We were referred to Rona by Flax Art in SF from where we had bought a beautiful sheet of art paper (20x30"). Our vision was to have our initials and wedding reception date in calligraphy on the paper and have our reception guests sign it. We would then frame it and hang it in our home. I called Rona immediately since we were 3 weeks away from our event and she called me right back. We talked about what I was looking for and she told me her rate of $75/hr, which I think is very reasonable for what we needed. She also asked me to send photos of the art paper and a sketch of what I wanted. Rona said she could work on our calligraphy that weekend so we dropped off our art paper to her and waited to hear back from her. We picked it up the following week and it was beautiful. She left a lot of space for our guests to sign around our initials and after our first guest signed it, we realized just how challenging it must have been for Rona to do the calligraphy on the art paper. It is handmade from bark so has texture and is absorbent, and the gold paint is not easy to mark over. Our archival and non-smearing ink pens did not write over the gold paint on the paper but it turned out fine. Thank you again Rona. Your art will be part of our home and life as a married couple! read more

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I don't know if I could sing Rona's praises high enough to fully capture the quality of her work, and the pleasure it was to deal with her. This is an exceptional human being, an artist, who cares deeply about the quality of her work. She put onto (gorgeous) paper a poem that I had written for my father on his 90th birthday. It is just beautiful and it will be a deeply meaningful gift for my dear old dad. The framer, who deals with fine art, was bowled over by her work and asked for her contact information. In this era, when everything is cranked out on a computer, what Rona does feels like a miracle. She's also a beautiful human being, with a heart and a soul, who knows literature and music--it was such fun to visit with her. I cannot recommend her highly enough. I can't wait to find the next project so I can work with her again. Oh, and considering the caliber of her work, her prices are reasonable. read more

Rona saves the day! I had a mishap with my wedding envelope company, and needed help fast. Rona was able to step in and address them for me quickly and beautifully. She's incredibly reliable and worked with my hectic schedule to get my invitations done on time. She even kept me calm in my bridal panic! Would highly recommend read more

Rona did a fantastic job, with caligraphy for place cards for a dinner party...she was easy to work with, reasonably priced and very professional. Great quality and value for services requested. Will definitely use her again! read more

My fiance and I just used Rona for our wedding invitations and we are completely blown away! Stunning is the only word to describe them - we couldn't be happier. Rona is incredibly easy to work with and much more affordable than other calligraphers in the city. I would recommend Rona to anybody. She handled our difficult gold metallic envelopes with no issues and completed our 85 invitations in only a week. Thank you Rona! read more

Rona Siegel Calligraphy - Stunning! - Calligraphy Near Me - San Francisco, California

Amazing!!!!! I cannot tell you how incredible our wedding invites look. Rona has been a complete gem to work with! She is a talented artist and most definitely made this process as easy as possible from meeting her to name changes and the eventual pick-up. She was so fast without compromising the beauty of the writing as well! She let me add on names throughout the process and even mail her a few lagging invites days later that she mailed out for us straight from her office! It was true luck that we came across her name on Yelp and I can't express our gratitude enough:) Thanks Rona and Joan! We will definitely be sending you our name cards and thank you cards soon as well!!!! If you want perfect, elegant and classy invites...this is THE place! :)) read more

Rona Siegel Calligraphy - Gorgeous!! Can't wait for our guests to get their invites...had to hide some of the writing for privacy:) but you get the point! - Calligraphy Near Me - San Francisco, California

I was referred to Rona by our wedding planners and I'm so so so glad that I was. Rona did the calligraphy for the envelopes of our wedding invitations and our escort cords and table numbers for the day of. She was very responsive - always calling back basically immediately. And she has lots of great calligraphy styles. We had an Art Deco wedding and she has a gorgeous deco style. Having that on the outside of the invitation set the tone immediately. Her prices are excellent. And it was a wonderful thing to not have to worry about labeling or writing these pieces myself. I hope I get to work with Rona again in the future! read more

Rona Siegel Calligraphy - Deco Escort Cards - Calligraphy Near Me - San Francisco, California

I needed some calligraphy done to explain a plaque that had been placed at a Firehouse that was dedicated to my Grandfather some time ago. Rona & I met & discussed the project & it was delivered as promised and is now on a wall in the Thomas Burke Firehouse in Massachusetts. My only regret in posting this review is that Rona may get more work & we will never meet for coffee! read more

