Le Petite Signage from CKMDP

Throughout all of spring there were personalized signage throughout the entire season.  It's the fine details and little marks that made the biggest difference.   Which one's your favorite by far?   

Personalized Mini Tags for party favors in black and white ink.

a minimal and simple table number with olive oil bottle

Personalized Mini Tags tied to ribbon as seating cards.

Bride and Groom Seat Signage

Thank You Mini Tag

creative solution to Table Cards/Table Numbers

"Endearing Phrases" for the newly weds. 

business cards on fine art paper and letterpressed with care

Stylizing your Springtime Suarez

Here are tips and examples of ways to stylize and spruce up your late springtime suarez.  Whether it be a special celebration, graduation dinner, award ceremony, engagement dinner, or wedding reception.  Here are  classy, simple, stylized, and personalized ideas from Calligraphy Katrina.

Celebrating and appreciating the diamonds in our lives, CKMDP made special linens and personalized menus for an Exclusive Mother's Day Dinner.  

Cheers! Linen Napkin

Getting set up to celebrate over an exclusive dinner.

Circle Menus and circle invitations are the perfect way to enlighten and create space and shape to a dinner setting.  Here is a circle invitation for this springtime rehearsal dinner. This brings up a classy and elegant style to a the table.  Gold ink calligraphy on a doiley and white plate favor.

Personalized Invitation on Doiley

Lastly, to end a wedding ceremony or to send off the newly weds create your own customized petal cone filled with fragrant flowers or confetti.  Your choice of ink color, calligraphy font, paper, and ribbon.

White ink on Red Petal Cone with Cream Ribbon.

Maison du Papier Shop Regalo

Just Because Greeting Card

For the last 5 years Calligraphy Katrina has been going strong.  We've been able to build a strong foundation of clients, brides, and accolades through calligraphy, invitations, and wedding stationery.  About 2 years ago we opened Maison du Papier.  I'd like to reintroduce Maison du Papier.  Maison du Papier is our product line of paper stock and rental services.  Here anyone can purchase Calligraphy Katrina Maison du Papier products for their special event:  greeting cards, miscellaneous wedding stationery, blank table cards for smaller events, and gift tags. Our rentals include: small flourished table frames, small display easels, large mirrors, and large chalkboards. As a professional calligrapher, Maison du Papier expands into a paper product line where services for smaller events such as bridal showers, baby showers, anniversary dinners, engagement dinners, family holiday gatherings, gift giving, and just because to name a few  is made professionally, readily available, and easy with the flair of Calligraphy Katrina.  

Mirror with Calligraphy, available through our rental services

Click the link below to visit our shop regalo on our website:  

Shop Regalo!

If you would like to explore our website, calligraphy services, and couture medium

please click on this link:

Calligraphy Katrina Maison du Papier

Happy Throwback Tuesday!

Chao!!!

Fab Four Features for CKMDP

I'm so glad to have a solid team that has helped me get where I am today.  Here's the result of hard work, a fabulous strong creative team, and grateful heart brings you to:  You and Me:  you &your wedding issue. (we've gone international, this magazine is from the UK), California Wedding Day Resource Guide, Pasadena,  California Wedding Day (CWD).

You and Your Wedding

California Wedding Day Resource Guide

Pasadena

California Wedding Day (CWD)

 Thank you to my family, friends, and colleagues for your constant support,

inspiration, affirmation, encouragement, creative exchange, and heart.

Couldn't be where I am without you!

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NEW at CKMDP: Die Cut Cards

I am so proud to announce that CKMDP now carries customized DIE CUT CARDS!!!!  These customized die cut cards come in flat place cards, as well as fold over tent cards. Use these die cut cards as escort cards, place cards, dessert and display signage, name tags, labels, favor tags, and gift tags. For now the shapes available are in: rounded rectangle, bird, star, bracket and circle....I'm sooo looking forward to see how our customized die cut card collection grows.

die cut tent cards in white with black ink

Here is a sneak peak from one of our corporate clients.  

Variety of skeleton keys with die name tag.
Die Cut Card:  Flat Bracket
Paper color: Desert Storm
Calligraphy: Black Ink

Skeleton Key Party Favor with Die Cut Name Tag.

For more information about our die cut cards, Shop Regalo on our website and scroll down to Table Cards.  For your special event, I'd love to personalize your die cut cards with paper of your choice, calligraphy, and color.  Can't wait to hear from you.  

