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« on: January 05, 2015, 12:54:02 PM »
Hi Y'all! I am so excited to have found the Flourish Forum. I am still relatively new to calligraphy, and I'm excited to branch out a little! I'm Sarah Beth, and I live in Evanston, IL, which is a suburb so close to Chicago that my grocery store is across the city lines. I grew up in Atlanta, but came up here for college and never really went home. I'm a librarian in another little suburb, and unsurprisingly, when I'm not practicing calligraphy I'm probably reading.
I started practicing calligraphy about 15 months ago, when I decided that I wanted to hand letter the envelopes for my wedding invitations. I practiced night and day for two months and addressed 150 envelopes! That was about a year ago, and I've been in love with calligraphy ever since (of course, I'm a lot more confident with a year's practice under my belt, but I still think my invitations looked great!) I've only just started branching out, working on a couple of different scripts, trying my hand at flourishes, and practicing with colorful and metallic inks. One of my goals for the coming year is to branch out with my calligraphy to working with other brides on envelopes and seating cards, and I'm excited to have found this forum as I know I'll have tons of questions about design, tools, and setting up my little business!