tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88543280002879448932024-03-14T00:55:17.297-07:00NYC CALLIGRAPHY STUDIOFrom the pen to the page to the digital ageSarah D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04253365662688780533noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8854328000287944893.post-89141431002642570952016-04-20T17:27:00.002-07:002016-04-20T17:27:31.028-07:00We're On TV!Hi!<br />
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David Rees called me (okay more like David Rees's producer called me) and was like, hi, would you like to be on our television show? The episode is called "How to Sign Your Name" and we need a calligrapher!<br />
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And I said sure! For one million dollars!<br />
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And they said okay!<br />
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And the rest is history!<br />
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And mostly untrue!<br />
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<br />Sarah D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04253365662688780533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8854328000287944893.post-40459366537539825722014-02-08T19:13:00.000-08:002014-02-10T03:52:12.032-08:00A Calligrapher Gets Married<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
So.............................I got married. To the most wonderful person. At my most-special place. High in the mountains. Surrounded by everyone I care about.</div>
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It was perfect.<br />
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Not like, I-can-describe-it-to-you perfect. More like, The same-minister-who-baptized-me-and-now-happens-to-live-part-time-in-both-NYC-and-just-outside-of-Cataloochee-NC perfect. Here he is, The Honorable Dr. Reverend Daniel P. Matthews:<br />
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32 years later, in the same church.<br />
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So when it came time for invitations, I must have heard this phrase at least 100 times, "I can't wait to see your invitations!" I'm telling you, with so much pressure (albeit self-imposed pressure), I considered sending an e-card. (I have nothing against e-cards.)</div>
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This was my one true wedding. To my one true love. At my one true place.<br />
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It had to be real.<br />
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So I started with two items of inspiration:<br />
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Wait! I forgot to tell you the most-important part! I did them all by hand.<br />
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I didn't mean to. Yet, at every turn, I found myself saying, "Well, I could do that." Or, "It would save money if I did that." Until finally...I did that. All of that. And looking back, I often think to myself, I would never do "that" again. But I know it's not true. </div>
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They came with me everywhere.</div>
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And by that, I mean evvvvverywhere.<br />
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Sarah D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04253365662688780533noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8854328000287944893.post-80322676653277369222014-02-03T03:15:00.004-08:002014-02-03T03:15:55.041-08:00American Federation for the Arts Gala<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
The American Federation for the Arts Gala, 10/29/13. </div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small; font-weight: bold;">On-site calligraphy by Sarah Bland, <a href="http://nyccalligraphy.com/">NYC Calligraphy</a></span></div>
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here is a little picture of some recent work i did for a bride-to-be and her maidens. CALLIGRAPHY CAN BE FUN AND USEFUL!<br />
<br />Sarah D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04253365662688780533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8854328000287944893.post-22615146150020457032012-11-07T08:56:00.001-08:002012-11-07T08:56:03.402-08:00Tree of Wife 2 i did another. for a very special friend. in honor of [the 5-year anniversary of] her wedding.<br />
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<br />Sarah D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04253365662688780533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8854328000287944893.post-39996200508426947492012-10-29T16:19:00.002-07:002012-10-29T16:20:38.601-07:00Etsyso excited i can barely contain myself. now appearing....................................<br />
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<a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/NYCcalligraphy?ref=si_shop">NYC Calligraphy on Etsy</a><br />
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<br />Sarah D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04253365662688780533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8854328000287944893.post-14561074662451343812012-10-26T15:28:00.002-07:002012-10-26T15:28:32.090-07:00La Petite Peach<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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aw. here's a little peek at the job i did for the adorable new baby and children's blog, <a href="http://lapetitepeach.com/">La Petite Peach</a>. i'm in love with everything about it, the blog. more pics soon, when <a href="http://nyccalligraphy.com/">NYC Calligraphy</a> offers live calligraphy souvenirs at its launch in NYC on November 8th!Sarah D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04253365662688780533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8854328000287944893.post-449250298114684012012-09-18T20:00:00.002-07:002012-09-18T20:06:18.556-07:00Two New Scripts!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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Sarah D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04253365662688780533noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8854328000287944893.post-74191456480011842632012-08-23T07:28:00.003-07:002012-08-23T07:28:33.312-07:00psst!IF IT JUST SO HAPPENS<br />
