Category Archives: Calligraphy

Show off and share! Wedding invitations

Posted on October 7, 2011 by Claire

Morn­ing every­one! I’m on a mis­sion today and I need your help. I’m look­ing for wed­ding sta­tionery — the lat­est designs, newest trends and most excit­ing invi­ta­tions in par­tic­u­lar. So I’m search­ing for wed­ding invi­ta­tion design­ers: get in touch and share your favourite designs!

Wedding invitation by Dragonfly; calligraphy by Wedding-Calligrapher.com

Wed­ding invi­ta­tion by Drag­on­fly; cal­lig­ra­phy by Wedding-Calligrapher.com

Wed­ding invi­ta­tions showcase

I’m look­ing for as many UK wed­ding invi­ta­tion design­ers as I can find to log in to the Eng­lish Wed­ding Show­case this month and share lat­est, best­selling and favourite designs. It’s a unique chance to show­case your best work — and to share it with UK brides and grooms.  Read more…

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The best 20 vintage wedding invites on the web!

Posted on July 13, 2011 by Claire

the best 20 vintage wedding invitationsIt really makes me smile to see how cre­ative you can all be — from your blog com­ments, emails and when I see which Eng­lish Wed­ding fea­tures are most pop­u­lar… it’s clear you love cre­ative wed­ding inspi­ra­tion — so today I have a treat for you! (and me!)

As a wed­ding cal­lig­ra­pher I have a bit of a thing for paper and type — noth­ing pleases me more than a nice font on warm paper with a bit of a twist to it. And the trend for vin­tage wed­dings has inspired a gen­er­a­tion of wed­ding sta­tion­ers and brides to cre­ate some really beau­ti­ful vin­tage wed­ding invites.  Read more…

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Wednesday Writes — it’s full of papery goodness

Posted on July 6, 2011 by Claire

Damn it! Blog­gers have rules: every Mon­day you do this, every Wednes­day you do that… and the good blog­gers play by the rules and get a buzz going every week. Guess who’s a bad wed­ding blog­ger? Haha.

So, after a break of — um — a cou­ple of weeks? I bring you another fab­u­lously papery let­tery blog post with wed­ding sta­tionery, cal­lig­ra­phy, graphic design and type. I hope it inspires you — I hope you enjoy today’s papery goodness.

Suitcase for wedding cards - Our Labor of Love via Style Me Pretty blog

Photo credit: Our Labor of Love Source: Style Me Pretty  Read more…

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Wednesday Writes… paper wedding inspiration this week

Posted on April 6, 2011 by Claire

Artcadia wedding invitation letterpress with bird

I’ve writ­ten a list of the best 20 vin­tage wed­ding invi­ta­tions on the web — per­fect for inspi­ra­tion and ideas for your wed­ding sta­tionery  Read more…

  • Cake signs — is this a sta­tionery step too far? Or just an extra excuse for pretty sig­nage at your wed­ding? Lucky Orchid blog has some ideas for wed­ding cake signs
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Wednesday Writes — it’s paperytastic!

Posted on March 23, 2011 by Claire

Part two of the new weekly* fea­ture every Wednes­day on the Eng­lish Wed­ding Blog: Wednes­day Writes.  Read more…

This week on Wednes­day Writes:

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Wednesday writes… weekly wedding paper treats

Posted on March 9, 2011 by Claire
Bella Figura pink letterpress stationery theme

Bella Figura pink let­ter­press sta­tionery theme

There are lots of words that start with W. It took a while to come up with the right name for this weekly fea­ture — but I think Wednes­day Writes cov­ers it nicely.

Wednes­day Writes on Eng­lish Wedding

Every Wednes­day I will be indulging my love of papery things and shar­ing my favourite new invi­ta­tions, paper acces­sories, cal­lig­ra­phy and more with you. I know I’m not the only one here with a pas­sion for paper and let­ters — so I hope you enjoy Wednes­day Writes from today.

So to kick off…  Read more…

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Hummingbird wedding stationery

Posted on January 23, 2011 by Claire
Wedding invitation made of magic!

Wedding invitation made of magic! by Hummingbird Cards

This is wedding stationery that will get everyone's attention - if you want a dash of luxury, a hint of quirkiness and a sackful of originality, let me show you The Hummingbird Card Company!

They're a bit of a UK wedding blog favourite having featured on some of the very best blogs I subscribe to... Love My Dress, OMG I'm Getting Married, Whim­si­cal Won­der­land Wed­dings… and with very good rea­son: The Hum­ming­bird Card Com­pany is cre­ative and inspir­ing, dif­fer­ent and unusual with a choice of designs for every kind of wed­ding — whether you’re a tad alter­na­tive or hav­ing a clas­sic, lux­ury wed­ding day, you’ll find a Hum­ming­bird wed­ding invi­ta­tion that is per­fect for you!  Read more…

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About me and calligraphy

Posted on September 16, 2010 by Claire

I very rarely do this, but hey. I’m the wed­ding blog­ger with a wed­ding busi­ness, and one of my favourite cus­tomers has just emailed me some pho­tos of her place cards, com­plete with my very own cal­lig­ra­phy! So I thought I’d share.

Wedding place card with calligraphy by Claire Gould

Wed­ding place card with cal­lig­ra­phy by Claire Gould

Jo was a won­der­ful cus­tomer, we had a long email con­ver­sa­tion and I was really pleased to hear from her again after the wed­ding. It’s pretty much made my week! Jo, if you read this, thank you so much!

More at Cal­lig­ra­phy UK if you’re inter­ested. Eng­lish Wed­ding will be about other peo­ple again tomor­row!  Read more…

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Cutture wedding invitations review

Posted on September 12, 2010 by Claire
Cutture wedding stationery

Cut­ture wed­ding stationery

Some­times I really feel I have one of the best jobs in the world. As a cal­lig­ra­pher I spend my days see­ing and doing lovely things. I love writ­ing, and I love see­ing wed­ding sta­tionery from all over the UK and even fur­ther afield when cus­tomers send me their invi­ta­tions, envelopes and place cards to be writ­ten. Any­way, enough about me…

Cutture wedding invitation in pink

Cut­ture wed­ding invi­ta­tion in pink

I was lucky enough to get a gor­geous lit­tle pack­age from Cut­ture recently. They are spe­cial­ists in laser cut wed­ding sta­tionery, and the intri­cacy of their designs is incred­i­ble!  Read more…

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Show and tell – wedding calligraphy

Posted on June 8, 2010 by Claire

So, about those wed­ding sup­pli­ers I’m here to show­case — I’m still fig­ur­ing out the best way to do it. It’s about find­ing a bal­ance: I’m not inter­ested in adver­tis­ing blurb, I want to know about the peo­ple behind the busi­nesses, and I want to read inter­est­ing blog posts. So hope­fully my new ‘show and tell’ mini-interview fea­ture will become a reg­u­lar thing.

I hope this doesn’t come across as all ‘me, me, me!’ but I thought I should go first. It wouldn’t be fair of me to ask other sup­pli­ers to do my lit­tle inter­views if I wasn’t pre­pared to put any effort into this myself. And since I’m on a bit of a quest to find my blog­ging per­son­al­ity, I thought it’d be fun to have a go.  Read more…

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