A long-time repeat customer brought a vase to be engraved for a new grandson. The long message on the piece traces the lineage of the baby's family back to ...

Here's a new BrownLines™ to give you some ideas of my rich and ongoing experiences at country clubs in my area. They are everywhere. Even in small cities an...

Nam Nguyen is a resident of Austin, TX, and has had a passion for Calligraphy for several years. His Calligraphy had been with pen and ink and markers, most...

Every year about this time it begins the 'burning-the-candle-at-both-ends' routine almost every day. Between teaching engraving classes to beginners, events...

Ethel operates a gift basket business and lives in Lagos, Nigeria. She began her online studies with me in March of this year. Her progress has been amazing....

Some time back at my Nordstorm fragrance engraving event, this young lady came by and asked me for a SmileStone™. Made her almost as happy as her spectacular...

A few directions how a few simple strokes of luck are in your reach! Many years ago in Irving, TX, Gail frequented a small dress shop in a retail area near o...

MONKEY SEE. MONKEY DO. Well, there was a bit more to it than that, although, I did just look at the shape of the character and then try to duplicate every n...

For years, photos and inspirations would nudge me to publish a blog featuring an interesting project and how I did it. For all those years I felt as though I...

At ten years in, I had done a number of brush-lettering jobs after my introduction to steel lettering pens at Oklahoma State University in 1961. This projec...

Several times each month I get a phone call from wine and liquor stores, or their representatives, asking me to come to a special event to engrave bottles. T...

This thick, glass heart must have weighed ten pounds. It was designed to hang on a large metal hook attached to a 20" rod on a base so it could hang in the ...

Quite a rare occurrence at my in-store events when frosted bottles come along for engraving. So often, I forget to remind the person adding color in the stor...

From the beginning of my engraving venture, I hustled a bunch of country clubs. I sent each of 20 golf pros, a brand new personalized 5 iron, to their count...

Just over 50 years ago, in May of 1968, I dabbled with a Calligraphy pen and lettered ken brown in about 5 minutes or less on a piece of art board. I inked a...

Quite often timepieces are brought to us engravers for personalization. Some go into a pocket. Some go around the neck. Some are worn on the wrist, Some s...

At first glance, it would be fairly obvious, this is what it is; a cremation urn with the ashes of some dearly departed. But without a name, the significant...

Gifts for a tidy group of 9 companies who pitched in a pile of money for a good cause. I had a short timeline, but a good budget on these 1.5 liter bottles o...

Those there were by the restaurant's phone invitation to the special dinner. Each knew only that it was something unique and they were all in for it. They saw...

Every so often, oh about every other job!, I swear off metal. I decide that's it. No more. I'll just be a no-metal man! But then I can't that. One of my...