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that you are a<br />
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***<i>recently engaged web designer</i>***<br />
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oh boy<br />
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today might be your lucky day.<br />
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email me. i'm in the process of updating my website.<br />
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if you've ever wondered how to save money on a wedding<br />
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well<br />
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here's how. ;)<br />
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<br />Sarah D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04253365662688780533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8854328000287944893.post-41101590369274222582012-05-15T13:13:00.001-07:002012-05-15T13:13:38.146-07:00Bloomie.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Sarah D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04253365662688780533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8854328000287944893.post-43066780160940205232012-04-20T17:38:00.000-07:002012-04-20T18:04:13.693-07:00A Love Letter to Greenwich Letterpresshello again.<br />
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i have so much to share, i don't know where to begin. i want to talk about <a href="http://nyccalligraphystudio.blogspot.com/2012/01/wanted-x-2.html">gnomes</a>, but i shan't. nay, i shall. but i shouldn't. at least not yet. first, the *exciting* new development of being named in-house calligrapher for <a href="http://www.greenwichletterpress.com/shop/index.php?cpage=splashpage">greenwich letterpress</a>. seriously, does everyone know them? if not, may i make the formal introduction?<br />
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they are the most special. comprised of two rockin' sisters, amy and beth, who own and operate the most darling little letterpress store in all of new york city. how do i know that it's the most darling? i didn't take a poll or anything. i know from personal experience. because, during my first few (or five) years in the city, i used to look like <a href="http://www.google.com/imgres?q=puppy+in+window&hl=en&safe=off&biw=1222&bih=680&tbm=isch&tbnid=7egcA500G_J2LM:&imgrefurl=http://www.freecomputerwallpapers.net/puppy_in_the_window-wallpapers.html&docid=4iVAfeXVChhMlM&imgurl=http://www.freecomputerwallpapers.net/thumbs/puppy_in_the_window-t2.jpg&w=270&h=203&ei=Fv-RT6nfDsKW6AHLrNGGBA&zoom=1&iact=hc&dur=347&sig=116476719869374779693&page=1&tbnh=147&tbnw=209&start=0&ndsp=15&ved=1t:429,r:1,s:0,i:69&tx=68&ty=97&vpx=383&vpy=146&hovh=156&hovw=213">this</a> each time i'd happen to mosey by their storefront.<br />
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little did i know...<br />
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fast forward six little years...<br />
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i'd see this...<br />
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i am excited. i love sisters and writing and flowers and paper and families and spring. thank you, new york.<br />
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love,<br />
sarah<br />
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p.s. i will always be that puppy.<br />
<br />Sarah D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04253365662688780533noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8854328000287944893.post-19522403142754139262012-02-20T18:08:00.000-08:002012-02-20T18:08:18.031-08:00Mid-Summer Magic.taken at the wedding of my dear friends, f and s.<br />
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here we are in "<a href="http://www.brides.com/brides/2012/02/brides-magazine-wedding-trend-neon#slide=7">brides</a>" magazine.<br />
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*blush*Sarah D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04253365662688780533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8854328000287944893.post-58998010509343094242012-01-12T11:23:00.000-08:002012-01-12T11:25:51.392-08:00We Absolutely Do.well if this isn't exciting.<br />
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join <a href="http://NYCcalligraphy.com/">nyc calligraphy</a> this sunday at brooklyn's first gay wedding expo in borough hall, brooklyn. just in time to commemorate the six-month anniversary of the passage of gay marriage in new york state. we are *elated* to be a part of this celebration.<br />
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read more about the whole shindig here:<br />
<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/11/brooklyns-first-gay-weddi_n_1199044.html">brooklyn's first gay wedding expo</a>Sarah D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04253365662688780533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8854328000287944893.post-46159797246245163042012-01-06T19:15:00.000-08:002012-01-06T19:36:57.249-08:00Shiny.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TELnyviG42E/Twe3Oso1yKI/AAAAAAAABuw/58WbEqVxSiM/s1600/freestyle+calligraphy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TELnyviG42E/Twe3Oso1yKI/AAAAAAAABuw/58WbEqVxSiM/s320/freestyle+calligraphy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">excited about this! (better documentation to come.) part of corcoran sunshine cares, an annual <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222;">company-wide silent auction which functions as a fundraiser for three new york charities -- miracle house, partnership for the homeless, and the stephen d. hassenfeld children's center at nyu langone. do you work for corcoran sunshine? maybe you will win!</span></span>Sarah D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04253365662688780533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8854328000287944893.post-12755528877826936542012-01-06T11:54:00.000-08:002012-01-06T12:01:09.007-08:00Wanted x 2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KjbULff2gOg/TwdQ0H-ECVI/AAAAAAAABuo/T6t_1mF6TVg/s1600/cat+suspect.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KjbULff2gOg/TwdQ0H-ECVI/AAAAAAAABuo/T6t_1mF6TVg/s320/cat+suspect.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
