Literary Letters Assorted Note Cards

Unique and beautiful

I've been purchasing note cards from Literary Calligraphy for a long time, ever since meeting Susan Loy at a Bucks County, PA, shopyears ago. They are beautifully made; the calligraphy IS the artwork, so it's intended to be small. They are perfectfor sending any kind of note that reflects good taste, sincerity and something more on the serious side. Absolutely NOTHING commercial can compare to these.

Very professional, yet delicate notecards.

The hand-lettering calligraphy is gorgeous and the floral patterns highlight the quotes. The authors quoted are Emerson, Yeats and Dickinson. The cards are blank in the middle. The colors are vivd and the card stock is high quality.

Beautiful and thoughtful -- how rare is that? When someone receives one of these cards from me, they know I've actually put some thought into the matter. Graceful thoughts gracefully presented. Thanks!

These cards are thin and small. About 2 cents worth of paper, with the writing too small to read. There is nothing particularly special about these cards.

One of my favorite poems is Rudyard Kipling's "If". About a year ago, my girlfriend (now wife) purchased a rendering of the poem from the artist as a gift for me. I was thrilled to receive it but my girlfriend was crushed when I immediately noticed that the artist had edited out the closing line: "And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son!" Instead of a complete poem, the artist had created her own version of it, edited apparently to her liking. My girlfriend--who was not nearly as familiar with the poem as I was--had no idea that it was missing a line, and nothing on the website alerted her that the poem might be incomplete. In fact, the artist's website includes a link labeled "Read complete text" but the poem showed on the page also shows the last line removed, with no notice that it's an edited, incomplete version.When my girlfriend contacted the artist, all she was told was that we could return it for a full refund. I opted to keep it as it's a nice piece, but I did have my girlfriend complete the last line of the poem with her own beautiful handwriting. This finally made the gift complete.Somewhere buried on the artist's website is a line that she creates her own 'interpretations' of the literature--I tried to find it so I could be fair and make note of it, but I couldn't find it on a pass through the site. This is a very oblique way of saying you might not be getting what you think you're buying.The only way someone would know that the artist's version of the poem is incomplete would be 1)already have the poem memorized or 2)find a definitive version and compare line-by-line with the version shown on the artist's site. Anyone innocently assuming that "Read complete text" means it is the actual "complete text" is being misled. That the artist makes NO effort to be up-front about this is simply dishonest.It's baffling to me why the artist feels the need to edit Kipling in the first place. To a lover of the poem, it is not improved by editing in any sense: the poem I love is the one Kipling wrote. If I was less generous I would call it arrogance, but I don't know the artist so I don't know why she would make this choice. Kipling is one of the giants of the English language, and it takes some chutzpah to edit Kipling.So buyer beware: be sure to check that it is complete (and otherwise un-edited) before purchasing--ESPECIALLY if you are buying the item as a gift for someone who loves the original literary work of art. The artist won't tell you.

Love!