Rona Siegel Calligraphy - The calligraphy used to explain a piece of metalwork created by a Fireman in honor of my grandfather. - Calligraphy Near Me - San Francisco, California

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What a pleasure to meet Rona Siegel! Needing a calligrapher for my wedding invitations, I found her on Yelp by her amazing reviews. Let me just say WOW...my invites are so beautiful! Rona charged $3 per envelope (which is very reasonable considering she did not make one mistake out of 50, and they were all done by freehand). I only had a few extra envelopes too, but she didn't even need them. Rona also realized I had a zip code wrong on my address list...she actually looked up each address to make sure they were all correct, and caught MY mistake. Please go to Rona if you have any need for calligraphy. You will love her work, and no doubt she is the best in the Bay Area. read more

Rona Siegel Calligraphy - Calligraphy Near Me - San Francisco, California

I found through yelp and wow am I happy I stumbled upon her name and company. Within 15 minutes of me messaging her she got back to me and send me her pricing and also the different fonts and styles she used. She was very fair with pricing especially in San Francisco. I dropped off my envelopes I needed done for my wedding. She did the return envelopes and also the outside of the invite envelope. I had everything back before I had requested it. Highly recommend ! read more

Folks, believe all the hype-Rona delivers. We needed 110 envelopes done for our wedding invitations. We dropped them off Tuesday morning and got them back Thurs PM. They were awesome. FYI, I'm the freaking groom writing this so that tells you how impressed I was. read more

Rona my Rona! I would've have been lost without her! I need 30 place cards done the morning of a important dinner with some San Francisco elites. My job and ass were on the line. I tried a hand-full over other calligraphist in the city who were just way to busy to do 30 cards for me (jerks). Finally I turned to yelp and discovered Ms. Rona. I called her in a panic and before I could beg anymore she simply said "Do you have the cards? Bring them over!" I dropped them off to her and by the time my taxi got back to the office she called me and said "All done!". AMAZING! I absolutely love this lady, so sweet, so efficient, and does great work at a reasonable price. Look no further than Rona! read more

Rona is amazing. She was recommended by another friend who could not stop singing her praises about fast service, amazing prices and quick turnaround. It is all true. She was also very flexible about some address changes and mistakes that we had made in spellings, etc. She also includes a lot of things that other vendors charge for, such as the "4th line" and dots between the zip code. So great to work with-and we have been told by several friends they still have the envelope from our invitation because the work was so beautiful. read more

When I was doing my research on calligraphers, I was faxed a list from Paper Source. After calling each calligrapher, one stood out the most, Rona Siegel. Rona is a business woman. Rona was willing to negotiate and asked me a lot of questions to help us strike up a mutually beneficial deal. Rona also followed up with me as I had so many details to think about, she was unobtrusive and very willing to help out. If you have any second thoughts, please do not have them. Rona is as professional as they get, and her work is of the utmost quality and is art. I highly recommend Rona. Rona even came out to my work to deliver the first invites for a very nominal fee. Otherwise, you can drive to her office located in the Mission. She will review all the details with you and was always on target and never late. I wish I could say that all of my wedding vendors were on the ball, but Rona is the person you want to work with. Last but not least, all of our guests commented on how beautiful the invitations, tent cards, the place cards, and escort cards looked. read more

I found Rona through Yelp (thank you so much fellow Yelpers!) and she surpassed even my wildest crazy-bride expectations. Her calligraphy is so beautiful that you'll likely never see it's equal again. She completed about 70 invites for my September wedding and was an absolutely joy to work with. My fiance didn't *quite* get his addresses in to make the first round, so I needed to do a separate set of invitations later, and Rona was awesome about that, too. (I guess it happens more often than not :)) I wish Rona could just stand behind me all day with her arms coming out of the arms of my shirt writing on things so everyone thought it was me! Definitely use Rona. read more

Rona did a fantastic job on our wedding invitations. She was super easy to work with and her product was outstanding. All of our guests raved about the stunning calligraphy. Rona Rocks!! read more

Rona was so nice and easy to deal with! I had really high expectations for my wedding invitations and place cards and she delivered. Many of my invitations went out to artists & designers, the compliments I received were fantastic. Also, I might mention that I had many last minute additions and she got them done right away, and was so sweet during the process. Thanks Rona! read more

