Hallmark CLS Speaker: Gemma O'Brien

Today I received my invitation to Hallmark's Creative Leadership Symposium and I was especially excited to see that Gemma O'Brien (@mrseaves101 on Instagram) will be speaking! I have followed Gemma for a long time and her work is stunning. The whole lineup has not been announced yet, but based off of the few names we did learn I know it will be an amazing day. 

The theme for this year's event is "Explore What Else?" and I think each of the speakers will address this in their talk — I can't wait to report back after the actual event! For now, enjoy some of Gemma's beautiful work:

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Birthday Cards for Hallmark

Hello, friends! I'm pretty excited that these four birthday cards I designed for Hallmark last summer are now arriving in stores. Any project focused on lettering, sparkle, and pink is hard to top. I also had a few sweet co-workers who gave me some of these cards for my birthday a few weeks ago. I still love seeing my card designs come to life. Enjoy!

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Modern Calligraphy Summit 2.0 Teachers

There are just a few days left of the Modern Calligraphy Summit 2.0 and I have loved watching all the videos that have gone live so far. I'm grateful I can go back and watch these at anytime — thought I have kept up with viewing the lessons I haven't yet had time to complete all the exercises myself. Below you will find links to each of the teachers' websites and Instagram accounts (click on their name for Instagram / photo for their website). I have been very inspired by the variety of styles and vast knowledge these ladies have shared, enjoy browsing through their work! 

Photography and Styling with
 Alissa Mazzenga and Aimee Mendez

Feast Fine Art and Calligraphy

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Layouts and Lettering Styles with Molly Knabel

Poppy and Mint Design

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Invitation Design with
Karla Lim

Written Word Calligraphy

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Classic Copperplate with
Younghae Chung

Logos Calligraphy

Everything But Paper with
Lauren Saylor

A Fabulous Fete

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Breaking the Rules with
Katherine Ross

Script Mercantile

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Brush Calligraphy with
Sharisse DeLeon

Pieces Calligraphy

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Watercolor Illustration with
Jenna Rainey

Mon Voir

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Diptychs 13

Pastel hues and hits of orange caught my eye this month. Enjoy! 

1 Left | Right
2 Left | Right
3 Left | Right
4 Left | Right

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February Around The Web

Hello, friends! February has just flown by. Between a busy season at work, Valentine's Day, my birthday, and time spent in Kansas City this month was full of time spent with family and friends. This month was also full of quite a lot of online inspiration. My absolute favorite was We Are Scout's interview with Liz Payne about her Liz Payne x Gorman collaboration. The patterns and details in her collection are stunning. Maybe they ship to the US?? Here are a few other links that caught my attention: 

• One of my favorite birthday gifts I received! Anthropologie always has the best frames. 

• Eager to test out this DIY Knot Pillow

• I spent a day in Seville when I traveled to Spain in college, but Geneva's guide has it back on my travel wish list. (It is one of KC's sister cities!)

• Although I rarely mention it here on the blog , I commute each week between St. Louis and Kansas City, and over the past few years have grown very accustomed to filling my drives with podcasts. Can't wait to test out some of these! 

• You can never have too many notebook DIYs

• I will be participating in a paper flower workshop at work in a couple of weeks, and Rie Elise Larsen's work has me very inspired. 

• One of my college classmate's illustrated this beautiful print! 

• Pink & Green

• I am almost positive these are completely sold out, but I'm crossing my fingers they do a restock soon!

• My lovely friend Lisa's baby nursery is on Think.Make.Share. this month! 

Until next month, enjoy! 

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Modern Calligraphy Summit

I'm so excited to have enrolled in the Modern Calligraphy Summit 2.0! What really sold me was the tips for left-handed calligraphers. Before Christmas I was able to take a calligraphy workshop from Jim Fedor, and I know that this summit will get me practicing. Be on the lookout for a recap of my experience after the workshop! 

Uploaded by Ashley Lurcott on 2017-02-09.

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