Mrs. Daffodil, San Francisco/Los Angeles
Age and Occupation: 26, Nonprofit Strategy Consultant
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 26, Resident Physician
Engagement Date: December 29, 2006
Wedding Date: May, 2008
Blogging Since: August, 2007
Venue: Church w/ floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the Valley; Westin in downtown LA
About Me: I moved around a lot growing up, but consider myself a Southerner at heart. I love scrapbooking, dancing, doggies, and diet coke. I am all about personalizing everything and hence, I'm a DIY bride who is just loving the entire wedding planning process! Mr. Daffodil and I met in our college fellowship group and were "just friends" for three years before we started dating. We've been together for four years now and can't wait to get married in sunny SoCal, Mr. Daffodil's hometown.
Oh So Perfect Penmanship…
April 11th, 2008 @ 1:59 pm by Mrs. Daffodil
…not to mention just simply classic and darn pretty! When I began designing the game plan for our invitations, I figured we were going the functional computer-printed address label route. Though I loved the personal touch of beautifully hand-addressed envelopes, I just didn’t know where I would find the time. That was when I discovered a secret…that our very own Mrs. Snow Pea was a passionate calligrapher on the side! I took a look at a few of her samples and was quickly sold. These were two of my favorite samples…
Beautiful, yes?? Well, it turned out that these weren’t the fonts we ended up using though, because Mrs. Snow Pea was so nice to customize a font in a way that I wanted. She asked me to send over a few inspirations of script fonts that I liked, and then she emailed me back with some customized styles, and we went back and forth until it was exactly the way I wanted. Our font ended up being something in between the two you see above, primarily drawing on inspirations from the first one with some adapted letters from the second. I sent off my list of addresses and shipped the envelopes to her, and it was out of my hands!
Imagine my surprise when a mere TWO DAYS later, she emailed me…not with a question, but to let me know that she was done! I was shocked at how quickly the process took, and then just went giddy with excitement when I saw the teaser pic she sent over (the ferrero rochers are mighty tempting too 
)!
When I finally got the envelopes back, I have to say I did a little dance! Having gone the DIY route with the invitations, there was something about the instant gratification of receiving a huge box of hand prepared envelopes in the mail yet without having lifted my own finger!
Here are a couple more finished products, to give you a sense of how our font ended up looking…
Thanks, Mrs. Snow Pea!!! It was so fun working with you!
9 Responses to “Oh So Perfect Penmanship…”
Is this a service that Mrs. Snow Pea offers to readers and if so, what is the charge?
Wow…Mrs. Corn does invites, Mrs. Violet does favors and cards, and Mrs. Snow Pea does caligraphy. We have some seriously talented bees!
Seeing the address to Minneapolis, MN warmed my heart.
Love it!
Can you email her contact info and how much she charged?
Thanks so much!
jaime and melissa, snowpea’s info can be found up on her blog…http://anitaleedesigns.blogspot.com! she has some more pics of her fonts on there too 
Wow Snow Pea, you are one talented lady! Brava!
great work…so beautiful mrs snow pea
hey! i’ve been reading this blog for a while and when you became a bee, i thought you looked familiar, but it didn’t click until i saw P. Moon’s triplets! i am an nckpc alum, too!
