Adding Customization to your next Corporate Event

Adding a customization experience to your event will always give your guests a “wow!” moment! From customizing liquor glasses to metal keychains, they will be excited to not only see the customization work done in front of them but take the item home for themselves or a loved one.

If it can be written on, it can be customized! Recent items that have been customized at corporate events include metal keychains, metal bottle openers, luggage tags and whiskey glasses! What would you want customized at your next event?

Featured on Chicago WGN, Live Around Town with Sip and Script

I had the unique opportunity to go LIVE with my co-teacher, Amanda Morgan, to promote teaching with Sip and Script on WGN Live Around Town with Ana Belaval .

As some of you know, I work as a calligraphy teacher here in the Chicago area with Sip and Script. We offer beginner modern, pointed pen calligraphy and brush calligraphy in a variety of fun venues around the area to help you learn this fun art form in a relaxed way.

This past Monday—May 20, 2024— we hosted a mock class at the beautiful Indigo and Violet Studio off Irving Park Road in Chicago, IL to show off what a typical class would include. Amanda and I both spoke about what you could learn in class and where you can find us next.

It was a fun morning making our t.v. debut. For all the segments with both me and Amanda, find them all on WGN Live Around Town : Watch the segment here!

Engraved Whiskey Glasses for a Corporate Event

One of my favorite take-away items for corporate parties is the simple rocks glass. These drinking glasses are the perfect thickness for glass engraving and no matter if you actually drink whiskey, they are a fun drink to have for your favorite beverage or just a pen holder on your desk.

These types of events are always fun to see what people would like to have engraved on the glass. Above, the woman just wanted flowers and gave me create free-reign to do whatever I liked. I loved how it turned out. Below you will see examples of cheeky sayings (left) or nicknames (right). No matter what the guest asked for, it is always a good time seeing their face when they come back to pick them up.

Hot Foil Calligraphy Offering

I love getting to be apart of so many special events–especially corporate events! You can add a special touch to your next corporate event by adding calligraphy customization with hot foil.

Hot foil is the art of using a special metallic plastic coating with a hot pen to adhere or melt it into the surface such as a notebook or faux leather item.

This fun event was a delayed holiday party where each attendee had the opportunity to pick a notebook or pouch with the company logo and have me add whatever they like written in hot foil!

Most people will opt to write there initials or name, but I always receive a few fun phrases to add to the items.

What would you add on your item?

Live Calligraphy Event: December 2022

I had the pleasure of working a few great brand including Bloomingdales, Louis Vuitton and Freixenet Wines this past December to help celebrate the holidays!

Handlettered Freixenet wines at Marianos

I had the pleasure to work with Freixenet Wines and Marianos of Chicagoland this past December to letter on their beautiful cava bottles for guests. It was great to get both create special, custom bottles for customers as well as play around with phrases for the holidays for customers later to pick up. I fun hostess gift or surprise to bring to the party to celebrate!

Bloomingdales 150th Anniversary: David Yurman

This past Saturday I had the pleasure of engraving gift sets with David Yurman jewelry that honored Bloomingdales 150th Anniversary! It is always fun tot be down in the beauty and jewelry department at on elf these events as they had a great DJ playing, a live artist painting a stunning look, and of course snacks.

Thank you David Yurman and Bloomingdales on Michigan Ave. for having me - here’s to another 150 years!

Anna and Max – Family Tree Chalk Board

Anna asked me about creating a family tree chalkboard for the wedding that had been posted toned due to the pandemic. I loved this sweet and beautiful tribute idea to their families and the family of their own they were honoring by being wed.

Photo by Max Warren

Photo by Max Warren

Photo by Max Warren

The chalkboard at Chicago's Bridge 410 was the perfect blank canvas for Anna and Max to pay tribute to their parents and grandparents through a family tree, illustrated in chalk. This piece was a beautiful backdrop to their April 30th wedding reception and celebration.

Photo by Max Warren

Photo by Max Warren

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Clarins, Earth Day Celebration with Calligraphy

This past week I had the pleasure to create these fun calligraphy and painted flower pots for Clarins at Bloomingdales on Michigan Avenue. They were celebrating Earth Day with a qualifying purchase you received one of these custom flower pots, a pack of seeds and a tree planted in your name. How amazing is that?

I loved the different ideas people asked me to paint including a dog themed one for a frequent customer who brings in their dog in often, a French inspired pot, a pot for a librarian with hand-drawn books and even an original illustration by me based on the flowers on the table!

Thank you Clarins and Bloomingdales for having me!

David Yurman Jewelry , Live Calligraphy

It was a pleasure to be back at the Michigan Avenue Bloomingdale’s, this time adding calligraphy to David Yurman Jelwery cases. This simple but elegant touch was a great way to compliment the already gorgeous jewelry. Thank you for having me Bloomingdales and David Yurman Chicago!