Claudia does beautiful calligraphy. She also teaches calligraphy classes. I would highly recommend…read moreher.

I recommend Claudia to everyone, I can't rave about her enough and this review is only highlighting…read moresome of the great things about her and her studio. Trust me when I say Claudia will exceed any expectations you have for any project. I found Claudia from googling "San Diego calligrapher" and I am SO blessed that I found her. Claudia answered the phone right away and she invited me to her cute shop in Old Town and that is when I saw she does so much more than just wedding invites. I immediately asked if she could help me with more projects for my wedding. Claudia helped me with my wedding invitations, designed and created the most beautiful day of stationary; church programs, table seating chart, menus, table numbers, place cards, bar menu, and signs. Claudia can truly do anything and if you don't know what you want she has so much experience and knowledge to create what is true to you and your partner. She created things I've never seen done and she does it in such a calm and peacefully manner. Her husband, Eric is such a great graphic designer as well and they make the perfect team. I loved coming into the shop and working with Claudia, it truly was a highlight in our wedding planning journey that I will never forget. Thank you Claudia and Eric for providing San Diego and beyond with your beautiful talents! I can't wait to work with Claudia for other life events in the future.

I first noticed the Signs of our Lives tag on a mural in my neighborhood and on some local business…read moresignage. Over the last two years, I've had the pleasure of attending a few local events where Signs of Our Lives was present, and they always manage to bring something special to the occasion. From custom dog tags to etched wine glasses, their ability to create unique and personalized items for each event is truly impressive. This year, I unfortunately couldn't make it to Scoops, but got the biggest dose of FOMO when I saw Signs of our Lives had a pop-up in the VIP booth featuring engraved ice cream spoons. It was such a cute and creative touch that made me consider getting a VIP ticket for next year. I absolutely love seeing Alex at the events I attend, and I'm looking forward to their next activation.

Alex is super talented and so awesome to work with! We hired her to do a custom chalkboard design…read moreand wedding coaster party favors for our 2020-turned-2021 wedding, and she was a true professional every step of the way. She came up with several design options that included fonts that fit with our wedding theme, and she was flexible and accommodating when we had to change our wedding date because of Covid. In the end, she delivered show-stopping final products that we just loved. Alexis was super organized, stayed on top of everything, and collaborated with us all along the way. Her designs truly helped to elevate our curated design aesthetic for our wedding, and we could not have been happier with the results. I would definitely recommend Alex for any calligraphy, lettering or mural project!

My husband and I took the copperplate crash course and it was amazing! Claudia is an amazing…read moreteacher and she is incredibly talented so you really are learning from the best here. I would 1000% recommend her courses to anyone interested in calligraphy.

Claudia's workshop was simply AMAZING! If you've ever wanted to learn calligraphy PLEASE do…read moreyourself a favor and sign up!! I learned more in 3 hours (see pic of beginning and end) than I did 20+ hours of tracing and tutorials I found online, making the price well worth it! Claudia is such a warm and funny person and so patient with everyone and encouraging. Not only that she is super knowledgeable and goes over techniques and principles. Plus the studio is super cute and there's a lot of pretty calligraphy supplies for sale. She does wedding calligraphy which is how I first found her but if you just want get the vibe at the creative friday hangout (free with rsvp) I highly recommend it! I did lowercase modern calligraphy for beginners and I can't wait to do uppercase!

I am sure this is on repeat for her review, but I just LOVE Taryn and everything that she creates…read more I was connected to Taryn from my wedding planner and she helped us create the most unique and beautiful wedding invitation and day-of items for our wedding. When I first met Taryn to talk about different ideas and options for our invitation, we talked about having a clean, tropical feel for our invitations. I also asked her to created a tropical monogram which we incorporated throughout the entire wedding. She was amazing with working with me on different ideas, any changes that I needed, and also helped out with making sure I was watching the budget as well. My husband makes surfboards, and we wanted to use a board he made as our "guest book." Taryn helped us make the monogram and worked with my husband on a special design items he needed to make the board as well. We made two different boards, and Taryn helped place the white vinyl monogram on one of the boards and it turned out amazing. We loved every piece that she created for our wedding suite invitation and all of her day of items (menus, seating chart, table numbers, napkins, signs, etc.) Taryn is an AMAZING artist and is so creative. Above all, she is the sweetest person, who is honest and truly went above and beyond for us. We are so sad our wedding is over and that we won't be able to keep creating new items together. Thank you for everything Taryn!!

