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Meant To Be Calligraphy provides bespoke hand-lettering for weddings, special occasions and custom art for your most meaningful celebrations. From our Alexandria, Virginia-based studio, we are honored to serve clients worldwide.

 
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View fullsize The annual, wildly-popular (it sold out in less than two hours when the tickets were released!) Old Town Alexandria Cookie Crawl is taking place this weekend, and I had the honor of designing the cover of this year’s cookie tin! It’s been
View fullsize This week, I had the honor of collaborating with @ghosthost_by_mb on several custom greeting cards, designed especially for the GhostHost by magnolia bluebird pop up holiday market! Here’s a peek at one of the designs, which accompanied this co
View fullsize The Love is Blind Season 7 Reunion has officially dropped, so I wanted to share a little about the calligraphy I created for - and at! - Taylor and Garrett’s wedding! A few days before the wedding, Garrett and Taylor wrote letters to each oth
View fullsize Take a class with me! Registration has opened for the pointed pen and brush lettering workshops I will be teaching at @shoppennypost in the New Year! Get all of the details and register on the Workshops page of my website! (link in profile) Hope to s
View fullsize I’ve been keeping a big secret for a year and am SO excited to finally reveal that Meant To Be Calligraphy, along with Old Town, Alexandria’s charming paper goods shop Penny Post, is featured on Season 7 of @LoveisBlindNetflix !! Catch
View fullsize I am overdue in sharing a huge thank you to Washingtonian for naming Meant To Be Calligraphy as one of the top wedding vendors in the Washington, DC area again this year! It is always such an honor to make the list and to be in such great company wit
View fullsize Had a blast last week foil embossing leather coasters at Red Barn Mercantile’s Holiday Unveiling! It’s always the best night of the year in Alexandria and this year’s party was the best yet! @redbarnmerc
View fullsize I love a creative seating chart! I collaborated with @eduncanevents and houseofjeanneflowers to create this whimsical display for an intimate lunch at the gorgeous @barspero. So fun!
View fullsize Meant To Be Calligraphy turns 14 (!) on Thursday and through the years, I’ve worked with - and taught calligraphy and brush lettering to - people all over the country and the world. Along the way, I’ve had the chance to write on so many d