News and Updates

    Happy Summer !                              

Welcome to my website!    I will continue to add and change images as frequently as possible. 

I've been doing a lot more Design work forWedding Invitations  and complete suites; save the date cards, shower invitations, mitzvah invitations and accessories, Menus, table cards, placecards, special notes, thank you notes and other stationery.  Monogram designs have also been great fun along with the wedding documents.  As soon as I can, I will be posting more samples to the website.  It's not too soon to begin thinking about your custom design for your 2010 holiday card.

My studio is open by appointment and I invite you to visit my "boutique and gallery" and remember that I have a variety of gift items for sale....including note cards, fraktur and folk art, Framed prints of my favorite florals and watercolor designs, dog and animal prints, hand embossed, keepsake bookcards, and as always, my custom wedding invitations, and all paper accessories for special events.  Other great gifts include house portraits, pet portraits, and all those pretty verses you may want to make into permanent memories including hand inscribed messages or captions added to a book or photograph--anything involving ink on paper!!  I have recently done a series of dog portraits which will be posted soon.  I welcome visitors from anywhere - especially from the nearby communities I serve daily:

 Doylestown,  Quakertown, Newtown, Yardley, New Hope, Washington Crossing, Solebury, Lambertville, Frenchtown, Sergentsville, Ringoes,Stockton NJ, North Wales, Montgomeryville, Souderton, Franconia, Kulpsville, Skippack, Bethlehem, Coopersburg, Blue Bell, Chalfont, Warrington, Warminster, Churchville, Richboro,  Allentown, Emmaus, Macungie, Lansdale, New Britain, Buckingham, Wrightstown, Abington ( my alma matar), Jenkintown, Elkins Park, Glenside,(my home town) and New York City (if you want to drive) and of course, Philadelphia.  I'm happy to work with anyone nationwide, thanks to the internet.  When I'm busy, I refer my work to my friend and colleague Therese Swift-Hahn who's work and work ethic I admire.  Her studio is located in Ewing and if any of my potential clients are calling from those NJ communities, she may be more convenient .  You can find her at www.bellascrittura.com. If you are looking for the work of a true Master Penman, be sure to contact Rosemary Buczek, www.thegildedquil.com located in Milford, NJ.

Local Events:

The Bucks Fever Artists Studio Tour was a lot of fun for me.  Thank you to all those who stopped in for my presentation and demonstration!

My studio/gallery is open everyday by appointment.    I welcome opportunities to do demonstrations for local  promotionals . I enjoy doing penmanship demonstrations at stationery stores and at special community events including First Fridays, when my schedule allows,  in Doylestown, Newtown, Bethlehem, and anywhere in Bucks, Montgomery and Lehigh Counties.

Business Networkers International - Doylestown II is a close contact networking group that I and others have founded.  We planning our kick-off for July 7.  If you or anyone you know  is interested in growing their business, go to www.bnidvr.com  and look for the link for Doylestown 2, or call me for information.  All are welcome at the kick-off meeting - 7 a.m. at the WaterWheel restaurant.  Our Executive director will be giving the presentation.

IThe Doylestown Art League is an ongoing group of area artists to meet and take classes.  They exhibit regularly and include the best artists in all mediums in Bucks.  Please go to www.doylestownartleage.com .  

 The Paper Unicorn is a well known landmark here in Doylestown serving the Central Bucks  and  east to New Hope areas for all of your fine stationery and gift items.  Located in the center of Doylestown,  they have been serving the Central Bucks community for many years and have been doing it so well.  I am very proud to be their referred calligrapher! 

The Paper Chase is a beautiful Stationery store situated in the heart of Peddler's Village.  They carry a full line of beautiful papers for your special occasion.  The staff there is very professional and can assist you with all of your invitation needs.

Heirloom Occasions, www.heirloom-occasions.com, is a wonderful graphic design business for custom invitations .  Look at the talent of Kim Bensing.  Jackie Orr of Orrganics in New Hope is another resource for your beautiful  eco-friendly, fine stationery needs - www.orrganics.com   In addition, Pineapple Farm Design for Life and Business are fabulous graphic designers.  Go to www.pineapplefarmdesign.com  and see the talent of Sebastian and Renee.  For those of you shopping in the lower Bucks County area, then The Giving Tree on State Street is absolutely the place to go.  They've been serving the community for 30 years and continually update the look of the shop with new and better products and services all the time.

The Phoenix Art Supplies and Framing store is the best resource in the area for fine art supplies and framing.  Go to www.phoenixartstuff.com.  Allegheny Art in Newtown and Jenkintown are other nearby resources for fine art supplies.  Chapman Gallelry is the other best framing gallery in Doylestown and Swann's in Quakertown.

We are all lucky to have so much available in Doylestown's world of art!

Philadelphia Calligraphers' Society

For anyone interested in furthering their education and knowledge of the calligraphic arts, I strongly recommend that you join the Philadelphia Callilgraphers' Society and participate in their workshops and events. Go to www.philadelphiacalligraphers.org for more infomation about this wonderful group of talented artists and upcoming events .  Our annual Exhibit took place  at the Wayne Art Center.  Watch our website for more upcoming events.  We have ongoing workshops posted to the website as well.  These take place at Rutgers, Camden.

Art Goes to School

The 2009-10 year in Central Bucks School District has successfully ended.  We had a terrific portfolio and the new one is just as good.    We present the art to  every single grade school classroom in all of Central Bucks and New Hope Solebury.  Anyone interested in volunteering in this program, please let me know.  Go to www.lmtsd.org/art2school.htm for more information.   We are lucky here in Doylestown to have our own beautiful art museum - the Michener.  Art Goes To School meets for workshops there and we feature art that is on view at the Michener for the students during the school year.  Take advantage of what Doylestown has to offer and visit our museums.

Introductory Class in Italic Writing

I offer private studio instruction to introduce basics - $100/4 hours.  I  review the basics with anyone, any age, who has an interest in the lettering arts.  This is truly a fine art that takes a lot of discipline and practice to learn well and with the correct tools.  It's a dying art and I especially encourage young people to learn an appreciation for the calligraphic arts.  I strongly encourage membership in the PCS.

IAMPETH

The International Association of Master Penman Engrossers and Teachers of Handwriting  met in Nashville, Tennessee for the 2009 convention.  Go to www.iampeth.com  to view the highlights.  I will again be a presenter at our 2010 convention to be held in Orlando!  IAMPETH includes the best and the most honorable penman (people) in the world!  Included are the "Masters" who have earned their titles by the disciplined practices and skills handed down thru the ages.  I recieve my best professional instruction and advice from these members and value the friendships made.

Some local IAMPETH members are planning to organize workshops in the Upper Bucks, Lehigh Valley area.  We are looking seriously at a location Bethlehem, PA.  I'll post more information is things develop.

Creative Endeavors

Five years ago I co-founded this wonderful group of people who meet the last Wednesday of each month  to share, support and encourage creative endeavors.  These people have become some of my best friends and my best resource for the encouragement I need to carry on in my practice of the lettering arts and painting.  If you have a creative endeavor of any kind, please let me know.  As a group, we presented our first show September .  This show was held on the farm property , "The Broken Barn" owned by the McCauley Family, a  member.  It was a very successful weekend for us and the weather was perfect.  Our second show is coming up and I will soon be posting updated information.