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

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

Mike was creative and responsive with our anniversary invitation envelopes. His calligraphy is elegant and he's able to adapt to specific font styles. We're very pleased with his beautiful work. Mike is a busy talented artist who promptly prepared our 50+ invitations in a week! read more

Just got off the phone with him he was very patient & humble we have been looking for someone to assist with a tedious project in the near future Mike was willing and available even offering outstanding ideas. read more

I was looking for a calligrapher to address my daughters envelopes for her up coming Wedding Shower. I found Write by Mike. After communicating by email I let him know when I could drop them off. It was very convenient. He let me know when they would be ready. I Zelled him the cost. They were ready within a week.And he did an absolutely beautiful job. So pleased with his work. Thank Ypu Mike!! read more

After interviewing a few calligraphers, Mike was the stand-out. Getting married the day after Thanksgiving and ISO a creative calligrapher to convey our particular pizzazz, we found Mike on a list of Chicago-local calligraphers recommended by the Paper Source, a local, excellent, well, source for paper. Mike worked with us to create the perfect invites for us. Each is as unique as our invited guests, including the recipients names on the invites, envelopes and enclosed RSVPs. They are entirely hand-written, nothing machine-printed nor stamped about them, except for the postage stamps (we'll be using the 2014 Jimi Hendrix). Our wedding is a second wedding, a small affair for which there's only room for 30. We had to be draconian when it came to whom to invite. However, we had substantially more room for a planned Thanksgiving. So, half of the invites included invites to both our wedding and Thanksgiving, while the others were invites for Thanksgiving alone. Mike worked to customize the invites and RSVPs for each guest, they turned out as well as we'd hoped. For the amount of attention he paid to us, and work he put into the invites, it was a remarkable value. Plan to recommend Mike to friends and family ISO a responsive, professional and considerate calligrapher. So you can see his work, uploaded a scan of some of the items, with the names/address/locations blurred for privacy. Cream, orange and brown colors. Mike came up with the handwritten turkey himself, we love it, very cute! Also, he illustrated a seven-pointed star, only a bit of which is shown in the scan, sorry. These star were drawn on round cream stickers with which to close the envelopes. Well done! read more

Write by Mike Calligraphy - Accompanies review of Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2014. All hand written by Mike, unique top to bottom, including the RSVP. Thanks, Mike! - Calligraphy Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

What a positive experience! Mike is not only talented but such a delight! Very easy to work with, quickly answers emails, text messages and phone calls and made this mother-of-the-bride's life a lot easier. Happy that he's in the business! read more

My fiancee and I couldn't be happier with our wedding envelope calligraphy. We had a tight timeframe for sending out invitations and Mike worked with us to make it happen. The outcome is incredible - the calligraphy is stunning and our guests will comment on it, for sure. Thank you for all, Mike! read more

I hired Mike to do the calligraphy for my entire wedding suite (invitation, reply card, reception card, etc.) as well as dong the calligraphy for my envelopes. He is so lovely to work with and finished everything beautifully and on-time. We received so many compliments on our invites! He offers such a wide variety of styles, we were able to go with one that truly matched the personality of our wedding. Having calligraphy these days is such a rarity, but it adds such a beautiful element of class! Mike's pricing is very reasonable for this handcrafted work. I have since referred him to many happy friends! read more

My fiance and I are getting married in February and needed a calligrapher. We liked the fact that Mike publishes his prices, something we found a lot of similar services don't do. Veronica gave him a call. Mike responded quickly and we set a schedule. Mike finished the job a week early, and we were awe struck by how amazing the envelopes looked. He far exceeded our expectations. We noticed 2 mistakes, contacted Mike and he fixed both quickly and at no charge which we greatly appreciated considering one of the mistakes was on our end. Over all the experience working with Mike was great and we highly recommend his services. Not only is his work fantastic, he is also very reasonably priced. We look forward to working with Mike on our place cards. Thanks Mike for a job well done! read more

