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Bluestocking Calligraphy

We have moved!

March 7, 2013by Abby Leave a comment

AFP Calligraphy is now… Bluestocking Calligraphy! Please check out the new site at http://www.bluestockingpen.com. I am looking forward to meeting your fine lettering needs!

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Brief summer break: Booked up until mid-June

May 10, 2012by Abby Leave a comment

A general scheduling announcement: Between moving to our new place, traveling this summer, and the six or seven other calligraphy jobs I’ve booked, I am all filled up with work […]

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Ecclesiastes

Ecclesiastes birthday gift

November 1, 2011by Abby Leave a comment

My dear friend Mary Boyce had the idea of giving her father, a longtime calligraphy aficionado, the gift of a favorite biblical scripture in my Eliot style. Here’s how it […]

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Calligraphy in group art show

October 31, 2011by Abby Leave a comment

The darling Maggie Stein has asked me to collaborate with her on an entry in “Home,” an exhibit with the New City Arts group. It will appear this Friday, 4 […]

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The new Ramsay style.

New copperplate styles

August 19, 2011by Abby 1 Comment

In preparation for my first gig with my copperplate nib, I’m debuting four new copperplate styles: Ada, Eudora, Hawthorne, and Ramsay. Because of their general difficulty, these four new styles […]

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Outer envelope.

New job in Bloom

May 1, 2011by Abby 1 Comment

I had a blast working on Mary and Jim’s navy blue envelopes for their summer wedding. Mary was my first local bride and so it was a real pleasure getting […]

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General announcements, Portfolio addition
Close up sample of Juliet. Click to enlarge.

More adventures in gouache

March 4, 2011by Abby Leave a comment

For my Valentine’s Day cards, I experimented some more with my gouache and my copperplate nib. I have a long way to go before I can comfortably call any of […]

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General announcements, My letters

New style

December 9, 2010by Abby 1 Comment

An early Christmas present to my calligraphy blog: A new style for you! Her name is Della. (Anyone know what story she comes from?) For more screen shots, see Styles. […]

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somarried

My own wedding

September 20, 2010by Abby Leave a comment

Curious about what kind of work I did for my own wedding? I’ve added a portfolio page with a hodgepodge of the work I did (thanks to the photography of […]

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General announcements, Portfolio addition

New site template

August 24, 2010by Abby Leave a comment

This is way more fun, isn’t it? I am about to start working on a new job in a few days now (waiting to get my ink cartridges in the […]

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Recent Posts

  • We have moved!
  • Envelopes for Lindsey (Style: Eudora)
  • Envelopes for Samantha and Quyen (Style: Hawthorne)
  • Place cards for Ann Hay (Style: Bloom)
  • Escort tags for Susan (Style: Eudora)

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