Desiree Colonna is an Atlanta based calligraphy, hand engraving, UV printing, sublimation, laser engraving, painting and embossing artist. Desiree is a One Stroke™️ Certified Decorative Painting Instructor and Master Engraver. She also published both the Knitting Pattern a Day and Crochet Pattern A Day calendars in 2008. She has been featured on NBC Nightly News, CBS Atlanta, 11 Alive, USA Today and had her own podcast and a radio show on Business RadioX.
Inkwell Designers and Desiree were given a gold medal award for Most Innovative Product for Counselor Magazine, by the Advertising Specialty Institute for Desiree’s mask hook design in 2020.
I’ve been an entrepreneur for over 23 years and own three companies in Atlanta. I started a web design company, Bella Web Design, Inc. in 1998 and Inkwell Designers in 2016. We also own a company that sells wholesale blanks to engravers and sublimation professionals.
I learned calligraphy as a child, then put it away for a few decades. I took it up again after a personal tragedy hit my family a few years ago as therapy. I found it helped me in ways I never understood until now. I never dreamed it would take me this far and we’re expanding and growing our client list, services and projects every year.
I have been called the “Fastest Decorator in the Country” because I can see lines very clearly when I engrave or emboss and don’t waste precious time with drawing lines or doing layouts as many others do. I have been known to engrave a fragrance bottle or emboss a leather book in less than 1 minute at events with no mistakes. Our clients want as many people to experience our services as possible without wasting inventory at events. We save our clients both precious time and money. We are also one of the very few companies to allow our clients to bring us items for decoration.
I started by creating wedding invitations and signs and then added calligraphy to anything I could get my hands on including engraving glass, metal, leather, crystal and wood. I learned how to emboss leather and our company really took off. Our customer base has since doubled and now includes clients such as American Express, Lexus, Chick-fil-A, Salesforce, Mercedes Benz, Christian Dior, Saks Fifth Avenue, Bloomingdale’s, Whole Foods, Dillard’s, Macy’s and many international companies worldwide. We’ve also added sublimation, laser engraving and uv printing to our services.
Inkwell’s success is a direct result of my web design and online marketing expertise and experience, which has evolved into a passion for bringing artists together with businesses around the globe. I have personally served over 4,438 companies in my 25-year career.
I have called Atlanta home for over 30 years. I am the mother of two daughters and enjoy singing opera, knitting, crochet, hand engraving, leather embossing, sublimation, uv printing, laser engraving, acrylic painting and riding around on my Triumph Speedmaster or my beloved sports car. Please call or text me directly at (833) INK-WE11 or (833) 465-9311 or email desiree@inkwelldesigners.com.
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