Lovely Scribe Calligraphy

12/06/2017

If you're in the market for some amazing fragrances for a gift, I'll be at the Jo Malone counter in Bloomingdales Willowbrook writing out complimentary custom cards and gift tags to go along with your purchase! This Saturday 12-3 pm 🎁🖋

11/02/2017

Had a great time teaching my Intro to Calligraphy class today in the corporate environment. Many thanks to , for the opportunity!

10/20/2017

Halloween ready! When you have two front doors, you need a sign 🎃🕸 Want to create something of your own? Just two days until my Hand Lettering 101 + DIY Wood Sign class...still a few spots open! Link to registration in bio

10/15/2017

Sometimes life just has a way of screaming at you and shaking you by the shoulders...my body had been trying to talk to me. I should have slowed down, but I couldn't. I had adopted this hectic pace: late nights spent on calligraphy projects, workshop development, web site overhauls, styled shoots, bridal projects, corporate events...I was fueled by something deeper than my passion and dreams- I didn't know it then, but I do now. My thyroid was being destroyed by Hashimoto's and that newfound manic energy was really a disease process.

The ride came to a screeching halt just 10 days after this project last December, when my body would decide to just completely stop working. At all. I became more or less bedridden, mothering my infant daughter to the best of my ability from the couch. I would nod off during routine activities and felt narcoleptic. Five cups of coffee couldn't touch the fatigue I was experiencing. Yet at night I would lie awake for hours on end with my heart pounding rapidly against my chest. My bones ached so deeply that I would cry myself to sleep for months on end. My brain stopped working and I couldn't grocery shop without crying from the overwhelm. Lifting my little girl out of her high chair became next to impossible. I got lost driving familiar streets. My words would come out jumbled, if at all. My once thick hair was falling out in clumps. Walking across the parking lot would leave me breathless. Forget about folding laundry. I though I was a goner.

I find it ironic that these were the last fancy words I would write for close to 8 months. My thriving business would be put on hold, calligraphy workshops would be cancelled and my dreams would be put on hold, while I would become an armchair physician busily researching and writing sloppy medical notes in my business planner. There were no lunches to be had. I needed to get answers and fast so that I could take care of my little girl. One year later, I'm happy to have made progress but I know now that my life will never be exactly as it once was. It's been a process of mourning and acceptance, gratitude for life's beauty and the drive to fight for my health like never before.

09/07/2017

New Calligraphy Workshops! 💌

Registration is open for Fall 2017- Winter 2018 classes at Sparta's Train Creative.

06/14/2017

Back at it after recovering from unexpected illness and surgery this winter/spring! It's been a rough start to 2017 and I was forced to put business on immediate hold.
Happy to have these custom wedding vows featured this week. photo credit Jessica Watson Photography

Second Shooter: Richard Photo Lab read more.

12/12/2016

Loved seeing my tag paired with this beautiful invitation suite from and this show stopper of a ring set from from last month's styled shoot! //beautiful photo courtesy of .

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12/12/2016

I'm giving away one FREE seat for ONE MONTH of classes at ! 🎉Head on over to for details on how to enter. Good luck and see you in class! 🖋✉️

12/11/2016

END OF THE YEAR SALE! If you've been eyeing up a calligraphy starter kit, now's the time to purchase! Makes a great gift. 🎁Thought I sold out of these, but after organizing (de-hoarding) my mess of a closet I found everything I needed for 8 more kits except for an oblique pen holder. So these will be sold with straight pen holders only and at a discount while supplies last! Last day to place an order for Christmas delivery is Dec. 15th. Oh and for even more savings head over to for a special coupon code!

12/11/2016

This right here is the face of one happy calligrapher! Not only did I meet the sweetest employees ever, but I was surrounded by office supplies and even personalized a filing cabinet gift for a girl from her daddy 💕 Thank you so much and for inviting me in for your live event! And thanks Carlea Alfieri Dries for the visit 💓

12/07/2016

I feel like I haven't been giving any envelope love lately on here and truthfully, it's because I stink at taking photos of my work 🙊 Addressing envelopes is still one of my favorite things to do! Wine + paper + ink + music= in my zone 💌 just one of many pictures to come of this published invitation suite I worked on with

Blog: | Planning + Design: | Photographers: and | Wardrobe Styling: | Furniture Rentals: | Tabletop Rentals: | Linens: | Florals (reception table + ceremony): | Florals (personals + cake): | Dress: | Welcome Basket: | Paper Goods: | Cake: | Calligraphy: | Videography: | Jewelry: | Hair + Makeup: | Ribbons and | Models | Venue: