Add his initials to my monogram: Custom Monograms

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I love all things calligraphy and if I could afford it, I would purchase most every stationery piece (invitations, note cards, thank you cards, business cards) and service (hand drawn maps, addressed envelopes, place cards) a calligrapher offered. When I started working on our invitations with Laura of LH Calligraphy, I knew I couldn't splurge on her beautiful calligraphy for every piece of stationery I wanted. But I could purchase a calligraphy monogram to use on anything (thank you cards, favor boxes, napkins) and it would fill my love/need for calligraphy. So I commissioned a monogram to appear on our invitation and for personal use.

Monograms usually combine/entangle two or more letters to form one symbol. Originally we wanted to use our first initials (J, M) and our married last initial (W) to form a connected J W M. But after seeing some of Laura's work, we went on a bit of a different route.

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I wanted something similar to the above, with our first names and some fun flourishes.

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Also liked the look of just first initials in fancy calligraphy, inside a simple circle of polka dots.

Here is what Laura came up with.

Our names in a simple, flowing style have just the right amount of fancy flourishes.

Our initials in a fancier style is balanced by the fun polka dots framing them.

I fell in love with both so she let me have them :) I'm looking forward to using them on various wedding projects. Our invitation suite uses both monograms and are in the process of being printed. I'm so excited to see them!

Have you created monograms? What look were you going for?


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