Calligrapher Carla Hagan Writes on Anything and Everything

West Palm Beach calligrapher Carla Hagan of Carla Hagan Designs is set apart not only by the beauty of her art but by the fact that she’ll write on anything and everything. Hagan thinks beyond paper and is equally at home with mediums as varied as glass, marble, sand dollars, and rose petals. “Pretty much anything I can write on, I’ll try it,” Hagan says with a  laugh. “I’ve done 300 splits of Moët as escort cards.”

Table centerpieces, wayfinding signs, invitations and stationery, cookies or macarons monogrammed with edible gold ink, agate coasters as place cards—Hagan incorporates calligraphy and engraving into wedding decor in creative and unexpected ways. To elevate cocktail hour at one wedding, Hagan calligraphed Champagne glasses with guest names and table numbers. “No one was going to lose their place, because they were sipping it,” she explains. “My main thing is to make it different—people don’t see their name written like that. It’s a really big deal now because nobody gets letters, so it’s very gratifying for me.”