This envelope below was the last one I did, and the person wasn't even on my exchange list. My better half suggested I send one to Grams that she would get a kick out of reading the mini bio I did that was included in each of my exchange envelopes. And, she was right. Grams loved it!
I went to my first ever calligraphy conference the end of June and it was OMG mind blowing. What an incredible time it was. Finally was able to meet the folks I've only ever gotten to read about or see photos of in Letter Arts Reviews or the like. Not to mention getting to meet some of the folks that was in the envelope exchange in neighboring guilds. What a hoot it was. And, seeing again some instructors that I've taken classes from when they came into Dallas (the best part was they actually remember me - not sure if that's good or bad....LOL).
From my first class with Carrie Imai (Playful Letters) came the piece below. The letter form of "earth" is Carrie's own called Carrioka (and I mixed in the variant with it). At show and share Sheila Waters came by out table and stopped and took a picture of my piece. She left and came back with Julian. It was incredible and Carrie was actually at the table with me when all this happened and told Sheila that was my piece. Needless to say I was feeling pretty good about it all. It's now been framed and is ready to hang!
