I am the first to tell you that my handwriting is not the best. My hubby always has difficulties reading my grocery list. So I decided that this year I wanted to give a couple of new hobbies a try, like I don’t have plenty already, hehe. The first thing that came to mind was calligraphy. I have always been interested in calligraphy but never really had the opportunity to try it until recently when a workshop came up near me. I was so excited and I am so glad that I took the leap. Its so much fun learning it, I was scared at the beginning because I am left handed and its always a challenge doing something but I never really let it hold me back or think about it really. I was excited to learn that my teach was left handed and she did beautiful calligraphy very easily so I knew with much practice I can be good as well. Hopefully by the end of the year I will better handwriting. We learn a very flowing and not so structured calligraphy which is fun for Valentines’s day.
Here are some of the beautiful things I was in class.
Some of the girls I got to share this journey in calligraphy.
Our wonderful teachers!
What new hobby will you try?
I had a calligraphy set once upon a time. I am always looking for fun new hobbies to take up. Right now it is vegetable and herb gardening in my backyard. I love to cook, so it is really fun to have fresh produce outside my door.
I remember taking calligraphy in school. It was very fun! But now I suck at it again.
How great! I would love to learn calligraphy. I think it looks so beautiful but I can’t imagine actually making it look that good myself!
Wow this is so inspiring! I always love to receive things that people have written on in beautiful calligraphy. I hope you enjoy learning this great new craft. Linked here from SITS Girls Comment Love event
Stopping by from SITS Girls Comment Love… How fun! I’d love to take a calligraphy workshop. I’m jealous!
I just love how hand lettering and calligraphy are back in style, and kudos to you for taking the class! Looks like a lot of fun!
I used to do Calligraphy and loved it. Like you, my handwriting is horrible. Calligraphy, however, I could do well. Sorry now that I stopped practicing it - so perhaps I’ll get back to it now after reading this great post. Glad I found you today via the SITS Comment Challenge. Hope you have a wonderful Monday! 😀
I’ve always wanted to learn calligraphy! It’s so beautiful, but I’m also a lefty so have been hesitant to try… good to know there are lefties out there who can do it!
I got a calligraphy set for Christmas. It’s one of my goals for the year to learn how to do it. I love my natural handwriting, but I’d love to be able to do something a little fancier for special occasions.
I would totally do this! I took Calligraphy in high school as an elective and it was a great class. There are so many gorgeous fonts that I usually cheat now and print things!
That’s awesome! My handwriting was pretty bad until I took calligraphy in college. Even though I thought it was more like drawing or painting than writing, it really did improve my penmanship!
Loren,
Good for you for trying something new! I’m always searching for new things to try but have always been interested in calligraphy. It’s such a pretty way to write and send notes.
You’ve got me excited to pull out my pens and try again. Thank you!
Cheers,
Marie
Substance of Living
Looks like a lot of fun. I have pens to use,need some lessons!
Hi Loren, stopping by from the SITS comment challenge. My mom did A LOT of calligraphy and it was always so beautiful. And, calligraphy pens are so fun with that slanted tip to use, what a fun new hobby. Thanks for sharing.
That’s so cool! I ‘ve always loved calligraphy but I don’t know how well I would do learning it. Props!
This is so cool! You are cool! I wanna try and learn calligraphy but I don’t know if we have that in my city.
Wow beautiful!! I would love to learn!
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My handwriting is so bad I don’t think I could do calligraphy lol! I could see my daughter take a class as she is so artistic. I would like to try scrapbooking though. Thanks for sharing.
How fun! I’d love to learn calligraphy. My handwriting is pretty decent but not really “fancy”. Stopping by from SITS
What a fun class! I’ve got awful handwriting too, so I was glad to see that you could still conquer the calligraphy.
This is one of my goals on my to do list! Ahh! I love!
In this day and age, someone with calligraphy skills could make some good money. It’s definitely a dying art.
Fun! I love doing calligraphy, it is so pretty. I find myself writing in the similar style on a daily basis.
Too cool that you found a class on it!
This seems like so much fun! I’d love to take a class and learn something new
I would LOVE to try calligraphy, it is so beautiful! It would be so fun to have that skill for writing notes to friends. How did you find out about the class? I would love to do that!
I tried that once and failed miserably, but then again, I was going from a book. I would love to take a class instead like you did!
That would be a fun class; something neat to do as a mother’s night out!
I haven’t done any calligraphy in years. Maybe I will try my hand at it again, I really enjoyed it at the time. Now, this may be random, but I absolutely love your About Me, in my head I am reading about your loves, following along, like DIY-check, Crafting-Check, Blogging-Check, Whales.. wait, what? It is just totally random! Love it
Good for you to learn a new hobbie! I would have never thought of calligrahpy. Your examples look beautiful! Stopping by from SITS girls Comment love!
I have the handwriting of a five year old boy and have been entertaining the idea of a calligraphy class because part of my new job is writing thank you cards to donors and I want them to be able to read them! Thanks for sharing your experience-going to investigate my options a little more. This may become my new hobby (because telling people that “happy hour” is my hobby is getting kind of weird..)
Came across your blog on the SITS Girls Comment Love Challenge-looking forward to seeing more fun crafts and fun stuff from you!
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Stopping by from the SITS girl challenge. This looks like a fun event. I would love to take a calligraphy class just to add a little flair when needed.
Nice blog.
Oh how I wish I could write calligraphy so nice.
What an incredible skill to learn, you don’t see calligraphy much anymore! Stopping by from The SITS Girls.
I’ve never tried calligraphy. It looks hard! I love knitting and am experimenting with new techniques. Stopping by from SITS comment love.
I took calligraphy classes years ago it was so fun and I still use it today
That is awesome!! I sorta learned calligraphy a long time ago, but I’ve been seeing a lot of people take classes lately and I want to get back into it!
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I am a part-time event planner and do a lot with wedding invitations, so learning calligraphy is definitely on my to-do list! I never thought about taking a class though, so I’m really excited that you shared this.