Rona did a fantastic job on our wedding invitation envelopes! I considered trying to do them myself, but I didn't want them looking like a third grader scribbled on them. I figured there was no way I could afford a calligrapher...I mean, isn't that something the rich and famous do? I was pleasantly surprised by how reasonable Rona's rates are (35% less than most others I looked at). She promised the envelopes in two weeks, but called me after less than a week to let me know they were ready! They look so beautiful and elegant that I'm finding myself excited to drop them in the mailbox...I think I'm going to do it tonight! If you're considering hiring a calligrapher, choose Rona! She does the most exquisite work at a price you won't believe! read more

If you're looking for a wedding calligrapher, hire Rona! She exceeded all my expectations and does simply wonderful work. She did the calligraphy for our 72 invitations (in 1 week!), and I loved her work so much I had her write the title page of our wedding guestbook as well. Her handwriting is beautiful and I was so impressed with how she was able to perfectly line up and center each row of text. Given the quality and attention to detail, I thought her price of $3/envelope was quite reasonable. Some tips for working with Rona: - Rona responds best to phone calls (vs. email) - If you're meeting her in person, the entrance to the building is actually on Treat Ave. (not 18th) - Be prepared to bring a printed (or carefully handwritten) list of invite addresses, each exactly as you would like them to be written. If you're not sure how to address someone (like a large family), Rona will be happy to advise. read more

Wow, Rona is a great resource for anyone who needs quality calligraphy done. In our case, it was for our wedding invitations. We had to have over 150 invitations done...in gold on a metallic cappuccino paper stock. I thought for sure this would be a problem, but Rona didn't have any issues with it at all. She gave us her guidance as to what type of calligraphy would work best with what we were doing, and she cranked out all of them in such a surprisingly short time. THEY LOOK AMAZING!!! She made changes and additions to the invitation for us too. Her price was right, she was very pleasant to deal with, and the finished product was outstanding! I would recommend anyone who needs calligraphy of many types to ask Rona to do the job. read more

Pros: Friendly, fast, convenient and reasonable prices. Cons: Need to recheck all work, and not that organized. I hired Rona to write names on menu cards, escort cards and for our tables after she did a beautiful job for my brother's wedding. She was very easy to talk to and nice. However, you do need to recheck her work as she made 3 mistakes (out of my 102 person list) for escort cards and table names and used the wrong name list for our menu cards. Rona apologized for the menu cards, she had overlooked that list and did not charge me for those, but I still had to do a rush order on new cards and was down $50. More importantly, it was stressful 2 weeks before my wedding. So while I think she does a fine job, make sure to check all the names (got a Johnson instead of Jordan for example and a plural instead of singular for a table name) and allow time for redos. In the end, the calligraphy itself was a bit spotty (some random squiggles), but passable. read more

Rona was great. Beautiful work and very reasonably priced. We used her for the envelopes for our wedding invites, place cards at the wedding as well as the menu. She was very reasonably priced and quick to respond to our requests. I would highly recommend her. read more

Rona is amazing to work with and does incredibly high caliber work. Her calligraphy added a special touch to our special event - many guests commented on her work at the party and afterwards. Thank you! read more

After trying and horribly failing to "write prettily", I searched Yelp for calligraphy. There's a reason Rona is #1 -- she's amazing! Rona does excellent work with a quick turnaround for a very reasonable price. If you are even slightly considering having calligraphy done for a fancy occasion, call! You will not be disappointed :) read more

Used Rona's services in Sept 2012 for our wedding invitations. She is completely down to earth and easy to talk to. My invites and return cards were gorgeous and the customer service was amazing. I had trouble leaving work the day I was supposed to pick them up and she mailed the unpaid invitations to my house. read more

Absolutely gorgeous calligraphy and such creative artwork. Rona worked with our vision for a Tahoe Wedding, and made it so special. Highly recommend her! read more

Wow. That's the best way to describe Rona's work. Just, wow. I didn't even want to send my wedding invitations out! I just wanted to keep them and frame the envelopes. Honestly, prettiest calligraphy I've ever seen. I've gotten so many compliments on her work. And, she's nice and easy to work with! Highly highly recommend! read more

Rona did our wedding invitations and they look great, I'm very pleased with the job that she did for me. I'm also going to have her do my place cards. She was great and easy to work with, I had several revisions on my guest lists and she changed and added them for me with no problems. Thank You Rona, You're the best....... read more

