Planning your dream wedding or other fabulous event?
PenDance Studio makes this a reality.
Our mission
Your vision deserves beautiful craftsmanship and an experience that feels easy from start to finish.
For more than 20 years, Maureen has helped brides, stationers, wedding professionals, luxury brands, and corporate clients bring their ideas to life through exquisite hand calligraphy and engraving.
Maureen’s goal is to be the easiest part of your event planning process. You can count on beautiful, carefully crafted work, clear communication, dependable service, and a smooth experience from start to finish. You can feel confident that your project is in good hands, giving you one less thing to worry about and more time to focus on everything else.
Hand Calligraphy
Maureen can write in popular calligraphy scripts to match the formality or informality of your upcoming event.
If you want to match the script font on your printed invitations, she can emulate it so that the envelope addressing, place cards, and wedding signage coordinate with the invitation, making all the hand-rendered details a sophisticated presentation for your guests.
Need a custom invitation or name design in your favorite hand calligraphy style? Partner with Maureen to create the custom look you envision.
Hand Engraving - Fragrances, Wine Bottles, Liquor, Glasses, Crystal
Need personalized gifts for upcoming birthdays, anniversaries, or throw-down hostess gifts? Maureen offers custom engraving from her home studio in West Houston. Simply drop off your item, and most orders are ready within 2–3 business days.
Make your next onsite event truly unforgettable with live calligraphy, engraving, and foiling by Maureen. From elegant brand activations and corporate events to weddings and celebrations, she transforms gifts and products into one-of-a-kind keepsakes right before your guests’ eyes.
Whether you’re looking to delight clients, create buzz around your brand, or give guests something they’ll treasure, her beautiful, personalized artistry adds an unexpected touch of magic to any event.
Wedding Calligraphy & More!
Maureen also provides hand engraving on wine and liquor bottles, and takes custom commissions design vows, poem, quotes, monograms, and family trees in hand calligraphy.
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About Maureen
Maureen Vickery is the Houston-based calligrapher, engraver, and instructor behind PenDance Studio, known for her expertise in both traditional and modern styles, with a focus on pointed pen calligraphy and elegant handwriting.
She creates bespoke calligraphy and engraving experiences for live events and brand activations, offering personalized details that elevate luxury weddings, corporate events, and private celebrations. Her clients include Coty, Jimmy Choo, Dior, Versace, Diptyque Paris, Tiffany & Co., Van Cleef & Arpels, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
During the holidays and other gift-giving times of year, Maureen works at onsite calligraphy and engraving events, personalizing items for customers while they watch. Interacting with people who have never seen hand calligraphy or engraving up close is a fun experience, and Maureen sometimes feels like a minor celebrity when people take pictures and video while she works.
Maureen regularly attends calligraphy workshops and conferences, studying with internationally-renowned calligraphy instructors to expand her lettering repertoire, as well as network with other pro calligraphers from around the country. You can find her on Instagram at @pendancestudio.
Publications
Maureen’s work has appeared in Letter Arts Review, Expressions, Weddings in Houston, Dasherie, Calligraphy Crush, and UPPERCASE magazines.
Memberships
Houston Calligraphy Guild
IAMPETH (International Association of Master Penman, Engrossers, and Teachers of Handwriting)
Washington Calligraphers Guild