Materials

Most people who start addressing envelopes by hand go through the same frustrating phase. The ink skips. The nib catches. […]

There’s a moment that a lot of people who work with calligraphy know well: you finish a piece, wait for

If you’ve ever spent an afternoon hand-lettering a formal invitation only to watch it fade, smear, or bleed into the

There’s a moment most people who start learning copperplate calligraphy go through — you’ve just bought a beginner kit, you’re

Watercolor paper and liquid ink seem like they should get along just fine. Both are used by artists, both show

There’s a specific kind of frustration that comes with sitting down to letter a wedding invitation on beautiful black cardstock,

There’s a moment that happens to almost everyone who tries this combination for the first time. You’ve assembled the invitation

If you’ve been looking into copperplate calligraphy for more than ten minutes, you’ve probably already run into this question. And

If you’ve ever tried to write on a matte black envelope with regular ink, you already know how quickly things

Dark kraft paper has this quality that’s hard to explain until you hold a finished invitation in your hands. There’s