WEDDING & EVENT CALLIGRAPHY

(intentionally designed for hearts touched by the delicate, the whimsical, & the effortless.)

 

THINKING ABOUT THINGS

(most likely overthinking, but such is life)

Thoughts
Equilibrium | Floral Illustration 002 + Story
Equilibrium | Floral Illustration 002 + Story
An Introduction | Floral Illustration 001
An Introduction | Floral Illustration 001
Lessons from November
Lessons from November
Lessons from October
Lessons from October
Lessons from September
Lessons from September
Lessons from August
Lessons from August
Lessons from July
Lessons from July
Lessons from June
Lessons from June
Lessons from May
Lessons from May
C E A S E
C E A S E
S U S T A I N
S U S T A I N
Lessons from March
Lessons from March
C O N T R O L
C O N T R O L
Lessons from February
Lessons from February
R I S K
R I S K
To My Valentine
To My Valentine
Lessons from January
Lessons from January
S I M P L E
S I M P L E

Are we Instaland friends?

(if not, we totally should be.)

On a lighter note, I’ve been growing out my hair. I kind of miss being able to fit it all underneath a hat. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ On the brightside, I have quite the 70's mini-fro now, and I'm considering getting twists this summer to cope with the awkward growing-out-a-pixie-cut mullet situation. 🤷🏽‍♀️ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ _ #whenthingsweresmall #naturalhair #bigchop ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #casualchic #petitefashion #petite #stylediaries #iwillwearwhatilike #livemindfully #welllived #creativelife #hadleyfrances #everlane #carryyourselfgently #theartofslowliving #theartofimperfection #theaestheticway #madewithlove #aquietstyle #verilymoment #slowliving #minimal #flashesofdelight #liveauthentic #pursuepretty #mirrorselfie
"Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?" |Matthew 6:26| ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I want to be more aware. I've started looking at God's patterns in nature— the patterns of life coming from death, patterns of abundance and provision, everything moving at its own pace and in its own rhythm, etc. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ And when I see myself as a part of nature, that means I'm cared for in the same way as the birds at the very minimum (which is beautiful in itself if you stop and consider). ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ What's even MORE beautiful about this is I'm not only cared for in this way, but I'm much more valuable than this— a carrier of eternal light and peace. ✨ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Photo by @ashleyfriendphoto _ #whenthingsweresmall #authentictalks #carryyourselfgently ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #authenticfrani #flowerstagram #nashvilleflorist #underthefloralspell #ruffledblooms #alltheprettythings #designisinthedetails #liveslowly #linedrawing #botanicaldrawing #inklife #branding #seekthesimplicity #flowers #floralillustration #thatsdarling #flowerinspiration #flowerlover #plantspiration #signsofspring #signsofsummer #inspiredbypetals #creativityfound #livethelittlethings #botanicalpickmeup #flowerlove #floraltattoo
I've widened my support beyond myself, letting people into my desires, while not allowing the root desire to change. I have loosed the dead in me— the closed-off, the afraid-of-influence, self-doubting, dead. I've loosed it and let it go. I've invited people into my dreams. (Most people would call it "having friends.") ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ [from 06 Apr 2019] ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ P.C. @ashleyfriendphoto _ #whenthingsweresmall ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #authenticfrani #handlettering #wellnessweekend #poetry #poetrycommunity #poetrybooks #lifelivedbeautifully #livefullyalive #abidingartists #bedeeplyrooted #boldbraveyou #encouragementgallery #graceupongrace #wellwateredwoman #itiswell #gritandvirtue #creativeflow #creativevibes #creativeliving #creativityfound #delightandbe #dailydoseofpaper #artfullyseeking #capturemycraft #botanicalart #calledtobecreative #plantspiration
Well hello! We're almost halfway through April, so this post is a little overdue. This month's #reframingperspective prompt is to ask for what you need. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I'm kind of at a loss for what to say about this actually because I've been ignoring myself for the last two weeks; just working and sleeping, falling out of my grounding routines, feeling anxiety over all the mess in my house, then subsequently turning on mental auto-pilot because of the overwhelm. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ So maybe what I need is to remember is that I can't stumble into taking care of myself or my space; that it takes intentionality to build beneficial habits. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ P.C. @ashleyfriendphoto _ #whenthingsweresmall #carryyourselfgently #aprilshowers ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #authenticfrani #flowerstagram #underthefloralspell #ruffledblooms #alltheprettythings #designisinthedetails #liveslowly #linedrawing #botanicaldrawing #inklife #branding #seekthesimplicity #flowers #floralillustration #thatsdarling #flowerinspiration #flowerlover #plantspiration #signsofspring #signsofsummer #inspiredbypetals #creativityfound #livethelittlethings #botanicalpickmeup #flowerlove #floraltattoo
"When the artist is alive in any person, whatever his kind of work may be, he becomes an inventive, searching, daring, self-expressing creature. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ The world would stagnate without him, and the world would be beautiful with him." |Robert Henri| ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I'm back to reading The Art Spirit by Henri. I don't know what it is about this compilation that deeply moves me, except that whenever I read it, I'm reminded of my true nature. Innately creative, innately beautiful. ✨ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ These identity words pictured are ready for a screenshot in my stories, in case you need a reminder of who you really are. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ _ #whenthingsweresmall #reframingperspective #imagodei ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #authenticfrani #handlettering #wellnessweekend #poetry #poetrycommunity #poetrybooks #lifelivedbeautifully #livefullyalive #abidingartists #bedeeplyrooted #boldbraveyou #encouragementgallery #graceupongrace #wellwateredwoman #itiswell #gritandvirtue #creativeflow #creativevibes #creativeliving #creativityfound #delightandbe #dailydoseofpaper #artfullyseeking #capturemycraft #botanicalart #calledtobecreative #plantspiration