I found Rona on Yelp for my wedding invitations. I wanted a special color ink to match my invitations. When I brought my envelopes in, she explained to me that the envelopes had a sheen and special coating, and that the ink would not dry. Needless to say, I was disappointed at first. So, we decided it was best to use the black ink so it would dry well. After a few days, she called me to let me know the envelopes were done. When I opened the box to look at the envelopes, lo and behold! They were in the purple ink that I wanted. I was so surprised and delighted! I could not believe it! Rona went out of her way to look for a pen with the right color ink that matched my invitations....and it did not smear at all ! I received so many compliments . Rona is a great artist. I would definitely recommend her! read more

Rona was extremely professional and very enjoyable to work with. The calligraphy she did for our wedding invitations was beautiful. Rona was able to work within our budget and because of this we were able to have such wonderful invitations (I can't even begin to imagine what we would have done without her!) I cannot recommend her enough! read more

Rona was wonderful to work with and really saved us with her experience and professionalism. First Rona does excellent work. Also her experience knowing that things happen helped us out a ton. We had a few last minute changes to our guest list so I didn't want the seats to go empty so invited a few others to fill the spots. Rona kept a few extra blank escort cards. I emailed her and the next day she had them done. That saved us from having to have the last minute changes pick up cards with other people's names on them. That was much appreciated and added the final touch to our perfect wedding. Thanks much!!! read more

Unbelievable! Rona does the most amazing work. My invitations, Escort cards and place cards were beautiful! Here work is the most beautiful touch to any invitation. I received so many compliments on everything she worked on! She is amazing, professional and so nice to work with! Thank you Rona for all your help! read more

Great price, very quick and courteous service. She was only open while I was at work so she picked up and dropped off the envelopes at my work for me! The calligraphy looks amazing and really adds something special. She has a wide variety of inks to choose from and matches them with your invitations to ensure that it all comes together and looks wonderful. She did 70 wedding invitations for me and had it done in a week despite being out of town for a few days during that time. The day she came to bring them back to me, I added 3 more addresses and she finished them up and still delivered them on schedule! She kept a few spare envelopes so if I have an emergency and need more, she already has them on hand. Highly recommended! read more

Rona Siegel Calligraphy - Calligraphy Near Me - San Francisco, California

Rona's work is absolutely gorgeous. She addressed our save-the-dates and our wedding invitations, and our guests could not stop commenting on how beautiful her work was. It was the perfect first impression for our wedding. We also hired her to do our escort cards, placecards, table numbers. and a number of chalkboards -- including a huge menu board -- for the big day. Everything was flawless, and her pricing is very affordable. She's the best! read more

Rona does excellent work and she is so easy to work with!! I would highly recommend her to anyone needing a calligrapher. I have been running around pulling my hair out like a crazy person over my wedding! Rona is an OASIS IN THE MADNESS! So calm and composed, knows all the proper etiquette and even gives you the history behind why things are done a certain way! She is an excellent value and a solid contribution to any wedding vendor team. read more

Rona has saved my wife and me many times with her professionalism, level head, and honest approach. My wife is in events and only uses Rona. I have other creative projects which Rona has always been helpful. I love working with Rona on projects, and refer people to her every chance I get! read more

Lovely work and quick turnaround! Her calligraphy gave an amazing personal touch to our wedding reception. read more

Rona Siegel Calligraphy - We Are Here - Calligraphy Near Me - San Francisco, California

Found Rona Siegel on Yelp. Since several deaths in the family, and a newborn on the way, we realized how out of date our Family Bible was. After purchase and our grandson's arrival, Rona inscribed our family history. She was not only professional, but easy to work with. Her calligraphy is beautiful. Rona's rates were very reasonable. I would definitely recommend her. read more

Rona Siegel Calligraphy - Family Bible - Calligraphy Near Me - San Francisco, California

Rona is great! I was able to get my wedding envelopes back so quickly! I'm in love with the calligraphy and would recommend Rona to anyone. I almost went to Etsy to find someone but realized I had someone right around the corner which gave me a lot of flexibility. Second wave invitations can easily be made because Rona is so easy to work with and has a very quick turnaround. Pricing is definitely competitive vs. Etsy. If you're a bride or anyone in The Bay Area who needs some custom calligraphy, consult with Rona! read more

Rona Siegel Calligraphy - Calligraphy Near Me - San Francisco, California

This is the second time I've worked with Rona on addressing wedding invitations and she does such beautiful work. She's quick to respond and get you the information you need. Her prices are very reasonable for the quality. She also has a quick turnaround time and is very thorough. I definitely recommend Rona for her beautiful calligraphy, great communication and follow through. read more