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Interview on Besotted Brand Blog

Tristan B. of Besotted Brand was sweet enough to interview me on her blog today. She is sharing the inspiration behind the making of my soon to be released DomLovesMary font with her readers.
It was created in memory of my in-laws, Dominic and Mary Sementelli.

She created this lovely graphic from the pics I’ve posted about their love story.

I know Dom and Mary would both be thrilled. I have no doubt they are both looking down and saying:

( actually Mary would do most of the talking:)

“What a nice girl. Is she Italian? She’s so sweet to interview you and put it on that internet thing for everyone to see.

Does she like pasta and sauce ? Why don’t you have Michael make her some of my recipe and give it to her.

(She never did trust me with her sauce recipe:)

Oh, she doesn’t live nearby?

Well send her some “Pep” ( pepperoni) bread

or some “Stefanelli’s” ( the best chocolate ever…I call it my “crack”:).

Okay Mary, I’ll do that.

And Dom would chime in at the end with “Beautiful, Deb.”

Oh how I miss those voices .

Enjoy your weekend.

Best,

Debi

Monday’s post will feature: DomLovesMary font- the Wedding!

The font family features three different versions of the alphabet, a set of “Add Ons” that will include words like “and, to, of, for, at, etc…in addition to 124 flourishes to be added to either the upper or lower case so you can create your own custom look!

It will be released on October 30 at myfonts.com on my Correspondence Ink foundry page.

I’ll be sponsoring a give away of a wedding item using the DomLovesmary font on Brenda’s blog soon. Subscribe to my blog to get the details.

In the meantime, my first cursive font, Belluccia is still available at myfonts.com and fontbros.com..

Monday’s post will feature: DomLovesMary font- the Wedding!


Belluccia was named one of myfonts Most Popular Fonts for 2011.

October 19, 2012calligraphy font, Classic 1950's wedding, cursive font. calligraphy, DomLovesMary font, hand lettered font, script font, wedding fontLeave a comment

Dom Loves Mary font: “Dom-Cool, Calm and Collected”

With the nearing release of my new DomLovesMary font, I am sharing the story behind the couple that inspired this creation, my in-laws, Dominic and Mary Sementelli.

Yesterday’s post featured “Something about Mary”. Today’s topic features : Dom- “Cool, Calm and Collected.”

Above is a picture of Dom, on the right, with friends.

Dominic was a handsome Italian man, smart and as cool as a cucumber. He was so chill that his friends, as a joke, nicknamed him “Barney” (after Barney Oldfield who was a famous race car driver) because he drove so slow. The nickname stuck and, in later years, even his sons called him Barney.

That contrast is what first attracted Mary to him when she saw him while out on the town with friends. She approached him! He was taken with this beautiful, feisty girl. And soon after, they were spending all of their time together.

: Dom, in his army tent.

: Dom, on the far right.

: Dom, on the left, with army buddies.

: Dom with “Mary M”

Dom served in the army during World War II. His primary job was as a butcher. So he could carve a turkey! Most pictures of him, pre-wedding , are from his days in Australia where he was stationed. You gotta love the one by the plane:)

At that time, all of the planes had pin up girls painted on them with names that related to the girl. This was one of the less racy ones:)

Although he didn’t know it, this plane had the name of his future wife on it.

: Dom on his wedding day.

After he came home he settled into a good job at the Post Office. Then he met Mary and, as the saying goes, life would never be the same for this strong, quiet, gentle man.

Monday’s post will feature: DomLovesMary font- the Wedding!

It will be released on myfonts.com on October 30 on my Correspondence Ink foundry page.

I’ll be sponsoring a give away of a wedding item using the DomLovesmary font on Brenda’s blog soon. Subscribe to my blog to get the details.

In the meantime, my first cursive font, Belluccia is still available at myfonts.com and fontbros.com..


Belluccia was named one of myfonts Most Popular Fonts for 2011.

October 18, 2012calligraphy font, Classic 1950's wedding, cursive font. calligraphy, DomLovesMary font, hand lettered font, script font, wedding fontLeave a comment

DomLovesMary font: “Something about Mary”

My new DomLovesMary font is days away from being released! Because it’s been created in memory of my in-laws, Dominic and Mary Sementelli, I thought I’d share some things about these two people who were an incredible blessing in my life.

Today, it’s “Something about Mary”.

Mary was, in Texas terms, a “hoot”. She was all of 4’11” in heels but commanded a room like she was six feet tall

: Mary, top left, with her girls at the beach.

Born in New York, she eventually moved to Erie, Pennsylvania. She had gal pals galore that she stayed friends with all of her life.

: Mary, on the far right, with her girls at “The Town Casino”

: Mary, on the left, with her girls at “Lorenzo’s” night club.

In their single years, they loved to to go to night clubs with that cool 40″s vibe like “The Town Casino”, “Lorenzo’s” and “The Chez Ami” in nearby Buffalo, New York. Dressed to the nines , they’d have cocktails and dance to the music of great bands.

On one of those occasions, she was intrigued with a strong, handsome man named Dominic. He was her opposite to be sure. The strong, silent type, he didn’t like the spot light on him. But he loved her spunky personality and was happy to let her shine.

After several years of courting, she was finally ready to settle down. She was 30 years old, unusual for that time. But she had waited for the best:)

Mary always had great taste and was always thinking ahead. She purchased this Heywood Wakefield bedroom suite, that now resides in the guest room of our home, a year before her marriage.