Self asks if I love my body, its home. Today, I do. She is small and resilient, radiant and delicate. Like a bird or a fawn, she just exists as she is. Doe-like eyes, hollow bones, graceful in movement. Caught up with the wind, but no stranger to the trunks of trees and the roots that surface. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Life down at the core, abundance above, abundance below —without and within. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Self asks about loving my body, and today I can say, yes. It is my home. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ (from 16 Mar 2019) ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ _ #whenthingsweresmall #carryyourselfgently ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #authenticfrani #selflove #bodypositivity #flowerstagram #underthefloralspell #ruffledblooms #alltheprettythings #designisinthedetails #liveslowly #linedrawing #botanicaldrawing #inklife #branding #seekthesimplicity #flowers #floralillustration #thatsdarling #flowerinspiration #flowerlover #plantspiration #signsofspring #signsofsummer #inspiredbypetals #creativityfound #livethelittlethings #botanicalpickmeup #flowerlove #floraltattoo
“There was nothing wrong with you to begin with.” |@nayyirah.waheed| ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ The spring reminds us that everything is cyclical. Everything connects. Redemption, a second chance, a fresh start, bursts forth, & everything blooms in its own time. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ In the spring, we remember the light never left. In the spring, we return home. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ — #whenthingsweresmall #vernalequinox ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #authenticfrani #virgorising #handlettering #wellnessweekend #poetry #poetrycommunity #poetrybooks #lifelivedbeautifully #livefullyalive #abidingartists #bedeeplyrooted #boldbraveyou #encouragementgallery #graceupongrace #wellwateredwoman #itiswell #gritandvirtue #creativeflow #creativevibes #creativeliving #creativityfound #delightandbe #dailydoseofpaper #artfullyseeking #capturemycraft #botanicalart #astrologicalnewyear #plantspiration
Some of my favorite pieces. ✨ I could wear this outfit everyday and be a happy Fran. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ — #whenthingsweresmall ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ #authenticfrani #sezane #everlane #casualchic #petitefashion #petite #stylediaries #iwillwearwhatilike #livemindfully #welllived #creativelife #hadleyfrances #theartofslowliving#theartofimperfection #theaestheticway #madewithlove #aquietstyle #verilymoment #slowliving #minimal #flashesofdelight #liveauthentic #pursuepretty
Today is new, so you are new. There is beauty already all around. You can release the weight. You can move at your own pace. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ (from 16 Mar 2019) ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ — #whenthingsweresmall #carryyourselfgently ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #authenticfrani #capturemycraft #botanicalart #dailydoseofpaper #creativityfound #thedailytype #makersmovement #handcrafted #livethelittlethings #makersgonnamake #craftsposure #paperlove #paperie #calledtobecreative #virgorising #fortheloveofpaper #signsofspring #stationerydesign #ethicalfashion #collectedsaturday #stationery #papergoods #weddingstationery #weddingpaper #prettycreativestyle #inspiredbypetals #stationerylove #mondaymood
I've been surrounded by flowers my whole life. My mom loves floral decoration and every space I walked in growing up had some sort of delicate floral pattern— whether it was on the curtains, or in an intentionally arranged centerpiece, or a framed piece like the one in this picture. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Maybe I'm predisposed to enjoy creating my own illustrations now; there's something about drawing flowers that feels like home. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ _ #whenthingsweresmall ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #authenticfrani #capturemycraft #botanicalart #dailydoseofpaper #creativityfound #makersmovement #handcrafted #livethelittlethings #wearethemakers #makersgonnamake #floralillustration #paperlove #paperie #calledtobecreative #handmadepaper #fortheloveofpaper #signsofspring #stationerydesign #customdesign #collectedsaturday #stationery #papergoods #weddingstationery #weddingpaper #prettycreativestyle #inspiredbypetals #stationerylove #childhood #silkribbon
"The depths of our emotions are a beautiful gift... When we create space for our emotional experience, we can learn about ourselves and gently find our way back to an open heart." |@sheleanaaiyana| ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ @risingwoman ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ _ #whenthingsweresmall #risingwoman #carryyourselfgently ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #authenticfrani #flowerstagram #nashvilleflorist #underthefloralspell #ruffledblooms #alltheprettythings #designisinthedetails #liveslowly #linedrawing #botanicaldrawing #inklife #branding #seekthesimplicity #flowers #floralillustration #thatsdarling #flowerinspiration #flowerlover #plantspiration #signsofspring #signsofsummer #inspiredbypetals #creativityfound #livethelittlethings #botanicalpickmeup #flowerlove #floraltattoo
Shedding old skin is actually the start of a new phase, rather than the closure of a current phase. Everything flows into the other, fading in and out. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ (from 08 Mar 2019) ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ _ #whenthingsweresmall #carryyourselfgently ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #authenticfrani #handlettering #wellnessweekend #poetry #poetrycommunity #poetrybooks #lifelivedbeautifully #livefullyalive #abidingartists #bedeeplyrooted #boldbraveyou #encouragementgallery #graceupongrace #wellwateredwoman #itiswell #gritandvirtue #creativeflow #creativevibes #creativeliving #creativityfound #delightandbe #dailydoseofpaper #artfullyseeking #capturemycraft #botanicalart #calledtobecreative #plantspiration