shows off the gorgeous flourishes in Hiatus.

This historic look of Memoir has the look of  beautiful handwriting.

These Memoir ligatures are perfect for envelope addressing.

Montague Script is another font that has a lot of versatility.

New Cuisine is one of my personal favorites and is 33% off for a limited time!  Love the modern yet slightly retro look.

There are too many fab fonts to show here so be sure to check out his full collection on myfonts.com.

Here’s a little bit about Stephen:

Lettering and typography are his passion. He’s studied and practiced lettering and type design for over 2 decades. He was a recipient of the Hermann Zapf Scholarship Award in 1997 and has been a lettering artist and type developer for American Greetings since 2000.

Some of his accolades include:

Published in Letter Arts Review, Scripsit, Bound and Lettered, the recently released “Modern Mark Making” by Quarry books, and Typography 30 by The Type Directors Club.

He has taught classes and workshops on both calligraphy and lettering and has been a faculty member at the International Lettering Arts Conference and Typecon.

In addition to his work with American Greetings, Stephen designs commercially available fonts for P22, Veer, and MyFonts.

I’m delighted to know such a great designer and human being.

Enjoy this Marvelous Monday!

Debi

My two calligraphy fonts, Belluccia and Dom Loves Mary  (both “Rising Stars” and Best Sellers on myfonts !) are always available on myfonts.com.

The Dom Loves Mary script font, recognized as a “Rising Star” for December 2012 is available at myfonts.com.

My first cursive font, Belluccia has remained on the Best Sellers list for 19 months was named one of Myfonts Most Popular Fonts for 2011 and is available at myfonts.com.

Simple Country Chic Wedding invitation

I love how my cursive font, Belluccia, was used in this simple country chic wedding invitation.

The small hand tag attached to the couple’s photo greets guest with the sweetest saying, “all the best things are wild and free.”

The use of Belluccia in lower case and the white, yellow and kraft papers keep the look modern and country chic.

And don’t we just love the little feather and the twine!

I just adore the boots and old fashion camera illustrations. The boot illustration is from Shannon Parish.

The camera is from iStock.com.

This fab invitation suite was designed by Tara Tallman Sollman (at Firebrand Tribe). Photographs by Jessica Ames.

Thanks Tara! You do Belluccia proud!

Have a Massive Monday!

Debi

The Dom Loves Mary font, #2 on the Hot New Fonts list, is available at: myfonts.com

My first cursive font, Belluccia is available at myfonts.com.

Belluccia has remained on the Best Sellers list for 18 months was named one of Myfonts Most Popular Fonts for 2011.

Belluccia makes Top Fonts for 2012 list

Many thanks to Christy at CTDesigns,inc. for including my Belluccia font on her list of Top Fonts for 2012!

Christy is a talented calligrapher and wedding stationery designer herself so her opinion means a lot to me.

The list has a lovely assortment of mostly cursive fonts, so Belluccia is in good company.

Thanks so much Christy!

Be sure to stop by her Etsy Shop and see her lovely designs.

The Dom Loves Mary font is now  available for purchase at: Correspondence Ink Type foundry .

Share this link on twitter or facebook : Dom Loves Mary calligraphy font

Or e-mail the link to friends who love fonts!

Go to my Pinterest page and re-pin items from my Dom Loves Mary font board: Dom Loves Mary font on Pinterest

Or you can always purchase it here: Dom Loves Mary font on Myfonts.com.

Thanks in advance !

My first cursive font, Belluccia is available at myfonts.com and fontbros.com..

Belluccia has remained on the Best Sellers list for 17 months was named one of myfonts Most Popular Fonts for 2011.

Free Printable Place Cards in Calligraphy font: Gratitude

Today I have one word for you. Gratitude.

It’s how I start and end my day.

Since Thanksgiving is only 2 days away, I wanted to share some “Gratitude” with you in thanks for your encouragement, support and kindness.

I’ll be using these as place cards on my Thanksgiving table.

They’re made using my Dom Loves Mary font.

Just right click to download and print as many as you need.  Then cut on the trim marks.

There’s space to put a name underneath.

Don’t worry about your hand writing:)

I’m attaching mine to toothpicks with a glue gun and sticking in a pear that will go on the plate.

Especially on Thanksgiving, I hope you have good food to eat and good company to keep.

I hope you let your worries rest for a time and just enjoy being.

And I hope your heart is filled with thanks for the big and small things that surround you.

In addition to my husband Michael and my sister Ann who lives near me, my sister Diane will be here from Michigan!

My son Alex is home from school and though we’ll miss my son Nick, he assures me he’ll be gathering with friends in D.C.

And me? I’ll be spending the day smiling in gratitude:)

Happy Thanksgiving!

Debi

The Dom Loves Mary font,  now #8 on the Hot New Fonts list, is available at: Correspondence Ink Type foundry .

Check out samples of it in action on my Calligraphy Fonts page.

Help me move it up the list!

Share this link on twitter or facebook : Dom Loves Mary calligraphy font

Or e-mail the link to friends who love fonts!

Go to my Pinterest page and re-pin items from my Dom Loves Mary font board: Dom Loves Mary font on Pinterest

Or you can always purchase it here: Dom Loves Mary font on Myfonts.com.

Thanks in advance !

My first cursive font, Belluccia is available at myfonts.com and fontbros.com..

