Meant To Be Calligraphy

10/20/2024

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

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...

10/20/2024

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

10/20/2024

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/

02/17/2020

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

02/13/2020

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!

12/19/2019

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

12/11/2019

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

10/19/2019

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!

10/11/2019

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

09/11/2019

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

09/10/2019

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!

07/28/2019

Today’s Intro to Modern Pointed Pen Calligraphy workshop at was such fun! If you are interested in learning calligraphy or brush lettering this summer, it’s not too late! There are still spots available in our August classes here in Alexandria as well as in DC at . Pop over to the Workshops page of our website for details and to register. Plus, all of our students receive a gift card to !!