Wine Bottle Engraving - Houston

Over the Mother’s Day holiday last month, I honestly engraved so many wine bottles that I lost track. However, I remember this Orin Swift bottle because the hands on the label really resonated with me. I haven’t had a drink in years, however I remember that we would get so enraptured in the nuances of wines and wax poetic about the ripe fruit and forest floor (whatever that is) and terroir etc etc etc. I jest, but I really did enjoy discovering the nuances of how each varietal differed from the other and how even each bottle of the same wine may differ. Curse the universe if you get a corked or cooked wine. The horror of that wet newspaper smell….

But one thing that we would often neglect to consider was that people… farmers…. put their lives, blood, sweat and tears into making this wine. I am a farmer’s daughter, so I understand. They did this every day in the fields on blistering hot days. They had days where they risked their lives to save their crops from wildfires and hoped that they wouldn’t lose everything in an instant. Some did…. The rough and rugged hands on this Orin Swift bottle of Papillon made me remember that these wines are not just juice for a good time. They represent the lives of many people that play a part to eventually place that bottle on your dinner table.

So as I engrave these wine bottles, I hope that I do them justice and honor the people that frankly gave me a role to play in the wine industry. Thank you ever so much to everyone along the way.

Cheers!

Fragrance Bottle Engraving - Houston

Engraving fragrance bottles onsite around Houston was not something that I initially embraced over a decade ago. As an introvert, it was not an activity that I saw myself doing. Frankly, I was still developing my skills (and confidence) with engraving. having that out in the open for all to see was intimidating, to say the least. The first time that I engraved for a fragrance company was actually not planned. I referred the event to another engraver and they cancelled at the last minute so I was asked to engrave in their place. That was the start of my fragrance engraving career in Houston. True story….

However, what I learned, and what I tell new engraving and calligraphy students, is that confidence comes with time and exposure. I also learned to not take everything so seriously. There is no glass engraving police. They don’t exist. Well yes, you may be engraving a $5,000 bottle of Louis XIII cognac (I’ve engraved quite a few of these over the years) or a $4,000 bottle of Screaming Eagle wine (last Sunday) that you weren’t expecting. But, glass is glass…for the most part. And actually the expensive glass is easier to engrave :). Just whatever you do, do not think “Don’t mess up.” Just do what you always do and keep it moving. It’s just glass.

Cheers!