I love branching out with unique projects, and this one was a fun challenge to bust out my traditional Italic hand. A meditation team from Salt Lake City wanted a scroll calligraphed for their new space on the edge of Capitol Reef National Park (near Torrey, Utah).
Working on this piece was a sort of meta-meditation for me, inscribing line after line of prose about mindfulness. This project ranked right up there with envelope addressing as one of the most relaxing projects I've completed!
Writing a proper thank you note, on paper and mailed with a stamp, really warms my heart. I love sending them as much as I love being a recipient.
When clients proactively add this item to a wedding suite, or give them as gifts to others, I have lots of fun imagining all the people whose days will be brightened when they open the mail to a hand-written smile from someone who cares.
Here's a recent set, designed as a wedding gift given to a bicycle-loving couple in the Pacific Northwest (printed by the always-amazing Margaret of Nightingale Handmade):
