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Decoration can be stylised or realistic. The choice is yours -
You may have a particular colour combination you want to try out, or a design you
would like to see bordering a 
piece of your calligraphy eventually. I have scraps
of paper all over the place with bits and pieces of ideas in various stages of completion.
They all give me inspiration for another, new, design to go with the work I am doing.
Use the pen nib to create decoration and borders. Short strokes of the pen will produce
a diamond shape. The easiest way to get them regular and well-
Repetition of these strokes builds up a pleasing effect and infinite patterns can
be built up. If you want to do a lot of theese it is worthwhile ruling guide lines.
Try it with different size nibs. It's amazing what effect a simple repeat shape can
have.
It is always worth doing preliminary sketches,
with a short piece of writing, to see if the two go together. You also want know
whether the decoration is going to look too over the top, or just right.
