Meghan Markle’s Calligraphy Skills: From Paper Source to Royal Wedding

Meghan Markle, the future royal and former Suits actress, had a part-time job as a calligraphy teacher at the Paper Source store in Beverly Hills from 2004 to 2005 while she was going through auditions.

According to Winnie Park, the CEO of Paper Source, Meghan taught calligraphy, gift wrapping, and bookbinding to a group of customers during a two-hour class on how to do calligraphy.

Aside from her job at Paper Source, Meghan also worked as a freelance calligrapher, where she wrote the invitations for Robin Thicke and Paula Patton's wedding in 2005.

Meghan's love for handwritten notes was evident on her former lifestyle blog, The Tig, where she expressed that “handwritten notes are a lost art form.”

She reminisced about her dad writing her a letter when she booked her first pilot, which she still has up to this day.

For her, the idea of someone taking the time to put pen to paper is really special.

Park describes Meghan as someone who enjoys the creative aspects of the job and likes helping people with their creative projects.

She would advise customers on various projects, from wedding invitations to creating personalized stationery to gift wrapping.

Park adds that Paper Source sales associates are screened for their creativity, and Meghan was undoubtedly a great fit for the job.

Meghan's intimate knowledge about what goes into creating wedding invitations is coming in handy as she prepares for her own royal wedding to Prince Harry in just two months.

While the couple's formal invitations were just sent out, Park thinks there will be a second, more personal invitation to follow in the mail for those closest to them.

Park believes that they are a couple who would send a personal touch to close friends and family.

Based on her love of calligraphy, Park thinks Meghan would likely address the invitations herself, adding personal touches by choosing colors they enjoy in references to their relationship.

A big trend that we're seeing is couples addressing invitations with beautiful stamps from around the world.

They could choose stamps from places that mean the most to them, such as Botswana, the UK, and the US.

The couple went to Botswana shortly after Markle's 36th birthday in August 2017.

Park describes Meghan as a renaissance woman and a modern royal-to-be, and this is going to be a modern royal wedding.

Meghan's creative skills and love for calligraphy are just a few of the many things that make her unique and special.