Victoria Blüm Calligraphy

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✨How are you? ✨What a rollercoaster we’re on! First of all, I want to thank each and every one of you who have supported my business. If you’ve ever attended a workshop, bought a product, booked a wedding or just liked and shared my post. Doing this makes a huge difference to every small business out there. Please shop small this year, if you can.
✨Today I’m sharing some of my favourite local businesses or people I know and have worked with. It might surprise you to know I’ll recommend other calligraphers. This is something I will always do. If I’m not in a position to do work for someone, I’ll always signpost them to another calligrapher. I truly believe that if you’re in an industry and can’t do work for someone, you should always recommend someone else. There’s room for everyone and the industry relies on it!

1✨ - beautiful letters from Father Christmas put together by Rachel at Luna Mail. I have the pleasure of writing these gorgeous envelopes.

2✨ - cute little biscuits and a Christmas Eve box collection.

3✨ - pretty tree decorations and prints designed by Nina, amongst some other adorable products.

4✨ - a macrame book! This would be a fabulous Christmas gift. Isabella has some great free tutorials available too.

5✨ - handmade jewellery or book in for one of Fiona’s popular workshops.

6✨ everyone I know has one of these! This business is run by Lou and she’s worked so hard to make these as popular as they are today.

7✨ - very popular kits made by Casey in her converted barn on her farm!

8✨ - the one who taught me everything I know✨I always get asked for brush lettering kits and these look perfect.

9✨ does fabulous bespoke products. I absolutely adore her illustrations - she’s pretty lovely too.

10✨ -the one stop shop for all your calligraphy needs - run by Lauren of & her sister.

It’s not often I talk about Christmas before Halloween but these are too good not to share. These children’s letters from Father Christmas are about to start going out. Hop over to 💫

💫FLASH SALE💫
For 24 hrs only my calligraphy kits are down to £20. As workshops have been a bit tricky to organise this year, it’s a perfect way to learn at home. Kits contain an instruction booklet, a lovely Rhodia notebook, pen holder, nib, jar of ink and a lovely canvas bag to keep them in. If you’re stuck for Christmas ideas, they make a great gift. Click the photo to shop 💫

I’m obsessed with doing monochrome place settings and pretty much every plate that has.
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Classic black and white place cards. It’s not often you get this combination now but I love the simplicity of it.
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Hello! How are you all? It’s been five months since I lasted posted- what a strange old time this has been. This was the last job I had out of the house at for Valentines Day. I wouldn’t have believed what was about to happen then - all my workshops got cancelled and all the weddings postponed. I retreated into the home schooling bubble and didn’t have to think about juggling work but I’m so glad to be back, it really is a tonic. I take my hat off to those who were working and home schooling 🍷 I really feel for some of my friends and colleagues that weren’t able to survive this time. When you think about running your own business, you don’t give much thought to pandemics! This week, normality has returned and I’ve sooo enjoyed being back at my desk writing for some lovely companies and people. Wedding work is beginning again and a few people have asked my about workshops. Anyway, just thought I’d pop on and say hello and I hope you all got through it unscathed. I will be doing a reduced workload until the middle of September as I’m catching up on some work that got shelved but I’ll be back to full capacity soon. Bring on Autumn 🍂
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I hope everyone is safe during this difficult time. Not only is it worrying from a health perspective but also a financial one. I’m so sad for friends of mine who depend on face to face contact, cafe owners, hairdressers, gym instructors, the list goes on. I have taken the decision to cancel all my workshops until further notice. Those held at venues are unavoidably cancelled and those that are held at my home must also be for the health and safely of everyone. We all have a social responsibility to keep each other safe. If you have booked through my website then you will be entitled to a full refund as I know how difficult it will be to reschedule. If you’d like to have a kit to do at home instead, just let me know and I’ll pop it in the post. If you haven’t booked a workshop but you’d like something to do whilst at home then please visit my website and order a kit. 🖊
I have visions of us emerging from this pandemic like animals out of hibernation. With all the sadness that people will suffer will come good. Technology keeps us at a distance from our friends, family and strangers but I’m sure in weeks to come we’ll again learn to appreciate the necessity and value of real human contact❤️

|| Calligraphy & Cake || I had such a great evening at . We had a full house and it was lovely to see so many different people wanting to learn. The next workshop is at the end of the month. Click in to link to book.
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Today was spent at in Covent Garden personalising bottles, candles, gift sets and any other lovely stuff the store had to offer. How nice it was to write all those personal messages. What a lot of love there was around.
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Click the link to book for Calligraphy & Cake!

