Recently, I have enjoyed playing around with embossing. I am absolutely delighted with the shiny results of embossing, and that’s where I came up with the idea for these DIY envelope liners featuring glittery gold polka dots. I created mine for casual correspondence, but they would be just as lovely used as invitation envelope liners.
Wood engraving was a nice, enjoyable project — though it’s a bit time-consuming and labor intensive! Learn how to make a pretty and intricate painted wood engraving in this blog post.
I speak two languages at a conversational level: French and Spanish. I have a minor in French; and Spanish I learned on my own. As I was learning French, I noticed that I was having trouble remembering which word went with what, which is how I developed my little system.
As you know, my calligraphy style is more flowy/curly … rarely do I create non-cursive lettering like uncial script. That’s part of the reason I am so impressed with the style Albrecht used — his skill and knowledge of typography is evident. Of course, I had to grill him with questions — and I thought…
As I was reading Molly Suber Thorpe’s Modern Calligraphy, I came across a novel idea: using watercolor to create calligraphy with a sort of blended rainbow effect. Sure, I have used watercolor as ink in a pinch {when I don’t have the colored calligraphy ink that I need} … but I had never thought to…
Lindsey Bugbee
designer + illustrator + calligrapher
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