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| Maren Nicholas, calligrapher |
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Dreamweaver Calligraphy is owned and operated by Maren Nicholas. Maren started doing calligraphy as a hobby when she was 13 years old and had her first paying job at the age of 14. She attended Russell Sage College in Troy, New York where she was an art major. At this all-female college, she used her calligraphy to design a wide variety of programs, menus, name tags and even the cover of her college yearbook. After graduation, she did the calligraphy on many of her friends wedding invitations as a gift to them. It was while she was working at Party City and selling wedding invitations on a regular basis that she was first approached about getting paid to address a bride's invitations. After this, she learned about how to get a website, take a credit card, register a domain name, etc., and started Dreamweaver Calligraphy as her home-based business after the birth of her first son in 2001. Since that time, she has been commissioned to do calligraphy on a wide variety of projects, not just wedding invitations ~ she has done award ceremony presentations for Coca-Cola and Turner Broadcasting, personalized everything from baseballs to liquor bottles to life preservers, designed a hand-written party invitation for Oprah Winfrey and had her calligraphy appear on the hit television series, "The Vampire Diaries." Most recently, her calligraphy was featured in the most recent Christmas catalog for Neiman Marcus and her work will be appearing in the upcoming season of "The Vampire Diaries" again!
On a more personal note, Maren and her husband, Michael, have been married for almost 12 years. The two of them had a completely over-the-top Mardi Gras inspired wedding, so she is able to support and encourage brides who tend to go "all out" on planning their weddings. They have two sons who are actively involved in Cub Scouts and tae kwon do. Maren participates in both of these activities, as well as PTA and a number of other charitable organizations in the metro-Atlanta area. She addicted to her spin class, facebook and the Buffalo Bills. She is highly creative, organized and loves a good "theme" when planning an event. She looks forward to working with you closely to make sure any calligraphy dreams you have come true!
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