You Are Loved

Elizabeth thanks you for visiting Summer red designs and looks forward to creating a one of a kind calligraphy work for you or putting together a movement workshop for you and your friends. Or perhaps, an evening of uplifting and thought provoking stories. Better yet – how about a combination of all of the above! Elizabeth has been delighted by letters, movement, and stories since she can remember. Originally from Alabama, Elizabeth lived in Boston for a spell and it was here that she created Summer red designs, originally a theatre company. From Boston, she ventured to the Big Apple, where she wrote and performed and toured her one woman show, The Babe’s Back, about the world’s greatest athlete, Babe Didrikson Zaharias. Back in Alabama, Elizabeth creates from what was once her grandmother’s sewing room. Storyteller, calligrapher, movement teacher – these are Elizabeth’s expressions of love for the world around us, seen and unseen.

Please click on these links to see more of what Elizabeth does.

As an Artist in Residence with UAB’s Institute for Arts in Medicine

As an Acting Teacher

As a Blogger


"I love telling stories and writing by hand and moving with joy!
What a gift it is to share this love with others."


— Elizabeth Vander Kamp

Meet Elizabeth

Elizabeth Vander Kamp

Elizabeth Vander Kamp - certified Zentangle teacher - CZT, storyteller, calligrapher, movement teacher!

Through these mediums Elizabeth celebrates language. Zentangles are new to Elizabeth’s repetoire - a fun, easy to learn, relaxing way to create beautiful images by drawing structured patterns. While her homebase is Birmingham, AL, she also travels telling stories as she goes. Her calligraphic work has spread across the globe and her work as a movement teacher reaches across the United States. Contact Elizabeth today for your special event.

1824 Lancaster Road, Birmingham, AL 35209 | 205.441.8462

Email Elizabeth.