final calligraphies

Last year I began a calendar for my parents' Christmas present. It wasn't just any calendar, though, it was special. For each month I planned to make a calligraphy version of a verse that would coordinate with photos from the previous year all put together to form a scrapbooked page for each month. It turned out beautifully. The only problem? It took me forever to finish.

I finally finished it last Monday. Here are a few snapshots of the verses I calligraphied (is that a word?). Maybe someday I'll actually take photos of the twelve finished pages to show you all. : )

And closer view of one of my favorites:

It had been a while since I had done calligraphy, and it took my fingers and brain a while to warm up to the task again. Now that I'm in calligraphy mode, though, I can't stop thinking of new calligraphy projects! I thought of five new ones just last night and this morning.