Bridal Party | Bottle Painting

This was a memorable private event where I painted on Jo Malone London candles for C&G’s guests. I did a bit of prep work deciding on the three painted designs: cherry blossom, peony and rose.

When the guests arrive, they would pick up the box with their name calligraphed on it, and choose one of the three flower types. I would paint away while the guests enjoyed cocktail hour followed by a delicious three course dinner. At the end of the night, the guests would find their personalized candles back in their boxes and ready to take home.

The guests loved seeing the candles painted and lots of happy comments of how pleased they were. This kind of personalization truly makes an intimate event memorable because they’ll always remember receiving a one of a kind item from the couple to thank them for their support.

Official photos from the event photographer will be posted when available.

Partners and Vendor Team:

Event Planning and Design: @jraeweddings

Floral Artist: @flowerartistry

Venue: @floresandpine

Photography: @corrinawalkerphotography

Décor & Rentals: @modernrentals.ca and @jraeweddings

Stationery: @paperocelot

Favour Bottle Painting: @debbiewongdesign

Alo | Live Painting Edmonton

Celebrating Alo’s upcoming anniversary, Alo stores hosted custom monogram lettering on their active wear shoes. I had the honour of travelling to Edmonton’s Southgate Centre to hand-paint on their shoes in the client’s choice of colors.  Some opted to have just one shoe lettered, whereas others wanted both shoes with alternating colors to contrast each other.

Chinese Calligrapher Celebrating Events For 2024 Lunar New Year In Calgary

Another year has gone by in a flash and before I knew it, February 2024 arrived to celebrate the Year of the Dragon.

The past year has been an immense growth for me by progressing to a semi-cursive calligraphy style for returning and new clients who wanted a new blessing. The running style means adding a more artistic flair to the calligraphy, plus my own style is injected in it!

I returned back to Holt Renfrew again and the event was incredibly successful seeing new and familiar clients coming back. This month I also worked with Porsche for a private dinner party to calligraph blessings to their clients as well. All in all, 2024 is off to a wonderful start and I hope the Dragon Year will bring great fortune to everyone.

Calgary Chinese Calligrapher for Lunar New Year Event

Calgary Chinese Calligrapher for Lunar New Year

The 2024 Year of the Rabbit was off to a fantastic start writing calligraphy fai chun, or blessings, for returning and new clients to Holt Renfrew Calgary. With 8 phrases to choose from, ranging from wealth, dreams, and health, clients had a tough time deciding which blessings they would like to come true. It was a full 2 days and the time flew by so quickly. I look forward to offering Chinese calligraphy again at the event!

Calgary Chinese calligrapher for the Lunar New Year

Calgary Chinese calligrapher writing calligraphy fai chun blessings

Chinese calligraphy on the wishing tree in Calgary

Chinese calligraphy in Calgary on traditional red paper

Chinese calligrapher at Calgary Holt Renfrew’s event

Calgary Chinese Calligrapher

Calgary Chinese Calligraphy

Soon it’ll be the Lunar New Year and January has certainly proved to be a busy time already. I’m getting ready to offer Chinese calligraphy in Calgary for different brands. This gives clients an experience and to see this lost art performed live. During the Lunar New Year the well wishes will be written on red paper.

I appreciated this art form a lot more since starting my journey in Western style calligraphy a few years ago. Chinese calligraphy is quite different as the traditional Chinese brush is much more flexible and requires different skills. None the less, it is a challenging art I am enjoying and striving to improve.

Calgary Chinese calligraphy Debbie Wong