designsgirl

brush lettering

I love experimenting with new lettering styles and typically work with a calligraphy nib and gouache. But I am adding brushes and brush pens to my tool box to expand my repertoire. 

 

declaration of love featuring 'Betsy'

designsgirl loves to create new lettering styles and this one is named 'Betsy' to pay tribute to Betsy Marr, a dynamic lady who publishes Reign magazine with her husband Kevin.

This watercolored heart and declaration of love was done for a lovely client who will be framing it and presenting it as a special gift.

introducing new kitschy regal pen and ink drawings

After receiving a fabulous pen and ink commission of the Chicago skyline for a Christmas card this year, designsgirl has been expanding her repertoire to include new pen and ink drawings for wedding invitations, wedding monograms, business logos and family crests which she describes as "kitschy regal".

Shown here are my first pen and ink commissions- a tropical wedding cartouche for a Save the Date announcement with hand drawn herons, tropical flowers and pineapples; a current logo design commission and several designs for my design library for semi-custom work.

cordelia for bella figura

designsgirl is excited to unveil the first of three new wedding invitation designs for Bella Figura's 2015 wedding collection.

"Cordelia" features a hand drawn floral cartouche in gold matte foil stamping and delicate calligraphy letterpressed on Bella Figura's gorgeous 2-ply cotton paper.

Available at bellafigura.com.

Photography by Kate Ignatowski

sneak peek of cordelia

designsgirl is excited to unveil her three new Bella Figura wedding invitation designs from the 2015 collection in January.

In the meantime, this gorgeous image of one of my invitations- "Cordelia" is shown on Kate Ignatowski's instagram account who photographed it beautifully for Bella Figura.

featured on 100 layer cake

My effusive thanks to Erica Henriksen of Bella Figura for including my calligraphy in a breathtaking Peruvian styled photo shoot by Miranda Estes of Miranda Hattie Events featured on 100 layer cake.

And I also thank designer Aimee O'Boyle who used my calligraphy on her beautiful Bella Figura Ursula invitation.

engage!14

designsgirl was honored to provide calligraphy for Momental Designs' gorgeous silver foil, hand painted invitation to the luxury wedding business summit-  engage!14 - held this year at the Ritz Carlton in the Cayman Islands and featuring Mindy Weiss, Colin Cowie and host of other wedding luminaries.

rocky mountain bride magazine shoot

designsgirl was pleased to be a part of a gorgeous wedding inspirational photo shoot at the C Lazy U Ranch in Granby, Colorado for a spring 2015 Rocky Mountain Bride magazine feature.

Thank you to Jessica Hearing of A Vintage Affair who contacted me to contribute calligraphy for the wedding invitation suite.

 

christmas card calligraphy

designsgirl hand lettered these Christmas card envelopes in flame red and gold accents for my lovely friend Tasha.

 

custom hand painted christmas cards

designsgirl was honored to contribute calligraphy for renowned painter Kristy Rice of Momental Designs.

Her 2014 hand painted holiday cards can be commissioned for family or pet portraits or even your home.

These delightful works of art are available now at momentaldesigns.com.

on style me pretty

My thank you to fabulous Chicago stationer Magnificient Milestones for including my calligraphy in its beautiful tablescape inspiration featuring recently on Style Me Pretty.

on wedding sparrow

This beautiful and dreamy boudoir photo shoot, featured this past week on Wedding Sparrow, was styled and photographed by Connie Whitlock of Connie Dai Photography and Shannon Von Eschen of Shalynne Imaging.

I was thrilled to create the calligraphy body art and wish to thank Shannon and Lana Frankel of Lana's Shop for including me in this special project.