Comments on: Deborah Nadel Design ~ Wedding Calligraphy Giveaway

By: Michelle C.

Michelle C. — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 02:37:18 +0000

Hi! My fiance and I are getting married on 09.12.09. Two months from today! We will have one reading from the book of Colossians chapter 3 verses 12-17. I understand that this may exceed 12 lines but I would love to have your beautiful handwriting in our bedroom. These verses go as follows…”Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with on another and , if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you must also forgive. And about all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God. And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.” If we could have any part of this done, that would be great! We hope to live this out in our marriage. Thanks!

By: Ash

Ash — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 23:54:46 +0000

Suddenly, quietly, you realize that – from this moment forth – you will no longer walk through this life alone. Like a new sun this awareness arises within you, freeing you from fear, opening your life. It is the beginning of love, and the end of all that came before. – Robert Frost

By: Jennifer Minekheim

Jennifer Minekheim — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 06:14:37 +0000

What a wonderful idea! Thanks for being so generous! I would like to have a song “The Book of Love” Peter Gabriel’s version–some lines from it in calligraphy…It has so many sweet wonderful verses…but my fiancee’ thinks it’s a little slow for our first dance. This would be truly special to me!

By: Morgan

Morgan — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 23:10:23 +0000

This is a wonderful idea. My fiance and I decided to compromise on our wedding readings and do two of them, because he is Christian and I am not. Thus, we are doing one Bible reading and one reading that really speaks to us both, because it is about two individuals becoming one, and we feel that is a concept that transcends religion. It is an excerpt from the author Louis de Bernières.

“Love is a temporary madness; it erupts like volcanoes and then subsides. And when it subsides you have to make a decision. You have to work out whether your roots have so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever part. Because this is what love is.

Love is not breathlessness, it is not excitement, it is not the promulgation of eternal passion. That is just being in love, which any fool can do. Love itself is what is left over when being in love has burned away, and this is both an art and a fortunate accident.

Those that truly love have roots that grow towards each other underground, and when all the pretty blossoms have fallen from their branches, they find that they are one tree and not two.”

By: Lindsey

Lindsey — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:56:02 +0000

Wow, this is such a wonderful and beautiful idea! My FI and I are writing our own ceremony to make it just us and this would be such a wonderful way to remember the ceremony we put together. Thanks!

By: Bindu

Bindu — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:35:31 +0000

My fiance and I aren’t really very religious, so we won’t be doing a traditional wedding with readings, etc. However, we met dancing, and we both love music, so our first song will definitely be a BIG moment! We’re not sure what song we’ll be dancing to yet, but I’d love to have some of the lyrics to that song done in this beautiful calligraphy! Deborah – your work is amazing!

By: Jillian

Jillian — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:53:56 +0000

What a great contest!! Deborah’s calligraphy is just breathtaking. I think I’d choose the words to our first dance – ‘Keeper of the Stars’ by Tracy Byrd. My husband-to-be just loves the words to this song, and chose it as our first dance long before he proposed. This would be a truly special gift to present to him before our October wedding

By: Sarah

Sarah — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:53:46 +0000

I would love to have a quotation from Homer: “There is nothing nobler or more admirable than when two people who see eye to eye keep house as husband and wife, confounding their enemies and delighting their friends.” We are getting married in a Catholic church, so we are limited in the readings we are able to use, but perhaps I can work it into the programs somehow. For some reason, this quote struck a chord with us and we are very excited to be married and confound and delight. What a great contest! : )

By: Paula Puryear

Paula Puryear — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 23:09:46 +0000

This is so lovely it takes my breath away. I’d love to have our vows, which I’ll be writing, done. I haven’t written them yet, but they will reflect our gratitude and our wonder.

By: Jenn S.

Jenn S. — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:50:09 +0000

I love calligraphy! I would like to have one of our readings done in Deborah Nadel’s beautiful handwriting. I think our New Testament reading, 1 Corinthians 12:31 – 13:8 would be lovely.

By: Jenn K.

Jenn K. — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:45:04 +0000

It really is the little details that make all the difference! We would love to have lyrics from “our” song done Wild Horses-The Rolling Stones
Graceless lady you know who I am
You know I cant let you slide through my hands
Wild horses couldn’t drag me away

By: Brittney

Brittney — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:05:02 +0000

Calligraphy is my favorite thing in the whole world. We plan on doing our invitations in calligraphy! We are doing the same reading my great-great grandfather had at his, which is an old Gaelic verse. I won’t begin to try and type it here….what a great idea and fabulous giveaway, thank you for the opportunity!!

By: Melissa

Melissa — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:41:42 +0000

Thank you for the chance to enter. We are still planning the details of our ceremony but have settled on one sweet reading: a Mr. Roger’s song called “It’s You I Like”. I would love to commemorate the start of our lives together with a work of Deborah’s calligraphy.

It’s you I like,
It’s not the things you wear,
It’s not the way you do your hair–
But it’s you I like
The way you are right now,
The way down deep inside you–
Not the things that hide you,
Not your toys–
They’re just beside you.

But it’s you I like–
Every part of you,
Your skin, your eyes, your feelings
Whether old or new.
I hope that you’ll remember
Even when you’re feeling blue
That it’s you I like,
It’s you yourself,
It’s you, it’s you I like.

By: Northern Virginia Wedding Photographer

Northern Virginia Wedding Photographer — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:02:05 +0000

This is fantastic work and adds a amazing touch to any wedding.

By: Katelyn

Katelyn — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:29:21 +0000

This is so kind of you to offer your beautiful work in a contest. I would be so greatful to have the words of our wedding song made into a lasting reminder of the song that tumbles over and over again in my head. The song is called “The Road That Never Ends” and it really speaks to my future husband and I and our families which are coming together.