On September 6, 1953, on the arm of her brother, she entered St. Paul’s Catholic Church in the “little Italy” section of the city to marry Dominic Sementelli, the love of her life.

Thirty one years later, Michael and I said our vows there as well.

Tomorrow, “Dom, The Strong Silent Type. ”

This is a sample of my soon to be released fon “DomLovesMary” in use with special flourishes and “Add on” word.

It will be released on October 30 at myfonts.com on my Correspondence Ink foundry page.

I’ll be sponsoring a give away of a wedding item using the DomLovesmary font on Brenda’s blog soon. Subscribe to my blog to get the details.

In the meantime, my first cursive font, Belluccia is still available at myfonts.com and fontbros.com..

Belluccia was named one of myfonts Most Popular Fonts for 2011.

October 17, 2012calligraphy font, Classic 1950's wedding, cursive font. calligraphy, DomLovesMary font, hand lettered font, script font, wedding fontLeave a comment

DIY Personalized Halloween Pumpkins

Here’s my latest batch of decorated Halloween pumpkins! If you remember the pic from a previous post showing personalized pumpkins, these were created for the same family.

It’s also the same client that I created the Halloween birthday invitations for using the mummy cookies in black coffins.

Which is why I thought the spider web theme would work well.

Here’s the DIY Instructions and supplies: You’ll need regular acrylic paint for the background and gloss acrylic paint for the lettering, and gloss yellow green paint for the spider and bat eyes, a pencil, a few different sized brushes and transfer paper.

( If you want to create this style of lettering, you’ll need a 1/2″ flat brush.)

1. Copy and Save the image of the lettering style above and follow the arrows to create the strokes needed to make the letters.

If you are not comfortable trying to do the lettering yourself, you can trace the letters above. Or use a font to create the names in Microsoft Word. Here’s a link to some free fonts that would work well: Ghoulish, Nightmare, Rocky would all be good choices.

(To download, click on the apple icon for a Mac and the Windows Icon for PC. If you don’t know how to add a font to your PC- just Google the question.)

2. Once you’ve created the names either by tracing or printing from your computer, make sure they will easily fit on to the pumpkin of your choice.

3. Using a pencil, draw the background design around the are where the name will go. Make sure the name will fit inside the area. I used bats and spider webs for my backgrounds.

4. Using regular acrylic paint, fill in the background area with a large brush.

5. Once the paint dries, tape the piece of paper with the name on it onto the pumpkin. Using transfer paper, which can be purchased at any craft store, trace the letters onto the pumpkin.

6. Paint the letters with gloss acrylic paint using an appropriate size brush. Add spiders, webbing, and eyes as needed.

That’s it!

Enjoy this beautiful fall day!

Debi

This is a sample of my soon to be released fon “DomLovesMary” in use with special flourishes and “Add on” word.

It will be released on myfonts.com on my Correspondence Ink foundry page.

I’ll be sponsoring a give away of a wedding item using the DomLovesmary font on Brenda’s blog soon. Subscribe to my blog to get the details.

In the meantime, my first cursive font, Belluccia is still available at myfonts.com and fontbros.com..

Belluccia was named one of myfonts Most Popular Fonts for 2011.

October 15, 2012Calligraphy, calligraphy font, cursive font, DIY Decorated Halloween Pumpkins, Hand lettering, script font2 Comments

Save the Date in “DomLovesMary” font

I was so excited to receive this Save the Date using my soon to be released calligraphy font, “DomLovesMary”.

I created the lettering for my friend’s daughter Ashley to test out the font.

This cursive font was created in memory of my in-laws Dominic and Mary Sementelli. They had a beautiful life together and were truly made for each other.

This font family will contain two different fonts that are, like them, literally “made for each other”. There are three different versions of the alphabet bundled together in the Pro version or sold separately.

In addition, there are two sets of flourishes that can be used as embellishments or to make a letter “fancier” as I did for the “A, l,y and S,t,n” in this Save the Date. I’ve also designed a special set of decorated “Add on words” ( like “and, of, for, from, RSVP, Respond, Directions, Accomodations, etc…) that can easily be placed into a design.

So designers and DIY brides will have all they need to create beautiful calligraphy wedding invitations!

It will be released next week on myfonts.com on my Correspondence Ink foundry page.

I’ll be sponsoring a give away of a wedding item using the DomLovesmary font on Brenda’s blog soon. Subscribe to my blog to get the details.

In the meantime, my first cursive font, Belluccia is still available at myfonts.com and fontbros.com..

Belluccia was named one of myfonts Most Popular Fonts for 2011.

October 12, 2012calligraphy font, cursive font. calligraphy, fancy font, hand lettered font, Save the Date with calligraphy font, script font, wedding fontLeave a comment

New Calligraphy Font

This is a sample of my new calligraphy font, DomLovesMary, that will be released within the next week!!

It’s been a long time in the making ( since May) so I am very excited to share it with you.

It will be available for purchase on myfonts.com at my Correspondence Ink Foundry.

My first calligraphy font, Belluccia, is also available at my Correspondence Ink Foundry.

So you can check out both at the same time.

I’m also very excited to have a new website that includes this blog page.

Until I get this new blog going, please click here to go to my current blog and find out what else I’ve been up to!

Best!

October 10, 2012calligraphy font, cursive font. calligraphy, DomLovesMary font, fancy font, hand lettered font, script font, wedding font6 Comments