A FORMER boss once told me it takes six months to settle into a new job. Well, today marks my half-anniversary of being a businesswoman, sole trader, mumpreneur – whatever you want to call it! It’s been a steep learning curve and I’ve being taken out of my comfort zone on more than one occasion,…

IN search of inspiration for my calligraphy class project, I headed to Palace Green Library in Durham to see Bound to Last: Book Binding from the Middle Ages to the Modern Day. It was my first visit to the library, part of Durham University, and I doubt it will be the last. I might even…

I’VE been an avid reader since I was little and I still adore children’s books. Stories like The Tiger Who Came to Tea and The Very Hungry Caterpillar still hold their appeal for me. Fortunately, my children have followed suit and we love hitting the library in search of new books – or to borrow…

“Calligraphy – it’s weird, but good.” That was the verdict of one girl during the first calligraphy workshop I’ve held at a school. I spent a day in the classroom at Ridgeway Primary Academy in South Shields. I was asked by the deputy headteacher to come in and work with the children after writing some…

This week’s blog is a guest post from Manuscript Pen Company about our school workshop partnership. We are very happy to support the work of Creative Calligraphy! A school calligraphy workshop will take place later this month, involving children from Ridgeway Primary Academy in South Shields. They will be introduced to the beautiful art of calligraphy using…

I’ve been using Manuscript pens for as long as I’ve been doing calligraphy, so I’m delighted to welcome them on board a new Creative Calligraphy project. I’m running my first school calligraphy workshop later this month, working with children from Ridgeway Primary Academy in South Shields. I first got in touch with Manuscript via Twitter,…