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That is exactly what I did for my invitations. I printed a script font with a light grey color and then traced over it with a calligraphy pen.
I love faux-ligraphy! Plan on doing it myself.
Exactly as Miss ASB has said to do it! Jingle also has a tutorial on her blog about it btw.
Miss AsB- How did you do it? Where did you find the font? What kind on pen?
Thanks!
@mamadee - I did the same thing as well. I searched around for a font I loved - I ended up going to dafont.com and downloading the "Chopin" script. I ran it through the printer in grey ink, then traced over it with - very important part - a liquid ink pen. I used a calligraphy pen for some, and then one that had liquid ink for the rest (some were like thin sharpies, the others had a see thru chamber so you could see the liquid ink.) I also played with the sizes so the first letter of every word was a different size font than the rest of the word. Let me find a photo for you
here we go. The photo is grainy, the actual calligraphy was much cleaner but you get the idea
I'm planning on doing this also and would love to see some pictures. Also, what brand of pens did you ladies use? I went to Michael's and JoAnn's and the selection was surprisingly thin. I got some Pigma brand pens, but they're not liquid ink pens, which is what I really need.
yeah you NEED liquid ink - nothing else looks authentic and regular ink doesnt cover the compuer ink sufficiently. I THINK my best one was called an "Expresso" thin point. Sanford Liquid Expresso I think...
I just added this topic to my favorites. I really want calligraphy, but cannot make myself pay for it. Great idea ladies!! Thanks for the info!!
@Tonya - I have to tell you..it TOOK. FOR. EVER. for me to do. When I say foreve, I am talking HOURS and HOURS. If I could do it all over again I'd have hired a calligrapher. You can find calligraphers for cheap. I did about 200 outer and inner envelopes and wanted to SCREAM at the end. I am also not a patient person lol. Id suggest trying a few first and imagine yourself doing x amount of them
@ Kelly, Thanks for the advice! Trying it first sounds like a great idea. I am "usually" a fairly patient person, but I can see where doing this may drive be a bit crazy! =)
I also did this. I did not use a calligraphy pen though, as I just couldn't get it to work. I used a uniball pen I bought at Wal-Mart for 2 for $4. I agree with PP-it took FOREVER, but totally worth $4 and the time as they look great! I started doing 15 by hand a night and that seemed like a decent amount and didn't make my hand cramp too badly:-) Good luck!
I didn't use liquid ink for mine. I just used one of the calligraphy pens with the slanted edge. You can find them at Micheals, Hobby Lobby, or the like. As for the font, I found one I liked off of dafont.com. They have a lot of ones for free there.
I'm planning on doing my own calligraphy and luckily FI and FMIL both have quite a few calligraphy pens because he learned from his mother. Mostly they have the basic kits with a standard nib and several different colors, but they also come with a book of example fonts and explanations as to the best way to hold a pen and WHY you need to hold it a specific way to make it look nice. I've been practicing and I'm only planning on doing the name/address that each envelope is going to and our names on the invitation. I may end up doing monograms if we choose to do so and the RSVP on the RSVP slip. I'm only doing about 35 invitations though, so I should be able to do it pretty quick.
Tip: To keep your hand from cramping up after only a few, keep your muscles loose and let the movement encompass your entire arm rather than just your hand/wrist. It also allows the pen/letters to flow much nicer.
I'm going to have the return addy's printed but will only myself attempt the front address, unless I find my stationer is going to give me a heckuva deal on doing that for me.
That faux-ligraphy looks amazing KellyV! Wow!
Thanks Belle! We got lots of compliments (thank goodness it was appreciated) and someone even asked me to do theirs for their wedding. I laughed lol. Im now at the point where I am willing to do it again for someone if they want me to haha
Calligraphy is actually pretty simple to do on its own (without tracing). There are many kits you can buy that will give you practice booklets to use and samples of each letter. The tips force the angle anyway,and most times your natural flow will come out while doing it. Many times its just a prettier script than your normal handwriting. I'm not sure I'd have the patience to trace it,tho.
I think Etsy has several people who will do it for a dollar an envelope. Not Bad!
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Ladies, I am ready to address the envelopes for my daughter's wedding. Is there a way to possibly run the envelopes through a laser printer and have them "look" like a calligraphy font? Did I read on here that someone ran a light font on the envelope and traced over it? Thanks so much in advance for your help!