I was recently asked by a bride to do the lettering on her place cards, and I readily agreed... I mean, how hard can that be, right?!? Even if she had 200 of them for me to do, and a really tight schedule, I could pull it off... anyone could. Then I saw the place cards. I've never seen a smaller card to write on in my life. Thankfully the bride took the time to type the names out for me, so there was no question about spellings of names, but I never guessed I'd have to wear one of those magnifying headpieces in order to do the work! (And no old person jokes, please! I'm not that old!!!)
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Originally I'd planned to write out the names in Copperplate, the sort of "standard" wedding fare, but there was no way I could do any lettering on these cards with typical tools... besides being less than two inches long and only about three quarters of an inch tall, the finish on them was really slippery, which didn't help at all. But they are done, they are correct, and given the tools I had to work with, I am trying to be satisfied with the results.
Let's hope the bride is happy with them!
Good grief! I bet you a lost died when you saw the size of those cards! I'm not a calligrapher, but even so, I cringed. Good job Kathy!
Posted by: Margie | April 13, 2011 at 06:42 PM
Kathy,
Thank you so much for stopping by and sprinkling such sweet comments on my blog! I am so happy to 'meet' you.
I have never seen such small place cards in all my life! You did a phenomenal job on them.
Thanks again. I will be back soon.
Dana
Posted by: Dana | April 10, 2011 at 12:29 AM
I had to start wearing cheaters to do my work a couple of years ago. :)
I think you did a brilliant job, especially considering the size - I would have needed a microscope!
Posted by: Jane Farr | April 07, 2011 at 08:26 PM