Love, Paste Paper booklet!

Quote reads:  "Love is something if you give it away, give it away, give it away. Love is something if you give it away... you end up having more.  Love is like a magic penny, hold it tight and you won't have any... Spend it, lend it and you'll have so many.. they roll all over the floor.  Love is something if you give it away, give it away, give it away. Love is something if you give it away, you'll end up having more."  The author is Malvina Reynolds. I wanted to give credit, where credit is due.
In loving memory of Eva Markvoort... a "cyster" who passed away a few years ago who had more love than anyone!

Divine Beauty of Nature

The eyes are the window to the soul.
Look around you. Nothing nurtures the soul
more than the Divine Beauty of nature.
(Created on handmade Paste Paper written with
brown gouache, broad-edged Mitchell Nib and
illuminated with 23k Gold Leaf.)

A commission I did in 2010 for Linda and Mike in New York

Old Italy "Friendship" quote

Final commissioned piece for client

Preliminary piece without glass before framing

Without glass

Close up of lettering... both in English and Italian

And.... here it is...hanging on the wall of their house. The colors aren't
true to life due to the lighting in the room, but it goes so well...drawing from
the golds and blues in the family room.

Wedding Gift

Here is the envelope that housed the bride and groom's card.
They said they would be framing this.

I used the Mike Kecseg, Contemporary Pointed Pen technique
for this piece, presented to the bride and groom on their wedding day!

Close up of the dedication!

Here they are... actually READING the whole thing.
I hoped that it would be meaningful to them as well as myself
when I lettered it.

By their beaming smiles, I think it did make an impression.

And.....here it is ... hanging in their house...
Oh, how I love that it's near a doorway which they frequently
pass through to view the blessing.

Valentine Commission

Commission for client as a Valentine Gift

Rolled scroll with ribbon for presentation

Latest wedding work "Paul and Wanda"

The "LoveBirds" table!

Wedding Invite...

Although this design was not chosen, I like the simplicity of it.
The actual invitation will be posted when I finally get a real photograph
of the original from the bride.... Her colors were silver and ice blue and
she rendered the design/illustration so I sent her the lettering pages
and the original calligraphy... she put it all together. I still haven't seen the final!
I can't wait... but I am sure NOW, it will be after the wedding.

Rendering from bride.... she is having a Cinderella wedding
I did not realize that when I created the black and white one.

This was further along in the process... trying to
determine if the SPARKLE silver embossing
method would be an option! THANKFULLY,
it wasn't as it was painstakingly slow and arduous!
I did the writing rather quickly, because I knew that
it probably wasn't going to fly....

The vellum sheet over the top with the clients' design
attached to the sample bottom with ice blue ribbon! MMMMM!

This was a recent wedding favor tag I created for a bride's mother! 
They attached handmade chocolates...actual photos from the
wedding will follow.

Recent jobs

A fan of my hubby's band saw some of my work at one of
his gigs and took my card... months later, she called and commissioned
me to do a card for her best friend's 75th birthday!

This was a commission from a postal worker who adores my work
It was adapted from a Dear Abby column he clipped and had in his wallet for months!

More recent work

From an envelope exchange earlier this year

This is 5.5 inches by 8.5 inches to be set on a table at the reception

Birthday card for someone special

Most recent piece

Happy Birthday Cards

Birthday Card for Connie