It is difficult to express in words how awesome Parklife Press and Travis Friedrich (the owner and artist) were throughout the entire process; from design to printing to assembly. We could not have been happier with his work.
Getting custom wedding stationery printed needs a reservation far in advance, who knew? You might as well contact them before you get engaged. Screw it, maybe before you start dating We called a few out of town letterpress shops about a year out from our wedding and quickly realized that we were already far behind these crazy couples. We even tried to work with a local shop to no avail. I can't remember how we eventually stumbled upon Parklife, but we were sure glad we did.
Being rookies at this, as I would assume most are, we weren't sure how to proceed. So, we called Travis and setup an in person consult. For our save-the-dates, Travis designed a coaster sized card that seemed to take a while to nail down. We had gone through over four different drafts before we were satisfied with the design. If we didn't like something, Travis wasn't opposed to going back to drawing board and starting over. He even sketched us a picture, which made it into the printed version. Our invitations were part custom and part borrowed from some of his standard designs. All of the letterpress printing was top quality; no misprints or bad cuts. His work is absolutely beautiful.
Travis walked us through all his paper, color, and printing options. He will tell you what works, what doesn't, which costs more, which costs less, and everything in between. No detail was left untouched and we were completely confident that the final product would turn out exactly as we had imagined.. and it did.
His services include an allotment of design hours depending on the total cost of the print job. So, the higher the cost, the more hours he can devote to your project. He was really flexible with getting us what we needed in short time frames and very responsive to e-mails and calls.
5 stars for the quality and service from Travis. I could nick it for being a little pricey, but we really did go nearly full custom. I'm sure some of the bigger studios would charge a little less, but you wouldn't get nearly the level of personal attention. read more