Famous Flourishes

One of my Freecycle calligraphy gigs was for a lady that was making a dollhouse for the Dollhouse Festival at the library. They have people make and decorate dollhouses and they auction them off for charity. She wanted me to make some wall hangings for a miniature florist shop, attourney's office, bridal shop, and lounge. They're all in Latin, as she wanted to cater to the lawyers that would be at the festival.

Aaron and I stopped by the festival last night just to see how they looked. They looked pretty good. While we were there, a lady at a candle booth asked for my contact information because she wanted some calligraphy work done for her candle business. I'm getting famous! :-)

"No one ought to accuse himself except in the presence of God." This one went in the attourney's office. It turned out a little big, even though I used the smallest chisel nib I own, so it's shrunken down a little in the dollhouse.

"You will not conquer nature unless you obey it." For the florist shop. This one was a little rushed, but I think it turned out okay.

"Love is the essence of life." This one was for the bridal shop and is by far my favorite in design and execution. I spent the most time on this one.

"Take care of yourself." The hand I did this one in is way cool, but wasn't terribly fitting for the lounge. Aaron and I agreed I should have used something more flowy and flourishy. (It was hard to fit it to the room because I didn't get to see the dollhouse beforehand.)

I'm going to the festival today to take pictures of the dollhouse itself, so I'll post those later.