Category Archives: Our Designs & Products

Veni, Vidi, Vino!

Custom wine labels, y’all! Brand spankin’ new, designed by yours truly, just added to the shop and ready for your 2012 wedding… From calligraphy to ombre, we’ve got you covered. Decorate and celebrate, all in one pretty package…

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November 7, 2011 - 8:38 am

Dave Feig - I like the Redamo label very much. They’re all quite nice in fact.

NUMERO UNO, LOVELIES!

Today I finished my first officiale calligraphy place card order! Letters make me happy, folks! I’ve doodled and drawn my own alphabets for as long as I can remember. Recently, I began tinkering with hand-lettering behind the scenes for a soon-to-be released collection of handset fonts. That project was so much fun (apart from the...

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October 21, 2011 - 12:18 pm

Dave Feig - It’s really pretty Jess. Visually pleasing color combination.

October 21, 2011 - 4:50 pm

Danelle - This looks absolutely wonderful Jess! I did a short calligraphy course a while ago and I’ve been wanting to work on it more for ages, just haven’t had the time. It’s definitely something I want to get into and offer (if I’m good at it haha) when I go freelance.

Keep it up, cause it looks amazing!

December 19, 2011 - 11:55 pm

Linda - Just Beautiful!

I have a question for you. What ratio of water to the Dr. Ph Martin’s Bleedproof White ink did you use? I just bought some of the same ink but it is very thick. It didn’t go on well straight out of the bottle.

December 20, 2011 - 10:02 am

Jess - Thanks, Linda! I didn’t really measure how much water I added; I pulled a bit of the Bleedproof out with a dropper and blended it in a small inkwell with water until it flowed nicely, but was still opaque. Maybe half and half? Let me know how it goes!

2012 SNEAK PEEK

A preview of this summer’s big project… All of these fonts and more will be available in our shop, alongside our invitations & goodies, at the start of the new year. Plan for hand drawn letters, scripts with soul, artfully messy splatters, borders and dingbats. Oh my! If you’re a designer and would like a...

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August 20, 2011 - 2:41 pm

Meaghan - EXCITING!!! These are going to be gorgeous.

August 21, 2011 - 6:47 am

Martha Winger - These look amazing! I love the serif font! Great work.

August 25, 2011 - 11:25 am

Emily @ Southern Weddings - Sounds amazing, my friend! I love the “serendipity” font and can’t wait to see them all!

February 20, 2012 - 2:08 am

Font Love: Magpie Paper Works | Danelle Bourgeois - [...] back, Jess from Magpie Paper Works posted about some fonts she had been working on and I loved the sneak peak of them SO much that I signed up to do some beta testing of them. I was a bit crap with getting [...]