wanted: the person or person(s) responsible for the missing "missing" sign from hicks street. at this point we're just looking for answers, folks. answers and snacks.Sarah D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04253365662688780533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8854328000287944893.post-45149824050685912802012-01-05T10:44:00.000-08:002012-01-05T11:26:04.773-08:00Baby Won't You Please Come Gnome?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lPGjsvBTrRw/TwXvftIcenI/AAAAAAAABug/ku9Ad7W27UQ/s1600/missing+gnomes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lPGjsvBTrRw/TwXvftIcenI/AAAAAAAABug/ku9Ad7W27UQ/s320/missing+gnomes.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">i realize, of course, that the sign will eventually be confiscated by someone who wants to be personally in charge of its demise, but until then? i tell ya. delights me silly. this morning a young man was spotted, reading the sign with a sense of gravity that only brooklyn hipsters know and understand. seeing that, i chuckled.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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what does this cat know?<br />
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also: these placeholder plastic jack-o-lanterns aren't fooling anyone.<br />
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(for more information about the missing gnomes on my street, click <a href="http://nyccalligraphystudio.blogspot.com/2011/11/gnome-mans-land.html">here</a>.)Sarah D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04253365662688780533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8854328000287944893.post-14201061474470648562011-12-15T18:26:00.000-08:002011-12-15T20:16:17.027-08:00Baby's First Copperplate<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uLrjwoeXcyI/TuqrRazna3I/AAAAAAAABuM/O7IqRDu6KXY/s1600/mail-4.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uLrjwoeXcyI/TuqrRazna3I/AAAAAAAABuM/O7IqRDu6KXY/s1600/mail-4.jpeg" /></a></div><br />
this isn't the most delightful of photos. however. it marks the very first time i've been hired to do "copperplate," that saucy vixen, the most fickle of fonts. i took a class in it over the summer to brush up my skills, and i'm kinda giddy (blush) to put this particular script on the screen. for more information, go here: <a href="http://NYCcalligraphy.com/">NYCcalligraphy.com</a>. enyoy.<br />
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p.s. i've written the following in invisible ink: BRIDES MAGAZINE FEBRUARY EDITION IS A GO!!! Official Confirmation came on 12/14/11, 5pm EST. Waaaaahhh-hoo.Sarah D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04253365662688780533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8854328000287944893.post-88247913401623876232011-11-08T11:06:00.000-08:002011-11-08T11:06:55.371-08:00Gnome Man's Landi am worried about the gnomes. they lived on my street.<br />
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here they are, pictured last august:<br />
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note the inexplicable jugs of water.<br />
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it's been my ongoing dream to catch a glimpse of the gnome gardener him(or her)self. i have walked by this garden, several times a day and at all hours, for the last six months and have seen not a trace. i imagine that he or she comes out in the wee hours of the morning, and only by the light of a full moon.<br />
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having observed this family for some time, i was relieved, last august, to see that the gnomes evacuated just in time to avoid the wrath of <a href="http://brooklyn.about.com/od/Brooklyn-Health/a/21-Ways-To-Get-Ready-For-A-Hurricane-Or-Big-Bad-Storm-Headed-Toward-Your-City.htm">hurricane irene</a>.<br />
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however.<br />
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unlike most brooklyn residents who rode out the storm on higher ground, the gnomes have yet to return home. they are still missing. in their place -- a barren wasteland.<br />
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i walk by everyday and hope for more answers. if you or someone you know has information leading to the whereabouts of the gnome family of hicks street, carroll gardens, please let me know.<br />
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gnome family, if you're out there, please come home. we miss you.Sarah D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04253365662688780533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8854328000287944893.post-13047551656158396032011-09-23T08:39:00.000-07:002011-09-23T09:11:39.726-07:00Tree of Wife<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JDfFpMN1T3I/Tnylzo2hhRI/AAAAAAAABt4/__n_KueS-zI/s1600/tree2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JDfFpMN1T3I/Tnylzo2hhRI/AAAAAAAABt4/__n_KueS-zI/s320/tree2.jpg" width="226" /></a></div>this is a li'l piece i did for a very thoughtful wife on the occasion of her one-year anniversary with her husband. she wanted her wedding vows to be framed -- but not be too showy, like "hey, random dinner guests, here is my heart and soul!" so we decided upon a tree.<br />
