Jan Hurst Calligraphy & Design Adds Gift Services to Offerings
Calligraphy is not just for weddings. It can also be an excellent personal gift. Jan Hurst Calligraphy & Design has been assisting grooms by lettering song lyrics on photo mats, and lettering wedding vows and personal letters for framing as anniversary and wedding gifts.
Louisville, KY, June 19, 2011 --(PR.com)-- Calligraphy is not just for weddings. It can also be used to create personal gifts. Jan Hurst Calligraphy & Design recommends having song lyrics lettered on photo mats, or having wedding vows and personal letters custom-scribed for anniversary and wedding gifts. Calligraphy in letters, lyrics or resolutions are something to think of when looking for gifts or awards for many occasions.
If someone has a favorite song, having the lyrics to that song custom lettered onto a photo mat or for framing as art can be a wonderful gift. Even more personal would be a special letter written to a loved one, custom lettered in a choice of calligraphy styles. Proclamations and Resolutions have long been treasured awards for special employees or retiring employers, and there are still lettering artists capable of rendering those custom-lettered works of art today.
Jan Hurst Calligraphy & Design has noticed a trend among young husbands to celebrate special anniversaries with these personal gifts. Hurst has recently lettered song lyrics on a photo mat, a personal letter suitable for framing, poems and wedding vows for special anniversary presentations planned by loving husbands.
In some ways the old ways of calligraphy have been updated. Modern letter styles can replace the Old English used in Resolutions and Proclamations of bygone days for a more contemporary look, and some new metallic inks can add glittery touches unknown long ago. Calligraphers can still use the tools of the past to create modern masterpieces. Antique dip pens, gilding with real gold or with a modern alternative, and lively, graceful lettering are all a part of today's well-trained calligrapher's expertise.
Hurst says she is frequently asked to replicate the style of lettering from a wedding invitation to letter the vows or special readings from the wedding. "Each of these requests is unique for the bride and groom, and fun for me to do. Special occasions of all kinds could be opportunities to use similar gifts," Hurst said.
If you have a special event coming up and would like to talk with a calligrapher, contact Jan Hurst at least two weeks before the event to discuss your options. Email her at jan.hurst@insightbb.com. See samples at www.letterladysletters.blogspot.com or www.picturetrail.com/letterlady.
Sunday, June 19, 2011
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
My New Favorite Tea
I'm a tea drinker. I don't like coffee. I love peach black tea. It's hard to find without other flavors mixed in. I can find peach herbal teas, but seldom find a good black peach tea. I stockpile it when I do.
Now I have found a new favorite. Hedley's Jasmine Green Tea. Oh! It is heavenly. Sitting on the patio with my first cup of it last week, I wasn't even thinking of whether it would be good or bad when I took my first sip. It was pleasantly aromatic, and the taste was wonderful. It's my new favorite.
I had bought this tin of tea at a local discount store. They often have odd lots, and I had no idea when I'd purchased it. A trip to that store was in order. I didn't want to run out. The tea was grown in Vietnam. Imagine twenty years ago sipping tea from Vietnam in my own backyard. Unimaginable. Imagine that it would be so good. Equally unimaginable. My first trip to the store was disappointing. They had Hedley's little green tins, but they were not Jasmine! Disappointment.
Yesterday I stopped in another branch of the store and remembered that I'd bought tea there not too long ago. Voila! I bought four tins of 40. At two cups a day, I'm going to have to intersperse some others to make this little stash last...or seek out more. It's so nice.
A little research has led me to these links. First, to read another review of this wonderful tea, click here. Second, you can purchase this tea from Amazon when they have it in stock, or from Tea Masters Ceylon .
Friday, April 15, 2011
Simon Who?
American Idol. If you are a hater, please log off. I don't want to bore you or worse, make you mad. I love the show. I expected to not watch it this year. I thought last year was pretty weak - didn't like the judges much. I thought this year with Simon gone (love him or hate him...I thought he WAS the show) the show would be pointless. How wrong could I have been? I don't know how much input the judges have on the choice of the talent, but this year the talent pool was deeper than ever.
The talent - amazing! I felt sorry for Stefano when Pia was voted off last week, and voted for the first time ever this week - for Stefano. I like him, though he's not necessarily my favorite. On a given night he could be. He's good, but so are the other remaining seven. I can't believe there are only seven of these talents left. Why did I feel sorry for him when he was lucky enough to stay? Because by everyone (all the judges, for instance) crying 'foul!' when Pia was voted off and Stefano remained, I put myself in his shoes. What must that have made him feel like? Rotten. In many ways. First, his friend Pia, whom many thought could win, was gone. Second, Stefano remained. Everyone who lamented Pia's departure was therefore regretting his remaining. So - I voted for Stefano this week. It wasn't his fault Pia was gone. Not hers either. She is fantastic! (She had guest appearances on many television shows last week and this...no one could believe she'd been booted. It was big news.)
