Bespoke Stationery
Choosing to create fully bespoke wedding stationery makes the world of ink and paper your oyster.
We’ll work together to create a suite of exquisite wedding invitations, save the dates, RSVPs and assorted gorgeous extras that really represent you and your inimitable style.
We’ll explore colours, textures and fonts to find the custom combination that’s right for you and your wedding day. Dive into luxury hand-mixed inks, polished typography and the flourishes of contemporary hand lettered calligraphy plus the shimmer of hot foil, personalised wax seals, custom illustration, hand drawn maps and of course the sophisticated sexiness of letterpress debossing. As I design every element from scratch in my studio, it ensures we have full creative control and we can truly reflect you in your wedding stationery – you’ll have all these options and more to play with, and the possibility of some truly exquisite results.
From consultation, concept development and artistic design, to the pristine quality and luxury packaging containing your finished invitations, every detail of the Ink & Paper experience has been designed to elevate your wedding invitations into something more than simply an announcement of your upcoming celebration. Together, we’re creating personal, thoughtful and luxurious keepsakes of your style and your story that your wedding guests will want to treasure.
I only take on around fifteen bespoke invitation commissions a year, typically spending two to three months on each commission to ensure that you walk away with wedding stationery that is truly unique. This is the perfect path to choose if you have a clear vision of your invitations and what you want to bring to life!
Letters of love
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It was love at first sight for me and Ink & Paper. I came across Grania’s beautiful stationery on Instagram and after that nothing else compared. Meeting Grania via zoom it was so obvious that she completely ‘got’ us as a couple and Instead of the design brief informing the stationery, the stationery took on a life of its own and started to inform the design of the whole event. The invitations including custom drawing of our house set the scene and tone for a sophisticated soirée, but it was the on the day stationery which completely blew it out of the water. I’m going to miss working with Grania. I feel I made a real friend. So fun. Don’t hesitate to commission her.
So how does the bespoke invitation process work?
Designing and creating a fully bespoke suite of wedding stationery is a personal and creative process. I work with a limited number of commissions each year to give each one of my clients my full attention and to keep the process as enjoyable, fun and effortless as possible for you.
It was only a kiss.
We start with a consultation, where we will talk about your love story, your wedding-day ideas, and the things that make you tick as a couple. Remember, inspiration for your wedding invitations can be drawn from anywhere, so don’t forget the passions and interests you share outside of the world of wedmin.
The best things in life (aren’t) free.
I’ll put together a stationery quote for you based on everything we have chatted about. If it all sounds good and you want to get stuck into designing your gorgeous luxury wedding invitations…
Is this love.
I’ll then get creative and put together an initial design proposal for you, including suggested colour palette, two custom design routes, visual inspiration, and recommended paper stocks.
A design for life.
Once your concept has been refined and finalised, it’s design time!
I’ll take all the information you’ve given me to create your full bespoke invitation design, bringing you a full-colour digital proof of your invitation or suite.
Make an impression.
Then it’s time to hit the printing press. Every aspect of your invitations is produced in house, from letterpress and hot foil printing to hand calligraphy and wax seal stamps.
Signed, sealed, delivered.
Now it’s time to wait eagerly for the postman as your luxury wedding stationery is beautifully packaged and delivered to your door.
This is a super-quick summary of the way the design process works. There’s of course much more to it than this. Please get in touch to book in a consultation where we can chat through your ideas and I can walk you through the process in a little more detail.
Put your own stamp on it
How Much Does Bespoke Cost?
Budgeting for your wedding can feel immensely stressful, with so many elements being “well exactly how long is a piece of string?”. And wedding stationery is no different, but the good news is that there is a stationer out there for every budget. If your heart is set on custom or bespoke invitations, you should expect to spend a little more on your wedding stationery. I don’t offer a price list for bespoke invitations as there are so many variables and different moving parts involved; however, I have broken out the core cost elements below:
The design fee
The pricing for your bespoke stationery is split into design costs and production costs. My design fee starts at £495 for invitations (£750 for save the dates & invitations). This includes the design of an invitation suite with three inserts (invite, details/information card and RSVP). More bespoke hand-drawn details such as venue portraits, maps or calligraphed elements will mean the design fee is higher, and you’ll receive a tailored quote after our initial consultation. As a very rough guide, many of my couples spend upwards of £4,000 on their wedding stationery.
Adding a gorgeously personal selection of on-the-day stationery too (which many of my clients choose to do), means the bespoke design fee can be anything from £495 – £1,500, subject to your requirements.
Print and production cost
Quality shows: you wouldn’t use poor quality produce in a high-end restaurant, and I firmly believe the same applies when producing your wedding stationery. I use high quality, sustainably sourced materials, and these can vary considerably in cost: letterpress and hot foil are both also time and labour-intensive artisan production methods. There is no mass production here; everything is produced in small (sometimes tiny!) volumes to ensure you receive your perfect invitations.
A bespoke Ink & Paper invitation suite can range from anything between £10 – £25+ each, subject to the number of sheets or inserts you need, the material, print finishes, assembly, and any finishing touches like wax seals, custom envelope liners, ribbons and wraps that you may require.
Conventional wisdom suggests that you should allocate around 15% of your overall wedding day budget to your wedding stationery. On our consultation call we’ll chat budget, and any must-have elements. I’ll also make sure that everything is broken down clearly for you in your initial quote, so there are no hidden extras or nasty surprises down the road, and we’ll work together to tweak and refine your design where necessary to make sure it fits with your budget as well as your style.
On the Day Stationery
I love nothing more than creating a full range of luxury on-the-day stationery that will work in tandem with the style of your invitations. These are the elements of your décor that guests will personally interact with – the things they’ll read and remember, that they’ll hold in their hands, and slip into their pockets as a thoughtful reminder of the amazing time they’ve had.
I offer on the day stationery for couples that have booked Ink & Paper for their wedding invitations.
I can offer amongst other things, orders of service and programs, menus, placecards, table names & numbers, large and small signage.
However, the world is very much your oyster! If you’re looking for something more unique, like personalised vow books, custom matchboxes, or any other bespoke stationery, I’d be delighted to create something special that perfectly complements your day.
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