Category Archives: Calligraphy

Warnings: Royal Mail and your wedding

Posted on April 13, 2012 by Claire

posting wedding invites UK advice (5)
Hello! For starters: I’m only cring­ing a lit­tle bit at the title. OK, so it’s not a dire warn­ing about the Royal Mail. Your wed­ding won’t be flash­mobbed by angry post­men; even postal strikes aren’t going to have that much impact on your day. So let’s not panic — this is a sen­si­ble blog post with wed­ding advice for cou­ples and sup­pli­ers alike: a few things that can go wrong when you’re rely­ing on our won­der­ful postal ser­vice, and how to make them go right instead. (PS do you like my pink stamps? I love Pho­to­shop! Queen, take note!)  Read more…

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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

It 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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