You know you're a calligrapher when...

[Dries]

You know you're a calligrapher when...

- You'd rather calligraph than sleep

Or you spend half-an-hour flourishing the line "Go to bed already!" in a feeble attempt to convince yourself to stop practising.

[schin]

Before every purchase, you remind yourself 'I would have to do x amount of envelopes/placecards/commission work to justify this...' I caught myself doing this when deliberating buying a bracelet the other day!

[clangsdorf]

YES!
Schin, I do that calculation every time someone wants me to advertise with them or I consider a bridal show. So, I usually barter or pass.

[FrancescaV]

When you take your cocoiro pen and notepad on a pub crawl then; use said supplies to try and get a free t-shirt. (It didn't work fyi the guy couldn't read cursive)

[Elizabeth O.]

You know you're a calligrapher when...

It's 3 pm.  You realize that you need to do 30 more envelopes today to keep with your pace, but your dog won't stop barking, so you take him for a walk...as fast as you can...with a choice beverage in hand.  Maybe we'll have pizza for dinner tonight.

Also, it's 5 o'clock somewhere.   

[tintenfuchs]

... when your nightmares look like this one I had tonight:
I went on a holiday with my family and realised I had forgotten my calligraphy supplies. Then I forced them to drive back home to get them, because 10 days without oval drills just won't do. Only AFTER getting the calligraphy supplies did I realise I had also forgotten to pack underwear and had to drive back again to get some.

[ericp]

... when your nightmares look like this one I had tonight:
I went on a holiday with my family and realised I had forgotten my calligraphy supplies. Then I forced them to drive back home to get them, because 10 days without oval drills just won't do. Only AFTER getting the calligraphy supplies did I realise I had also forgotten to pack underwear and had to drive back again to get some.

Hahahahahaha
One should not attempt calligraphy without underwear.   

[patweecia]

... when your nightmares look like this one I had tonight:
I went on a holiday with my family and realised I had forgotten my calligraphy supplies. Then I forced them to drive back home to get them, because 10 days without oval drills just won't do. Only AFTER getting the calligraphy supplies did I realise I had also forgotten to pack underwear and had to drive back again to get some.

hahhaha natascha this is a winner 

[Adrienne]

After reading a few pages of this thread, and realise you live in a town with a mustard maker...and one of their product sizes is packaged in very nice small inkwell-ish bottles...

[Myles Ink Calligraphy]

LoL so true
I can't stop judging logos and correcting faulty strokes in my mind:D

[ulzo]

When you dig through "vintage" sh*t and second and stores to see if you can use something for your calligraphy workstation. Or, when you go to chinatown to get chopstick holders... for nib holders...

[Estrella]

...when you're browsing Instagram, spot a photo of a wine night, and find yourself focused on the calligraphy label...

[ValarieW]

hahaha, can we just take a moment to appreciate the user "curdzandwhey" here? hahaha I love it.

[Erica McPhee]

That wine label! [drools] 

[schin]

That is a very beautiful wine label! Wonder who did it..