Kreative Blends Calligraphy does incredible work! And so fun to work with. They have great…read moresuggestions and truly artistic technique. Bravo. @yelpchicago @kreativeblends

Attended an event recently to watch Kristen do live calligraphy! I've seen her work but never seen…read moreher or anyone else do this craft in person. The craft that goes into this is amazing. I love to see her range on items from ornaments, tumblers, perfume bottles, champagne bottles etc. For this particular event she engraved tin lunch boxes and they came out so cute!! Can't wait to attend her next event!

Katherine was so friendly, responsive and talented. I received my placecards back in record time…read more They are so beautiful and exactly what I wanted. I can't wait to use them at my upcoming celebration dinner. I received many compliments on the placecards! Very beautiful.

This is a hard review to write. I hired Katherine to hand-write names on 80 table placecards for…read moreour July wedding. She charges $1 per placecard (invitation set prices are higher). She responded promptly to my emails and has a detailed website with calligraphy samples, so I felt I had a good idea of what I was getting into. I had our table placecards custom designed- they were ecru matte cardstock with a skyline image of chicago covering the bottom 1/3 of the image. The Sears Tower (where we held our wedding) appeared on the right side of the placecard, extending almost to the top of the placecard. The most important thing that I explained to her is that instead of doing table numbers, we did Chicago neighborhoods, and these neighborhood names were pre-printed on the bottom of each card in the skyline. I gave Katherine a detailed spreadsheet of each guest, their meal choice, and the neighborhood table they were seated at. She called a few days later to tell me the order was complete and we set a time for me to pick them up. When I saw the cards, my heart sank. Although the penmanship was nearly perfect (beautiful!) she wrote the names near the bottom of the card, covering the skyline. Even worse, she had been directed to put a B (for beef), C (for chicken) or V (for veggie) on the card. She put the letter on the top of the Sears Tower, covering about 1/8 of it and making the fact that it was a Sears Tower much harder to distinguish. If I did this again, I would have asked for a sample on our placecard first to be sure she was doing exactly what I expected. I suppose I was wrong to assume that she would write in the cream space above the skyline and put the meal choice in the upper left, leaving the Sears Tower unobstructed. But I had presumed that if your business is artistic like this, you would have the good sense to know where to write the names. Two stars because she is very nice, and has great hand-writing. Three stars taken away for no asthetic sense, which I believe is an important part of her job. If you choose to work with her, get a sample of your specific piece before you commit!

Christy is absolutely incredible! She gold-foiled initials onto wallets for my groomsmen and the…read morework turned out perfect. Exactly what I was looking for! She delivered under a very tight deadline and even went out of her way to meet me to make things easier. On top of her amazing craftsmanship, she could not be sweeter! Truly one of the nicest people I've ever met. I can't recommend her highly enough!

I was referred to Christy by my Wedding Planner: Urban Allure Events. In short - SHE IS AMAZING!…read moreHer final product, pricing and customer service are all WONDERFUL! Christy provided a seating chart mirror for us, as well as a "Hello Gorgeous" mirror for selfies. She answered questions via email quickly. Everything at our event was on time and high quality. We were thrilled! Hire her now with confidence and move to the next item on your wedding planning list. Wishing you much success and love in your happily ever after!

IK Calligraphy did a great job on my invitations. They were very professional and on time. They…read moreshipped these to NY and back. No problem. Great communication and very friendly! Thank You for making my invitations look SO GREAT!

Irene just dropped off my wedding invitations! They are perfect and beautiful. She did them so fast…read moreand is very reasonable! Amazing :) Thank you so much! Lisa

We were gathering friends and family for a wedding celebration and wanted professional and classy…read morelooking work down for our invitations. Elaine did a wonderful job - good communications, timely work and the results were spectacular. If your are looking for creative and high quality lettering at reasonable prices I would highly recommend Elaine for your project.

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I would give Calligraphy by Cristine 1 million stars if I could. I found her while doing research…read moreonline for calligraphers for our wedding. Cristine responded to all emails quickly and was able to provide samples of her work in a variety of calligraphy styles and colors so we could choose which one would best suit our needs. I also found her prices to be very reasonable. Ultimately, we hired Cristine to do the following: - Envelope addressing for a 100-guest wedding - Place Cards - Table Numbers Rather than dealing with shipping, Cristine met me at a location near my office which ensured I was able to get things back when I needed them. Everything turned out really great and we received rave reviews from our guests! I would recommend Calligraphy by Cristine to anyone wanting calligraphy to add to their special occasion.