Mike not only executes to provide an incredible end product, but he takes the time to understand exactly what you need or want, and personalizes depending on your needs. I asked Mike to do wedding calligraphy for my invitations, place cards, table numbers, and menu board. Having no idea what I actually needed, Mike offered suggestions and professional advice, in order to make the process much simpler for us both. He took the time to call me to share his ideas, and genuinely seemed to care about my satisfaction with the end result. Everything looked beautiful in the end, and I was very pleased with not only the style of his work, but the price as well. He really is a pleasure to work with- super accommodating and flexible. read more

We hired Mike to do the calligraphy for our invitations and they turned out AMAZING. They were beautifully done - some were so perfect that it's hard to tell they were hand printed! He offers a very wide selection of styles and his pricing is incredibly reasonable. He delivered on-time and without a mistake...in fact, he corrected a few zip codes that I had wrong! We'll be looking to him again when we're ready to have our escort cards done. I highly recommend his talented hand if you're looking for that classy, elegant touch. read more

Mike did the invitations for my wedding. They were great. Not only did they look fantastic, they were completed by hand on schedule. Highly recommend! read more

I hired Mike to do the placecards for our upcoming wedding. Mike was so easy to meet with and very easy to work with. He turned the placecards around 3 days earlier than I needed them and delivered them today. They look wonderful!! I am so excited and so happy I went with Mike. My wedding is a week away and he made this task on my list incredibly easy and stress free. Thank you Mike!! You're the best! read more

I had Mike write out the wedding envelopes for our invites and they came out even better than I hoped! He was super helpful along the way too. I had reached out after he started the writing process to add a few more names that I had forgot and there was no hassle involved with these changes. I would recommend to anyone wanting that extra special mark for anything hand written! read more

It is rare to find a person who takes his time to really create beautiful stationary/invitations. Mike was so kind and patient with my choices for my wedding and I could tell he took his time in creating each invitation with elegance and sophistication. It was a pleasure working with him, and I would highly recommend Mike. read more

I wish I had known him 6 years ago when I got married. He is very professional and his prices were reasonable. He was done on time (if not, earlier). I highly recommend him and I will definitely use him again for future events. read more

Mike was fantastic - he went out of his way to ensure our invitations got done within TWO WEEKS. Not only that, when I saw errors that were my fault, not his, he corrected them within minutes. The invitations were fabulous. We plan on using Mike a second time for our local wedding event too. His prices are fantastic and work is wonderful! read more

I hired Mike to do my placecards for my wedding. I gave Mike my placecards months before the wedding with the guest list so he had plenty of time to work on the names. A few weeks before the wedding I sent him the updated list with adjustments (in case he hadn't completed all the names). The Friday morning, one week before to the wedding, I sent him the final seating. I was slightly concerned because I realized I hadn't heard from Mike since I gave him the placecards months ago (no response when I sent him the updated list). Finally, I did hear from him the Monday stating I could pick the cards up that Thursday. Relieved, my response back was " Great, When and Where?" Once again, I didn't get a response until Thursday morning when I had to called him to ask When and Where. He said he had limited access to email this week and was busy that morning. Also, he wasn't quite finished and asked if I could get them on Friday. Unfortunately, I was unavailable the day before the wedding, which is why I wanted them on Thursday, but my fiance said he could be home that morning and Mike could deliver them to him. Mike calls me at 10am on Friday to confirm a name spelling (so, he was still working on the cards) but he would be there soon however he didn't arrive until 12:30. True, its not that late but my fiance had to skip a lunch with his out of town friends to wait for this guy. The cards did turn out beautiful, Mike is talented. And his pricing is fantastic!! But his lack of communication and delay in delivery when he had the cards for months was a bit frustrating. read more

We were absolutely thrilled and delighted with Mike's calligraphy for our very large wedding! He delivered everything on a tight deadline as our wedding was overseas. Mike did a fabulous job and we received more compliments on the calligraphy than the invitation itself! Mike was great to work with and we will be calling him in the future. read more

We worked with Mike for our wedding invitation envelopes and couldn't be happier with the results! He was so easy to work, had great pricing and completed on time! We would absolutely recommend anyone in the Chicago area to use him for your calligraphy needs! read more