Not only do you get that wonderful feeling of accomplishment from learning a new skill, but you can also use it to decorate your home and make others happy! Who knows, maybe you’ll even start a side business one day. You’re already saving tons of money by making your own handmade cards and personalized gifts.
But, you’re stuck on where to start or how to improve. There are so many resources out there, and you need the best resources to follow. No more guessing at which supplies are best. You need high-quality, step-by-step instructions to give you the most progress without wasting time.
We totally get it. And the good news is: you’re in the right place.
We can help you learn calligraphy even if you don’t feel like a creative person. In fact, we’re known for our logical, analytical teaching style.
You might wonder if our calligraphy looks the same as each other’s (we are twins after all!) but we each have a unique style.
Jillian wrote the modern, bouncy style with a brush pen, while Jordan used a pointed pen to create the beautiful flourished quote on the left.
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We signed up for our first calligraphy class at age 11 while on a family vacation. While most kids would prefer to run around the beach, we were happy to spend a few hours in the art studio, in awe of the calligraphy pens and alphabets that surrounded us. From then on we added a touch of hand lettering to all of our school notes and journals, even throughout high school.
We went to college to study very different topics: Jillian studied Business, Spanish, and Interactive Media while Jordan got a degree in Mechanical Engineering and Music. We both proudly graduated Summa Cum Laude from Miami University in 2014 with data-heavy jobs, but a desire to return to our creative sides after work ended each day.
In 2015, we got back into practicing calligraphy to make signs and address envelopes for our own weddings. Calligraphy became our shared hobby once again, and, after getting home from our analytical day jobs, we spent hours experimenting to learn as many lettering styles as possible. We followed hundreds of Instagram accounts for inspiration, purchased countless books for research, and watched as many YouTube videos as we could find (there weren’t many at the time). Most importantly, we kept creating.
Friends, family, and coworkers began requesting custom greeting cards and personalized quotes, and nothing felt better than creating something handmade to make someone else feel special. We wanted to share this feeling of joy, so we published our first video tutorials in 2016 and taught our first in-person workshops in 2017.
Our students loved picking up a brush pen to create beautiful lettering on their workbook pages. But, 3 hours wasn’t enough time, and they needed next steps and more support. That’s why we decided to create online courses to share ALL our knowledge in a format that transcended the possibilities of in-person teaching. Even though we had hundreds of students go through our workshops, we knew we could help even more people by teaching online.
Fast forward to today, we’ve taught tens of thousands of students just like you, created a highly engaged and supportive community, and built a global following of over 150,000 across our online channels.
We’ve taught over 65,000 students from 149 countries around the world. We are so proud of our students who have gone from “what’s calligraphy?!” to seeing a beautiful transformation in skill and confidence.
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