If you don't have a calligrapher use Cristine. Her calligraphy is spectacular! When she sent me a…read morefew samples I had such a hard time deciding which script to use because they were all so beautiful. After making a decision, I was a little nervous but when I received the envelopes for my wedding in the mail I almost cried; they were absolutely perfect and more than I ever expected. To top it off, Cristine is extremely professional and efficient; she quickly responded to each of my emails/phone calls. I'll definitely use her again for special occasions!

I love this place. This place helped me find the best birthday card for my aunts upcoming birthday…read more They had its own DIY project area as well as other small gifts and accessories. All in all its a great casual place to visit

How lucky am I that I live so close to this cool crafty store? I would not describe myself as a…read morecrafty, DIY girl but Paper Source sure makes it look like I am! They have the cutest, most unique, funky, fun, vibrant wrapping paper, ribbon and cards for all occasions. The customer service was great too. Personable and addressed my needs. Keep being awesome Paper Source! Attention in in the details my friends!

One of my best wedding finds throughout the entire process was Stephanie to do the calligraphy for…read moreour invitations, the place cards and a few other fun decor items. In a sea of craziness, Stephanie was the sweet, kind calm calligrapher who gave me exactly what we wanted with her modern and contemporary style. I truly lucked out with this Yelp find. She was amazing. But that wasn't all. She went above and beyond. A couple weeks before our wedding, we lost one of our labradors suddenly. Obviously our labs were important to us and Stephanie knew that since we had about 200 black and chocolate colored mini lab place cards that would be set up with a dog house and other related items. Each of our labs was also going to get their own card and be positioned near the dog house just for fun. Well, Stephanie took it upon herself to create lil gold wings for the lab we lost and did the same for another lab we lost earlier. Both were set up on a mini rainbow bridge. Fab calligraphy aside...she won me over with this act of kindness. xo

Stephanie did a wonderful job in creating a seating arrangement chart for our wedding. She was…read moreaffordable, professional and creative. We received many compliments from our guests on the beautiful board. Stephanie gave us the option of her buying the board and staining it, but we decided to do it ourselves. We're so glad we had her do our calligraphy...it was a nice touch that helped us immensely.

Mike is creative, patient, prompt. The finished product is wonderful,, exactly what I wanted. I…read morewill definitely use him again.

I Needed a small job to enhance the messaging for some wooden fillable Christmas ornaments …read more Mike did an EXCELLANT job !!! My 3 Grand-daughters are going to LOVE it . Thank You Again Mike.

I had been going to stores looking through those books full of invitations and based on what I…read morewanted to spend, I had settled on an invitation that wasn't what I really pictured. Then a friend's sister told me about Marry-Me Designs and I looked it up. I filled out the Ideas Galore tab on the website and tried to explain what I was looking for. Tammy responded almost immediately and I had 3 concepts within a couple of days. I was so impressed; I booked with her right away! During the whole process, Tammy was such a pleasure to work with. She was extremely responsive and very accommodating. She worked with me to get the concept just right. At one point I was questioning something and Tammy said to me "Trust me, when you see it together you will love it." Well I'm so glad I did, because my invitations came out AMAZING! I have been getting so many comments from everyone as to how beautiful our invitations are. I absolutely love how they turned out; they were just what I had pictured my invitations to be! Plus her prices were much lower than I had seen looking through those books. I ended up spending less and getting more. I also had Tammy create my menus and programs that came out just as beautiful. I would (and have) recommend her to anyone.

When it came to completing invitations for our wedding, I found who I thought was going to be our…read morestationer. However, due to work and other glitches, I never signed on the dotted line. Then, while surfing for invitation ideas, I found Marry Me! Designs and a great find it was! Tammy, owner/designer of Marry Me! Designs, is not only a complete professional, she is patient, attentive, talented, and she ENJOYS doing stationery! From the first email until the very last email she sent me (a few minutes ago), Tammy has exuded a great spirit and total dedication to client happiness. Tammy will create programs, menu cards, place cards, and thank yous for our wedding to keep our theme going. If I could give her more stars I would! Did I mention she has reasonable prices and completes everything on time, as promised? Need a stationer, Marry Me! Designs is a must!