10 Customized Gifts to Celebrate World Calligraphy Day
Calligraphy is where handwriting meets art, and we believe that customized presents are where love meets gift-giving.
What better way to express gratitude than with a personalized gift that has been handmade with an ocean of love and personalized to your friend or family member, showing them, “The world is your oyster.”
Today, to celebrate World Calligraphy Day, we’re catching up with the artists behind the script: our calligraphy team!
We’re also highlighting their beautiful work with ten of our favorite customized, handcrafted Grit & Grace Studio creations.
Meet the Grit & Grace Studio Calligraphy Team
Meet Gail and Mary Beth, the Grit & Grace Studio in-house calligraphers who add an elegant flourish to our customized products. Where would we be without these graceful, kind ladies?
When Gail is not greeting customers, gilding our oyster shell jewelry dishes, and shipping our handcrafted decoupage oysters, you’ll often find her with a calligraphy pen in her hand, adding thoughtful touches to our gifts and heartfelt messages to gift cards.
For Mary Beth, a love of fine penmanship is in her genes. She credits her father for her love of calligraphy, “Father had the best handwriting; everything was just perfect in his penmanship!” Her admiration of her father’s writing led Mary Beth to practice her own “fancy writing” for hours on end, a lifelong pastime we at Grit & Grace Studio are very grateful for today!
Mary Beth explains, “When you receive a customized gift, it means someone has taken the time to think about you and give you a special gift. They have taken the time and effort to have it created just for you.”
10 Beautiful Customized Gifts to Celebrate World Calligraphy Day
The World Is Your Oyster Jewelry Dish
When you tell someone, “The world is your oyster,” you remind them that you believe in them, the best lies ahead, and they can achieve anything they put their mind to! That’s why this is one of the most requested inscriptions for our gilded oyster shell dishes.
Transform our classic, elegant dishes into a celebration of hope and promise with this inspiring calligraphy, and give The World Is Your Oyster Jewelry Dish as a thoughtful graduation gift, Christmas gift for her, or birthday present. These beautiful dishes pair perfectly with the Grit Adjustable Bolo Bracelet, which celebrates her fortitude and ability to produce a pearl from even the roughest of waters.
Customized Oyster Wedding Ring Dish
Add a personal touch to your wedding day with our handcrafted Gilded Oyster Ring Dishes. Let us adorn your one-of-a-kind ring dish with custom calligraphy to make the day all your own. Our Charleston brides love to inscribe our oyster shell dishes with the betrothed couple’s names, their wedding date, or even the coordinates of where they first met.
Use this dish to hold your bridal jewelry or entrust it to your ring bearer… and we may be biased, but there is nothing cuter than a ring bearer with sandy toes and a gilded oyster shell in his little hands, leading your way down the aisle for your seaside ceremony!
Are you shopping for a bride-to-be? Personalize our oyster wedding ring dish with her new monogram or wedding date, and add The Angel Oak Bridal Earrings as a delicate, heirloom gift to nestles beautifully inside our gleaming oyster shells.
Oyster Place Card Napkin Ring with Customized Calligraphy
There’s a seat at our table with your name on it - in an elegant gold script! Elevate your next dinner party with these customized calligraphy oyster napkin rings. These hand painted napkin rings also function as stately place cards. Adorn your shells with guests’ names or a holiday message, and select the shade of recycled glass bead that best accents your table decor. Finish off your coastal chic tablescape with our Oyster Salt and Pepper Cellars, for a polished, contemporary aesthetic.
Whether you reuse these place cards at the next party or give them to your loved ones as a parting gift, remember that each place card is a gift that gives back: Grit & Grace Studio is proud to recycle 10 oyster shells from local restaurants back to the Charleston waters for each gilded oyster shell purchased.
Oyster Shell Place Cards
Invite your guests to celebrate your big day with our exquisite Oyster Shell Place Cards. Each place card will be artfully embellished with the guests’ names in gold calligraphy to match the gilded shells. These heirloom gifts are actually thoughtfully handcrafted wedding favors, and your guests can use these nautical catchalls for their own wedding rings, cufflinks, or beloved trinkets.
