Katie Rhee Calligraphy

Katie Rhee Calligraphy NYC calligrapher & engraver specializing in brand activations, experiential marketing & other events

So much more than just a bridal shower. This was a full experience, start to finish. 👰 🤍 Westchester. A table set up for...
09/02/2026

So much more than just a bridal shower. This was a full experience, start to finish. 👰 🤍

Westchester. A table set up for live comb engraving. One by one, guests stepped up and watched their initials engraved in real time, on something they’ll actually use, not a favor that ends up in a junk drawer.

That’s the difference. A favor gets handed out. An activation gets remembered. Guests stayed to watch, guests recorded it, and every single person left with a keepsake made just for them.

Combs aren’t a surface most people expect, and that’s exactly why it works.

Ready to turn your next event into an experience? Start with the inquiry form in my bio.

Photos by Kat Stanas Photography

Started with pretty handwriting. Somehow became a career built on live engraving, heat-foiling, and turning ordinary eve...
09/01/2026

Started with pretty handwriting. Somehow became a career built on live engraving, heat-foiling, and turning ordinary events into moments people can't stop talking about.đź©·

Ready to make your next event unforgettable? Booking 2026/2027 activations now; link in bio to inquire.

These are a few things I’ve personalized recently that I can’t stop thinking about. The surfaces, the details, the way e...
08/28/2026

These are a few things I’ve personalized recently that I can’t stop thinking about. The surfaces, the details, the way each one looked the moment it was finished. 💕🪩

This is the part of the job I never get tired of. Grateful every single time someone trusts me with it.

NYFW is 4 weeks out. If you’re still sourcing a personalization activation, the inquiry form is waiting at the link in my bio.

08/26/2026

When your client asks for something guests will actually remember, you call us. đź–¤ đź‘€

Live engraving on Trudon candles. Heat foiling on TUMI luggage tags. Tishman Speyer's night at the Rainbow Room, sixty-five floors up.

leading the way as always, and I got to be part of it, engraving and foiling while guests stood at the table watching it happen in real time.

This is the part people don't expect. Candles that get burned, not stashed in a drawer. Tags that go on a bag that actually gets packed. Not another logo handed off at the door and forgotten by the coat check.

Glass, leather, whatever the piece is, it gets personalized live. No surface is safe.

Fall corporate events are booking now. If you're planning something worth remembering, the inquiry form in my bio.

08/25/2026

Guests don't forget the moment something feels made just for them.

I watched someone stop mid-conversation at an activation, pick up what she assumed was a standard gift, and completely light up when she saw her name on it. Not because everything in the room matched. Because that one object was hers. That pause, that grab-your-phone-immediately energy, that is what live calligraphy puts into a room that nothing else can.

If you're planning a fall activation and want that moment in your event, the inquiry form in my bio is the fastest way to get started.

Your event place cards shouldn't be boring.A printed name in a plain font tells guests where to sit. A hand-lettered pla...
08/24/2026

Your event place cards shouldn't be boring.

A printed name in a plain font tells guests where to sit. A hand-lettered place card tells them the whole event was considered down to the smallest detail, before they've even picked up a fork.

This is the kind of detail guests notice without knowing why they noticed it. It's why the table feels elevated instead of just organized. Same seating chart. Completely different first impression.

Fall dinners and corporate events are booking now. The inquiry form is linked in my bio.

Somewhere, a version of me is still watching from the sidelines, wondering how this became real. I didn't know what it w...
08/21/2026

Somewhere, a version of me is still watching from the sidelines, wondering how this became real. I didn't know what it would look like. I just knew I wanted to be part of it, not just there to watch.

Now I'm the one standing at the table. I still remember the first time I lettered a Chanel compact and watched a guest's face change when she saw her name on it. That reaction, every single time, is why I do this.

It's not the brand names, though I'm grateful for every one of them. It's not the events, as incredible as they are. It's that moment someone realizes something was made just for them, right in front of them, and they can't stop looking at it.

I still can't fully believe this is real. This is why I do what I do.

Grateful every time. The inquiry form is linked in my bio.

08/19/2026

For the girls. 🖤🪞

Chanel lip glosses. Chanel compacts.

Personalized live, in front of everyone - not a name sticker, not monogrammed after the fact. Lettered by hand, on the spot, while they watched it happen.

Every girl left with something that was actually hers, not just something she was handed.

That’s the difference live personalization makes.

Fall events are booking now. The inquiry form is linked in my bio.

08/18/2026

Convention floors are full of things people leave behind. 🎰

This wasn't one of them.

Live heat foiling at Las Vegas Convention Center. Names and initials in gold on luggage tags guests took home and actually use.

Convention season picks back up in September. If you're still sourcing activations for fall, the inquiry form is in my bio.

08/17/2026

In 2019, I told my coworkers I'd never start my own business. I wasn't cut out for it, or so I thought...

Three years later, I'm still proving myself wrong.

I've spent those years at tables inside Tory Burch activations, Estée Lauder launches, countless events - engraving fragrance bottles and lettering names guests never thought they'd see permanently on something they'd actually keep.

Building a business, let alone a creative one, has asked for a level of bravery, courage, and vulnerability I never thought I'd need to tap into. None of it would've been possible without the friends, family, and clients who've supported me every day and let me dare to dream this big.

I'm overwhelmed by gratitude for every one of you - for trusting me before there was a portfolio to trust, and for trusting me with your art now that there is. Knowing you believe in what I'm building fills me with so much love. 🤍

Three years in, I'm still the same person who used to doubt this was possible. I just have a lot more proof now that it was always worth trying.

Here's to the next three. If you're building an event worth remembering, I'd love to be part of it. Inquiry form is linked in my bio.

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New York, NY
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