Calligraphy

kelsey+brandon · January 2012

So lately I've been considering doing the calligraphy on our invitations myself...I don't know how to do calligraphy, but I'm pretty good at copying things, so I'm thinking that if I have a guide/key with all the letters and numbers that it won't be too difficult.

Is anyone else doing this? Are you using calligraphy to address your invitations at all?

Megbo2012 · January 2012

My Mom graciously offered to do them!! She has beautiful handwriting, and is a little rusty but I bought her some pens a few months ago to practice with. I think it's super elegant but it's SO expensive to pay someone to do it. At least, the 2 or so people I looked into.

leah2489 · January 2012

I was thinking of doing the same thing. I took a caligraphy class in middle school and I really liked it, and was pretty good at it, but its been so long that I don't really remember how to do it. Also, it is much more time consuming, so I am just going to use my best handwriting.

diamondx423 · January 2012

I'm hiring someone - We decided to go with Danielle Gonzalez of Dani Writes Calligraphy; she actually lives right near my parents so we won't need to pay the shipping.

I would probably try it myself if our envelopes weren't metallic black; we for sure need a professional.

chelseakopperud · January 2012

I am hiring someone.

browner3 · January 2012

We have a family friend that has offered to do ours.

But if I were to do them I would go the "print in really light gray on each envelope in a calligraphy font and trace" route. I used to do calligraphy and that pen sure is finicky.

kelsey+brandon · January 2012

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-club-boards_june-2012-weddings_calligraphy?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20Club%20BoardsForum:3ae4d68d-f10a-4dec-8810-da13c14a7b86Discussion:55e22eca-0801-469e-a615-963ac4e3074ePost:76cd814c-fc46-47da-8466-dc7186eb3c8c">Re: Calligraphy</a>:
[QUOTE]We have a family friend that has offered to do ours. But if I were to do them I would go the <strong>"print in really light gray on each envelope in a calligraphy font and trace"</strong> route. I used to do calligraphy and that pen sure is finicky.
Posted by browner3[/QUOTE]

<div>That's such a good idea!!!!</div>

SoSaysTara · January 2012

I am simply handwriting mine in my best (regular) handwriting.

nvelez28 · January 2012

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-club-boards_june-2012-weddings_calligraphy?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding Club BoardsForum:3ae4d68d-f10a-4dec-8810-da13c14a7b86Discussion:55e22eca-0801-469e-a615-963ac4e3074ePost:76cd814c-fc46-47da-8466-dc7186eb3c8c">Re: Calligraphy</a>:
[QUOTE]We have a family friend that has offered to do ours. But if I were to do them I would go the "print in really light gray on each envelope in a calligraphy font and trace" route. I used to do calligraphy and that pen sure is finicky.
Posted by browner3[/QUOTE]

This is genius! I'm going to do this-- adding it to the list.

Thanks!

Shanee18 · January 2012

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-club-boards_june-2012-weddings_calligraphy?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20Club%20BoardsForum:3ae4d68d-f10a-4dec-8810-da13c14a7b86Discussion:55e22eca-0801-469e-a615-963ac4e3074ePost:76cd814c-fc46-47da-8466-dc7186eb3c8c">Re: Calligraphy</a>:
[QUOTE]We have a family friend that has offered to do ours. But if I were to do them I would go the <strong>"print in really light gray on each envelope in a calligraphy font and trace"</strong> route. I used to do calligraphy and that pen sure is finicky.
Posted by browner3[/QUOTE]

<div>This is my plan. Saw it on pinterest. :)</div>

Kfudge0714 · January 2012

I am hiring a printing company to print mine because me and everyone else I know has horrible handwriting and I had a hard enough time printing my STDs so I don't even want to deal with that again! My mom owns a business and uses a local printing company regularly so I hoping that he will give me a deal

tgerl · January 2012

I'm buying clear address labels and using a nice font for printing on those. I did this for the save the dates and it looks nice. Not as formal and nice looking as real calligraphy, but definitley better than my handwriting!

cfblechman · January 2012

I was going to just print them myself on the envelopes. But I LOVE the idea of light gray printing and writing over it! I didnt see the point of paying for them. But thats just me!

ncd5015 · January 2012

FI's aunt has really beautiful handwriting so she is going to do ours!

kks4471 · January 2012

I'm writing mine by myself, just need to purchase a nice pen. I think you'll do a great job if you write it out in pencil first, then copy over it like PP said.

MissAmeliaPond · January 2012

We will not be doing calligraphy beacuse we both decided it's a waste of money/energy. We got a wedding invitation last year with calligraphy on it and we said "hmm, that's nice" and then tossed the envelope in the trash! No one besides the moms will be saving your invitations... every other guest will throw them away. I guess my attitude is, if people aren't going to appreciate it, I'm not going to spend my money.

MMRoberts11 · January 2012

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[QUOTE] But if I were to do them I would go the "print in really light gray on each envelope in a calligraphy font and trace" route. I used to do calligraphy and that pen sure is finicky.
Posted by browner3[/QUOTE]

This is what I'm doing.

kipnus · January 2012

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-club-boards_june-2012-weddings_calligraphy?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20Club%20BoardsForum:3ae4d68d-f10a-4dec-8810-da13c14a7b86Discussion:55e22eca-0801-469e-a615-963ac4e3074ePost:3d0c8bbc-db7f-4fd7-8293-4b8fb157ea3a">Re: Calligraphy</a>:
[QUOTE]I'm buying clear address labels and using a nice font for printing on those. I did this for the save the dates and it looks nice. Not as formal and nice looking as real calligraphy, but definitley better than my handwriting!
Posted by tgerl[/QUOTE]

I like this idea. I have pretty awful handwriting but don't want to pay for someone to do it, either. It's just an envelope!

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