Calligraphy Flourish Friday and Lisa Hopkins

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 Happy Flourish Friday! Here is a little flourish for you. I used Dr. Martin's Pen White and a Zebra G nib.

Recently I had the great pleasure of meeting Lisa Hopkins of Lisa Hopkins Design.  I was first acquainted with Lisa back in 2005 when we both participated in the Cyberscribes' monthly ATC (Artist Trading Card) exchanges.  I learned Lisa had just moved to Indiana, and she had joined the Calligraphy Guild of Indiana.  Over the years I kept bumping into Lisa and admiring her work through Cyberscribes and CGI exchanges.  Lisa launched her own business several years ago making unique and custom designed jewelry - much of which incorporates her beautiful lettering. 

Lisa Hopkins

 When I learned Lisa would have a booth at the Indiana Artisan Marketplace in Indianapolis, I was eager to meet her and see her work first hand. This is Lisa! She is as sweet as she looks. I was so happy to finally meet Lisa after all these years! 

Necklace and Earrings by Lisa Hopkins Design

I am now a happy Lisa Hopkins Design customer! This is the necklace and earrings I purchased from Lisa. I love this quote - an adaptation from Thoreau's "Walden." It would also make an excellent gift for a young woman's graduation; don't you think? It's such a unique design, and I love wearing it.  It makes my head hurt just thinking about how Lisa gets her lettering to look so fine on such small pieces.  

To see more of Lisa's fabulous work, visit her website by clicking here.

This year Lisa is designing a new ring each week which you can check out on her blog by clicking here.

You can purchase Lisa's designs at her Etsy shop by clicking here.

Have a great weekend!
So glad this post did not get lost amidst all the Blogger problems!

Graduation - Calligraphy Flourish Friday

Graduation season is upon us!  

Like many people, Jeremiah 29:11 is one of my favorite verses from scripture.  I like to include it in the graduation cards I make for family and friends.

This quote is another I like to use for graduation cards. (2014 update: Unfortunately, this is not an accurate quotation from Thoreau's "Walden" and needs to be redone.)

...and another favorite! :)

My sweet, iFriend, Marilyn, sent me a bunch of templates after this post I did about embossing our Christmas cards. After reading my post, she decided to try embossing and cut a bunch of templates on a die cutting machine. Great idea! She made a set for herself and made a set to send to me. What a treat! Thank you Marilyn!! I used the graduation boy and girl templates Marilyn sent to emboss the fronts of these cards. Inside each card is one of the quotes from above.  I'm trying to stay on top of making these cards each day as the grad announcements and open house invites arrive. 

Here is the front and back of Matt's open house invite.  I'm pretty sure I will be an absolute mess with the first few notes of Pomp and Circumstance. (sigh) 

A friend and I were recently discussing how as young mothers, whenever our little "darlings" were pitching a fit in public and getting on our last nerve, inevitably some well meaning woman would happen along and say, "Oh, enjoy it. It goes so fast." Part of me knew it to be true (and part of me wanted to doink them in the eyes!)  Now, all of me knows it to be true.  It went so fast....

Go Forth and Flourish (and that includes the Class of 2010!!)