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Happy Work It Wednesday! This week's theme was UP-CLOSE! Thanks to everyone who sent in images! We love seeing your work!
Next week's theme is LOUD. Send your images to hello@goldengirlsworkshops.com by Tuesday! Thanks for playing!
Xoxo!
Golden Girls
If you have an idea for a Work It Wednesday theme, please send it to hello@goldengirlsworkshops.com!
If you've attended a Golden Girls Workshop, then you already know how much we LOVE to set up lots of pretty little vignettes for our attendees to photograph! Flowers, jewelry, sample invitations... you name it! So, whenever we host a workshop, we love giving small businesses the chance to work with us and get their work showcased! Earlier this year, we contacted an amazing calligrapher named Kate Thomas, the genius behind Hello, I'm Kate! We immediately fell in love with her work and had to have some of her stuff displayed at our events. Kate's work is gorgeous, whimsical and fun! We love what she does and we just had to feature her on the blog! Read on to learn more about her super awesome business!
Please tell us a little bit about yourself and your business! What's your specialty?
I am a graphic designer and calligrapher from Southern California. I moved to Minnesota in 2010 to pursue my MFA in printmaking from the Minneapolis College of Art & Design. I work as the Custom Print Coordinator for Paper Source in Edina as well as an Adjunct Art Professor and I complete freelance projects in my spare time. I have a love for all things handmade, blooper reels, celebrity babies and I enjoy drinking iced coffee and extremely cold water.
Tell us about your journey! How did you get to where you are?
I have always had a love for typography and hand lettering but didn't really begin playing around with calligraphy until I was in grad school. I decided to make a few greeting cards in January of 2014 and test them out on Etsy. Once I started to get steady sales, I reached out to a few local consignment shops to see if they would carry my cards. Now I sell an average of 20-75 cards a month between online and in-store sales!
What are your favorite things about working in your field?
I like knowing that what I do makes people happy! My cards are given out on birthdays, anniversaries, valentine's day, etc and I know that people are saving my cards because of the personal messaged written by loved ones inside. It's nice to know that my hobby is helping someone else show they care.
What are some of your plans/goals for the future?
I am just starting to letterpress some of the more popular greeting cards rather than hand writing each one. They aren't available yet but most of them will be part of my holiday line.
“From birthday or anniversary cards to custom artwork for weddings or the home, I specialize in calligraphy for the special events in your life.”
EDIT: Congratulations, Axiza Martinez! We will contact you shortly with all of the details!
All right, ladies and gentlemen. We have an exciting announcement! This Sunday is our Photography 101 Workshop and we are totally stoked! And to make things even more awesome, one of our fabulous readers has decided to donate a seat to another lucky reader! That's right! We have a second absolutely FREE seat to give away to one of you! How awesome is that?!
This giveaway is only going to last for one day! In order to enter, leave a comment below along with your email address! You can also comment on our Facebook or shoot us a message! We will randomly pick one winner Friday evening!
So, if your Sunday is open and you want to join us at this awesome workshop, tell us in the comments! Good luck!
Xoxo,
Golden Girls
It's Work It Wednesday! This week's theme was DELICIOUS!
Next week's theme is UP-CLOSE... so whip out those macro lenses and show us what you got! Send your images to hello@goldengirlsworkshops.com by Tuesday! Thanks for playing!
Xoxo!
Golden Girls
If you have an idea for a Work It Wednesday theme, please send it to hello@goldengirlsworkshops.com!
It's Monday and we have some marvelous news to announce! We have picked a giveaway winner! One lucky person has won a FREE seat in our upcoming Photography 101 Workshop!
Congratulations to Hannah Perez! You are invited to attend this awesome workshop as our guest! We can't wait to meet you! Please send an email to hello@goldengirlsworkshops.com to claim your prize!
Huge thanks to everyone who entered! We hope many of you will still consider joining us this Sunday for a super rad day of photography fun! We have so much planned and we can't wait to meet you all and geek out! If you haven't already, please go here to sign-up!
Xoxo!
Golden Girls
