
Frequently Asked Questions
Our full-service stationery and event branding offerings begin at $15,000, with most clients investing $20,000 to $30,000 and beyond. Final investment is tailored to your celebration and is influenced by overall scope, household and guest count, print and finishing methods, materials selected, and the level of guest gifting experiences incorporated.
To keep the process highly personal and impeccably executed, we accept a limited number of clients each year, ensuring every project receives our full attention from first call to final delivery.
Absolutely, we love social events! When inquiring, please put in notes the type of event you are hosting.
We recommend inquiring nine to twelve months before your celebration, and earlier for multi-day destination weekends. Save the dates typically mail six to eight months ahead, invitations ten to twelve weeks ahead for destination events, and weekend-of goods are designed in the final months once your details are set. If your date is closer than that, please still reach out, as we can often accommodate a shorter timeline.
Yes, and most of our couples are. We are based in Dallas, Texas and design for weddings and events across the country and abroad. Everything from our first conversation to final approvals happens beautifully by video call, email, and mailed samples, and we happily travel for on-site production, installation, and styling when the weekend calls for it.
Invitations are counted by household rather than by guest, so a wedding of 200 guests usually needs around 100 to 120 suites. We also recommend ordering an additional ten to fifteen percent for keepsakes, your photographer, last-minute additions, and the occasional envelope that goes astray. Reprinting a small quantity later is far more costly than including extras from the start.
Letterpress is one of the oldest and most beloved printing methods. Each color is cast onto a plate, inked, and pressed by hand into thick cotton paper, leaving a soft, tactile impression you can feel with your fingertips. The result is rich, velvety color and a depth that flat printing cannot replicate. It is our most requested method for invitation suites and heirloom pieces.
Foil stamping uses heat and pressure to press a thin sheet of metallic or pigmented foil onto the paper. It is how we achieve true gold, silver, rose gold, and copper, as well as opaque white and colored foils on dark or colored stock. Foil pairs beautifully with letterpress and is often used for monograms, names, and borders.
Engraving is the most formal and traditional of the fine printing methods. Your design is etched into a copper plate, filled with ink, and pressed from beneath so the lettering rises slightly above the surface of the paper with a crisp, slightly bruised feel on the reverse. It produces the finest lines of any method and is the classic choice for a black tie wedding.
Thermography creates a raised, glossy finish by dusting wet ink with a resin powder and setting it with heat. It offers a raised look similar to engraving at a gentler investment, and is a lovely option for reply cards, enclosures, and social event invitations.
Both are created by pressing paper between two dies without ink. Embossing raises the design above the surface, while debossing presses it below. Used on their own, with no color at all, they create a quiet, tone-on-tone detail that catches the light beautifully, and we often use them for monograms, patterns, and envelope flaps.
Die cutting uses a custom-made steel blade to cut paper into a shape, from scalloped edges and arches to silhouettes of your venue. Laser cutting uses a fine beam of light for intricate lace-like patterns that a blade cannot achieve. Both allow your invitation to take a shape entirely its own.
Edge painting applies a hand-brushed color or metallic to the outer edges of a card, which is especially striking on thick duplexed or triplexed stock. Beveling cuts the edge at an angle and is often finished in gold or silver. Deckled edges are the soft, feathered edges of handmade paper, torn rather than cut, for a romantic, old-world feel.
Duplexing and triplexing bond two or three sheets of paper together to create a substantial, luxurious card, often with a contrasting color sandwiched between the layers or a colored edge revealed by edge painting. Vellum is a translucent paper we use as an overlay, wrap, or envelope liner, printed or left plain, to add a soft, layered dimension to your suite.
Yes. We offer hand calligraphy for envelopes, place cards, and escort cards, as well as custom lettering that becomes part of your design. We also handle envelope addressing, liners, and curated vintage postage, so your suite arrives in your guests’ hands as a complete and considered first impression.
For many weekends we travel with the paper. We handle the placement of menus and place cards, seating and escort displays, programs, welcome bags, and guest gifting, and we prepare flat lays and work alongside your photographer and social team so every branded and heirloom piece is styled and photographed. Please mention in your inquiry if you would like us on site.
Due to the custom nature of our products, we are unable to offer returns, refunds or order cancellations. If there is an error from our end, we will remedy the situation immediately.