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the vows begin on the left side, at the roots, as the words are pulled like nutrients up into the tree, then continue throughout, curling around, sprouting off, until they drop, as leaves do, off the tree completely, back into the soil, decompose, and eventually become part of the tree once more.<br />
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speaking of weddings and vows and happy people, congratulations to my friends fiona and sam, who are getting married this weekend. e and i will be in attendance, and i'm thrilled to be doing some on-site calligraphy to boot!Sarah D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04253365662688780533noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8854328000287944893.post-71230425109787781422011-07-12T19:10:00.000-07:002011-07-13T05:48:45.581-07:00Tiff Loves Sam (and Vice Versa)ahoy!<br />
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it's clearly wedding season when one is forced to abandon all bloggerly ways and, well, sit down and calligraphize.<br />
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and while i'm smack-dab in the middle of two very special projects at present, it seems only fitting to likewise take the opportunity to call your attention to two very special people:<br />
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sam and tiff.<br />
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i've known them both since approximately undergrad, although tiff had the distinct privilege/disadvantage of being my college roommate for two+ years. during this time, she managed to:<br />
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a) save my life.<br />
b) do a bunch of other, wonderfully rambunctious and charming things which fall second only to, yes, SAVING MY LIFE.<br />
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did i mention that both she and sam are doctors? did i mention that tiff performed this act of kindness -- carting me to the hospital during my bout with appendicitis -- long (long-long) before she'd graduated from undergrad, let alone med school and/or residency?<br />
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well. three weeks ago i had the honor of witnessing sam and tiff marry each other: an event strewn with joy, silliness, and profound maturity. i love them both dearly. so much so -- that i painted an impromptu chalkboard sign in their honor:<br />
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looking forward to your 50th anniversary, kids.<br />
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hell yes i'll do the calligraphy.Sarah D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04253365662688780533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8854328000287944893.post-90044822188586400642011-05-19T12:56:00.000-07:002011-05-20T18:50:57.055-07:00A Website Grows Up (A 5-Part Vignette)<div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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story #1:</div>last weekend my phone was stolen. picked from the back pocket of my favorite jeans. i had no idea.<br />
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</div><div>the end.<br />
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</div></div><div>story #2:</div><div>fast forward two gloriously quiet days: i replace my phone, and life returns to its chatty normalcy. nyc calligraphy is about to turn two years old, and what better way to commemorate the occasion, i think aloud to myself while waiting for the L, than by tracing back -- so to speak -- to the first discernible moment i publicly debuted any calligraphic lettering whatsoever. (please see previous post: nyc calligraphy is born.) this was a wedding gift for some friends, given to them to be given -- on behalf of them -- continuously to the public.</div><div><br />
</div><div>the end.</div><div><br />
</div><div>story #3:</div><div>hmm, i think, regarding the previous post and its corresponding image: it's not that legible, is it? (my, the things one learns in two years.) i decide upon an additional post with an additional photo -- the same stenciled sentiment, but its second public appearance and one for which i have a much clearer, documented image.<br />
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</div><div>but wait. [insert impending sense of doom here.] the additional image, i realize aloud to myself while walking up 3rd avenue, IS ON MY STOLEN PHONE.<br />
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to be continued...</div><div><br />
</div><div>story #4:</div><div>i am sad: not only is my phone lost and the graffiti tag long gone (having since been painted over several times), an additional loss has occurred. gone, too, is any documentation -- all proof of its mere existence. a lesson in impermanen<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">ce, i say inaudibly to myself, and glare at an innocent fruit vendor.</span></div><div><br />
</div><div>story #5: </div><div>unless! i shout from an imaginary east village rooftop, unless it found its way to the collective consciousness by some other means! perhaps someone ELSE was moved by its presence and included it on their OWN blog! a long shot, but hey. i do a quick google image search and...</div><div><br />
</div><div>feel suddenly grateful for my stolen phone.</div><div><br />
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</div></div>Sarah D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04253365662688780533noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8854328000287944893.post-67422752502683301892011-05-19T06:55:00.000-07:002011-05-19T06:55:59.589-07:00NYC Calligraphy Is Born.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2qr8h6rVxh8/TdUg8r4A7JI/AAAAAAAABso/z-o8hvMin6Y/s1600/Fall+in+Love.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2qr8h6rVxh8/TdUg8r4A7JI/AAAAAAAABso/z-o8hvMin6Y/s320/Fall+in+Love.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>circa 2009.<br />
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i'll give you a hint: brooklyn. here's another: it's still there.Sarah D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04253365662688780533noreply@blogger.com0