Meant To Be Calligraphy

Behind the scenes details from our experience on Love is Blind with Penny Post! Thanks, Washingtonian for featuring us!

Here’s How Local Small Businesses Ended Up on “Love Is Blind DC” - Washingtonian WARNING: Spoilers ahead for Episodes 10-11 of Love Is Blind Season 7. Beyond the DC-ish cast members on this season of Love Is Blind, local businesses are also getting screen time. In Episode Ten, engaged couple Taylor Krause and Garrett Josemans head to Old Town paper goods shop Penny Post for a ca...

Did you see us on Alexandria Stylebook? So fun!!

Thanks for the feature, Alexandria Living Magazine!

Are you watching the Netflix show Love is Blind? Couple Taylor Krause and Garrett Josemans stopped by Penny Post for a calligraphy class with Meant To Be Calligraphy! Read about it here: https://alexandrialivingmagazine.com/business/local-businesses-featured-love-is-blind-2024-alexandria-v/

If you are currently engaged, please join me this coming Sunday, February 23 for a super fabulous wedding planning event! Featuring some of my favorite local vendors, including Bellwether Events, Erin Tetterton Photography, Party Rental Ltd and Alexandria & Company, it will be an afternoon that will help you bring your vision for your wedding into focus while you nibble on delicious treats from Get Plated and take in the gorgeousness of floral designs by Helen Olivia Flowers. Plus, every couple will go home with an Appointed notebook perfect for wedding planning from Penny Post AND a set of custom-engraved (by me) champagne flutes to use on their big day. So fun! Get all of the details and register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/getting-to-i-do-tickets-88853959585

How do I love thee? Let me say it with a bottle of bubbly! DC friends, I’m engraving at tonight until 7 pm. Pop in and pick up a liquid valentine for your sweetheart!

Every now and then, I get to engrave giant bottles, like this beauty from , which features a quote from John Donne. @ Ace Beverage Fine Wines and Spirits

Tonight I’m hand-lettering gift tags at Georgetown. So fun!!

Personalized, hand-engraved gifts are always so special! I’m engraving fragrance (both men’s and women’s!) today at in Tyson’s. DC friends, pop over and say hello!

Cheers to the long weekend!! DC peeps, I’ll be engraving tonight at till 8 pm!

Another fun summer project ready to be revealed: I collaborated with my fave local paper store to curate a nib sampler perfect for newbies and seasoned calligraphers alike! Penny Post also carries my favorite waterproof ink, , in lots of luscious colors, as well as a lovely selection of pen holders. DC-area peeps, if you haven’t yet checked out this gorgeous shop, you are missing out! @ Penny Post

Its been a busy, exciting summer and I’ve been lax about posting snaps of the projects I’ve been working on, but here’s a peek at one of my favorites: a collaboration with , and (captured by the talented ) for a fab tenth anniversary party! Saima designed this incredible display - no two es**rt cards were shaped alike - and when guests pulled their cards off of the board, family photos of the guests of honor were revealed. Clever and gorgeous, Saima’s stock and trade. I had fun configuring the names onto the shapes and am thrilled by the result! Cheers to the happy couple!