Belluccia has remained on the Best Sellers list for 16 months was named one of myfonts Most Popular Fonts for 2011.

Free Printable Chalkboard Sign: Just Married

Today’s Free Printable Chalkboard sign is….drum roll please:) “Just Married” created with my newest calligraphy font, Dom Loves Mary.

If you want to enlarge this sign to fit on the back of a car or truck (or wherever) FedEx Kinko’s can enlarge it to the desired size.

They can also laminate it and/or back it with foam core to stabilize it.

Or if you’re feeling crafty, have an enlarged print made and cut out the letters to make a stencil.

Be sure to leave some pieces of paper connected to each other in totally enclosed areas so it doesn’t create a space where you don’t want it to be. For instance, in the big loop of the “M”.

Purchase an aerosol can of Marking Chalk (normally used for sports fields) from Ace Hardware or Dick’s Sporting Goods.  Or colored Spray Chalk at a place online like Toolup.com.

Use the sign as a stencil to temporarily place the saying on the concrete or grass at a location where guests can see it!

I haven’t tried this yet but have seen it done online. I’ll try to find and post tomorrow.

Send me a pic to post if you do!

If you have a saying you’d like to see on a Chalkboard sign, leave a comment !

I’m in the sign making mode so you might just get your wish:)

Check out previous Free Printable Chalkboard signs here and here.

Hope it’s a Marvelous Monday!

Debi

The Dom Loves Mary font, #10 on the Hot New Fonts list, is available at: Correspondence Ink Type foundry .

Check out samples of it in action on my Calligraphy Fonts page.

Help me move it up the list!

Share this link on twitter or facebook : Dom Loves Mary calligraphy font

Or e-mail the link to friends who love fonts!

Go to my Pinterest page and re-pin items from my Dom Loves Mary font board: Dom Loves Mary font on Pinterest

Or you can always purchase it here: Dom Loves Mary font on Myfonts.com.

Thanks in advance !

My first cursive font, Belluccia is available at myfonts.com and fontbros.com..

Belluccia has remained on the Best Sellers list for 16 months was named one of myfonts Most Popular Fonts for 2011.

FREE Printable Chalkboard Wedding Signs with Dom Loves Mary Calligraphy font

Today’s Free Printable Chalkboard Wedding Signs were inspired by a combination of my last post featuring a Chalkboard sign by Ciera Design.  And the giveaway contest I had on Brenda’s Wedding Blog.

The winner was chosen Nov. 12. She will receive artwork created with my Dom Loves Mary font including : 15 Table numbers, A Bride and Groom ( or Mr. and Mrs. sign), a set of 15 Table Number signs and 4 additional signs of the winner’s choice. (Ex: Sweets, Photo Booth, Thank you, Just Married, etc…)

Brenda asked the participants what they would want on their additional signs.  There were so many great responses, I decided to create the top 4 choices as FREE PRINTABLES  that you can download and print on 11″ x 8.5″ card stock.

Do me one favor,…if you like them, please  (with chocolate sprinkles on top) PIN them or share on TWITTERr or FACEBOOK:)

I put my Lettering Art Studio copyright mark to protect my work on the internet.  But you can easily cut out the black sign and adhere it to another piece of white or colored card stock when you are using it for your wedding.

I am having so much fun creating these, I’m going to post more tomorrow!

Enjoy!

Debi

Did you know the Dom Loves Mary Text looks really cool all on it’s own?  Here it’s used to tell a “Once upon a time” love story.

Dom Loves Mary  is now #10 on the Hot New Fonts list  (thanks!!) and is available at: Correspondence Ink Type foundry .

We put together specially priced packages to help you save money so check it out and see which one will work for you.

My first cursive font, Belluccia is available at myfonts.com and fontbros.com..

 

 Belluccia has remained on the Best Sellers list for 16 months was named one of myfonts Most Popular Fonts for 2011.

Ciera Designs creates Chalkboard Sign

Today I want to introduce you to Ciera Holzenthal of  CieraDesign.com.

I came across her blog/design studio by chance and just loved everything I saw and read!

She is not only a great blogger but a very talented graphic designer.

Her services include: logo identity, invitations, editorial, business cards, brochures, WordPress, posters and more!

She recently created this lovely graphic using my Dom Loves Mary font family and has graciously allowed me to share it.

She used a combination of the three Dom Loves Mary Script fonts for the wording.

(You get all three in the Pro package.)

The capital N is from the Stylistic version, while most of the lower case letters are from the Contextual version.

To encapsulate the saying, she chose two simple flourishes. The top one comes from my Flourishes One set, while the bottom is from the Flourishes Two set.

I’m guessing she was able to find the chalkboard background online like this free one.

You can refer to my previous post here and here on how to add flourishes to your design and create a great saying of your own!

Did you know the Dom Loves Mary Text looks really cool all on it’s own?  Here it’s used to tell a “Once upon a time” love story.

Dom Loves Mary  is now #9 on the Hot New Fonts list  (thanks!!) and is available at: Correspondence Ink Type foundry .

We put together specially priced packages to help you save money so check it out and see which one will work for you.

My first cursive font, Belluccia is available at myfonts.com and fontbros.com..

 

 Belluccia has remained on the Best Sellers list for 16 months was named one of myfonts Most Popular Fonts for 2011.