Taryn of Twinkle & Toast is amazing! Whether you're using her beautiful calligraphy to add fun…read more(and definitely pretty) to your shindig or if you're participating in one of her workshops (which I HIGHLY recommend) you can't go wrong with Twinkle & Toast! Taryn takes on every task with a smile and is willing to try writing on pretty much anything. For our wedding we used confetti crackers as escort cards and Taryn's calligraphy took them up a notch! Our guests couldn't help but swoon over how pretty their names looked in her writing - so much so they a lot of them refused to pop the crackers and tucked them away in their purses as if they were the favors! (can you blame them though?). I still have the one she did for my husband and I proudly displayed on a bookshelf in our home! I've also attended one of her courses and she is an excellent instructor. She's kind, patient, and very thorough. She takes the time to explain the art of modern calligraphy, share information about what products she uses, and answer any questions you might have. Her workshops are adorable with beautiful flowers, amazing food, and tasty treats! My friend and I were having so much fun practicing the alphabet and asking her questions - before we knew it the 3 hours were up and it was time to go home! I can't stress enough how talented and passionate Taryn is about what she does. It not only shows in her work, but with the fact that she's willing to share that talent by teaching others the art of modern calligraphy. It's refreshing to meet someone who's able to put something together that's so beautiful and then is more than willing to share that talent with others. So no matter what way you work with Taryn, you'll be more than happy with the results! :)

This woman is ridiculously good at what she does. Call her and beg her to take on your project. I…read morewas fortunate enough to hire her to address my wedding invitations (for a very reasonable $3 per envelope) that went out just a couple of weeks ago. My family and I are all very artistically inclined and we were all totally blown away by how beautiful the envelopes were. I laid them out and took a million pictures of them (which I will post) because I wanted to keep them. My antiquarian bookseller future mother-in-law is FRAMING hers. However good you think your invitations, envelopes, poem etc should be... this artist will do better! Wow!

I had a special request for Tina. I went everywhere to find someone to do my special project. I…read morebought an ornament that I wanted personalized. No one would do it because they thought they would ruin it. I found Tina on line and called her. She was prompt in getting back to me. I told her my problem. I had an ornament that I wanted to have personalized for my granddaughter. She lost a son and I lost a great grandson. I wanted the ornament personalized for her Christmas tree. I met with Tina that same day. She was professional and real sweet. She did an amazing job and I will forever be grateful to her. She was professional and did the job the same day. What an amazing talented woman.. Thank you so much Tina.

I love this little gallery. It's all local artists with great art on the walls, jewelry, glass and…read morehand blown glass balls. They also offer great art classes taught by the owner. It's a little hard to find, but it's at the end of Adams across the street from the new Pappaleccos.

Lianda was very accommodating and made a special effort to get my order done when I needed it with…read morevery little lead time. The final product was absolutely gorgeous. I would definitely use her services again. Phil D. San Diego

Randi was such a pleasure to work with. Her work is beautiful and delivered everything in a timely…read moremanner. Randi delivered my invitations addressed beautifully and packaged so sweet knowing the theme of my wedding! She is seriously such a joy to work with and one of the kindest people that she included a sweet personal note and prayer over my invitations which meant the world to me. I would highly recommend using Gracefully Scripted for all your calligraphy needs!

From the owner: I provide hand written services to make any event unique. From seating charts, signage, addressed…read moreenvelopes for invitations , place cards and more.

I was very surprised and sad to see the store closure when I came by today. Truly the unfortunate…read moreend of an era. This was my favorite artist supply shop in San Diego. They consistently had great materials, beautiful sheets of paper, and amazing staff. Friendly service, clean and well organized store, and a real community staple. It was always nice to see consistent faces and I was treated with excellent service with every visit. I loved the manager and hope the company was able to retain her. She's extremely competent at her role and it would be a shame for it not to be recognized! Wishing the employees all the best.

Best art shop in all of San Diego. Friendly and knowledgeable staff, great pricing and selection,…read morealways clean, and in a safe and walkable neighborhood.