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Started Jun. 10, 2008

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Katy is now friends with Kate Kane and Aletha J. Williams

October 1

Katy is now friends with Pamela Behm and PickMePaperDesigns

July 11

Megan commented on Katy's photo 'happy may day'

Love it! Cute door too!

May 3

Hopscotch commented on Katy's photo 'happy may day'

What a great idea! You go!

May 2

Profile Information

I am

an Official EtsyPaper Team Member

Etsy Shop:

http://KisforCalligraphy.etsy.com

Other Site:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kisforcalligraphy/

About Me:

Additional bullet-format tidbits which are not included in my KisforCalligraphy "Etsy Shop Profile":

• I have been a professional calligrapher since 2002, over six years
• I only use pointed pen nibs (the kind you dip), gouache and acrylic.
• Most of my items are made from paper scraps from my other day projects.
• I hand letter each one of my tags and cards
• I love paper and I love pens and I absolutely love anything that has adhesive!
• The 4 icons (the cat, the succulent, the Katydid, the ink bottle) which appear in my shop banner (2 of which I use as my avatars) were originally printed from 4 rubber stamps which I hand carved. I uploaded a couple of photos of my hand carved stamps to this here member site. Enjoy!)
• I have a wonderful kitty cat; her name is Necco (named after the chocolate Necco Wafers)
• Brickle Press is my moniker for all my greeting cards (you will find this name along with my Etsy shop name on the back of all my greeting cards) Brickle Press is named after my late kitty cat Brickle; she is the inspiration behind all my greeting cards (She is also the cat in my shop banner…the hand carved stamps for my shop banner and avatars can be seen in my photos here on ning.)
• I live over the hill and through the woods from Berkeley/Oakland in California
• I graduated from the University of Montana with a BS in Accounting and a minor in French (1997)
• Favorite Calligraphers: Bernard Maisner, Jean Larcher and David Singer
• Currently, I know 19 fonts/lettering styles; 9 of which I created myself. Their font names are: Brickle Paw, Bend it like Bickham, Iamink Pentalic, Revolution No. 9, Stir Frye, Stir Frye Sans, Seaside Script, Taracotta & Tech Hose A (wish I knew someone who wanted to put my lettering styles into a computer user format with the purpose of selling them to the public….hint…hint…anyone?)
• My favorite aspect about my job is to completely personalize all the small details of the wedding reception (e.g. Place cards, seating cards, table cards, favors, just married sign, menu, program of course in addition to the save the date and wedding invitation envelope!)
• My favorite quote: "I do not seek to ape the past, but to be as true to my own 'likes' as I can be. Inevitably this involves craftsmanship….I am not hung up about the regularity of letters: I am happy that there is unevenness in my letters because it is writing, and we are people, not machines. But IT IS NOT deliberate unevenness: it is that which comes naturally." (quoted by Richard Middleton. Printed in the January/February 2001 Print Magazine page 85)

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Arbor Day and EtsyPaper

History of Arbor Day
"Arbor Day is the gentlest of holidays; a thoughtful, reflective day that originated in Nebraska when one of the country's earliest ecologists, J. Sterling Morton, became dismayed with the wanton clearing of the Western plains by settlers. So widespread was the desolation, that nineteenth-century maps of the Nebraska Territory bore the legend "The Great American Desert." To rectify the situation, Morton proposed an annual planting contest, calling the event "Arbor Day… Continue

Posted on February 18, 2008 at 12:00am — 15 Comments

Valentine Facts #1 and #2 as originally seen in the forums

Valentine Fact No.1:
"The day is most closely associated with the
mutual exchange of love notes in the form of "valentines." Since the
19th century, handwritten notes have largely given way to mass-produced
greeting cards (BOO, BUY HANDMADE) The mid-nineteenth century
Valentine's Day trade was a harbinger of further commercialized
holidays in the United States to follow. The U.S. Greeting Card
Association estimates that approximately one billion va… Continue

Posted on January 10, 2008 at 6:51pm — 1 Comment

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At 9:22pm on May 4, 2008, dogsrule said…: thank you for the friend invite...and your generous offer of your awesome seals for the arbor day challenge!!! what a treat!!!! LOL
janice~ dogsrule

At 8:37pm on March 19, 2008, T. Kimberlyn said…: Hey, your "Just Married" sign is on the front page right now!

At 6:21pm on February 8, 2008, Brenda said…: Thanks for adding me as your friend!!!!

At 9:55pm on February 3, 2008, Cheerup Cherup said…: Our houndstooth items are in the same Treasury! Yay!

At 11:27pm on January 21, 2008, Sarah Kinzalow said…: Thanks for finding the ribbon stiff! I usually consider myself to be a terrific online searcher/shopper but for some reason I just didn't have any luck finding this stuff. I think I may try some but I'm a little surprised it is so expensive. I'll let everyone know how it works out when I buy and try it. Thanks again!