Weddings Winter 2011 > Planner

Luscious Verde

Two ambitious, crafty moms came together to form this stationery company, which focuses on creating invites that reflect a couple’s unique personality. From $800 for a set of 100.

Mélangerie

Elana Dweck’s graphic-design firm puts an emphasis on personal touches, whether it’s working with clients to create a custom motif for their event or hand-assembling the finished invitations; wedding genealogy charts are especially popular. From $3,000 for a set of 100 invitations. By appointment only.

Minted.com

This web-based stationery boutique features unique and varied paper goods by emerging designers from around the world. Customization options are available, and the company will provide a free proof before sending your invites to press.

Mr. Boddington's Studio

The stylish creations at this cheeky studio combine high-end materials such as satin and knotty-combed silk with vintage-y reproductions of mid-century maps, wallpaper patterns, and other motifs. Prices upon request. By appointment only.

Nancy Sharon Collins, Stationer

A creator of bespoke stationery, Collins has practiced graphic design and typography for more than 30 years. Each piece is individually made for the client using hand-engraved monogram-and-type styles from the twenties and thirties. Her office is 85 percent green, and she uses vegetable-based (VOC-free) ink. One hundred hand-engraved invitations start at $2,500. (good value)

Paperlesspost.com

Paperless Post offers quite possibly the greenest invitations on the market. The beauty of classic letterpress meets the convenience of online communication with these e-mailed invites, which allow for immediate RSVPs. (ecofriendly)

Paper+Cup Design

This studio pumps out fresh, modern designs with a nod to the classics. Letterpress suites start at $2,100 for a set of 100; flat-printed suites from $800. (ecofriendly)

Paper Source

This paper haven has classic and preppy designs, as well as avant-garde stationery perfect for the hipster bride (from $4.68 per invitation). Couples can also work with in-house designers to create memorable custom designs. (good value)

Papyrus

Specializing in high-quality custom printing and engraving, these bustling shops sell traditional invitations from a variety of stationers, including perennial favorites like Crane & Co., William Arthur, and Checkerboard (from $125 for 50 printed invitations). (good value)

Petite Fête

This stationer creates everything poppy, retro designs. Offerings include custom invitations, letterpress, pocket folds, silk boxes, and folios. Prices upon request.

Postscript Brooklyn

This NYC-inspired stationery collection features designs (both illustration and print) by local artists—expect some of the Big Apple’s most recognizable iconography on all manner of sustainable materials, including recycled and cotton paper. Digital four-piece sets from $6, and four-piece letterpress from $9.

A Printable Press

This company has dozens of high-end designs to choose from and is perfect for type-A brides—all their designs are available as print-ready files that can be processed at home or in a print shop. Around $280 for 100 invitations and response cards.

R.S.V.P Today

Owner Debbie Hassan will meet with clients to personalize their paper goods. Her store carries a collection of fine letterpress, engraved, silk-screen, and offset-printed stationery lines. From $700 for 100 letterpress suites.

Rosebrookmeyer.com

Ashley Rosebrook and Maureen Meyer bring a distinctive fashion edge to their designs, having worked for Vera Wang, Donna Karan, and Estee Lauder before founding this invitation company. High-end digital technology gives them capabilities unavailable to most stationers. Allow seven to ten business days from the time of design approval. From $1,200 for a suite of 100.

Serimony

Karen Van Every custom-designs all her invitations by hand in her Carroll Gardens studio. She pays special attention to texture and can incorporate pressed flowers or bridesmaid-dress fabric into the stationery. Her most popular design has a built-in pocket to hold the directions, response card, and envelope. A five-piece suite ranges from $12 to $25 each.

Sesame Letterpress

Matt Heindl and Breck Hostetter, the married duo behind this Brooklyn-based press, started printing wedding invitations shortly after their own nuptials. Packages start at $1,100 for 100 invites, but couples can add direction cards ($300), reception cards ($300), and more.

ShinDig Invitations

Shindig custom designs invitations which each individual client in mind, and employs ecofriendly papers and soy- or vegetable-based inks, along with creative design techniques that help avoid waste. From $1,500 for a suite of 100 (flat printing); from $3,000 for a suite of 100 (letterpress). ecofriendly

Smythson

This is a top source for high-end British stationery. One hundred engraved invitations with colored borders and tissue-lined envelopes starts at $1,346; hand-engraving starts at $2,486.

Stamps.com

Use your monogram or a themed illustration to personalize your invitation stamps with Photo NetStamps, which can be ordered in the exact postage you need.

Swayspace

The full-service design shop remains true to the process of the letterpress but with an out-of-the-box sensibility. The team designs well-tailored invitations for couples who don’t want a traditional template; they will do anything short of ruining their press, including printing on redwood veneer. The results bridge the gap between classic and contemporary. Two-color invitation suites start at $1,800 for 125 to 150.

Thoughtful Day

Erica Miller works one-on-one with every couple to create keepsake wedding stationery full of whimsical details and colorful patterns. Suites from $180.

Tiffany & Co.

After registering for their china and silver, couples can stop by the store’s custom-stationery nook to peruse sample books. Classic invitations with engraved, return-addressed envelopes start at $807 for 100; thank-you-note suites with engraved envelopes start at $525 for 100.

Venture

Choose from Crane & Co., Cartier, Vera Wang, and more at this full-service stationer. Make your selection, then customize with engraving, letterpress, thermography, or lithography. There are matching monogrammed napkins, coasters, and matches available to complement your invites. Hand-engraving is $25 per line.

The Village Invites

Village Invites carries more than 60 brand portfolios, among which are invitations by Smock, Arabella, and Dauphine Press. The store also stocks Oregon-based Studio Olivine, which makes delicate letterpress invites. There are also engraved and silk-screened options in the mix. From $540 for 100 letterpress invitations.

Weddingwindow.com

Make an easy-to-create (and non-cheesy) wedding website to supplement your save-the-date and invite. You can include pictures, information about how you met, directions to your event, and other details—plus, domain names are customizable.

From the Winter 2011 New York Wedding Guide