I loved Paul, who left tonight. But I had picked Hayley or Paul to leave tonight. (I didn't want it to be Stefano who was the third in the dreaded 'bottom three'.) I wanted Hayley to leave for the opposite of the reason I wanted Stefano to stay. When Pia was voted off, Hayley grinned like a Cheshire cat. Less competition for her is what I read in her grin. That made me dislike her. Others disliked her overtly sexual maneuvers, but I disliked her smirkiness. And I'd been in her corner til then. (Am I entirely too much into this show, or what?!) I chose Paul for the other member of my bottom two tonight because his singing has become stale to me. One note. He does one thing, and he does it well, but the talent this year is too good to be limited to a one note, figuratively speaking, performer. Love his smile. Love his movements on the stage. Have grown tired of his high pitched voice. I think he made Stefano sound bad tonight when they had to sing together. Conversely, I think Hayley outshone Casey in their jazz duet tonight. And I'm a big Casey fan.
Jacob, Lauren, Scotty, Casey, Hayley, Stefano and James remain. James! He may be the one to beat. He did a great metal song last night. He is a rocker, but he can do many things. Casey is becoming too jazzy (and I love jazz)...not sure I want him there. Lauren is young and cute and sings well...but I doubt if she will win. Scotty is fantastic in his country style. He will be a BIG star one day. I don't think he will win Idol. Jacob is young (Gads! They all are!) and has a smooooth sound. Any of these could win. Any of the top ten could have. They are all very, very good. I pick James. Tonight I pick James. Tune in next week. I may be on to someone else.
The judges. Who would have thought that Simon could be replaced? Not only replaced, but replaced with something BETTER? Simon who? This group of judges, whom I admit I was prepared to dislike and fully expected to tune out, is better than the original. Steven Tyler, Jennifer Lopez (People magazine's Most Beautiful Woman in the World) and Randy Jackson, the only remaining of the original judging trio, are fantastic. No meanness, which along with brutal honesty, was Simon's trademark. They have my vote! I really liked Simon, but would have hated being on the receiving end of some of his remarks. Simon who? He's not needed at Idol now.
American Idol is soaring this season. I can hardly wait to see how it shakes out. Every one of the top 11 will have contracts and will do well. I really don't care which of them wins. But I am interested to watch it play out. Long live American Idol. It's good tv.
The talent - amazing! I felt sorry for Stefano when Pia was voted off last week, and voted for the first time ever this week - for Stefano. I like him, though he's not necessarily my favorite. On a given night he could be. He's good, but so are the other remaining seven. I can't believe there are only seven of these talents left. Why did I feel sorry for him when he was lucky enough to stay? Because by everyone (all the judges, for instance) crying 'foul!' when Pia was voted off and Stefano remained, I put myself in his shoes. What must that have made him feel like? Rotten. In many ways. First, his friend Pia, whom many thought could win, was gone. Second, Stefano remained. Everyone who lamented Pia's departure was therefore regretting his remaining. So - I voted for Stefano this week. It wasn't his fault Pia was gone. Not hers either. She is fantastic! (She had guest appearances on many television shows last week and this...no one could believe she'd been booted. It was big news.)
I loved Paul, who left tonight. But I had picked Hayley or Paul to leave tonight. (I didn't want it to be Stefano who was the third in the dreaded 'bottom three'.) I wanted Hayley to leave for the opposite of the reason I wanted Stefano to stay. When Pia was voted off, Hayley grinned like a Cheshire cat. Less competition for her is what I read in her grin. That made me dislike her. Others disliked her overtly sexual maneuvers, but I disliked her smirkiness. And I'd been in her corner til then. (Am I entirely too much into this show, or what?!) I chose Paul for the other member of my bottom two tonight because his singing has become stale to me. One note. He does one thing, and he does it well, but the talent this year is too good to be limited to a one note, figuratively speaking, performer. Love his smile. Love his movements on the stage. Have grown tired of his high pitched voice. I think he made Stefano sound bad tonight when they had to sing together. Conversely, I think Hayley outshone Casey in their jazz duet tonight. And I'm a big Casey fan.
Jacob, Lauren, Scotty, Casey, Hayley, Stefano and James remain. James! He may be the one to beat. He did a great metal song last night. He is a rocker, but he can do many things. Casey is becoming too jazzy (and I love jazz)...not sure I want him there. Lauren is young and cute and sings well...but I doubt if she will win. Scotty is fantastic in his country style. He will be a BIG star one day. I don't think he will win Idol. Jacob is young (Gads! They all are!) and has a smooooth sound. Any of these could win. Any of the top ten could have. They are all very, very good. I pick James. Tonight I pick James. Tune in next week. I may be on to someone else.
The judges. Who would have thought that Simon could be replaced? Not only replaced, but replaced with something BETTER? Simon who? This group of judges, whom I admit I was prepared to dislike and fully expected to tune out, is better than the original. Steven Tyler, Jennifer Lopez (People magazine's Most Beautiful Woman in the World) and Randy Jackson, the only remaining of the original judging trio, are fantastic. No meanness, which along with brutal honesty, was Simon's trademark. They have my vote! I really liked Simon, but would have hated being on the receiving end of some of his remarks. Simon who? He's not needed at Idol now.
American Idol is soaring this season. I can hardly wait to see how it shakes out. Every one of the top 11 will have contracts and will do well. I really don't care which of them wins. But I am interested to watch it play out. Long live American Idol. It's good tv.
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