Erma Takeda's Birthday Greetings & Kristine Zavoli's Greeting Card

Erma Takeda & Kristine Zavoli Show Us  A Way to Make Use of Your Letters at Kalligraphia 13 - Create  A Greeting Card.

Erma Takeda  "Birthday Greetings"

I opted to include the glass window in Erma's photo to show  a pathway- an opening to other people's lives to gladden someone's heart with a card. The late Anne Yamasaki who was in-charge of the Little Brothers Project was  sending birthday greetings to senior residents. She would request FOC members to choose a month to letter the cards and those cards bring joy to the folks when their birthday arrives.



Kristine Zavoli "Greeting Card"


Kristine Zavoli incorporates Lebanese-American poet Kahlil Gibran  quote who is famously known as the Prophet. Do you know who are the bestselling poets throughout the history? Shakespeare, Lao-Tzu, and Kahlil Gibran.

When you're sorrowful

Look again in your heart

and you shall see that in truth

you are weeping for that

which has been your delight

          Kahlil Gibran - the Prophet

Kristine adds a line to another card. For those who dread birthdays, she reminds us:

Birthday are good for us. The more we have , the longer we live

 

I like to create cards with my own quotations. I used to define calligraphy as a special kind of beauty to make people happy. At work, I'm called upon to make birthday cards to people who are celebrating birthdays, retiring or getting promotions. I create cards with my own homemade poem. Believe , people don't care if you're using your 45 degrees angle or an awesome technique you learn in your workshop. A card that's handwritten beats any card in a commercial store.

Make use of your lettering gift by placing them on greeting cards. Brighten someone's life who is celebrating a birthday, having an anniversary, doing a good job. Send a card to an injured soldier or a lonely soldier away from home.

This year I made a card for Nancy on her 90th birthday because I see her always helping in the church like cleaning the pews. She was happy to receive it. Two months later,  it was published in the Sunday newsletter Nancy was voted "Parishioner of the Year."