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Real Wedding: A Detail-Filled D.C Wedding with Pineapple Productions & Kate Headley

We are so excited to have our work featured on Brides.com for Trea Turner and Kristen Harabedian's beautiful wedding! I love when I get the chance to put my painting skills to work and for this wedding I was able to create the table numbers and escort cards using hand...

Straight vs. Oblique Pen {video!}

If you are just starting out in the world of calligraphy, it can be overwhelming to find the right pen holder that will work best for you. Often, people will naturally gravitate towards the straight pen holder because it resembles a classic writing pen, while the...

Real Wedding: Mexico Destination Wedding with Grit and Grace & Abby Jiu

We are so excited to be featured in Martha Stewart Weddings for our client's beautiful destination wedding in Mexico. We had the privilege to work on the envelopes, place cards and escort cards, and were honored to be apart of their elegant wedding and special day!...

Holiday Gift Guide

The holidays are in full swing here at Laura Hooper Calligraphy! Calligraphy starter kits and supplies are shipping out daily, so be sure to get your orders in by December 17th to ensure that they make it under your tree by Christmas. This is such a fun time of year...

Small Business Saturday Pop Up Shop

Save the date to get a jump start on your shopping for holiday, calligraphy and all occasion gifts, candles, entertaining supplies and more. Please help up spread the word and share with friends, we can’t wait to see you in Old Town! xo...

How to Hold Your Calligraphy Pen {video!}

One of the questions we hear a lot from beginners learning calligraphy is how to hold your pen correctly. The way that you hold your pen will make a big difference in both how your calligraphy looks, as well as how your hand feels doing it. Check out this video to see...

How to Teach your Wedding Clients to Format their Lists

As a wedding calligrapher, it can be a real time saver to be sure your clients are formatting their mailing address lists in a way that you are best able to use it while you’re working on their order. It also helps your clients, too, because it’s possible that they...

Frustrated with bleeding ink? Here’s the #1 way to fix the problem.

So often we hear from aspiring calligraphers who are trying their best and yet disappointed their work doesn’t look as good as they think it should. Often the case is that you might see your one calligrapher using a certain ink {ahem, Sumi, for example} and another...

5 Steps to Mastering Calligraphy

Have you ever asked yourself, “How long until I’m good at calligraphy? It’s certainly a fair question. I asked this question many times in the beginning when I longed to be more advanced. I compared myself to other calligraphers and thought I’d never measure up to...

Learn Calligraphy with our Calligraphy Starter Kit

Ask any calligrapher...we widely agree that practicing calligraphy can be calming, relaxing and deeply therapeutic once you get into a rhythm. But, how do you even get to that point? It sounds nice, doesn’t it? Maybe you’ve tried taking up calligraphy on your own...

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