some tips about printable files

Printable files are an affordable, super fast way to get some art for your wedding, birthday parties, anniversary celebrations, holidays and also art that you can print at home, frame and hang it as decor on your walls.

These days you can buy online and print at home a greeting card, a dessert table sign or even an alternative guestbook for your special celebration avoiding the shipping fees or the wait!

Sounds great, right? But printing at home is not always easy… I get that. So, today I want to share a quick tip to help you get a better quality print for the printables that you can get at my etsy shop.

-One of the things that makes the most professional look on an art-print is to having the design to reach to the edges of the paper, leaving no white margins.

How to achieve this?

When you’re going to print, choose the option “Scale to fit” and then “Fill the Entire Paper“.

Following this simple step will make the whole design to occupy the entire page and there will be no white edges to trim later!

Isn’t that cool?!

Now, be sure to stay tuned, I’ll be posting more useful tips like this to bring the best out of your home printer soon!

Happy week everyone!

modern calligraphy workshop recap

Hi there!

Today I wanted to share some pics of the Modern Calligraphy workshop that I offered at A Work Of Heart Studio in the charming Willow Glen neighborhood in San Jose, CA.

For this opportunity, Bonjour Bloom prepared a beautiful flower arrangement for the chalkboard sign that I did and another one for the table.

The workshop lasted 2 hours and it included a Beginner Calligraphy Kit and some extra goodies.

The beginner calligraphy kit includes 2 (two) different kind of nibs, a straight pen holder, 2 (two) jars of professional white and black calligraphy inks and -most important- a lesson handout with useful information about how to prepare your nibs, hold your penholder, clean and maintain your tools, alphabet and numbers sample and more!

I also added a list of my favorite tools like brands of papers, nibs, inks in the handout, something that’s so useful to continue the practice on your own calligraphy journey.

In this opportunity, I gave the students some personalized notebooks that I prepared with their names. I love to be in those little details!

The students and I had a lot of fun!

I’ve added a new date for the workshop!

So come join the fun and learn the beautiful art of Modern Calligraphy on April 2nd or April 30th at A Work Of Heart in San Jose, CA.

I hope to see you there!

inspiration for winery weddings: styled pop up series 2016

Hi folks,

Quick post here just to share with you the video from last year’s Styled Pop Up Series for which I did some of my favorite calligraphy pieces from 2016!

Gorgeous inspiration for winery weddings!

Event: www.styledpopupseries.com
Venue: www.guglielmowinery.com
Wedding Planner: www.theblubookevents.com
Make Up: www.TheIsabelJackson.com
Hair: www.oneofakindbeauty.com
Bride’s Gown: www.bonny.com
Bridesmaid Dresses: www.trudysbrides.com
Bridal Garter: www.thegartergirl.com
Furniture Rentals: www.viewpointevents.com
Floral Design: www.bonjourbloom.com
Catering: www.organicopia.com
Cake: www.pamscustomcakes.blogspot.com
Calligraphy: www.andreacomenta.etsy.com
Jewelry: www.goldstarjewelers.net
Bride’s Shoes: www.badgleymischka.com
Videography: www.marioandfranproductions.com
Host: www.quiannamarie.com

introduction to modern calligraphy workshop

Hi friends!

I’m so happy to share the news that I have two upcoming dates for my Introduction to Modern Calligraphy workshop.

It’s a 2-hour program in which we’re going to learn:

-How to assemble your pen, inking up you pen, proper holding and basic strokes.
-Practicing exercises
-Uppercase letters
-Lowercase letters
-How to clean and maintain your nibs.
-Tips on paper, ink, brands.

A beginner calligraphy kit it’s included and it brings some great tools to start practicing calligraphy:

-1 Straight Pen Holder
-Starter nib
-2 small jars of ink
-Different papers (grid for practice, white and black 4×6 for projects)
-Alphabet Sample

Join me on Wednesday 8th or Sunday 12th at A Work Of Heart Studio in the charming neighborhood of Willow Glen to learn the beautiful art of modern calligraphy. Register here.

See you there!