Prairie and Sage

For the past six years, I have been designing invitations and stationery. My work has been featured and published in Style Me Pretty, Southern Weddings, The Wedding Row, Elizabeth Anne Designs, Wedding Chicks, and other wedding publications under the name of my previous company, Sweet Magnolia Paper. In addition to providing graphic design and branding services, I also provide in-house calligraphy, letterpress, and digital printing services. It gives me a great deal of satisfaction to be able to directly oversee and participate in the production of each component of the work I do for my customers. I am able to create wedding and event stationery from scratch, and I also provide day-of services like the creation of programs, menus, place cards, and other related items. I run a 120-year-old vintage Chandler & Price letterpress that we call "Ladybird," and I also have a table-top Adana press from the United Kingdom that we call "Big Red." "Big Red" was my very first press, and I still use it for some of the more manageable works. When it comes to digital printing, I make use of both ink jet and laser jet printers depending on the conditions of the task. For letterpress work, I only use paper that is made of one hundred percent cotton and inks that are made from vegetable and natural pigment dyes. I am dedicated to environmentally friendly practices and recycle paper scraps to make handmade paper. In order to cut down on the amount of power used in my workshop, I operate my press using a treadle (foot lever). I create one-of-a-kind designs for each and every one of my customers. To be able to offer this level of service, I ask a minimum expenditure of one thousand dollars for bespoke work; however, many lesser orders can be bundled to fulfill this requirement. There is a minimum beginning wage of $500 for calligraphy employment. For all works, I demand a 50 percent deposit required at quotation approval, and the remaining 50 percent is due following design approval before production starts. Add-on goods, such as handmade paper and commissioned artwork, might vary from job to project because each task is unique. The cost for sample orders of regular stationery is listed below. The price is calculated based on a quantity of 100. The majority of papers and other products may be bought in quantities of 25. Please take into consideration that the required quantity for each bespoke paper varies.