“It’s only a bit of card"

Except it’s not ‘just’ a bit of card - you’re also buying an experience. And I am here to show you everything else that you’re getting with that ‘bit of card’, to make sure that this experience is an exciting part of your wedding planning journey.

So what benefits come along with the (by the way- thick 300gsm premium woven and actually quite expensive) card?

Meet face to face at a FREE consultation
We offer free consultations to give you the opportunity to actually speak to someone about your stationery and what you need, instead of having the worries that come with ordering online (more on that later). These consultations are held at our home studio (a garage converted to an office showroom) which I firmly believe adds to building trust - you know I’m not going to ghost or scam you…you know where I live!

See and feel products in person
Know exactly what you’re going to get before you’ve even got it. We let the products speak for themselves. We allow you to browse all the displays to see and feel the quality, and give your own little quality inspection before committing - again, taking away all those nerves of ordering online and worrying that you won’t like them when they arrive. (We have several clients that can vouch this happened to them, and they were even too embarrassed to send them so came to us).

Entirely bespoke
Sure, we have templates as a baseline to work from, but you are included in every step and have the freedom to make ANY change you desire. You can’t always get that when buying online. There often isn’t that one-to-one relationship for you to request specifics, leaving you to choose from a limited number of set templates that may be close to your needs but not entirely.

Itemised quotes to help you prioritise your spends
Sometimes it’s easy to get carried away and add everything there is going for a wedding… but reality is sometimes you need to prioritise where your budget goes. Over the years I’ve had clients express interest in all the bells and whistles from various suppliers, only to be given a one lump sum for everything they expressed interest in. It then creates a lot of back and forth adding and removing and changing prices. What we do is itemise every item so that you can see how adding/removing any items will affect your total.

Get hardcopy invite samples through your door
When you decide to take the plunge and book with us, we will get the ball rolling for your invitations. When we have everything we need to produce them, we don’t just go ahead with all of them (recipe for disaster). We will produce a mock up sample for you to check - this isn;t a generic one with template names and details of a fake wedding just for you to check the design. This is a prototype of YOUR invitation, with YOUR details dropping through your door so you get to see exactly what your guests will see.
These samples are then amended until perfect and approved for printing. THEN we produce your order.

Invitations printed with guest names & addresses
Yep, no stress of writing them out yourselves, and ordering extras incase you mess one up. You just submit your guest list to us and we type each one. So we’re not just printing off reams here, we are personalising each individual invitation. We print their names on the invitation section, the rsvp (if required) and their address on the envelope.

Templates for writing your guest list & addresses
We give you templates for writing your guest lists. You don’t have to use them if you don’t want to. We send a paper version with your invite sample, but we also give you access to one online if you wish to type them. We do prefer them typed, however, it doesn’t matter. If you do handwrite it and I’m a little unsure on your handwriting/a spelling, then I will contact you to double check, which leads me nicely onto…

One-to-one liaison throughout
Like above, if you submit your guest list and I’m not sure a spelling is correct, I will contact you to check it - you do not get that online, online ordering can be very robotic.
Here, there’s no big production line or being left on hold, or passed from person to person. It’s just little old me. So you know who you’ve spoke to, who is dealing with it, what to expect and who is responsible…just me!

No minimum orders - only order what you need
Invites for example - you submit your guest list for us to print names on each invite. Some clients do order a few extras as blanks, but you don’t have to. Because of the one-to-one liaison mentioned above, if you send out the first batch then realise you’ve forgotten someone, you can just drop me an email and I’ll send out extras.
There’s no ordering in 10s or 50s, or minimum value required.

My experience & expertise
I’ve been doing this since 2009 (2013 by myself). From 2009-2013 I was running the stationery for a busy established bridal company that was a one stop shop for everything weddings. For the first year, it was just my boss and I. And while she was busy looking at expanding in other areas, I was left to run the stationery side myself. This could be 6 wedding per weekend. I not only designed, typed, printed and made the stationery, but was on control of ordering stock, delegating tasks, leading consultation appointments then liaising with clients throughout, training assistants and quite often actually going out into the field to actually put the items out at venues. This alone equipped me with a lot of knowledge on venues, traditions, expectations and problems that may occur.

Advice on other areas
Whilst I’m not a wedding planner per se, over the years I have picked up a fair bit of knowledge on other areas of weddings, and still learning now! So I can offer advice based on experience of things you may not have even thought about.

Cross overs
Once I’m your stationer I’m then automatically your wedding stationer friend that you can ask anything - so if you want matching ribbon for your cake supplier, though I may not be making your cake… I will help you with that. If you’ve asked me for 20 table numbers, but your venue only has 15 stands and you only want 5 stands from me - that’s fine with me. If you want a welcome sign but your dad wants to build a wooden pallet for me to paint that instead, bring it on.
If your friend is a florist and doing your bridal flowers, and you want her to come to a consultation review, absolutely no problem! We will work with any other supplier to help make sure you get the day you desire and deserve.

Online access to your order inc. status tracker
We send you a link to access an online version of your quote via Google Sheets (a bit like excel spreadsheets). This is one file that we can both access, so if you request an alteration and I amend it, you will see this instantly. This removing the constant back and forth admin, making our communication and working relationship more fluid. On this document, is a comment box for you to make requests for amendments.
When booking, more tabs open up with other little perks. This is also where the templates for your guest lists are.
Finally, the last tab is a progress tracker. It is a copy of everything on your quote, which i then manually mark where I am at with each item. Blank if nothing has been done, yellow if it is on progress and green when it is done/completed.

Welcome Pack with a Hints & Tips guide
Upon booking, we send you a little Welcome Pack which has useful hints and tips to help you on your journey with us. It includes: a timeline/schedule tracker for you to track when things are due to be handed in, posted out, or paid for; layout templates for Orders of Service; seating Plan layouts and advice; and much more. Oh, and when booking with us for event stationery, you also get a discount code for the sister side of our website - greetings cards & prints!

So you see, it’s a bit more than ‘just a bit of card’.

Are you in? Then let’s start with the consultation and drop us an email through our contact page.