For calligraphers
Commissions run from a single certificate to two hundred wedding envelopes, and the deadline is always a date. Take a share before you start, sell practice sheets as files, and run beginner workshops on set dates.
What couples and companies ask
How do calligraphers price wedding envelopes?
Per envelope, with a minimum order and a rush fee. Ask for the addresses in a spreadsheet, by a set date.
How far ahead should I book a calligrapher?
Two to three months for wedding stationery, so there’s time for proofs and posting.
Can I learn calligraphy in a workshop?
Yes, the basics in an afternoon. Most people need weeks of practice after, which is what practice sheets are for.
What gets in the way
A couple orders a hundred and fifty envelopes and sends the addresses the week before.
Every commission is priced by message, from the number of names to the paper.
Workshop spaces fill by word of mouth and empty by cancellation.
What’s different for calligraphers
A share before the ink
Send an offer with the number of pieces, the deadline and a share due now, so the work is paid for before you start.
Practice sheets as files
Sell your practice sheets as files on your page, bought by students between workshops and by people who can’t make one.
Your page on the first day
This is the design or creative setup, and it’s what your page starts with. Change any of it where it appears.
- Clients can book from tomorrow onward.
- Moving or canceling is free up to 24 hours before.
- Before booking, your page asks: “What are we making, and by when?”
Your project agreement opens with this: Half of the project price is due up front and half on delivery. The scope is what we agreed in writing; new work is a new agreement.
What it doesn’t do for you
There’s no print shop, no address list import and no shipping. Post finished pieces the way you do now.
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