....follow @calligkatrina on Instagram to see the daily happenings here at CKMDP!!!

Cheers!!!!

A Soolip Wedding 2013

It's been a busy March, let's throw it back to the first week of March!  

Sunday March 3rd, 2013 my assistant and I attended A Soolip Wedding at the Bel Air Bay Club. Next Exitt Photography and CKMDP partnered together for some small tid bits of creative calligraphy solutions for photography and sample displays. Here is what we were able to do together:  

Couture Medium:  calligraphy on a square mirror with frame/

Couture Medium:
calligraphy on medium to large matte boards.

Couture Medium: calligraphy on petite matte boards accenting portfolios.

Highlights of Soolip Wedding were:

Couture and gowns by St. Pucci

Beautiful Table Displays

A SPECTACULAR panoramic view!!!!

Cake and Champagne Tasting:  Cakes were served by Charmed City Cakes West.  There were also raffles and gift bags too.  Here is more info on the exhibitors, sponsors, and fashion show details on A Soolip Wedding

Thanks for joining CKMDP on our throwback.  To keep up with what is daily happening in our office follow us on INSTAGRAM @calligkatrina.

Harsanik and CKMDP

I am so excited for this coming Sunday March 10th, 2013. It will be Calligraphy Katrina Maison du Papier's first appearance at The Premier Bridal Event. Once again Harsanik and FancyThat Events by Christine Zohrabians are partnering to showcase a fantastic event. Premier Bridal Event will be held at Hilton Hotel in Universal City from 12 pm - 5 pm. For a full list of participating vendors, sponsor vendors, and more information visit the official website of  The Premier Bridal Event For great tips and more resources visit http://harsanik.com/. Some of the best resources include:

-Ask Christine (from Fancy That Events)

-Forums

-Tips and Guides

-Video of The Premier Bridal Event 2012

We hope to see you there, much is up and coming.

Sunny Day at POP the Bridal Event

This past Sunday was such a sunny day at POP the Bridal Event perfect for browsing and gathering the best of resources for THE BIG DAY!!!  Many happily engaged couples as well as brides with their bridesmaids came by to visit our table. Everything was a perfect display to see.  What a way to end the winter and start thinking about spring.  Here are some pictures for your browsing pleasures.  

Welcome chalkboard!

Romantic mirror with hand scripted
calligraphy.

Calligraphy Katrina Maison du Papier Table

Thank you Tic Tock Florals for the pizzazz
with this towering cascading
floral arrangement!

David Tutera book and shoe signing!

Stunning as always by Cake Studio!

Cake Studio Close Up.

CKMDP with Fancy that Event Design and Cordination,
dainty tent card with calligraphy, lace, and ribbon

Groom Menu, CKMDP with Fancy That Events,
gold calligraphy on circle menu.

Bride Menu, CKMDP with Fancy That Events,
gold calligraphy on circle menu.

Appearance by newly weds
Mario and Courtney Lopez!

We hope you are inspired by these tid bits from POP the Bridal Event.  Thank you Lovella Bridal for hosting such a fabulous, fun, and fine bridal show!.

January Events

What a month !!!!! I am so glad to have shared all these major events catching up with all my colleagues 

Cheers for a great event at "I Do an Event for a Stylish Bride" at The Langham, Huntington Hotel and Spa, Pasadena. A galore of people came to stop by to participate in our scavenger hunt of Calligraphy Katrina signs all over the entire event.  Here's a glance at CKMDP's set up for those who weren't able to make it on Saturday.  Thank you to Butterfly Florals and Event Design for our beautiful tiered flower arrangement that enhanced our table.

Here at The Langham Huntington, we were also able to debut our new service from our Couture Medium.  Writing on fabrics:   table runners, napkins, and aisle runners.  

Here is writing for the aisle runner you may have spotted as you walked through registration.  

drying in the office

Layout and Writting

Captured by Duke Photograph, thank you for the good eye.

Last week I was glad to share my calligraphy at the Ferregamo Dinner and on to The Peterson Museum for an evening of elegant and amazing couture creations from all our colleagues.  Glad to have been part of 3rd place winner with Tamrish Events Design.

It was great time collaborating and contributing to everyones amazing creations.  Thank you everyone for an amazing week and for sharing in all these amazing events.