'Tis the season...for making bottles---of wine, olive oil, jam, fragrance, whatever---into special gifts! Glass engraving is highlighted with gold or silver inlay.
As a professional lettering artist, I relish the variety of projects, venues, styles and media I experience every day. From commercial chalkboards, to illuminated manuscripts, to events providing onsite personalization with calligraphy and engraving, I enjoy bringing beauty to the world, one letter at a time!
"Mil Plumas" is Spanish for "a thousand pens" or "a thousand quills", and is also a nod to my late grandmother who was a writer named, oddly enough, Mildred Pluma.
I am a member of IAMPETH, San Francisco Friends of Calligraphy, Society for Calligraphy of Southern California and Washington Calligraphers Guild.
Nostalgic Noel
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Where did the time go? December is here with frost and chilly weather. We
have had bits of snow here and there but nothing too much. The days have
bee...
Il Canzoniere, Poem 4
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The Renaissance poet Petrarch, one of the earliest humanists, wrote Il
Canzoniere (The Songbook) in the vernacular Italian. Many of the poems in
this colle...
stand up eight
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i've been on a path to better watercolor the past couple of years,
and that means practice, practice, practice.
but i've noticed that after all that pract...
Free shipping offer
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Hi everyone, make use of free shipping worldwide for selected items in my
*Society6* store - the offer expires April 12, 2015 at Midnight Pacific
Time. *Fr...
Flourish Friday: Gratitude
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Dear Friends,
As I sit here working on my bookkeeping and taxes for 2014, it dawned on me
that I am long overdue in expressing my gratitude to you for he...
A thank you & a change
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Good morning all you lovely folksies
You may well have noticed I have been absent for a good while from this
corner of the world so I thought I best let y...
Merry Christmas
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With Facebook, Pinterest, Instragram, etc...I find it difficult to
also Blog!
If anyone is still following, I wish you a Merry Christmas ~ all things
Me...