NEW EVENTS FOR 2020! 🌟

We have decided to start running lots of new evening events for you to come along to and enjoy!

Our aim is to support other small businesses whilst delivering our lovely customers new events - (obviously accompanied with tea and cake!)💘

You view and purchase tickets for our upcoming events following this link: https://www.theparlourtearoom.com/our-events

If your interested in holding and event or workshop please drop and email over to: [email protected] 🙌🏻

OUR CURRENT UPCOMING EVENTS ARE:

🌟26th February - Susie Gigg - Just HeavenlyMediumship and afternoon tea evening! 🔮

🌟27th February - Victoria Blum Calligraphy workshop! 🖊 SOLD OUT!!

🌟25th March - Victoria Blüm Calligraphy workshop! 🖊

🌟27th March - A boat full of wool Arm Knitting! 🧶

Happy new year! Hope you’ve all started 2020 as intended. I’ve had so many emails about workshops and I’m struggling to get people in for private lessons. I’m working out logistics with a fab local venue so they’ll be more space for us all. As soon as they go live I’ll post a link. 🖋🍰 How beautiful is this set by ?
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🎄Tomorrow is the last order date for Christmas 🎄 Your orders must be in by midnight on 17th December for Christmas delivery. If you place an order after this date it won’t be processed until the w/c 30th December. After some requests, I’ve started up a Facebook group for those that have a kit or attended a workshop. Search for Victoria Blüm workshops group. It’s a space designed for questions, progress and troubleshooting. If you know someone who has been to a class or got a kit and can’t access Facebook, I’m still available on here and e mail. 🎄Link in bio for the kits 🎄
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💫There’s a giveaway over on Instagram. I’ve joined three other amazing local makers for this fab prize 💫

https://www.instagram.com/p/B5nG7P5BPQk/?igshid=nbyckdlsbgf3

💫Giveway💫 Someone will win these fabulous prizes! As local makers and living only a few miles apart, we thought we’d get together and do a giveaway in time for Christmas. 💫 From @victoriablumcalligraphy - a modern calligraphy kit which includes ink, pen holder, nib, canvas bag, workbook & Rhodia notebook. From @laurafisherillustrations - an A4 personalised welly boot illustration. From @chalkandcheesecandlesandmelts - a hand poured winter cranberry soy jar candle and 4 festive cookie tea lights. All hand poured in her studio. From @hopeandrainbows - an A2 alphabet print in the colour of your choice (ink, rose or mustard). 💫 To be in with a chance to win you must follow all 4 makers listed above and like each post. Tag a friend who’d love to win this - perhaps you can share it? 💫 Competition closes at 23:59 on 9th December. Good luck! 💫 #christmasgiveaway #localmakers #shopsmall #giveaway #winforxmas #christmasgifts #entertowin #makersgiveaway

Oh hi! This is a perfectly natural photo of me pretending to write. It’s about two years old so I think I might need another. On a serious note it seems appropriate to say thank you to everyone that has supported my business by buying products, booking workshops or sharing my work. I’m so grateful to you for investing in me and shopping small. Oh and my calligraphy kits are still available - link in bio 😉
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🎉N E W P R O D U C T🎉
You asked me and I’ve done it! If you can’t get to a class then why not order a kit to do at home? These kits include an instruction booklet, pot of calligraphy ink, nib, pen holder, gorgeous canvas bag to put them in and a Rhodia dot pad. Who wouldn’t love to receive a gift like this?! Click shop button at the top of the page to order.
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Today is the last workshop of the year at . This space is even better on this beautiful autumn day.
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Look at these home grown beauties. That giant one is going to keep us in soup for a few weeks.
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Starting to think about the advent calendar for this year. Last year I did mini envelopes filled with little trinkets or a note. This year I’m not going to use any plastic. When I was thinking about what to do, my daughter found these envelopes from last year. We’ve decided she can use these ones for her classmates. Each day she’ll write a nice note and give it to someone at school. 💌It honestly doesn’t bother me about academic achievements. If she’s kind, that’s another good human in the world.
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⭐️ Workshop giveaway extravaganza ⭐️
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I’m so excited to announce that I have teamed up with 3 fellow creatives to offer you the chance to win a place on 4 different workshops. You would receive a voucher to be used on each of their workshops allowing you to try your hand at Jewellery, Macrame, Calligraphy and Annie Sloan Chalk paint workshops. Pretty amazing prize I think you’ll agree 😀

