We worked with Erica to create our wedding invitations and she went above & beyond to help us! She…read morewas able to take our very high level vision and help make it a reality. I appreciated her responsiveness and ability to guide the decision making process so it wasn't too overwhelming. I would absolutely recommend Erica for her painting & calligraphy services!

Erica was simply amazing to work with. Fast turn around, amazing service, and easy communication…read more Simply flawless. Every bride should be so lucky to use her services!

First off this is a truly amazing store and Shell Reyes was great. The store was filled with plenty…read moreof historic items you can't find anywhere. I have been to several estate sales and this was nothing like anyone I have visited before. Everything was new and not tarnished. If you are visiting definitely give them a visit. The prices are unmatched and they are have an estate Christmas party coming this weekend. Come in and check out their artwork, purses, jewelry, and other household items. You won't be disappointed.

Shell is very knowledgeable and is wonderful to work with. Very much an artisan with gray…read morecreativity. All my dealings with Shell have been top notch.

Masters come in many forms. Each has its own lesson to teach in its own style…read more My particular vision quest involves a drive down lovely Ravenswood, and the mountain I climb is in this case, a yellow door that sticks a little. At the top, or behind the counter, sits a kind and benevolent guru named Guy, who is there for all my and your printing needs. He was patient with me when I forgot to put in printer's marks. When I went to pick up the proofs, he brought me behind the counter and into the printing room and his computer to show me why my particular design would have cropping issues. He patiently sent me back to the drawing board and happily emailed me to tell me when it was time to come back for attempt number two. The prints look great. I can't comment on the prices because the boss writes the checks not me, but Guy is great to work with. I know his phone calls will make me laugh and his prints will make me smile.

In this world of digital sharing of one's identity, I generally do not believe much in paper based…read morebiz cards. But, with some trade show ahead of me, I had to whip up a nice identity branding for myself and had only 2 days in my hand. Came to Yelp and found Dun-Wel and discovered an amazing individual called Guy! In one sentence - Guy is an absolute straight shooter, friendly, knowledgable, helpful and holds your hand into something that he does best - printing! He not only educated me with biz card design formats but also adjusted my digital asset, all for an incredible affordable price. It was an urgent job and he had me covered. Now he is my PRINT guy! All my print campaigns and company product sheets are going to him for sure. If you are in the Lakeview/Ravenswood/Lincoln Park area definitely go to Guy. And if you can drive to him, Dun-Wel should be your first attempt with anything to do with printing.

Stacey is a magical paper fairy. Stationery and paper goods feel like an easy thing to overlook…read morewhen wedding planning, but you have no idea what Stacey can do. Steracle's services from Save the Date envelopes to our wedding invitation to all the day-of goods made a tremendous impact on our wedding, and we had numerous guests praising the attention to detail throughout our events. A large credit for that goes to Steracle. First off, we were trying to use Minted for our Save the Dates, and when they messed up all of our envelope addressing, Steracle was able to quickly turn around custom envelopes. That remained a constant theme throughout. The team was extremely responsive, turning around many many revisions very quickly as we proofread every single comma. Second was our wedding invites. We had this crazy idea to try and create a book for the invite, similar to special editions of famous books that evoked memories of fairy tales. It was just a vague concept, but Stacey and team took that idea and ran with it, creating the invitation of a lifetime. We actually cried when we saw it, and it will be forever placed on our bookshelves as a memento. Numerous guests sent personalized praise for these invites. A quote from one of them: "This is so refreshing in the days of e-invitations. Very very beautiful and elegant design. What a GORGEOUS wedding invitation!!!!!! The invitation reminds me a lot of the fairy tales I used to read growing up. The invitation brought back the romance of weddings. Nowadays people try to save time and (especially) money by sending e-invitations and those make me sad because there is something special about receiving an actual invitation. And this one blows all invitations out of the water. It sets the stage for a royal wedding." Needless to say, the bar had been raised for the rest of the paper goods, and somehow Stacey and Steracle met them. We had four separate events, and the team crafted unique feels for each event. They took certain themes and motifs and blended them across all events while maintaining the unique identity of each of them. Stacey kept coming up with brilliant ideas that made every element feel personalized, creative, and completely unique. Our wedding menu somehow had a 3D butterfly effect, and she took our love of fantasy books and created a completely custom fantasy-inspired map for the food stations at our reception. There were so many other brilliant design choices that we can go on and on about the quality and craft that Steracle illustrated. We want to keep all of these items as mementos, and we are probably going to be using our bar menus in our home going forward. It might be easy to overlook stationery as a crucial part of wedding planning, but trust us, if you go with Steracle, you will see the impact it can have and how it can elevate your entire wedding. Plus, you'll get to work with Stacey, and that's reason enough.

We loved working with a local stationer for all of our wedding paper goods. From start to…read morefinish--Stacey, Ruby, and Dvorah helped make the design process easy and created an invitation suite we were really happy with! Our day-of paper goods were also perfect - everything had a cohesive feel to it. Everything felt bespoke with the use of their original artwork and custom monogram of our initials! Already looking for another reason to work with them!

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

The Studio 312 is an awesome art studio/gallery. I've ordered a metal print in the past via the…read moreonline store and had great customer service and really quick delivery, as well as bought another "chromolux" (wood board with shiny finish) at the Bucktown art fest. Really reasonably priced & great quality, with a wood backer to the print to hang easily. This artist has some really cool work, mostly Chicago based street photography with a colorful graphic art modification, as well as photographs. I just recently came across the storefront on Paulina & Milwaukee & was super excited! The small (hence the name Crawl Space) yet gorgeous gallery has a few more artists displayed now also, all Chicago based artwork with the same options for materials. This studio also functions as a print shop, I'm an artist myself and am looking into having a few things printed on their materials. I recommend stopping by or contacting online. Also great for gift ideas!

Exceptional work!…read more Tim helped me decide between Chromaluxe printing and per his recommendation I couldn't be happier. He's an exceptional artist who was able to explain the entire printing process and happy to answer all of my questions. Highly recommend for a stand-up guy and a unique printing process that is guaranteed to be the center piece of conversation. Thanks again!

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!

I've done the stickers-on-laptop thing for years. But with my latest machine, a 12" MacBook, it was…read moretime for something different: Laser engraving. How does one choose an engraver for an expensive piece of electronic equipment? I found several engravers on the web, and visited a few in person. In the end, I chose Chicago Award Source. Firoz, Christan, and Jenna did an outstanding job with my engraving. Christan and Jenna were meticulous with the laser machine, double- and triple-checking the alignment. They even did a practice run on scrap acrylic. It was clear that I had placed my trust in the right team. I strongly recommend Chicago Award Source for any engraving you may choose to do. They handle laptops especially well.

Excellent experience with their engraving service! Friendly and very pleasant. We will use their…read moreservices again.