Display these oyster place cards as part of your reception table decor to guide guests to their seat, and let us provide our signature eco-friendly “The World Is Your Oyster” boxes for them to carry their gift home. If you want to add an extra special touch, contact us about ordering calligraphy thank you cards to accompany each box to end the night on a sweet, gracious note.
Customizable Holiday Ornaments
Make spirits bright this holiday season with a customizable holiday ornament. Our Oyster Shell Christmas Ornaments look beautiful with a personalized line of calligraphy around their gilded edge. Celebrate the year’s blessings with “Baby’s First Christmas” or let us personalize an ornament for newlyweds’ first holiday.
We also love to inscribe our customizable holiday ornaments with a line from your friend or family’s favorite hymn or Christmas song. You can add one of our Crystal Wishing Bottles containing a calligraphy scroll with your hopes and dreams for the recipient’s new year to any of our ornaments for a truly kind gift.
Calligraphy Oyster Blessing Beads
Cherish your blessings with these customized calligraphy Oyster Blessing Beads. These sweet symbols of gratitude are popular newborn gifts, and our in-house calligraphers will inscribe the gilded oyster shell with the little one’s full name and birth date. Drape these beads from the nursery doorknob or display them over the crib as a reminder to practice gratitude for each day with your bundle of joy. We are also happy to customize our Oyster Blessing Beads as part of our Newborn Gift Baskets, which also contain a personalized greeting card, a hand painted guardian angel, adorable cotton onesie, and animal-themed booties.
Calligraphy Greeting Card
In this digital age, a beautifully written card with a heartfelt message is a gift in and of itself. Let us help you express yourself with grace, elegance, and an artistic flourish with a handwritten Calligraphy Greeting Card. Choose from one of our eleven lovely card designs and relay the message inside, and we’ll take care of the rest!
We have a variety of cards to select for any gift-giving occasion, and our customers love to add a Calligraphy Greeting Card to our Mother’s Day Gift Basket, our Graduation Gift Basket, and our Newborn Gift Baskets. Tailor your message to the celebration at hand, but don’t forget to remind your loved one, “The world is your oyster!”
Customized Souvenir Oyster Jewelry Dish
What sweeter way to commemorate a special place or favorite vacation city than with a customized Oyster Jewelry Dish? Let us embellish your gilded oyster shell with a gold or black flourish for a souvenir or gift that’s both nostalgic and functional. Use this oyster trinket dish to house your beloved jewelry or display it on your coffee table or countertop as a nautical decor accent.
This customized souvenir Oyster Jewelry dish also makes a fabulous gift for your go-to traveling companion. Celebrate your girls’ weekend memories and all the adventures yet to come when you pair this gift with our Los Poblanos Travel Candle and our Renewable Fiber Beach Tote.
Customized Calligraphy Bible Verse
Hold your faith dear and practice gratitude by embellishing your favorite Grit & Grace Studio piece with the Bible verse that speaks to your heart. Our calligraphy artists will add a loving flourish to your Oyster Blessing Beads or Oyster Jewelry Dish to create a personalized and inspiring gift.
The Bible verse Customized Gilded Oyster is a loving gift for graduation, confirmation, Christmas, or as a thank you present. We love to pair these thoughtful tokens with our Guardian Angels by artist Ginger Leigh for a truly graceful gift-giving experience.
Customized Graduation Oyster Jewelry Dish
Wish your graduate well as they sail off on their next big adventure with customized calligraphy on one of our Oyster Jewelry Dishes. Let this handcrafted gift remind them, “The world is your oyster” while commemorating their big accomplishment. Let us add congratulations or the year of their graduating class in our artistic script, or convey the message dearest to your heart. This is a popular addition to our Graduation Gift Basket, which also features our delicate Grit Bolo Bracelet.
We wish you the best World Calligraphy Day! We hope you celebrate with a customized Grit & Grace Studio Oyster Ring Dish - we’ve got one at our Flagship with your name on it! - and share the love by giving one to a friend with a personal flourish.
Shop our customized gifts now, and contact us with the message and inscription of your choice: our team of talented calligraphers would love to work with you to bring your vision to life. Remember, the world is your oyster!
One Love & Blessings,