To Enter
- Like this post
- follow the 4 accounts listed below - Tag your friends in this post (as many as you like but 1 per comment)
- the more you tag the more times you are entered
- extra entry if you share to your stories and tag all 4 businesses •
Rules
- UK winner entries only - 1 winner will receive 4 vouchers (one from each company) to be used on the workshops of the artists choice at a date which is convenient to you - vouchers are valid for 6 months - competition ends 20/10/19 at 11.59
- winner announced 21/10/19
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You must follow all of these accounts to be entered-




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This was meant to be a GIF but it ended up taking too long so I’ll have to settle for the plain old written word instead. I loooove Autumn and I loooove October. There are a lot of workshops going on this month at and with another at in November. I’ve also had a lot of private workshop bookings which is great. Link in bio for the classes and courses or drop me an e mail if you’d like a private lesson.
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Getting the brushes out this week (thank you for these). Was meant to start learning Japanese this summer but life got in the way. Promised myself that I’ll start soon. Yes, these are Chinese brushes but I’ve got to start somewhere.
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Last night was spent with a bride to be who will be writing her own wedding invitations. I can’t wait to see them! It was such a lovely idea for her family to buy her this lesson. I’ll be releasing some more home workshop dates next month. If you can’t wait, drop me an email ✨
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Oh hi! How are you? It’s been about two months since I posted so it’s well overdue. Hope you all had a fab summer. I now have two school aged children so more time to work 🙌🏻 Don’t forget to check out the classes at (click link in bio). There are a range of workshops from Intermediate, wedding and Christmas calligraphy. There’s even been a booking for the course next spring! You lot are organised. It’s officially autumn on Monday and I’m looking forward to seeing the new seasons weddings. This shoot was organised by .photography with in - the most stunning location.
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☀️ First day of the holidays ☀️ It’ll be pretty quiet on here over the summer. I’ll be back in September with more workshops and events. If you’ve asked to be notified of dates, I’ll be in touch soon. I hope you all manage to get some kind of a break over the next few weeks. 💫 This was a simple brown paper banner done for The Creative Meet-up at ******er hosted by and - I hear it was a good one.
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Saturday’s workshop at . Such a lovely bunch and they all took to it so well. I was particularly impressed with Kimberly (14) who travelled from Somerset with her Dad especially for the workshop. What a lovely thing to do with a parent. is such a great space - modern and tranquil. I’ll be planning some more after the summer so let me know if you’d like to be notified when the dates are released.
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Next week it’s (thank you for the reminder!) What a fabulous day it was with and 🌸 How fortunate I was to be a part of the show. This day, more than any other made me realise how hard florists and growers work. I mean, I knew but I didn’t really know. Early mornings, extreme heat, lifting, lugging, organising, timing and nursing cut hands. Hats off to you all.
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Oh hi! Long time no post. Over six weeks in fact. I’d love to tell you about all the amazing work things I’ve been doing but wedding season isn’t over so I can’t share anything yet. I had an unplanned break from social media and it was filled with wedding work, workshops and kids parties. I’m trying to fit everything in before the summer holidays. My last workshop of the season will be at on 20th July. It’s sold out but we hope to have more coming up soon. I’ve got some different ones coming up in the autumn term at - you can get 10% off until the end of July. I’ll be doing courses and all new Christmas and wedding workshops. I will put a link in the bio to send you straight to their website. Anyway, hope you’ve all been enjoying the sun/rain/wind ☀️🌧 🌬
(Photo by for an shoot)
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