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Joy Vanides Deneen is a calligrapher and writer. She specializes in custom calligraphy and hand engraving for brand activations, weddings and special occasions. Calligraphy is the synthesis of what she loves: art, language, and human connection.

She is a past president of La Sociรฉtรฉ des calligraphes de Montrรฉal and served as the Communications Chair for Rendez-vous, the 2019 international calligraphy conference. Her calligraphy has been featured in Better Homes & Gardens, Air Canada enRoute Edition, Elegant Wedding and Mariage Quรฉbec, as well as on blogs such as Style Me Pretty, Wedding Chicks, Ruffled and 100 Layer Cake.

As a writer, Joy is a core contributor to UPPERCASE magazine. Her writing has also appeared in calligraphy journals such as Calligraph, The Edge and Lโ€™Arabesque.

Originally from California, Joy has a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Theatre from UCLA. She moved to Montreal in 2013 and lives in the Mile-End with her husband, son and rescue pup.

Services offered

  • Custom calligraphy
  • Freehand engraving
  • Onsite engraving of guest gifts
  • Menu design
  • Place cards

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L'atelier Imagine Joy est un studio de calligraphie et design, spรฉcialisรฉ en papeterie personnalisรฉe et dรฉtails รฉcrits ร  la main pour les mariages et รฉvรฉnements spรฉciaux. La propriรฉtaire Joy Deneen pense que la calligraphie est la synthรจse ultime de ce qu'elle aime : le langage, l'art et la connexion humaine. Elle propose des styles de calligraphie classiques et modernes, parfaits pour les mariages, les occasions spรฉciales et les souvenirs de famille.

Expรฉrience

Joy Deneen calligraphe, enseignante et รฉcrivaine. Elle est actuellement prรฉsidente de la Sociรฉtรฉ des calligraphes de Montrรฉal, ainsi que l'une des rรฉdactrices principales pour le magazine UPPERCASE et Calligrafile. Sa calligraphie a รฉtรฉ publiรฉe dans le magazine BETTER Homes & Gardens, Air Canda enRoute รฉdition et Mariage Quรฉbec, ainsi que sur Style Me Pretty, Wedding Chicks, Magnolia Rouge, Paper & Ink Arts et d'autres encore. Nรฉe en Californie, elle dรฉtient un baccalaurรฉat en arts de l'UCLA, oรน elle a รฉtudiรฉ l'histoire, le design et la production du thรฉรขtre. Joy et son mari Michael ont dรฉmรฉnagรฉ de Los Angeles ร  Montrรฉal en 2013.

Produits proposรฉs

Joy dessine depuis la toute premiรจre fois quโ€™elle a eu la chance de tenir un crayon dans sa main, et c'est une grande amatrice de livres. Elle sโ€™inspire de sources trรจs variรฉes, telles que les livres d'enfants, la littรฉrature classique et les ล“uvres de Shakespeare. Pour votre mariage, elle propose :

  • Calligraphie sur mesure
  • Gravure (flacons de parfums et autres souvenirs)
  • Gravure sur place de bonbonniรจres
  • Marques-place
  • Menus
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Frequently asked questions

What invitation and card products do you offer?

Custom Invitations
Menus
Place cards
Programs
RSVP cards
Save the dates
Thank yous

What services do you provide?

Addressing
Assembly
Calligraphy
Design
Eco-friendly
Embossed
Engraving
Foil-stamped
In-person consultations
Letterpress
Printing
Shipping

What is your minimum order requirement?

$250
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Marius R. Sent on 01/07/2014
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Within a few hours of contacting ImagineJoy Calligraphy, after finding her beautiful work through her website, we had a response for more details on our project. Joy promptly followed up with a phone call, and right from the beginning she was onto the theme of the wedding, and came up with some wonderful suggestions and solutions that suited our special day, and our budget.
Joy was extremely professional all the way, made sure to set up a contract from the start with the final price, and asked for our opinion and proof on all work before finishing it.
She developed a beautiful guest signature book with a special monogram, wrote our place cards, made both chalkboard and paper signs and even included a little special unexpected gift.
We had a wonderful experience with Joy, who made our our special day extra special, and we recommend her to anyone who is looking for a wonderful calligrapher!
[Anonymous] Sent on 01/07/2014
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Joy's work was creative, gorgeous and embraced our quirky star trek/sci-fi nerd sides While keeping it all classy. She did invitations, photo booth signs, a glass table assignment sign, ceremony seating sign and table names. We were in love with all her work. She's a pleasure to work with and incredibly talented!
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