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Open Flourish | General Discussion / Re: "Sloop" exemplar

« on: October 30, 2014, 12:02:02 PM »

Oh Joi, you make it look so easy. I love your interpretation of the font!!

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Introductions / Re: Newbie form Germany

« on: October 14, 2014, 01:43:25 PM »

thanks for welcoming and adding me!

welcome welcome!!!  catching up on new members intro and i recognize you from IG!
have fun here, so much to learn and connect with others!

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Flourish Forum News / Re: Is it Really Free?

« on: October 14, 2014, 10:23:24 AM »

Erica, I am floored and moved to tears by your words.
I only wanted to thank you for all that you do for us,
I really appreciate all the information and calligraphy
insights I can find in this forum. I am amazed at the
warm welcome I have experienced and I am looking
forward to spending many happy hours online. And
even offline I am starting to get involved and I love
it so much. It is so hard to find other people who are
willing to talk about ink, pens and paper and I cherish
finding just this group of people here.
So thank you, thank you so much!
Best wishes,
Nicole

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Open Flourish | General Discussion / Re: Then and Now

« on: October 14, 2014, 06:28:09 AM »

This is so good to see for a newbie!
I have only been practicing for just under 4 weeks and my hand is very slowly
getting used to the moves. Last night was spent doing sheets and sheets of i`s...
Right now I cannot wait to get better LOL. But even if I am not liking my stuff
yet I am having a ball practicing. It is still beyond me how one is supposed to
keep the same slant angle and thickness of stroke. Let alone all those amazing
Flourishes and fancy letters all of you are doing here.

Thanks for sharing and giving me new hope *smiles



so this is my first try, 3 1/2 weeks ago

and in the second pic it`s what I wrote 2 days ago.

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Find a Pen Pal / Re: Penpal and Happy Mail Exchange

« on: October 12, 2014, 11:03:26 AM »

Me too please. 
What do I have to do? Send a pm to all of you with
my address? Will you then return your addresses to me?


NEWBIE ALERT 

thanks for your help!

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Introductions / Re: Newbie form Germany

« on: October 09, 2014, 09:35:46 AM »

Welcome in the FF!
I am from Italy, Milano and a beginner as far as calligraphy is concerned.
Have a lot of fun here and keep in touch
C

thank you, wishing you a great experience, too.
Btw, I have spent my summer holiday traveling through beautiful Italy.
Venice and then on to small villages in tuscany and eventually Florence.
It was such a wonderful trip full of beauty! You live in such a pretty country!!

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Introductions / Re: Newbie form Germany

« on: October 06, 2014, 10:19:31 AM »

Thanks everyone for the warm welcome!
I am really enjoying the wealth of knowledge in this forum!
Guess I will need a lot of help from all of you 

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Introductions / Re: Newbie form Germany

« on: October 06, 2014, 10:15:35 AM »

Haaaallo aus Potsdam!! Let us know if you don't find anything … the forum has grown quite a bit in the last months !

Hallo nach Potsdam!
Awfully nice to meet someone whom I can ask material realated stuff and where to find stuff in Germany...

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Introductions / Newbie form Germany

« on: October 03, 2014, 02:23:02 PM »

I am so excited about this forum that I stumbled upon by chance.
All my life I have had this soft spot for writing and pens, ink, notebooks,
all things pretty that are connected to writing. So it didn't surprise anyone
that I went to study graphic-design. I was swept away by the many things
one could do with a computer, but my love for ink, pen and paper remained.
No matter what could be done with that computer of mine, my love for
the real thing remained and I often incorporate lettering and illustrating
into my job.
For many years I have tried to learn calligraphy, teaching myself with books.
But I never quite stuck with it, always ending up being very frustrated with
my own work and never meeting my own high standard. Thus giving up
very quickly every time.
This time feels different though. I have fallen in love with calligraphy
again and this time I am pretty sure I will follow through, I have my mind
set to it... I will start learning copperplate. Right now I am only 2 weeks into
practice, but it sure makes me feel so happy.
I hope to finde likeminded people here! People willing to discuss ink, nibs,
pens and paper seem to be so rare in my real life 

So, hello everyone,
Nicole

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Pointed Pen Tutorials / Re: Contemporary/Modern Calligraphy How To Tutorial

« on: October 02, 2014, 06:25:59 AM »

You are a star for sharing all of this information with us.
Thank you so much!